The Masters Tournament
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The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters (sometimes referred to as The U.S. Masters outside of the United States), is one of the four major championships
in professional golf
. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year. Unlike the other major championships, the Masters is held each year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club
, a private golf club in the city of Augusta, Georgia
, USA. The Masters was started by Clifford Roberts
and Bobby Jones
. Jones designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie
. The tournament is an official money event on the PGA Tour
, the PGA European Tour
, and the Japan Golf Tour
. The field of players is smaller than those of the other major championships because it is an invitational event, entry being controlled by the Augusta National Golf Club.
The tournament has a number of traditions. A green jacket has been awarded to the winner since 1949, which must be returned to the clubhouse after a year. The Champions dinner, inaugurated by Ben Hogan
in 1952, is held on the Tuesday before each tournament, and is open only to past champions and certain board members of the Augusta National Golf Club. Beginning in 1963, legendary golfers, usually past champions, have hit an honorary tee shot on the morning of the first round. Such golfers have included Fred McLeod
, Jock Hutchinson, Gene Sarazen
, Sam Snead
, Byron Nelson
, Arnold Palmer
, and Jack Nicklaus
. Since 1960, a semi-social Par 3 Contest, on a par-3 course on Augusta National's grounds, has been played on the day before the first round of each Masters Tournament.
Nicklaus has won more Masters Tournaments than any other golfer, winning six times between 1963 and 1986. Other multiple winners include Palmer and Tiger Woods
, with four each. Gary Player
, from South Africa
, was the first non-American player to win the tournament in 1961.
Since the course first opened in 1933, it has been modified many times by different architects. Among the changes: greens have been reshaped and occasionally rebuilt completely, bunkers have been added, water hazards have been extended, new tees have been built, hundreds of trees have been planted, and several mounds have been installed.
Because the Masters has a relatively small field compared to other golf tournaments, the competitors play in groups of three for the first 36 holes on the first two days. After 36 holes have been played by all players, players are eliminated to reduce the field. To "make the cut", players must be either within 44 places of the lead (ties counting) or within 10 strokes of the leader's score. These rules have applied since the 1961 tournament; from 1957 to 1960 the best 40 scores and ties and those within 10 strokes of the leader made the cut. Before 1957, there was no 36-hole cut.
Following the cut a further 36 holes are played over the final two days. If there is a tie at the end of the 72 holes, all players who are tied enter a sudden death play off starting on the 18th hole and then playing the 18th and 10th until a winner is found.
received $1,000 out of a $5,000 purse. After [Nicklaus's first win in 1963, he received $20,000, while after his final victory in 1986 he won $144,000. In recent years the purse has grown quickly. Between 2001 and 2008, the winners share grew by $270,000, and the purse grew by $1,500,000.
In addition to a cash prize, the winner of the tournament is presented with a distinctive green jacket, formally awarded since 1949, and informally acquired by the champions for many years before that. The green sport coat is the official attire worn by members of Augusta National while on the club grounds; each Masters winner becomes an honorary member of the club. The recipient of the green jacket has it presented to him inside the Butler Cabin soon after the end of the tournament, and the presentation is then repeated outside near the 18th green in front of the spectators. Winners keep their jacket for the first year after their first victory, then return it to the club to wear whenever they visit. The tradition began in 1949, when Sam Snead won his first of three Masters titles. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta National by the reigning champion, after which it must remain at the club. Exceptions to this rule include Gary Player, who in his joy of winning mistakenly took his jacket home to South Africa after his 1961 victory (although he has always followed the spirit of the rule and has never worn the jacket); Seve Ballesteros who, in a recent interview with Peter Alliss
from his home in Pedreña, showed off one of his two green jackets in his trophy room; and Henry Picard
, whose jacket was removed from the club before the tradition was well established, remained in his closet for a number of years, and is now on display at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, where he was the club professional for many years.
By tradition, the winner of the previous year's Masters Tournament puts the jacket on the current winner at the end of the tournament. In 1966, Jack Nicklaus became the first player to win in consecutive years and he donned the jacket himself. When Nick Faldo
(in 1990) and Tiger Woods (in 2002) repeated as champions, the chairman of Augusta National put the jacket on them.
There are several awards presented to players who perform exceptional feats during the tournament. The player who has the daily lowest score receives a crystal vase, while players who score a hole-in-one or a double eagle win a large crystal bowl. For each eagle a player makes he receives a pair of crystal goblets. The winner of the Par 3 competition, which is played the day before the tournament begins, wins a crystal bowl.
In addition to the green jacket, winners of the tournament receive a gold medal. They have their names engraved on the actual silver Masters trophy, introduced in 1961, which depicts the clubhouse. This trophy remains at Augusta National; since 1993 winners have received a sterling silver
replica. The runner-up receives a silver medal, introduced in 1951. Beginning in 1978, a silver salver
was added as an award for the runner-up.
In 1952 the Masters began presenting an award, known as the Silver Cup, to the lowest scoring amateur to make the cut. In 1954 they began presenting an amateur silver medal to the low amateur runner-up.
, the British Open
, and the PGA Championship
) for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters. They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship
for five years.
Because the tournament was established by the amateur golfer Bobby Jones
, the Masters has a tradition of honoring amateur golf. It invites winners of the most prestigious amateur tournaments in the world. Also, the current U.S. Amateur champion always plays in the same group as the defending Masters champion for the first two days of the tournament.
Since 1963 the custom in most years has been to start the tournament with an honorary opening tee shot at the first hole, typically by one of golf's legendary players. The original honorary starters were Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod; this twosome led off every tournament from 1963 until 1973, when poor health prevented Hutchison from swinging a club. McLeod continued on until his death in 1976. Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen started in 1981, and were then joined by Sam Snead in 1984. This trio continued until 1999 when Sarazen died, while Nelson stopped in 2001. Snead hit his final opening tee shot in 2001, a year before he too died. In 2007, Arnold Palmer took over as the honorary starter. Palmer also had the honor in 2008 and 2009. At the 2010
and 2011 Masters Tournament
s, Jack Nicklaus
joined Palmer as a co-honorary starter for the event.
The Champions' dinner is held each year on the Tuesday evening preceding Thursday's first round. The dinner was first held in 1952, hosted by defending champion Ben Hogan, to honor the past champions of the tournament. At that time 15 tournaments had been played, and the number of past champions was 11 (including Hogan). Officially known as the "Masters Club", it includes only past winners of the Masters, although selected members of the Augusta National Golf Club have been included as honorary members, usually the chairman. The defending champion, as host, selects the menu for the dinner. Over the years, one of the most notable dishes was haggis
, served by Scotsman
Sandy Lyle
in 1989. Frequently, Masters champions opt to serve finely prepared cuisine by the Masters chef from their home regions. Notable examples have included bobotie
, a South African delicacy served at the behest of 2008 Masters Tournament champion Trevor Immelman. Previous examples also include German Bernhard Langer's 1986 Wiener Schnitzel feast, Brit Nick Faldo's Fish and Chips, Canadian Mike Weir's elk and wild boar, and Vijay Singh's Seafood Tom Kah and Chicken Panang Curry. Prior to the 1998 Champions Dinner, 1979 Masters Champion Fuzzy Zoeller
created a media firestorm when he suggested that Tiger Woods refrain from serving collard greens and fried chicken, dishes commonly associated with Afro-American culture, at the traditional clubhouse feast. 1991 Masters Champion Ian Woosnam
has asserted that Angel Cabrera's "asado," prepared diligently by Chef James Clark, Jr., represented the finest interpretation of Argentine cuisine known to a Masters chef.
The Par 3 Contest was first introduced in 1960, and was won that year by Snead. Since then it has traditionally been played on the Wednesday before the tournament starts. The Par 3 course was built in 1958. It is a nine-hole course, with a par of 27, and measures 1060 yards in length. There have been 73 holes-in-one in the history of the contest, with a record five occurring in 2002. No Par 3 Contest winner has also won the Masters in the same year. There have been several repeat winners, including Pádraig Harrington
, Sandy Lyle, and Sam Snead. The former two won in successive years. In this event, golfers may use their children as caddies, which helps to create a family-friendly atmosphere. In 2008, the event was televised for the first time by ESPN
.
Before 1982 all players in the Masters were required to use the services of an Augusta National Club caddy
, who by club tradition was always an African American. Indeed, club co-founder Clifford Roberts is reputed to have said, "As long as I'm alive, golfers will be white, and caddies will be black." Since 1982, players have been allowed the option of using their own caddy. The Masters requires caddies to wear a uniform consisting of a white jumpsuit, a green Masters cap, and white tennis shoes. The surname, and sometimes first initial, of each player is found on the back of his caddie's uniform. The defending champion always receives caddy number "1": other golfers get their caddy numbers from the order in which they register for the tournament.
, of which Jones said: "Perfect! And to think this ground has been lying here all these years waiting for someone to come along and lay a golf course upon it."
Jones hired Alister MacKenzie
to design the course, and work began in 1931. The course formally opened in 1933, but MacKenzie died before the first Masters Tournament was played.
. The present name was adopted in 1939. The first tournament was played with current holes 10 through 18 played as the first nine, and 1 through 9 as the second nine then reversed permanently to its present layout for the 1935 tournament.
Initially the Augusta National Invitational field was composed of Bobby Jones' close associates. Jones had petitioned the USGA to hold the U.S. Open
at Augusta but the USGA denied the petition, noting that the hot Georgia summers would create difficult playing conditions.
Gene Sarazen hit the "shot heard 'round the world" in 1935, holing a shot from the fairway on the par
5 15th for a double eagle. This tied Sarazen with Craig Wood
, and in the ensuing 36-hole playoff Sarazen was the victor by five strokes. The tournament was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II
. To assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the Augusta National grounds.
by one shot in the 1960 event, Palmer made birdies on the last two holes to prevail. Palmer would go on to win another two Masters in 1962 and 1964.
Jack Nicklaus emerged in the early 1960s, and served as a rival to the popular Palmer. Nicklaus won his first green jacket in 1963, defeating Tony Lema
by one stroke. Two years later, he shot a then-course record of 271 (17 under par) for his second Masters win, leading Bobby Jones to say that Nicklaus played "a game with which I am not familiar." The next year, Nicklaus won his third green jacket in a grueling 18-hole playoff against Tommy Jacobs
and Gay Brewer
. This made Nicklaus the first player to win consecutive Masters. He won again in 1972, again by three strokes. In 1975, Nicklaus was locked in a duel with Tom Weiskopf
and Johnny Miller
. In one of the most exciting Masters to date, he claimed the victory by one stroke over his two challengers.
Player became the first non-American to win the Masters in 1961 beating Palmer, the defending champion. In 1974 he won again by two strokes. After not winning a tournament for four years, and at the age of 42, Player won his third and final Masters in 1978 by one stroke over three players. Player currently shares (with Fred Couples
) the record of making 23 consecutive cuts, and has played in a record 52 Masters.
A controversial ending to the Masters occurred in 1968. Roberto DeVicenzo
signed a scorecard (scored by playing partner Tommy Aaron
) which incorrectly listed a 4 instead of a 3 on the 17th hole. This extra stroke cost him a chance to be in an 18-hole playoff with Bob Goalby
, who won the green jacket. DeVicenzo's mistake led to the famous quote, "What a stupid I am."
In 1975, Lee Elder
became the first African American
to play in the Masters, doing so 15 years before Augusta National admitted its first black member.
During this period, no golfer suffered from the pressure of competing at Augusta more than Greg Norman
. In 1987, Norman lost a sudden-death playoff to Larry Mize
. Mize holed out a remarkable 45-yard pitch shot to birdie the second playoff hole and win the Masters. In 1996, Norman tied the course record with an opening round 63, and had a six-stroke lead over Nick Faldo entering the final round. Norman shot a 78 while Faldo scored a 67 to win by five shots (for his third Masters championship). Norman also suffered in 1986 when after birdieing four straight holes, and needing only a par to tie Nicklaus for the lead, he badly pushed his 4-iron approach to 18 and missed his par putt for bogey.
In 1997, Tiger Woods won the Masters by twelve shots at age 21, in the process breaking the tournament four-day scoring record that had stood for 32 years. Woods completed his "Tiger Slam" by winning his fourth straight major championship at the Masters in 2001. The Masters was his again the next year, making him only the third player in history to win the tournament in consecutive years, as well as in 2005 when he defeated Chris DiMarco
in a playoff for his first major championship win in almost three years.
Recently, the club was targeted by Martha Burk
, who organized a failed protest at the 2003 Masters to pressure the club into accepting female members. Burk planned to protest at the front gates of Augusta National during the third day of the tournament, but her application for a permit to do so was denied. A court appeal was dismissed. In 2004, Burk stated that she had no further plans to protest against the club.
Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne himself made headlines in April 2010, however, when he commented (at the annual pre-Masters press conference) on Tiger Woods' off-the-course behavior. "It's not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here," Payne said, in his opening speech. "It is the fact he disappointed all of us and more importantly our kids and grandkids."
The 2003 tournament was won by Mike Weir
, who became the first Canadian to win a major championship
, and the first left-hander to win the Masters. The following year, another left-hander, Phil Mickelson
, won his first major championship by making a birdie on the final hole to beat Ernie Els
by a stroke. Mickelson also won the tournament in 2006 and 2010. In 2011, the tournament was won by South African Charl Schwartzel
, who birdied the final four holes to win by two strokes.
Originally, the grass on the putting greens was the wide-bladed Bermuda. The greens lost speed, especially during the late 1970s, after the introduction of a healthier strain of narrow-bladed Bermuda, which thrived and grew thicker,. In 1978, the greens on the Par 3 course were reconstructed with bentgrass, a narrow-bladed species that could be mowed shorter, eliminating grain. After this test run, the greens on the main course were replaced with bentgrass in time for the 1981 Masters. The bentgrass resulted in significantly faster putting surfaces, which has required a reduction in some of the contours of the greens over time.
Just before the 1975 tournament, the common beige sand in the bunkers was replaced with the now-signature white feldspar. It is a quartz
derivative of the mining of feldspar
and is shipped in from North Carolina
.
has televised the Masters in the United States every year since 1956, when it used six cameras and covered only the final four holes. Tournament coverage of the first eight holes did not begin until 1993 because of resistance from the tournament organizers, but by 2006, over 50 cameras were used. USA Network
added first- and second-round coverage in 1982, which was also produced by the CBS production team. The Masters is broadcast each year in high-definition television
, one of the first golf tournaments to ever hold that distinction, and the early round coverage previously aired in that format on USA's sister network, Universal HD
. In 2008, ESPN
and ESPN HD replaced USA and Universal as the weekday coverage provider, with coverage continuing to be jointly produced with CBS.
In 2005, CBS broadcast the tournament with high-definition fixed and handheld wired cameras, as well as standard-definition wireless handheld cameras. In 2006, a webstream called "Amen Corner Live" began providing coverage of all players passing through holes 11, 12, and 13 through all four rounds. This was the first full tournament multi-hole webcast from a major championship. In 2007, CBS added "Masters Extra," an extra hour of full-field bonus coverage daily on the internet, preceding the television broadcasts. In 2008, CBS added full coverage of holes 15 and 16 live on the web. In 2011, "Masters Extra" was dropped after officials gave ESPN an extra hour each day on Thursday and Friday.
While Augusta National Golf Club has consistently chosen CBS as its U.S. broadcast partner, it has done so in successive one-year contracts. Due to the lack of long-term contractual security, as well as the club's limited dependence on broadcast rights fees (owing to its affluent membership), it is widely held that CBS allows Augusta National greater control over the content of the broadcast, or at least performs some form of self-censorship
, in order to maintain future rights. The club, however, has insisted it does not make any demands with respect to the content of the broadcast.
There are some controversial aspects to this relationship. Announcers refer to the gallery as patrons rather than as spectators or fans (gallery itself is also used), and use the term second cut instead of rough (however, the second cut is normally substantially shorter than comparable "primary rough" at other courses). Announcers who have been deemed not to have acted with the decorum expected by the club have been removed, notably Jack Whitaker and Gary McCord
. There also tends to be a lack of discussion of any controversy involving Augusta National, such as the 2003 Martha Burk protests. However, there have not been many other major issues in recent years.
The club mandates minimal commercial interruption, currently limited to four minutes per hour (as opposed to the usual 12 or more); this is subsidized by selling exclusive sponsorship packages to three companies. In the immediate aftermath of the Martha Burk controversy, there were no commercials during the 2003 and 2004 broadcasts, although international commercial broadcasters continued to insert their own commercials into the coverage. The Players Championship began imposing the same rule in 2007 and some of the other major championships have tried to follow suit in their most recent TV contracts.
The club also disallows promotions for other network programs, with the sole exception of an on-screen mention of 60 Minutes
should the final round run long or right before the coverage ends. Other broadcast material not allowed include sponsored graphics, blimp
s, and on-course announcers. There is also typically no cut-in for other news and sports, either from CBS or its affiliates. CBS uses "Augusta" by Dave Loggins as the event telecast's distinctive theme music. The CBS broadcasts also maintained a modified version of their previous graphics package from the 1990s until 2009 for the broadcasts, updated in 2008 to adopt a glossier dark green and silver color scheme similar to their standard golf graphics. A new graphics package debuted for the 2010 edition. ESPN's broadcasts have also shared the same graphics and music since their displacement of USA Network.
Significant restrictions have been placed on the tournament's broadcast hours compared to other major championships. Only in the 21st century did the tournament allow CBS to air 18-hole coverage of the leaders, a standard at the other three majors. Only three hours of cable coverage is scheduled for the early rounds each day. International broadcasters do not receive additional coverage, although they may take commercial breaks at different times from CBS or ESPN.
has provided live radio play-by-play coverage in the United States since 1956. This coverage can also be heard on the official Masters website. The network provides short two- or three-minute updates throughout the tournament, as well as longer three- and four-hour segments towards the end of the day.
has broadcast the Masters in the UK since 1986, and it also provides live radio commentary on the closing stages on Radio Five Live. With the 2007 launch of BBC HD
, UK viewers can now watch the championship in that format. BBC Sport
held the TV and radio rights through to 2010. The BBC's coverage airs without commercials because it is financed by a licence fee. From the 2011 Masters, Sky Sports began broadcasting all four days, as well as the Par 3 Contest in HD and, for the first time ever, in 3D. The BBC will only have highlights of the first two days' play but will go head to head with Sky Sports, with full live coverage on the final two days of play. In Ireland, from 2008 Setanta Ireland
will broadcast all four rounds live having previously broadcasted the opening two rounds with RTÉ
broadcasting the weekend coverage.
In Canada
, the broadcast rights are held by a marketing company, Graham Sanborn Media, which in turn buys time on TSN
(early rounds and weekend rebroadcasts), Global
(weekend rounds live), and RDS
(French-language coverage) to air the broadcasts. Graham Sanborn also sells all of the advertising for the Canadian broadcasts. The TSN/Global coverage is identical to the CBS/ESPN feed; RDS uses most of the U.S. video feed but provides commentary in French.
In most other countries, including much of Asia, Latin America, northern Africa, and the Middle East, broadcast rights for the entire tournament are held by the ESPN International
networks.
The Masters website announced that a limited supply of tickets for the 2012 tournament will be awarded to the general public for both practice days and competition rounds.
are all invited.
Past champions are eligible to play in any edition, but since 2002 the Augusta National Golf Club has discouraged them from continuing to participate at an advanced age.
Invitation categories (as of 2010):
Most of the top current players will meet the criteria of multiple categories for invitation. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite any golfer not otherwise qualified, although in practice these invitations are currently reserved for international players.
, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson have three titles to their name. Player also became the tournament's first overseas winner with his first victory in 1961. Other notable winners include Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Tom Watson
, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer
, Ben Crenshaw
, and José María Olazábal
, who have all won the Masters twice.
!Year>
Champion
Country
To par
Margin of
victory
share ($
)
>-
|align=center|2011
Charl Schwartzel
−14
2
1,440,000
|-
|align=center|2010
Phil Mickelson
(3)
−16
3
1,350,000
|-
|align=center|2009
Ángel Cabrera
−12
Playoff (3)
1,350,000
|-
|align=center|2008
Trevor Immelman
−8
3
1,350,000
|-
|align=center|2007
Zach Johnson
1
2
1,305,000
|-
|align=center|2006
Phil Mickelson
(2)
−7
2
1,260,000
|-
|align=center|2005
Tiger Woods
(4)
−12
Playoff (2)
1,260,000
|-
|align=center|2004
Phil Mickelson
−9
1
1,117,000
|-
|align=center|2003
Mike Weir
−7
Playoff (2)
1,080,000
|-
|align=center|2002
Tiger Woods
(3)
−12
3
1,008,000
|-
|align=center|2001
Tiger Woods
(2)
−16
2
1,008,000
|-
|align=center|2000
Vijay Singh
−10
3
828,000
|-
|align=center|1999
José María Olazábal
(2)
−8
2
720,000
|-
|align=center|1998
Mark O'Meara
−9
1
576,000
|-
|align=center|1997
Tiger Woods
−18
12
486,000
|-
|align=center|1996
Nick Faldo
(3)
−12
5
450,000
|-
|align=center|1995
Ben Crenshaw
(2)
−14
1
396,000
|-
|align=center|1994
José María Olazábal
−9
2
360,000
|-
|align=center|1993
Bernhard Langer
(2)
−11
4
306,000
|-
|align=center|1992
Fred Couples
−13
2
270,000
|-
|align=center|1991
Ian Woosnam
−11
1
243,000
|-
|align=center|1990
Nick Faldo
(2)
−10
Playoff (2)
225,000
|-
|align=center|1989
Nick Faldo
−5
Playoff (2)
200,000
|-
|align=center|1988
Sandy Lyle
−7
1
183,800
|-
|align=center|1987
Larry Mize
−3
Playoff (3)
162,000
|-
|align=center|1986
Jack Nicklaus
(6)
−9
1
144,000
|-
|align=center|1985
Bernhard Langer
−6
2
126,000
|-
|align=center|1984
Ben Crenshaw
−11
2
108,000
|-
|align=center|1983
Seve Ballesteros (2)
−8
4
90,000
|-
|align=center|1982
Craig Stadler
−4
Playoff (2)
64,000
|-
|align=center|1981
Tom Watson
(2)
−8
2
60,000
|-
|align=center|1980
Seve Ballesteros
−13
4
55,000
|-
|align=center|1979
Fuzzy Zoeller
−8
Playoff (3)
50,000
|-
|align=center|1978
Gary Player
(3)
South Africa−11
1
45,000
|-
|align=center|1977
Tom Watson
−12
2
40,000
|-
|align=center|1976
Raymond Floyd
−17
8
40,000
|-
|align=center|1975
Jack Nicklaus
(5)
−12
1
40,000
|-
|align=center|1974
Gary Player
(2)
South Africa
−10
2
35,000
|-
|align=center|1973
Tommy Aaron
−5
1
30,000
|-
|align=center|1972
Jack Nicklaus
(4)
−2
3
25,000
|-
|align=center|1971
Charles Coody
−9
2
25,000
|-
|align=center|1970
Billy Casper
−9
Playoff (2)
25,000
|-
|align=center|1969
George Archer
−7
1
20,000
|-
|align=center|1968
Bob Goalby
−11
1
20,000
|-
|align=center|1967
Gay Brewer
−8
1
20,000
|-
|align=center|1966
Jack Nicklaus
(3)
E
Playoff (3)
20,000
|-
|align=center|1965
Jack Nicklaus
(2)
−17
9
20,000
|-
|align=center|1964
Arnold Palmer
(4)
−12
6
20,000
|-
|align=center|1963
Jack Nicklaus
−2
1
20,000
|-
|align=center|1962
Arnold Palmer
(3)
−8
Playoff (3)
20,000
|-
|align=center|1961
Gary Player
South Africa
−8
1
20,000
|-
|align=center|1960
Arnold Palmer
(2)
United States−6
1
17,500
|-
|align=center|1959
Art Wall, Jr.
United States−4
1
15,000
|-
|align=center|1958
Arnold Palmer
United States
−4
1
11,250
|-
|align=center|1957
Doug Ford
United States
−5
3
8,750
|-
|align=center|1956
Jack Burke, Jr.
United States
1
1
6,000
|-
|align=center|1955
Cary Middlecoff
United States
−9
7
5,000
|-
|align=center|1954
Sam Snead
(3)
United States
1
Playoff (2)
5,000
|-
|align=center|1953
Ben Hogan
(2)
United States
−14
5
4,000
|-
|align=center|1952
Sam Snead
(2)
United States
−2
4
4,000
|-
|align=center|1951
Ben Hogan
United States
−8
2
3,000
|-
|align=center|1950
Jimmy Demaret
(3)
United States
−5
2
2,400
|-
|align=center|1949
Sam Snead
United States
−6
3
2,750
|-
|align=center|1948
Claude Harmon
United States
−9
5
2,500
|-
|align=center|1947
Jimmy Demaret
(2)
United States
−7
2
2,500
|-
|align=center|1946
Herman Keiser
United States
−6
1
2,500
|-
| colspan=6 align="center" | 1943–45: Cancelled due to World War II
|-
|align=center|1942
Byron Nelson
(2)
United States
−8
Playoff (2)
1,500
|-
|align=center|1941
Craig Wood
United States
−8
3
1,500
|-
|align=center|1940
Jimmy Demaret
United States
−8
4
1,500
|-
|align=center|1939
Ralph Guldahl
United States
−9
1
1,500
|-
|align=center|1938
Henry Picard
United States
−3
2
1,500
|-
|align=center|1937
Byron Nelson
United States
−5
2
1,500
|-
|align=center|1936
Horton Smith
(2)
United States
−3
1
1,500
|-
|align=center|1935
Gene Sarazen
United States
−6
Playoff (2)
1,500
|-
|align=center|1934
Horton Smith
United States
−4
1
1,500
The number in parentheses indicates the number players involved in each playoff.
became the youngest player ever, and the youngest to make the cut at in 2010. Gary Player holds the record for most appearances, with 52. Player holds the record for the number of consecutive cuts made, with 23 between 1959 and 1982 (Player did not compete in 1973 due to illness). He shares this record with Fred Couples, who made his consecutive cuts between 1983 and 2007, not competing in 1987 and 1994. Nick Price
and Greg Norman share the course record of 63, with their rounds coming in 1986 and 1996 respectively. This score is also a record for all major championships. The highest winning score of 289 (+1) has occurred three times: Sam Snead in 1954, Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956, and Zach Johnson
in 2007. Anthony Kim
holds the record for most birdies in a round with 11 in 2009 during his second round.
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
in professional golf
Professional golf tours
Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women, with each tour being based in a specific geographical region, although some of their tournaments may be held in other...
. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year. Unlike the other major championships, the Masters is held each year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...
, a private golf club in the city of Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, USA. The Masters was started by Clifford Roberts
Clifford Roberts
Clifford Roberts was an American investment dealer and golf administrator.-Biography:Born in Morning Sun, Iowa, Roberts had a troubled family life as a boy, and left school in the ninth grade. He worked at a great variety of jobs all around the United States, and eventually chose the investment...
and Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
. Jones designed Augusta National with course architect Alister MacKenzie
Alister MacKenzie
Dr. Alister MacKenzie was an internationally renowned, British golf course architect whose course designs, on three different continents, are consistently ranked among the finest golf courses in the world...
. The tournament is an official money event on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, the PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
, and the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
. The field of players is smaller than those of the other major championships because it is an invitational event, entry being controlled by the Augusta National Golf Club.
The tournament has a number of traditions. A green jacket has been awarded to the winner since 1949, which must be returned to the clubhouse after a year. The Champions dinner, inaugurated by Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
in 1952, is held on the Tuesday before each tournament, and is open only to past champions and certain board members of the Augusta National Golf Club. Beginning in 1963, legendary golfers, usually past champions, have hit an honorary tee shot on the morning of the first round. Such golfers have included Fred McLeod
Fred McLeod
Frederick Robertson McLeod was a Scottish-American golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U.S. Open...
, Jock Hutchinson, Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
, Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
, Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
, Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
, and Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
. Since 1960, a semi-social Par 3 Contest, on a par-3 course on Augusta National's grounds, has been played on the day before the first round of each Masters Tournament.
Nicklaus has won more Masters Tournaments than any other golfer, winning six times between 1963 and 1986. Other multiple winners include Palmer and Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
, with four each. Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
, from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, was the first non-American player to win the tournament in 1961.
Since the course first opened in 1933, it has been modified many times by different architects. Among the changes: greens have been reshaped and occasionally rebuilt completely, bunkers have been added, water hazards have been extended, new tees have been built, hundreds of trees have been planted, and several mounds have been installed.
Format
The Masters is the first acknowledged major golf championship of the year and since 1940 has been played so that the final round is always on the second Sunday of April.Because the Masters has a relatively small field compared to other golf tournaments, the competitors play in groups of three for the first 36 holes on the first two days. After 36 holes have been played by all players, players are eliminated to reduce the field. To "make the cut", players must be either within 44 places of the lead (ties counting) or within 10 strokes of the leader's score. These rules have applied since the 1961 tournament; from 1957 to 1960 the best 40 scores and ties and those within 10 strokes of the leader made the cut. Before 1957, there was no 36-hole cut.
Following the cut a further 36 holes are played over the final two days. If there is a tie at the end of the 72 holes, all players who are tied enter a sudden death play off starting on the 18th hole and then playing the 18th and 10th until a winner is found.
Awards
The total prize money for the 2008 tournament was $7,500,000, with $1,350,000 going to the winner. In the inaugural year, the winner Horton SmithHorton Smith
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
received $1,000 out of a $5,000 purse. After [Nicklaus's first win in 1963, he received $20,000, while after his final victory in 1986 he won $144,000. In recent years the purse has grown quickly. Between 2001 and 2008, the winners share grew by $270,000, and the purse grew by $1,500,000.
In addition to a cash prize, the winner of the tournament is presented with a distinctive green jacket, formally awarded since 1949, and informally acquired by the champions for many years before that. The green sport coat is the official attire worn by members of Augusta National while on the club grounds; each Masters winner becomes an honorary member of the club. The recipient of the green jacket has it presented to him inside the Butler Cabin soon after the end of the tournament, and the presentation is then repeated outside near the 18th green in front of the spectators. Winners keep their jacket for the first year after their first victory, then return it to the club to wear whenever they visit. The tradition began in 1949, when Sam Snead won his first of three Masters titles. The green jacket is only allowed to be removed from Augusta National by the reigning champion, after which it must remain at the club. Exceptions to this rule include Gary Player, who in his joy of winning mistakenly took his jacket home to South Africa after his 1961 victory (although he has always followed the spirit of the rule and has never worn the jacket); Seve Ballesteros who, in a recent interview with Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss
Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour...
from his home in Pedreña, showed off one of his two green jackets in his trophy room; and Henry Picard
Henry Picard
Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison...
, whose jacket was removed from the club before the tradition was well established, remained in his closet for a number of years, and is now on display at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio, where he was the club professional for many years.
By tradition, the winner of the previous year's Masters Tournament puts the jacket on the current winner at the end of the tournament. In 1966, Jack Nicklaus became the first player to win in consecutive years and he donned the jacket himself. When Nick Faldo
Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No...
(in 1990) and Tiger Woods (in 2002) repeated as champions, the chairman of Augusta National put the jacket on them.
There are several awards presented to players who perform exceptional feats during the tournament. The player who has the daily lowest score receives a crystal vase, while players who score a hole-in-one or a double eagle win a large crystal bowl. For each eagle a player makes he receives a pair of crystal goblets. The winner of the Par 3 competition, which is played the day before the tournament begins, wins a crystal bowl.
In addition to the green jacket, winners of the tournament receive a gold medal. They have their names engraved on the actual silver Masters trophy, introduced in 1961, which depicts the clubhouse. This trophy remains at Augusta National; since 1993 winners have received a sterling silver
Sterling silver
Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% by mass of other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925....
replica. The runner-up receives a silver medal, introduced in 1951. Beginning in 1978, a silver salver
Salver
A salver is a flat tray of silver or other metal used for carrying or serving glasses, cups and dishes at table or for the presenting of a letter or card by a servant...
was added as an award for the runner-up.
In 1952 the Masters began presenting an award, known as the Silver Cup, to the lowest scoring amateur to make the cut. In 1954 they began presenting an amateur silver medal to the low amateur runner-up.
Other traditions
As with the other majors, winning the Masters gives a golfer several privileges which make his career more secure. Masters champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the U.S. OpenU.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, the British Open
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
, and the PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
) for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters. They also receive membership on the PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to The Players Championship
The Players Championship
The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, the inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary...
for five years.
Because the tournament was established by the amateur golfer Bobby Jones
Bobby Jones (golfer)
Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
, the Masters has a tradition of honoring amateur golf. It invites winners of the most prestigious amateur tournaments in the world. Also, the current U.S. Amateur champion always plays in the same group as the defending Masters champion for the first two days of the tournament.
Since 1963 the custom in most years has been to start the tournament with an honorary opening tee shot at the first hole, typically by one of golf's legendary players. The original honorary starters were Jock Hutchison and Fred McLeod; this twosome led off every tournament from 1963 until 1973, when poor health prevented Hutchison from swinging a club. McLeod continued on until his death in 1976. Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen started in 1981, and were then joined by Sam Snead in 1984. This trio continued until 1999 when Sarazen died, while Nelson stopped in 2001. Snead hit his final opening tee shot in 2001, a year before he too died. In 2007, Arnold Palmer took over as the honorary starter. Palmer also had the honor in 2008 and 2009. At the 2010
2010 Masters Tournament
The 2010 Masters Tournament, played April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club, was the 74th Masters Tournament. This was the first major championship of the 2010 season.Phil Mickelson won his third Masters title by three shots over runner-up Lee Westwood....
and 2011 Masters Tournament
2011 Masters Tournament
The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament and was played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first major championship of the 2011 season. South African Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 event by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day.Eight players held a share...
s, Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
joined Palmer as a co-honorary starter for the event.
The Champions' dinner is held each year on the Tuesday evening preceding Thursday's first round. The dinner was first held in 1952, hosted by defending champion Ben Hogan, to honor the past champions of the tournament. At that time 15 tournaments had been played, and the number of past champions was 11 (including Hogan). Officially known as the "Masters Club", it includes only past winners of the Masters, although selected members of the Augusta National Golf Club have been included as honorary members, usually the chairman. The defending champion, as host, selects the menu for the dinner. Over the years, one of the most notable dishes was haggis
Haggis
Haggis is a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' , minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach.Haggis is a kind...
, served by Scotsman
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Sandy Lyle
Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s...
in 1989. Frequently, Masters champions opt to serve finely prepared cuisine by the Masters chef from their home regions. Notable examples have included bobotie
Bobotie
Bobotie is a South African dish consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping. The recipe is likely to have originated from the Dutch East India Company colonies in Batavia, with the name derived from the Indonesian Bobotok. Afterwards, it was taken to South Africa and adopted...
, a South African delicacy served at the behest of 2008 Masters Tournament champion Trevor Immelman. Previous examples also include German Bernhard Langer's 1986 Wiener Schnitzel feast, Brit Nick Faldo's Fish and Chips, Canadian Mike Weir's elk and wild boar, and Vijay Singh's Seafood Tom Kah and Chicken Panang Curry. Prior to the 1998 Champions Dinner, 1979 Masters Champion Fuzzy Zoeller
Fuzzy Zoeller
Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He is one of three golfers to have won The Masters in his first appearance in the event. He also won the 1984 U.S. Open, which earned him the 1985 Bob Jones Award....
created a media firestorm when he suggested that Tiger Woods refrain from serving collard greens and fried chicken, dishes commonly associated with Afro-American culture, at the traditional clubhouse feast. 1991 Masters Champion Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam
Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...
has asserted that Angel Cabrera's "asado," prepared diligently by Chef James Clark, Jr., represented the finest interpretation of Argentine cuisine known to a Masters chef.
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
, Sandy Lyle, and Sam Snead. The former two won in successive years. In this event, golfers may use their children as caddies, which helps to create a family-friendly atmosphere. In 2008, the event was televised for the first time by ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
.
Before 1982 all players in the Masters were required to use the services of an Augusta National Club caddy
Caddy
In golf, a caddy is the person who carries a player's bag and clubs, and gives insightful advice and moral support. A good caddy is aware of the challenges and obstacles of the golf course being played, along with the best strategy in playing it. This includes knowing overall yardage, pin...
, who by club tradition was always an African American. Indeed, club co-founder Clifford Roberts is reputed to have said, "As long as I'm alive, golfers will be white, and caddies will be black." Since 1982, players have been allowed the option of using their own caddy. The Masters requires caddies to wear a uniform consisting of a white jumpsuit, a green Masters cap, and white tennis shoes. The surname, and sometimes first initial, of each player is found on the back of his caddie's uniform. The defending champion always receives caddy number "1": other golfers get their caddy numbers from the order in which they register for the tournament.
Augusta National Golf Club
The idea for Augusta National originated with Bobby Jones, who wanted to build a golf course after his retirement from the game. He sought advice from Clifford Roberts, who later became the chairman of the club. They came across a piece of land in Augusta, GeorgiaAugusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, of which Jones said: "Perfect! And to think this ground has been lying here all these years waiting for someone to come along and lay a golf course upon it."
Jones hired Alister MacKenzie
Alister MacKenzie
Dr. Alister MacKenzie was an internationally renowned, British golf course architect whose course designs, on three different continents, are consistently ranked among the finest golf courses in the world...
to design the course, and work began in 1931. The course formally opened in 1933, but MacKenzie died before the first Masters Tournament was played.
Early tournament years
The first "Augusta National Invitational" Tournament, as the Masters was originally known, began on March 22, 1934, and was won by Horton SmithHorton Smith
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
. The present name was adopted in 1939. The first tournament was played with current holes 10 through 18 played as the first nine, and 1 through 9 as the second nine then reversed permanently to its present layout for the 1935 tournament.
Initially the Augusta National Invitational field was composed of Bobby Jones' close associates. Jones had petitioned the USGA to hold the U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
at Augusta but the USGA denied the petition, noting that the hot Georgia summers would create difficult playing conditions.
Gene Sarazen hit the "shot heard 'round the world" in 1935, holing a shot from the fairway on the par
Par (score)
The word "par" is a term in the game of golf used to denote the pre-determined number of strokes that a scratch golfer should require to complete a hole, a round , or a tournament...
5 15th for a double eagle. This tied Sarazen with Craig Wood
Craig Wood (golfer)
Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams ....
, and in the ensuing 36-hole playoff Sarazen was the victor by five strokes. The tournament was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. To assist the war effort, cattle and turkeys were raised on the Augusta National grounds.
1960s–1970s
The Big Three of Palmer, Player, and Nicklaus dominated the Masters from 1960 through 1978, winning the event eleven times among them during that span. After winning by one stroke in 1958, Palmer won by one stroke again in 1960 in memorable circumstances. Trailing Ken VenturiKen Venturi
Kenneth Venturi is an American former professional golfer and golf broadcaster.-Early years and amateur career:Venturi was born in San Francisco, California. He learned golf from an early age, and developed his game at Harding Park Golf Course and other public courses in the area...
by one shot in the 1960 event, Palmer made birdies on the last two holes to prevail. Palmer would go on to win another two Masters in 1962 and 1964.
Tony Lema
Anthony David "Tony" Lema was an American professional golfer, who rose to fame in the beginning of golf's modern era, but had his young life and career cut short in an aircraft accident. His most prestigious victory was the 1964 British Open.-Biography:Lema was born in Oakland, California, to...
by one stroke. Two years later, he shot a then-course record of 271 (17 under par) for his second Masters win, leading Bobby Jones to say that Nicklaus played "a game with which I am not familiar." The next year, Nicklaus won his third green jacket in a grueling 18-hole playoff against Tommy Jacobs
Tommy Jacobs
Keith Thomas Jacobs, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course owner/operator who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour...
and Gay Brewer
Gay Brewer
Gay Robert Brewer, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament....
. This made Nicklaus the first player to win consecutive Masters. He won again in 1972, again by three strokes. In 1975, Nicklaus was locked in a duel with Tom Weiskopf
Tom Weiskopf
Thomas Daniel Weiskopf is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s, and he won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982. After winding down his tournament career, Weiskopf has become a noted golf course...
and Johnny Miller
Johnny Miller
John Laurence Miller is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s; he ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus. He is currently the lead golf...
. In one of the most exciting Masters to date, he claimed the victory by one stroke over his two challengers.
Player became the first non-American to win the Masters in 1961 beating Palmer, the defending champion. In 1974 he won again by two strokes. After not winning a tournament for four years, and at the age of 42, Player won his third and final Masters in 1978 by one stroke over three players. Player currently shares (with Fred Couples
Fred Couples
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...
) the record of making 23 consecutive cuts, and has played in a record 52 Masters.
A controversial ending to the Masters occurred in 1968. Roberto DeVicenzo
Roberto DeVicenzo
Roberto De Vicenzo is a former professional golfer from Argentina. He won more than 230 tournaments worldwide in his career including eight on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship.-Biography:...
signed a scorecard (scored by playing partner Tommy Aaron
Tommy Aaron
Thomas Dean Aaron is a former American professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.- Early years :...
) which incorrectly listed a 4 instead of a 3 on the 17th hole. This extra stroke cost him a chance to be in an 18-hole playoff with Bob Goalby
Bob Goalby
Robert George Goalby is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the 1968 Masters Tournament, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971....
, who won the green jacket. DeVicenzo's mistake led to the famous quote, "What a stupid I am."
In 1975, Lee Elder
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975.-Background and family:...
became the first African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
to play in the Masters, doing so 15 years before Augusta National admitted its first black member.
1980s–2000s
Non-Americans collected 11 victories in 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s, by far the strongest run they have had in any of the three majors played in the United States since the early days of the U.S. Open. Nicklaus became the oldest player to win the Masters in 1986 when he won for the sixth time at age 46.During this period, no golfer suffered from the pressure of competing at Augusta more than Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
. In 1987, Norman lost a sudden-death playoff to Larry Mize
Larry Mize
Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...
. Mize holed out a remarkable 45-yard pitch shot to birdie the second playoff hole and win the Masters. In 1996, Norman tied the course record with an opening round 63, and had a six-stroke lead over Nick Faldo entering the final round. Norman shot a 78 while Faldo scored a 67 to win by five shots (for his third Masters championship). Norman also suffered in 1986 when after birdieing four straight holes, and needing only a par to tie Nicklaus for the lead, he badly pushed his 4-iron approach to 18 and missed his par putt for bogey.
In 1997, Tiger Woods won the Masters by twelve shots at age 21, in the process breaking the tournament four-day scoring record that had stood for 32 years. Woods completed his "Tiger Slam" by winning his fourth straight major championship at the Masters in 2001. The Masters was his again the next year, making him only the third player in history to win the tournament in consecutive years, as well as in 2005 when he defeated Chris DiMarco
Chris DiMarco
Christian Dean DiMarco is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. DiMarco has won seven tournaments as a pro, including three PGA Tour events.-Early years:...
in a playoff for his first major championship win in almost three years.
Recently, the club was targeted by Martha Burk
Martha Burk
Martha Burk is an American political psychologist, feminist, and former Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations....
, who organized a failed protest at the 2003 Masters to pressure the club into accepting female members. Burk planned to protest at the front gates of Augusta National during the third day of the tournament, but her application for a permit to do so was denied. A court appeal was dismissed. In 2004, Burk stated that she had no further plans to protest against the club.
Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne himself made headlines in April 2010, however, when he commented (at the annual pre-Masters press conference) on Tiger Woods' off-the-course behavior. "It's not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here," Payne said, in his opening speech. "It is the fact he disappointed all of us and more importantly our kids and grandkids."
The 2003 tournament was won by Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
, who became the first Canadian to win a major championship
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
, and the first left-hander to win the Masters. The following year, another left-hander, Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
, won his first major championship by making a birdie on the final hole to beat Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
by a stroke. Mickelson also won the tournament in 2006 and 2010. In 2011, the tournament was won by South African Charl Schwartzel
Charl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011....
, who birdied the final four holes to win by two strokes.
Course adjustments
As with many other courses, Augusta National's championship setup has been lengthened in recent years. In 2001, the course measured approximately 6925 yards from the Masters tees. It was lengthened to 7270 yards for 2002, and again in 2006 to 7445 yards; 520 yards longer than the 2001 course. The changes attracted many critics, including the most successful players in Masters history, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Tiger Woods. Woods claimed that the "shorter hitters are going to struggle." Augusta National chairman Hootie Johnson was unperturbed, stating, "We are comfortable with what we are doing with the golf course.". After a practice round, Gary Player defended the changes, saying, "There have been a lot of criticisms, but I think unjustly so, now I've played it.... The guys are basically having to hit the same second shots that Jack Nicklaus had to hit [in his prime]".Originally, the grass on the putting greens was the wide-bladed Bermuda. The greens lost speed, especially during the late 1970s, after the introduction of a healthier strain of narrow-bladed Bermuda, which thrived and grew thicker,. In 1978, the greens on the Par 3 course were reconstructed with bentgrass, a narrow-bladed species that could be mowed shorter, eliminating grain. After this test run, the greens on the main course were replaced with bentgrass in time for the 1981 Masters. The bentgrass resulted in significantly faster putting surfaces, which has required a reduction in some of the contours of the greens over time.
Just before the 1975 tournament, the common beige sand in the bunkers was replaced with the now-signature white feldspar. It is a quartz
Quartz
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz,...
derivative of the mining of feldspar
Feldspar
Feldspars are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust....
and is shipped in from North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
.
United States
CBSCBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
has televised the Masters in the United States every year since 1956, when it used six cameras and covered only the final four holes. Tournament coverage of the first eight holes did not begin until 1993 because of resistance from the tournament organizers, but by 2006, over 50 cameras were used. USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
added first- and second-round coverage in 1982, which was also produced by the CBS production team. The Masters is broadcast each year in high-definition television
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
, one of the first golf tournaments to ever hold that distinction, and the early round coverage previously aired in that format on USA's sister network, Universal HD
Universal HD
Universal HD is an HDTV cable television network owned by NBCUniversal. The channel was known as Bravo HD+ until December 1, 2004. The network exclusively broadcasts in high definition 1080i...
. In 2008, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and ESPN HD replaced USA and Universal as the weekday coverage provider, with coverage continuing to be jointly produced with CBS.
In 2005, CBS broadcast the tournament with high-definition fixed and handheld wired cameras, as well as standard-definition wireless handheld cameras. In 2006, a webstream called "Amen Corner Live" began providing coverage of all players passing through holes 11, 12, and 13 through all four rounds. This was the first full tournament multi-hole webcast from a major championship. In 2007, CBS added "Masters Extra," an extra hour of full-field bonus coverage daily on the internet, preceding the television broadcasts. In 2008, CBS added full coverage of holes 15 and 16 live on the web. In 2011, "Masters Extra" was dropped after officials gave ESPN an extra hour each day on Thursday and Friday.
While Augusta National Golf Club has consistently chosen CBS as its U.S. broadcast partner, it has done so in successive one-year contracts. Due to the lack of long-term contractual security, as well as the club's limited dependence on broadcast rights fees (owing to its affluent membership), it is widely held that CBS allows Augusta National greater control over the content of the broadcast, or at least performs some form of self-censorship
Self-censorship
Self-censorship is the act of censoring or classifying one's own work , out of fear of, or deference to, the sensibilities of others, without overt pressure from any specific party or institution of authority...
, in order to maintain future rights. The club, however, has insisted it does not make any demands with respect to the content of the broadcast.
There are some controversial aspects to this relationship. Announcers refer to the gallery as patrons rather than as spectators or fans (gallery itself is also used), and use the term second cut instead of rough (however, the second cut is normally substantially shorter than comparable "primary rough" at other courses). Announcers who have been deemed not to have acted with the decorum expected by the club have been removed, notably Jack Whitaker and Gary McCord
Gary McCord
Gary Dennis McCord is an American professional golfer, commentator, author, and actor.-Early life and career:McCord was born in San Gabriel, California and raised in southern California. He was a two-time Division II All-American at UC Riverside...
. There also tends to be a lack of discussion of any controversy involving Augusta National, such as the 2003 Martha Burk protests. However, there have not been many other major issues in recent years.
The club mandates minimal commercial interruption, currently limited to four minutes per hour (as opposed to the usual 12 or more); this is subsidized by selling exclusive sponsorship packages to three companies. In the immediate aftermath of the Martha Burk controversy, there were no commercials during the 2003 and 2004 broadcasts, although international commercial broadcasters continued to insert their own commercials into the coverage. The Players Championship began imposing the same rule in 2007 and some of the other major championships have tried to follow suit in their most recent TV contracts.
The club also disallows promotions for other network programs, with the sole exception of an on-screen mention of 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
should the final round run long or right before the coverage ends. Other broadcast material not allowed include sponsored graphics, blimp
Blimp
A blimp, or non-rigid airship, is a floating airship without an internal supporting framework or keel. A non-rigid airship differs from a semi-rigid airship and a rigid airship in that it does not have any rigid structure, neither a complete framework nor a partial keel, to help the airbag...
s, and on-course announcers. There is also typically no cut-in for other news and sports, either from CBS or its affiliates. CBS uses "Augusta" by Dave Loggins as the event telecast's distinctive theme music. The CBS broadcasts also maintained a modified version of their previous graphics package from the 1990s until 2009 for the broadcasts, updated in 2008 to adopt a glossier dark green and silver color scheme similar to their standard golf graphics. A new graphics package debuted for the 2010 edition. ESPN's broadcasts have also shared the same graphics and music since their displacement of USA Network.
Significant restrictions have been placed on the tournament's broadcast hours compared to other major championships. Only in the 21st century did the tournament allow CBS to air 18-hole coverage of the leaders, a standard at the other three majors. Only three hours of cable coverage is scheduled for the early rounds each day. International broadcasters do not receive additional coverage, although they may take commercial breaks at different times from CBS or ESPN.
Radio coverage
Westwood OneWestwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
has provided live radio play-by-play coverage in the United States since 1956. This coverage can also be heard on the official Masters website. The network provides short two- or three-minute updates throughout the tournament, as well as longer three- and four-hour segments towards the end of the day.
International
The BBCBBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
has broadcast the Masters in the UK since 1986, and it also provides live radio commentary on the closing stages on Radio Five Live. With the 2007 launch of BBC HD
BBC HD
BBC HD is a high-definition television network provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007...
, UK viewers can now watch the championship in that format. BBC Sport
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC. It became a fully dedicated division of the BBC in 2000. It incorporates programmes such as Match of the Day, Grandstand , Test Match Special, Ski Sunday, Rugby Special and coverage of Formula One motor racing, MotoGP and the Wimbledon Tennis...
held the TV and radio rights through to 2010. The BBC's coverage airs without commercials because it is financed by a licence fee. From the 2011 Masters, Sky Sports began broadcasting all four days, as well as the Par 3 Contest in HD and, for the first time ever, in 3D. The BBC will only have highlights of the first two days' play but will go head to head with Sky Sports, with full live coverage on the final two days of play. In Ireland, from 2008 Setanta Ireland
Setanta Sports
Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events...
will broadcast all four rounds live having previously broadcasted the opening two rounds with RTÉ
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
broadcasting the weekend coverage.
In Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the broadcast rights are held by a marketing company, Graham Sanborn Media, which in turn buys time on TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...
(early rounds and weekend rebroadcasts), Global
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
(weekend rounds live), and RDS
Réseau des sports
Réseau des sports , is a Canadian French language Category C specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc....
(French-language coverage) to air the broadcasts. Graham Sanborn also sells all of the advertising for the Canadian broadcasts. The TSN/Global coverage is identical to the CBS/ESPN feed; RDS uses most of the U.S. video feed but provides commentary in French.
In most other countries, including much of Asia, Latin America, northern Africa, and the Middle East, broadcast rights for the entire tournament are held by the ESPN International
ESPN International
ESPN International is a family of networks around the world. It was begun in 1989 and is operated by ESPN. It consists of:Asia: *ESPN SEA*ESPN SEA 2*ESPN China*ESPN Hong Kong*ESPN India*ESPN Malaysia...
networks.
Ticketing
Although tickets for the Masters are not expensive, they are very difficult to come by. Even the practice rounds can be difficult to get into. Applications for practice round tickets have to be made nearly a year in advance and the successful applicants are chosen by random ballot. Tickets to the actual tournament are sold only to members of a patrons list, which is closed. A waiting list for the patrons list was opened in 1972 and closed in 1978. It was reopened in 2000 and subsequently closed once again. In 2008, The Masters also began allowing children (between the ages of 8 and 16) to enter on tournament days free if they are accompanied by the patron who is the owner of his or her badge.The Masters website announced that a limited supply of tickets for the 2012 tournament will be awarded to the general public for both practice days and competition rounds.
Field
The Masters has the smallest field out of the major championships at around 90 players. It is an invitational event, with invitations largely issued on an automatic basis to players who meet published criteria. The top 50 players in the Official World Golf RankingsOfficial World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
are all invited.
Past champions are eligible to play in any edition, but since 2002 the Augusta National Golf Club has discouraged them from continuing to participate at an advanced age.
Invitation categories (as of 2010):
- Masters Tournament Champions (Lifetime)
- U.S. Open ChampionsU.S. Open (golf)The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
(Honorary, non-competing after five years) - The Open ChampionsThe Open ChampionshipThe Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
(Honorary, non-competing after five years) - PGA ChampionsPGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
(Honorary, non-competing after five years) - Winners of the Players ChampionshipThe Players ChampionshipThe Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, the inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary...
(Three years) - Current U.S. Amateur Champion (6-A) (Honorary, non-competing after one year); Runner-up (6-B) to the current U.S. Amateur Champion
- Current British AmateurThe Amateur ChampionshipThe Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...
Champion (Honorary, non-competing after one year) - Current Asian AmateurAsian Amateur ChampionshipThe Asian Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia. It is organized by the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation and was first played in 2009. It was organized in conjunction with the Masters Tournament and The R&A, organizers of The...
Champion - Current U.S. Amateur Public LinksU.S. Amateur Public LinksThe U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, is a men's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the United States Golf Association. The USGA typically calls the event the U.S. Amateur Public Links, which...
Champion - Current U.S. Mid-Amateur Champion
- The first 16 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Masters Tournament
- The first 8 players, including ties, in the previous year’s U.S. Open
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s Open Championship
- The first 4 players, including ties, in the previous year’s PGA Championship
- The 30 leaders on the Final Official PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
Money List for the previous calendar year - Winners of PGA Tour Regular Season and Playoff events that award at least a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, from previous Masters to current Masters
- Those qualifying for the previous year’s season-ending Tour Championship
- The 50 leaders on the Final Official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year
- The 50 leaders on the Official World Golf Ranking published during the week prior to the current Masters Tournament
Most of the top current players will meet the criteria of multiple categories for invitation. The Masters Committee, at its discretion, can also invite any golfer not otherwise qualified, although in practice these invitations are currently reserved for international players.
Winners
The first winner of the Masters Tournament was Horton Smith in 1934. He repeated his win in 1936. The player with the most Masters victories is Jack Nicklaus, who won six times between 1963 and 1986. Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods have each won four, and Jimmy DemaretJimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson have three titles to their name. Player also became the tournament's first overseas winner with his first victory in 1961. Other notable winners include Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...
, Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
, and José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
, who have all won the Masters twice.
victory
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
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2011 Masters Tournament
The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament and was played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first major championship of the 2011 season. South African Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 event by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day.Eight players held a share...
Charl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011....
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2010 Masters Tournament
The 2010 Masters Tournament, played April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club, was the 74th Masters Tournament. This was the first major championship of the 2010 season.Phil Mickelson won his third Masters title by three shots over runner-up Lee Westwood....
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
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2009 Masters Tournament
The 2009 Masters Tournament was the 73rd Masters Tournament held at Augusta National Golf Club and was played from April 9-12. This was the first major championship of the 2009 season.-Field:...
Angel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...
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2008 Masters Tournament
The 2008 Masters Tournament was a golf competition held at Augusta National Golf Club from April 10-13. It was the 72nd Masters Tournament, and the first major of the 2008 season. Trevor Immelman won with a score of -8 . Defending champion Zach Johnson finished tied for 20th at +3...
Trevor Immelman
Trevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School...
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2007 Masters Tournament
The 2007 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 71st Masters Tournament, and the first major contested in the 2007 season...
Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
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2006 Masters Tournament
The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. The course was lengthened significantly before the tournament, making the course play 7,445 yards . Phil Mickelson won his second Masters and second consecutive major, winning by two with a...
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
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2005 Masters Tournament
The 2005 Masters Tournament was the 69th Masters Tournament, played from April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters after a thrilling playoff with Chris DiMarco. Rain was a factor the whole week, delaying much of the play. The purse was $7.0 million and Woods...
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
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2004 Masters Tournament
The 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Phil Mickelson won his first, long awaited major championship with a birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els by one stroke...
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
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2003 Masters Tournament
The 2003 Masters Tournament was the 67th Masters Tournament held from April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club. Mike Weir won his first title in a one-hole playoff over Len Mattiace...
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
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2002 Masters Tournament
The 2002 Masters Tournament was the 66th Masters Tournament played from April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his third Masters and second consecutive Masters with a score of -12 .-First Round :...
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
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2001 Masters Tournament
The 2001 Masters Tournament was the 65th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his second Masters and sixth overall major championship by two strokes over David Duval. This championship marked the completion of the Tiger Slam with Woods having won the...
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
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2000 Masters Tournament
The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament held from April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Vijay Singh won his second major championship and first Masters by three strokes over Ernie Els.-First round:-Second round:...
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
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1999 Masters Tournament
The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship by two strokes over Davis Love III and three strokes over Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at...
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
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1998 Masters Tournament
The 1998 Masters Tournament was the 62nd Masters Tournament held from April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Mark O'Meara won his first major championship with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to defeat David Duval and Fred Couples by one stroke....
Mark O'Meara
Mark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s...
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1997 Masters Tournament
The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament held from April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his first major championship and Masters Tournament by 12 strokes over Tom Kite. Woods broke the four-day tournament low record with an -18...
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
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1996 Masters Tournament
The 1996 Masters Tournament was the 60th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his third Masters championship and sixth overall major championship by five strokes over Greg Norman...
Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No...
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1995 Masters Tournament
The 1995 Masters Tournament was the 59th Masters Tournament held from April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters championship by one stroke over Davis Love III. This was an emotional victory for Crenshaw as it came just days after the death of his mentor, Harvey...
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
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1994 Masters Tournament
The 1994 Masters Tournament was the 58th Masters Tournament held from April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. José María Olazábal won his first major championship by two strokes over Tom Lehman.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
José María Olazábal
José María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
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1993 Masters Tournament
The 1993 Masters Tournament was the 57th Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Bernhard Langer won his second Masters championship by four strokes over Chip Beck.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...
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1992 Masters Tournament
The 1992 Masters Tournament was the 56th Masters Tournament held from April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Fred Couples won his first major championship by two strokes over Raymond Floyd.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Fred Couples
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...
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1991 Masters Tournament
The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ian Woosnam, José María Olazábal and Tom Watson were all tied at -11 going into the 72nd hole...
Ian Woosnam
Ian Harold Woosnam OBE is a Welsh professional golfer.Nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Woosers', or the 'Wee Welshman', Woosnam was one of the "Big Five" generation of European golfers, all born within 12 months of one another, all of whom have won majors, and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup...
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1990 Masters Tournament
The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his second consecutive Masters championship and third major title on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Raymond Floyd....
Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No...
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1989 Masters Tournament
The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament held from April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his first Masters championship and second major title with a birdie on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Scott Hoch. This tournament is well known for Hoch missing a...
Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No...
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1988 Masters Tournament
The 1988 Masters Tournament was the 52nd Masters Tournament held from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. Sandy Lyle won his first Masters championship and second major title with a birdie on the 72nd hole to beat Mark Calcavecchia by one stroke....
Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s...
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|align=center|1987
1987 Masters Tournament
The 1987 Masters Tournament was the 51st Masters Tournament held from April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Larry Mize won his first, and only, major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman. Norman had a birdie opportunity on the 72nd hole to win it, but...
Larry Mize
Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...
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|align=center|1986
1986 Masters Tournament
The 1986 Masters Tournament was the 50th Masters Tournament, and was the first golfing major of 1986. Jack Nicklaus won his record 18th professional major with a historic victory in which he shot 65 during the final round for a final tally of 279...
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1985
1985 Masters Tournament
The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Bernhard Langer won his first major championship by two strokes over Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange. Langer came back from a 4 shot deficit at the start of the final...
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...
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|align=center|1984
1984 Masters Tournament
The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament held from April 12-15 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw won his first major championship by two strokes over Tom Watson.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
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|align=center|1983
1983 Masters Tournament
The 1983 Masters Tournament was the 47th Masters Tournament held from April 7-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters championship and third major title by four strokes over Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite...
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|align=center|1982
1982 Masters Tournament
The 1982 Masters Tournament was the 46th Masters Tournament, held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Stadler won his first major championship on the first sudden-death playoff hole over Dan Pohl.-Final leaderboard:...
Craig Stadler
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
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|align=center|1981
1981 Masters Tournament
The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held from April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second Masters championship and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller....
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
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|align=center|1980
1980 Masters Tournament
The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Seve Ballesteros won his first Masters and second major championship title by four strokes over Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert....
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|align=center|1979
1979 Masters Tournament
The 1979 Masters Tournament was a major golf tournament held April 12-15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Fuzzy Zoeller won the tournament with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson...
Fuzzy Zoeller
Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He is one of three golfers to have won The Masters in his first appearance in the event. He also won the 1984 U.S. Open, which earned him the 1985 Bob Jones Award....
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|align=center|1978
1978 Masters Tournament
The 1978 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship...
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
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|align=center|1977
1977 Masters Tournament
The 1977 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament, which was held at Augusta National Golf Club. Tom Watson won the tournament.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
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|align=center|1976
1976 Masters Tournament
The 1976 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club. Raymond Floyd won his first Masters title.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
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|align=center|1975
1975 Masters Tournament
The 1975 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club. Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters title.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1974
1974 Masters Tournament
The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th edition of the golf tournament, contested April 11-14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first major championship of the 1974 season. The champion was Gary Player at 278 , two strokes better than runners-up Dave Stockton and...
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
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|align=center|1973
1973 Masters Tournament
The 1973 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament held at the Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 37th Masters, and Tommy Aaron won his first Masters title....
Tommy Aaron
Thomas Dean Aaron is a former American professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.- Early years :...
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|align=center|1972
1972 Masters Tournament
The 1972 Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 36th Masters, and Jack Nicklaus won his fourth Masters title.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1971
1971 Masters Tournament
The 1971 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 35th Masters Tournament. 77 players entered the tournament and 48 of them made the cut at six-over-par ....
Charles Coody
Billy Charles Coody is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1971 Masters Tournament.Coody was born in Stamford, Texas and raised in Abilene, Texas...
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|align=center|1970
1970 Masters Tournament
The 1970 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 34th Masters Tournament. A field of 83 players started the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 ....
Billy Casper
William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
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|align=center|1969
1969 Masters Tournament
The 1969 Masters Tournament was contested from April 10 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 33rd Masters Tournament. 83 players entered the tournament and 48 of them made the cut at four-over-par ....
George Archer
George William Archer was an American golfer who won twelve events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship.Archer was born in San Francisco, California and was raised just south in the city of San Mateo...
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|align=center|1968
1968 Masters Tournament
The 1968 Masters Tournament was contested from April 11 to April 14 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 32nd Masters Tournament. 74 players entered the tournament and 52 of them made the cut at five-over-par ....
Bob Goalby
Robert George Goalby is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the 1968 Masters Tournament, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971....
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|align=center|1967
1967 Masters Tournament
The 1967 Masters Tournament was contested from April 6 to April 9 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 31st Masters Tournament. 83 players entered the tournament and 55 of them made the cut at six-over-par ....
Gay Brewer
Gay Robert Brewer, Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament....
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|align=center|1966
1966 Masters Tournament
The 1966 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 30th Masters Tournament. 103 players entered the tournament and 64 of them made the cut at nine-over-par ....
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1965
1965 Masters Tournament
The 1965 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 29th Masters Tournament. 91 players entered the tournament and 49 of them made the cut at four-over-par ....
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1964
1964 Masters Tournament
The 1964 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 28th Masters Tournament. 96 players entered the tournament and 48 of them made the cut at four-over-par ....
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
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|align=center|1963
1963 Masters Tournament
The 1963 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 27th Masters Tournament. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 of them made the cut at eight-over-par ....
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
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|align=center|1962
1962 Masters Tournament
The 1962 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 9 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 26th Masters Tournament. 109 players entered the tournament and 51 of them made the cut at five-over-par . The cut was changed this year to low 44 plus ties.Arnold Palmer won his third...
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
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|align=center|1961
1961 Masters Tournament
The 1961 Masters Tournament was contested from April 6 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 25th Masters Tournament. 88 players entered the tournament and 41 of them made the cut at five-over-par...
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
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|align=center|1960
1960 Masters Tournament
The 1960 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 24th Masters Tournament. 83 players entered the tournament and 45 of them made the cut at six-over-par ....
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
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|align=center|1959
1959 Masters Tournament
The 1959 Masters Tournament was contested from April 2 to April 5 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 23rd Masters Tournament. 87 players entered the tournament and 42 of them made the cut at five-over-par ....
Art Wall, Jr.
Arthur Jonathan Wall, Jr. was an American golfer.Wall was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He attended Duke University, graduating in 1949 with a business degree....
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|align=center|1958
1958 Masters Tournament
The 1958 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 22nd Masters Tournament. 86 players entered the tournament and 43 of them made the cut at five-over-par ....
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
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|align=center|1957
1957 Masters Tournament
The 1957 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 21st Masters Tournament. This was the first Masters Tournament played with a cut. 101 players started in the tournament and 40 of them made the cut at six-over-par .Doug Ford was three...
Doug Ford (golfer)
Douglas Michael Ford, Sr. born Fortunato is an American professional golfer and two-time major golf champion.Ford was born in West Haven, Connecticut. He turned professional in 1949 and won for the first time in 1952 at the Jacksonville Open.The win in Jacksonville was an unusual one...
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|align=center|1956
1956 Masters Tournament
The 1956 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 20th Masters Tournament. This would be the last Masters played without a cut....
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|align=center|1955
1955 Masters Tournament
The 1955 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 19th Masters Tournament.Cary Middlecoff shot a 65 in the second round, including a then-record 31 on the first nine, to win. At the time, his seven-stroke victory over Ben Hogan was a...
Cary Middlecoff
Emmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....
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|align=center|1954
1954 Masters Tournament
The 1954 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 18th Masters Tournament.Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan 70-71 in an 18-hole playoff to win his third Masters tournament. Sneads's 289, along with Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in...
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
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|align=center|1953
1953 Masters Tournament
The 1953 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 17th Masters Tournament.Ben Hogan broke the Masters Tournament scoring record by five strokes with a 14-under-par 274. The record stood for 12 years. Hogan shot four rounds of 70 or...
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
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|align=center|1952
1952 Masters Tournament
The 1952 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 16th Masters Tournament.Despite strong winds on the final two days, Sam Snead won his second Masters tournament....
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
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|align=center|1951
1951 Masters Tournament
The 1951 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 15th Masters Tournament.Ben Hogan went into the final round trailing by one stroke and shot a bogey-free round of 68 . This was Hogan's first Masters victory...
Ben Hogan
William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
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|align=center|1950
1950 Masters Tournament
The 1950 Masters Tournament was contested from April 6 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 14th Masters Tournament.Jimmy Demaret won the tournament at -5 to become the first three-time Masters champion.-Final leaderboard:-External links:...
Jimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
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|align=center|1949
1949 Masters Tournament
The 1949 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 13th Masters Tournament. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner....
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
United States|-
|align=center|1948
1948 Masters Tournament
The 1948 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 12th Masters Tournament. The purse was $10,000.Claude Harmon defeated Cary Middlecoff by five strokes. It was Harmon's only professional tour victory....
Claude Harmon
Eugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
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|align=center|1947
1947 Masters Tournament
The 1947 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 11th Masters Tournament. The purse was $10,000....
Jimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
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|align=center|1946
1946 Masters Tournament
The 1946 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 10th Masters Tournament and the first since 1942 because of World War II. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous ten years....
Herman Keiser
Herman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament....
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World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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|align=center|1942
1942 Masters Tournament
The 1942 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 9th Masters Tournament.Byron Nelson shot five under par in the final 13 playoff holes to defeat Ben Hogan 69-70. Hogan led by three strokes after five holes. This was Nelson's second Masters...
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
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|align=center|1941
1941 Masters Tournament
The 1941 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 8th Masters Tournament.Craig Wood opened with a 66 and a five-stroke lead. Wood scored a 34 over the Tournament's final nine holes to defeat Byron Nelson by three strokes. Wood became the...
Craig Wood (golfer)
Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams ....
United States|-
|align=center|1940
1940 Masters Tournament
The 1940 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 7th Masters Tournament.Jimmy Demaret overcame an opening round 64 by Lloyd Mangrum to win the Tournament. The purse was $5,000.-Final leaderboard:...
Jimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
United States|-
|align=center|1939
1939 Masters Tournament
The 1939 Masters Tournament was contested from March 30 to April 2 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 6th Masters Tournament.Due to adverse weather conditions, Thursday's round was postponed due to rain. 36 holes were played on Sunday....
Ralph Guldahl
Ralph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...
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|align=center|1938
1938 Masters Tournament
The 1938 Masters Tournament was contested from April 1 to April 4 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 5th Masters Tournament.Due to adverse weather conditions, Round 1 was played on Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday.Henry Picard fired a final...
Henry Picard
Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison...
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|align=center|1937
1937 Masters Tournament
The 1937 Masters Tournament was contested from April 1 to April 4 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 4th Masters Tournament. Byron Nelson made up six strokes on Ralph Guldahl over two holes on the final day to win by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5-6, Nelson played the 12th and 13th...
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
United States|-
|align=center|1936
1936 Masters Tournament
The 1936 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 3rd Masters Tournament. The purse was $5,000.Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round of play was postponed until Friday...
Horton Smith
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
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|align=center|1935
1935 Masters Tournament
The 1935 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 2nd Masters Tournament. The golf course nines were reversed for this tournament. Gene Sarazen holed an double eagle at the par 5, 15th hole to tie Craig Wood and force a 36-hole playoff....
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
United States|-
|align=center|1934
1934 Masters Tournament
The 1934 Masters Tournament was contested from March 22 to March 25 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first Masters Tournament. Horton Smith won the event. Smith sank a 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole for a victory over Craig Wood. The purse was $5,000.-First round:-Final...
Horton Smith
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
United StatesThe number in parentheses indicates the number players involved in each playoff.
Multiple and consecutive champions
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Masters Tournament.| Deceased golfer † |
| Grand Slam Grand Slam (golf) The Grand Slam in golf is winning all the golf's major championships in the same calendar year.-The Men's Grand Slam:The Grand Slam in men's golf is an unofficial concept, having changed over time. In the modern era, The Grand Slam is generally considered to be winning all four of golf's major... winners ‡ |
| Deceased Grand Slam winners ∞ |
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‡ | 6 | 1963 1963 Masters Tournament The 1963 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 27th Masters Tournament. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 of them made the cut at eight-over-par .... , 1965 1965 Masters Tournament The 1965 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 29th Masters Tournament. 91 players entered the tournament and 49 of them made the cut at four-over-par .... , 1966 1966 Masters Tournament The 1966 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 30th Masters Tournament. 103 players entered the tournament and 64 of them made the cut at nine-over-par .... , 1972 1972 Masters Tournament The 1972 Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 36th Masters, and Jack Nicklaus won his fourth Masters title.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... , 1975 1975 Masters Tournament The 1975 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament, held at Augusta National Golf Club. Jack Nicklaus won his fifth Masters title.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... , 1986 1986 Masters Tournament The 1986 Masters Tournament was the 50th Masters Tournament, and was the first golfing major of 1986. Jack Nicklaus won his record 18th professional major with a historic victory in which he shot 65 during the final round for a final tally of 279... |
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4 | 1958 1958 Masters Tournament The 1958 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 22nd Masters Tournament. 86 players entered the tournament and 43 of them made the cut at five-over-par .... , 1960 1960 Masters Tournament The 1960 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 24th Masters Tournament. 83 players entered the tournament and 45 of them made the cut at six-over-par .... , 1962 1962 Masters Tournament The 1962 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 9 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 26th Masters Tournament. 109 players entered the tournament and 51 of them made the cut at five-over-par . The cut was changed this year to low 44 plus ties.Arnold Palmer won his third... , 1964 1964 Masters Tournament The 1964 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 28th Masters Tournament. 96 players entered the tournament and 48 of them made the cut at four-over-par .... |
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‡ | 4 | 1997 1997 Masters Tournament The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament held from April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his first major championship and Masters Tournament by 12 strokes over Tom Kite. Woods broke the four-day tournament low record with an -18... , 2001 2001 Masters Tournament The 2001 Masters Tournament was the 65th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his second Masters and sixth overall major championship by two strokes over David Duval. This championship marked the completion of the Tiger Slam with Woods having won the... , 2002 2002 Masters Tournament The 2002 Masters Tournament was the 66th Masters Tournament played from April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his third Masters and second consecutive Masters with a score of -12 .-First Round :... , 2005 2005 Masters Tournament The 2005 Masters Tournament was the 69th Masters Tournament, played from April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters after a thrilling playoff with Chris DiMarco. Rain was a factor the whole week, delaying much of the play. The purse was $7.0 million and Woods... |
| United States |
† | 3 | 1940 1940 Masters Tournament The 1940 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 7th Masters Tournament.Jimmy Demaret overcame an opening round 64 by Lloyd Mangrum to win the Tournament. The purse was $5,000.-Final leaderboard:... , 1947 1947 Masters Tournament The 1947 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 11th Masters Tournament. The purse was $10,000.... , 1950 1950 Masters Tournament The 1950 Masters Tournament was contested from April 6 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 14th Masters Tournament.Jimmy Demaret won the tournament at -5 to become the first three-time Masters champion.-Final leaderboard:-External links:... |
| United States |
† | 3 | 1949 1949 Masters Tournament The 1949 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 13th Masters Tournament. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner.... , 1952 1952 Masters Tournament The 1952 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 16th Masters Tournament.Despite strong winds on the final two days, Sam Snead won his second Masters tournament.... , 1954 1954 Masters Tournament The 1954 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 18th Masters Tournament.Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan 70-71 in an 18-hole playoff to win his third Masters tournament. Sneads's 289, along with Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in... |
| South Africa |
‡ | 3 | 1961 1961 Masters Tournament The 1961 Masters Tournament was contested from April 6 to April 10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 25th Masters Tournament. 88 players entered the tournament and 41 of them made the cut at five-over-par... , 1974 1974 Masters Tournament The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th edition of the golf tournament, contested April 11-14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first major championship of the 1974 season. The champion was Gary Player at 278 , two strokes better than runners-up Dave Stockton and... , 1978 1978 Masters Tournament The 1978 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship... |
 England |
3 | 1989 1989 Masters Tournament The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament held from April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his first Masters championship and second major title with a birdie on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Scott Hoch. This tournament is well known for Hoch missing a... , 1990 1990 Masters Tournament The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his second consecutive Masters championship and third major title on the second sudden-death playoff hole over Raymond Floyd.... , 1996 1996 Masters Tournament The 1996 Masters Tournament was the 60th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his third Masters championship and sixth overall major championship by five strokes over Greg Norman... |
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3 | 2004 2004 Masters Tournament The 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Phil Mickelson won his first, long awaited major championship with a birdie on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els by one stroke... , 2006 2006 Masters Tournament The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. The course was lengthened significantly before the tournament, making the course play 7,445 yards . Phil Mickelson won his second Masters and second consecutive major, winning by two with a... , 2010 2010 Masters Tournament The 2010 Masters Tournament, played April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club, was the 74th Masters Tournament. This was the first major championship of the 2010 season.Phil Mickelson won his third Masters title by three shots over runner-up Lee Westwood.... |
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† | 2 | 1934 1934 Masters Tournament The 1934 Masters Tournament was contested from March 22 to March 25 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first Masters Tournament. Horton Smith won the event. Smith sank a 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole for a victory over Craig Wood. The purse was $5,000.-First round:-Final... , 1936 1936 Masters Tournament The 1936 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 3rd Masters Tournament. The purse was $5,000.Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round of play was postponed until Friday... |
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† | 2 | 1937 1937 Masters Tournament The 1937 Masters Tournament was contested from April 1 to April 4 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 4th Masters Tournament. Byron Nelson made up six strokes on Ralph Guldahl over two holes on the final day to win by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5-6, Nelson played the 12th and 13th... , 1942 1942 Masters Tournament The 1942 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 9th Masters Tournament.Byron Nelson shot five under par in the final 13 playoff holes to defeat Ben Hogan 69-70. Hogan led by three strokes after five holes. This was Nelson's second Masters... |
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∞ | 2 | 1951 1951 Masters Tournament The 1951 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 15th Masters Tournament.Ben Hogan went into the final round trailing by one stroke and shot a bogey-free round of 68 . This was Hogan's first Masters victory... , 1953 1953 Masters Tournament The 1953 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 17th Masters Tournament.Ben Hogan broke the Masters Tournament scoring record by five strokes with a 14-under-par 274. The record stood for 12 years. Hogan shot four rounds of 70 or... |
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2 | 1977 1977 Masters Tournament The 1977 Masters Tournament was a golf tournament, which was held at Augusta National Golf Club. Tom Watson won the tournament.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... , 1981 1981 Masters Tournament The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held from April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second Masters championship and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller.... |
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† | 2 | 1980 1980 Masters Tournament The 1980 Masters Tournament was the 44th Masters Tournament, held April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Seve Ballesteros won his first Masters and second major championship title by four strokes over Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert.... , 1983 1983 Masters Tournament The 1983 Masters Tournament was the 47th Masters Tournament held from April 7-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters championship and third major title by four strokes over Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite... |
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2 | 1985 1985 Masters Tournament The 1985 Masters Tournament was the 49th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Bernhard Langer won his first major championship by two strokes over Seve Ballesteros, Raymond Floyd, and Curtis Strange. Langer came back from a 4 shot deficit at the start of the final... , 1993 1993 Masters Tournament The 1993 Masters Tournament was the 57th Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Bernhard Langer won his second Masters championship by four strokes over Chip Beck.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... |
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2 | 1984 1984 Masters Tournament The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament held from April 12-15 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw won his first major championship by two strokes over Tom Watson.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... , 1995 1995 Masters Tournament The 1995 Masters Tournament was the 59th Masters Tournament held from April 6-9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters championship by one stroke over Davis Love III. This was an emotional victory for Crenshaw as it came just days after the death of his mentor, Harvey... |
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2 | 1994 1994 Masters Tournament The 1994 Masters Tournament was the 58th Masters Tournament held from April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. José María Olazábal won his first major championship by two strokes over Tom Lehman.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... , 1999 1999 Masters Tournament The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament held from April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship by two strokes over Davis Love III and three strokes over Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at... |
- Bolded years and player names means back-to-back wins and players who accomplished the feat.
Champions by nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.| Rank | Nation | Wins | Winners |
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| 1 | 56 | 34 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| T6 | 1 | 1 | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
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Records
Jack Nicklaus has won the most Masters and was old when he won in 1986, making him the oldest winner of the Masters. Nicklaus is the record holder for the most top tens, with 22, and the most cuts made, with 37. The youngest winner of the Masters is Tiger Woods, who was old when he won in 1997. In this year Woods also broke the records for the widest winning margin (12 strokes), and the lowest winning score, with 270 (−18). Matteo ManasseroMatteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero is an Italian professional golfer. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in...
became the youngest player ever, and the youngest to make the cut at in 2010. Gary Player holds the record for most appearances, with 52. Player holds the record for the number of consecutive cuts made, with 23 between 1959 and 1982 (Player did not compete in 1973 due to illness). He shares this record with Fred Couples, who made his consecutive cuts between 1983 and 2007, not competing in 1987 and 1994. Nick Price
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Background:...
and Greg Norman share the course record of 63, with their rounds coming in 1986 and 1996 respectively. This score is also a record for all major championships. The highest winning score of 289 (+1) has occurred three times: Sam Snead in 1954, Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956, and Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
in 2007. Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim
Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this...
holds the record for most birdies in a round with 11 in 2009 during his second round.
External links
- Masters.com – official site
- Augusta.com – coverage by The Augusta Chronicle
- GCSSA.org – superintendent's fact sheet – 2005