At
a glance summary
Dates: Thursday, April 5th through Sunday, April 8th
Site: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Course Architect: Alister MacKenzie, Robert Tyre Jones (1933)
Re-design work: George Cobb, Joe Finger, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus,
Robert Trent Jones
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,985
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 410 Yds (Tea Olive)
2 - Par 5 575 Yds (Pink Dogwood)
3 - Par 4 350 Yds (Flowering Peach)
4 - Par 3 205 Yds (Flowering Crab Apple)
5 - Par 4 435 Yds (Magnolia)
6 - Par 3 180 Yds (Juniper)
7 - Par 4 365 Yds (Pampas Grass)
8 - Par 5 550 Yds (Yellow Jasmine)
9 - Par 4 430 Yds (Carolina Cherry)
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36 3,500 Yds
10 - Par 4 485 Yds (Camellia)
11 - Par 4 455 Yds (White Dogwood)
12 - Par 3 155 Yds (Golden Bell)
13 - Par 5 485 Yds (Azalea)
14 - Par 4 405 Yds (Chinese Fir)
15 - Par 5 500 Yds (Firethorn)
16 - Par 3 170 Yds (Redbud)
17 - Par 4 425 Yds (Nandina)
18 - Par 4 405 Yds (Holly)
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36 3,485 Yds
Annual: 65th
Defending Champion: Vijay Singh
Runner-Up: Ernie Els
Tournament Record: 270 (Tiger Woods, 1997)
54-Hole Record: 201 (Ray Floyd, 1976; Tiger Woods, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Ray Floyd, 1976)
Course Record: 63 (Nick Price, 1986, Greg Norman, 1996)
Front 9 Record: 30 (Johnny Miller, 1975; Greg Norman, 1988)
Back 9 Record: 29 (Mark Calcavecchia, 1992; David Toms, 1998)
Total Purse: $4,600,000 - 2000 figure
Shares: 1st Place - $828,000; 2nd Place - 496,800; 3rd Place - 312,000
Finish Last Nine Years
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Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Vijay Singh dnp dnp T-27 mc T-39 T-17 mc T-24 Won
Ernie Els dnp dnp T-8 mc T-12 T-17 T-16 T-27 2nd
David Duval dnp dnp dnp dnp T-18 mc T-2 T-6 T-3
Loren Roberts dnp dnp T-5 T-24 T-23 mc dnp mc T-3
Tiger Woods dnp dnp dnp T-41 mc Won T-8 T-18 5th
Tom Lehman dnp T-3 2nd 40th T-18 T-12 mc T-31 6th
Davis Love III T-25 T-54 mc 2nd T-7 T-7 T-33 2nd T-7
Phil Mickelson dnp T-34 dnp T-7 3rd mc T-12 T-6 T-7
Carlos Franco dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-6 T-7
Hal Sutton mc dnp dnp mc mc dnp dnp mc 10th
Greg Norman T-6 T-31 T-18 T-3 2nd mc mc 3rd T-11
Nick Price T-6 mc T-35 mc T-18 T-24 mc T-6 T-11
Fred Couples Won T-21 dnp T-10 T-15 T-7 T-2 T-27 T-11
Jim Furyk dnp dnp dnp dnp T-29 T-28 4th T-14 T-14
John Huston T-25 59th T-10 T-17 17th T-21 T-23 T-36 T-14
Chris Perry dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-50 T-14
Dennis Paulson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-14
Jeff Sluman T-4 T-17 T-25 T-41 mc T-7 mc T-31 18th
Bob Estes dnp dnp mc T-29 T-27 dnp dnp T-4 T-19
Colin Montgomerie T-37 T-52 mc T-17 T-39 T-30 T-8 T-11 T-19
Steve Stricker dnp dnp dnp dnp mc mc dnp T-38 T-19
Glen Day dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-19
Padraig Harrington dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19
Jean Van de Velde dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19
Larry Mize T-6 T-21 3rd mc T-23 T-30 mc 23rd T-25
Steve Jones dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-26 mc T-25
Bernhard Langer T-31 Won T-25 T-31 T-36 T-7 T-39 T-11 T-28
Justin Leonard dnp mc dnp dnp T-27 T-7 T-8 T-18 T-28
Stewart Cink dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-23 T-27 T-28
Paul Azinger T-31 mc dnp T-17 T-18 T-28 5th mc T-28
Nick Faldo T-13 T-39 32nd T-24 Won mc mc mc T-28
Ian Woosnam T-19 T-17 T-46 T-17 T-29 T-39 T-16 T-14 T-40
Mark Brooks mc mc dnp mc mc mc mc T-38 T-40
Sergio Garcia dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-38 T-40
Darren Clarke dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8 mc T-40
Jesper Parnevik dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 T-31 mc T-40
Retief Goosen dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc dnp T-40
Brandt Jobe dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-14 48th
Steve Pate T-6 mc dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-4 T-49
David Toms dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-6 mc T-49
Steve Elkington T-37 T-3 mc T-5 mc T-12 30th T-11 T-52
Jack Nicklaus T-42 T-27 mc T-35 T-41 T-39 T-6 dnp T-54
Jose M. Olazabal T-42 T-7 Won T-14 dnp T-12 T-12 Won mc
Lee Westwood dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-24 44th T-6 mc
Lee Janzen T-54 T-39 T-30 T-12 T-12 T-26 T-33 T-14 mc
Mark O'Meara T-4 T-21 T-15 T-31 T-18 T-30 Won T-31 mc
Craig Stadler T-25 T-34 mc mc T-29 T-26 T-41 T-38 mc
Ray Floyd 2nd T-11 T-10 T-17 T-25 mc mc T-38 mc
Scott Hoch dnp dnp mc T-7 T-5 38th T-16 T-44 mc
Sandy Lyle T-37 T-21 T-38 mc mc T-34 mc T-48 mc
Jeff Maggert dnp T-21 T-50 mc T-7 mc T-23 mc mc
Fuzzy Zoeller T-19 T-11 T-35 mc mc T-34 T-33 mc mc
Tom Watson T-48 T-45 13th T-14 mc 4th mc mc mc
Stuart Appleby dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 mc mc mc
Ben Crenshaw 46th mc T-18 Won mc 45th mc mc mc
Seve Ballesteros T-59 T-11 T-18 T-45 43rd mc mc mc mc
Duffy Waldorf dnp T-39 dnp T-24 T-5 T-36 dnp dnp mc
Paul Lawrie dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc
Mark Calcavecchia T-31 T-17 mc T-41 T-15 T-17 T-16 mc dnp
Greg Chalmers dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Jose Coceres dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Steve Flesch dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Pierre Fulke dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Bob May dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Eduardo Romero dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
mc - Missed cut
dnp - Did not play
Past Masters Champions and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Vijay Singh (278) -- Ernie Els
1999 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (280) -- Davis Love III
1998 -- Mark O'Meara (279) -- Fred Couples, David Duval
1997 -- Tiger Woods (270) -- Tom Kite
1996 -- Nick Faldo (276) -- Greg Norman
1995 -- Ben Crenshaw (274) -- Davis Love III
1994 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (279) -- Tom Lehman
1993 -- Bernhard Langer (277) -- Chip Beck
1992 -- Fred Couples (275) -- Ray Floyd
1991 -- Ian Woosnam (277) -- Jose Maria Olazabal
1990 -- *Nick Faldo (278) -- Ray Floyd
1989 -- *Nick Faldo (283) -- Scott Hoch
1988 -- Sandy Lyle (281) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1987 -- *Larry Mize (285) -- Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman
1986 -- Jack Nicklaus (279) -- Greg Norman, Tom Kite
1985 -- Bernhard Langer (282) -- Curtis Strange, Ray Floyd, Seve Ballesteros
1984 -- Ben Crenshaw (277) -- Tom Watson
1983 -- Seve Ballesteros (280) -- Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite
1982 -- *Craig Stadler (284) -- Dan Pohl
1981 -- Tom Watson (280) -- Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus
1980 -- Seve Ballesteros (275) -- Gibby Gilbert, Jack Newton
1979 -- *Fuzzy Zoeller (280) -- Ed Sneed, Tom Watson
1978 -- Gary Player (277) -- Hubert Green, Rod Funseth, Tom Watson
1977 -- Tom Watson (276) -- Jack Nicklaus
1976 -- Ray Floyd (271) -- Ben Crenshaw
1975 -- Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf
1974 -- Gary Player (278) -- Tom Weiskopf, Dave Stockton
1973 -- Tommy Aaron (283) -- J.C. Snead
1972 -- Jack Nicklaus (286) -- Bruce Crampton, Bobby Mitchell, Tom Weiskopf
1971 -- Charles Coody (279) -- Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus
1970 -- *Billy Casper (279) -- Gene Littler
1969 -- George Archer (281) -- Billy Casper, George Knudson, Tom Weiskopf
1968 -- Bob Goalby (277) -- Roberto DeVicenzo
1967 -- Gay Brewer (280) -- Bobby Nichols
1966 -- *Jack Nicklaus (288) -- Tommy Jacobs, Gay Brewer
1965 -- Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
1964 -- Arnold Palmer (276) -- Jack Nicklaus, Dave Marr
1963 -- Jack Nicklaus (286) -- Tony Lema
1962 -- *Arnold Palmer (280) -- Dow Finsterwald, Gary Player
1961 -- Gary Player (280) -- Arnold Palmer, Charles Coe
1960 -- Arnold Palmer (282) -- Ken Venturi
1959 -- Art Wall, Jr. (284) -- Cary Middlecoff
1958 -- Arnold Palmer (284) -- Doug Ford, Fred Hawkins
1957 -- Doug Ford (282) -- Sam Snead
1956 -- Jack Burke, Jr. (289) -- Ken Venturi
1955 -- Cary Middlecoff (279) -- Ben Hogan
1954 -- *Sam Snead (289) -- Ben Hogan
1953 -- Ben Hogan (274) -- Ed Oliver, Jr.
1952 -- Sam Snead (286) -- Jack Burke, Jr.
1951 -- Ben Hogan (280) -- Skee Riegel
1950 -- Jimmy Demaret (283) -- Jim Ferrier
1949 -- Sam Snead (282) -- Johnny Bulla, Lloyd Mangrum
1948 -- Claude Harmon (279) -- Cary Middlecoff
1947 -- Jimmy Demaret (281) -- Byron Nelson, Frank Stranahan
1946 -- Herman Keiser (282) -- Ben Hogan
1945 -- Not Held due to World War II
1944 -- Not Held due to World War II
1943 -- Not Held due to World War II
1942 -- *Byron Nelson (280) -- Ben Hogan
1941 -- Craig Wood (280) -- Byron Nelson
1940 -- Jimmy Demaret (280) -- Lloyd Mangrum
1939 -- Ralph Guldahl (279) -- Sam Snead
1938 -- Henry Picard (285) -- Ralph Guldahl, Harry Cooper
1937 -- Byron Nelson (283) -- Ralph Guldahl
1936 -- Horton Smith (285) -- Harry Cooper
1935 -- *Gene Sarazen (282) -- Craig Wood
1934 -- Horton Smith (284) -- Craig Wood
* - Won in Playoff.
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tiger Woods
Darkhorse - Greg Norman
Last Week's Pick to Win (Davis Love III) - Finished tied for 11th
Last Week's Darkhorse (Billy Mayfair) - Finished tied for 21st
NOTES:
Fiji's Vijay Singh looks to become only the third player in tournament history
to successfully repeat as champion, as he begins his title defense on
Thursday. Jack Nicklaus became the first player at The Masters to win
back-to-back, accomplishing the feat in 1965-66, and Nick Faldo turned the
trick in 1989-90. One shot off the pace after two rounds, Singh carded a
third-round 70 to take a four shot lead over David Duval and then finished his
impressive tournament with a three-under 69 to post a three-shot win over
Ernie Els. Singh's three-stroke margin was the largest since 1997 when Tiger
Woods captured his first major by 12 shots. Singh was the only player in the
field to post four rounds of par or better (72-67-70-69) and topped off his
second "major" victory with an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole.
Second-round leader Duval finished tied for third with Loren Roberts while
world number-one Woods finished alone in fifth. International players have
fared well at The Masters, winning nine of the last 13 and 11 of the last 18.
No player has ever won The Masters after winning the par-three tournament held
on Wednesday prior to the tournament. Last year, Chris Perry captured the
par-3 event in a four-man playoff and finished tied for 14th. This is the
first "major" on the PGA Tour this season. A total of 101 players have been
invited to this year's event, with a total of 94 expected to compete. The
field includes 18 first-time players and five amateurs. Qualifications for
entrance into the Masters are: past Masters champions, U.S. Open, British Open
and PGA Champions (Honorary, non-competing after five years), winners of the
last three Players Championships, current U.S. Amateur and British Amateur
champion, current U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, the
top-16 finishers -- including ties from last year's Masters, top-8 players --
including ties from last year's U.S. Open, top-4 players -- including ties
from last year's PGA Championship and British Open, the top-40 money leaders
from last year, the three leaders on the current year Official PGA Tour money
list published during the fourth week prior to the Masters, the top-50 leaders
on last year's Golf Rankings and the current top-50 leaders in the World Golf
Rankings published during the fourth week prior to the current Masters. The
committee can also invite any international player not otherwise qualified.
There are four PGA Tour winners during the past year who will not be competing
in this year's Masters: Billy Andrade, Jim Carter, Michael Clark and Garrett
Willis. There are three players in the field with at least five starts who
have never missed the cut: Fred Couples (16), John Huston (11) and Jim Furyk
(5). Bernhard Langer owns the longest current consecutive cut streak with 17
straight. Tom Watson has made the cut 22 of the last 26 years. Arnold Palmer
has missed the cut 17 consecutive times. Sam Snead owns the record for most
consecutive cuts made at 24, followed by Byron Nelson and Watson at 22. There
have been 14 holes-in-one at the Masters, the last in 1996 when Ray Floyd aced
the 16th hole. There have been only four wire-to-wire winners of the Masters:
Craig Wood (1941), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Ray Floyd
(1976). Jack Nicklaus holds the record for most eagles in the Masters with 24,
while Jose Maria Olazabal holds the record for most birdies in a single
Masters tournament with 24. Arnold Palmer will be making his 47th consecutive
start at the Masters. Nicklaus has made the cut in 37 of 41 Masters starts.
Four players have won the Masters for their only top-10 finish in Augusta:
George Archer, Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam and Singh. There have been only three
first-time winners, Fuzzy Zoeller (1979), Gene Sarazen (1935) and Horton Smith
(1934). Only three players in the history of the Masters have birdied the
final hole for the win: Arnold Palmer (1960), Sandy Lyle (1988) and Mark
O'Meara (1998). Both Palmer and O'Meara birdied the final two holes for the
win. The Masters is the only major played on the same course each year. This
year's purse will be announced later in the week. The PGA Tour moves to South
Carolina for the WORLDCOM Classic, where Stewart Cink will defend his title.
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