Preview - The Masters 2008

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)
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	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)
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	36 3,710 Yds

Annual:	72nd
Defending Champion:	Zach Johnson
Runner-Up:	Rory Sabbatini, Retief Goosen, Tiger Woods
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

Past Masters Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2007	Zach Johnson (289) - Rory Sabbatini, Retief Goosen, Tiger Woods
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