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THE MASTERS RELATED STORIES





 Dates: April 6th to April 9th
 Site: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
 Course Architect: Alister MacKenzie, Robert Tyre Jones 
 Re-design work: George Cobb, Joe Finger, 
 Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Robert Trent Jones
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,445
 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 455 Yds (Tea Olive)
               2 - Par 5 575 Yds (Pink Dogwood)
               3 - Par 4 350 Yds (Flowering Peach)
               4 - Par 3 240 Yds (Flowering Crab Apple)
               5 - Par 4 455 Yds (Magnolia)
               6 - Par 3 180 Yds (Juniper)
               7 - Par 4 450 Yds (Pampas Grass)
               8 - Par 5 570 Yds (Yellow Jasmine)
               9 - Par 4 460 Yds (Carolina Cherry)
                   -------------
                    36 3,735 Yds
 
              10 - Par 4 495 Yds (Camellia)
              11 - Par 4 505 Yds (White Dogwood)
              12 - Par 3 155 Yds (Golden Bell)
              13 - Par 5 510 Yds (Azalea)
              14 - Par 4 440 Yds (Chinese Fir)
              15 - Par 5 530 Yds (Firethorn)
              16 - Par 3 170 Yds (Redbud)
              17 - Par 4 440 Yds (Nandina)
              18 - Par 4 465 Yds (Holly)
                   -------------
                    36 3,710 Yds
 
 Annual: 70th
 Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
 Runner-Up: Chris DiMarco
 Tournament Record: 270 (Tiger Woods)
 54-Hole Record: 201 (Ray Floyd; Tiger Woods)
 36-Hole Record: 131 (Ray Floyd)
 Course Record: 63 (Nick Price; Greg Norman)
 Front 9 Record: 30 (Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, K.J. Choi)
 Back 9 Record: 29 (Mark Calcavecchia; David Toms)
 Total Purse: $7,000,000
 Shares: 1st $1,260,000; 2nd $756,000; 3rd $476,000
 
Past Masters Winners
 --------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  *Tiger Woods (276) -- Chris DiMarco
 2004  Phil Mickelson (279) -- Ernie Els
 2003  *Mike Weir (281) -- Len Mattiace
 2002  Tiger Woods (276) -- Retief Goosen
 2001  Tiger Woods (272) -- David Duval
 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



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