Sports...Imagine that--the Augusta "Greenjackets"

• Headlined by the Augusta Greenjackets, Augusta’s professional baseball team, Augusta claims 3 professional sports teams, also including the Augusta Lynx in hockey and the Augusta Stallions in Arena Football

• Across the river in nearby Aiken, equestrian events are king, as the area is well know for breeding Kentucky Derby contenders and has the oldest continuously active polo club in the Americas, now hosting the third leg of the Triple Crown of Polo. The Aiken Trials and Steeplechase events also dot the calendar in the spring and fall, the latter typically drawing around 25-30,000 spectators.

• Augusta is also only 2 hours from Atlanta for any major professional sporting events, as well as within 2 hours of the 4 major universities in the area—the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and the University of South Carolina

• Last but definitely not least is of course the sport Mark Twain was quoted as describing “a good walk spoiled”—golf. The CSRA boasts >30 golf courses and >15 allow non-member play