Preview - The Masters 2007

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: 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:	71st
Defending Champion:	Phil Mickelson
Runner-Up:	Tim Clark
Tournament Record:	270 (Tiger Woods, 1997)
54-Hole Record:	201 (Raymond Floyd, 1976; Tiger Woods, 1997)
36-Hole Record:	131 (Raymond Floyd, 1976)
Course Record:	63 (Nick Price, 1986; Greg Norman, 1996)
Front 9 Record:	30 (Johnny Miller, 1975; Greg Norman, 1988; K.J. Choi, 2004)
Back 9 Record:	29 (Mark Calcavecchia, 1992; David Toms, 1998)
Total Purse:	$7,000,000 (2006 figures)
Shares:	1st Place - $1,260,000; 2nd Place - $756,000; 3rd Place - $476,000

2006 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Phil Mickelson	281	Jose Maria Olazabal	284
Tim Clark	283	Tiger Woods	284
Chad Campbell	284	Angel Cabrera	285
Fred Couples	284	Vijay Singh	285
Retief Goosen	284	Stewart Cink	286

Past Masters Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006	Phil Mickelson (281) -- Tim Clark
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