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Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Georgia
9th - 12th April

Tournament records

Champions

Most 
Victories - 6, Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986) Youngest 
Champion - Tiger Woods (21 years, three months, 14 days) 1997 Oldest Champion 
- Jack Nicklaus (46 years, two months, 23 days), 1986 Oldest First-Time Winner 
- Craig Wood (39 years, four months, 18 days), 1941 Largest Margin of Victory 
- 12 strokes, Tiger Woods, 1997 Tallest Champion - George Archer, 6-foot-5, 
1969 Shortest Champion -- Ian Woosnam, 5-foot-4 1/2, 1991 

Scoring

Lowest 
round - 63, Nick Price, 1986 (third round) Greg Norman, 1996 (first round) 
Lowest front-nine score - 30, Johnny Miller, 1975 (third round) Greg Norman, 
1988 (fourth round) Lowest back-nine score - 29, Mark Calcavecchia, 1992 
(fourth round) Lowest first-round score - 63, Greg Norman, 1996 Lowest 
second-round score - 64, Miller Barber, 1979 Jay Haas, 1995 Lowest third-round 
score - 63, Nick Price, 1986 Lowest fourth-round score - 64, Maurice 
Bembridge, 1974 Hale Irwin, 1975 Gary Player, 1978 Greg Norman, 1988 Lowest 
36-hole score - 131, Raymond Floyd, 1976 Lowest 54-hole total - 201, 
Raymond Floyd, 1976; Tiger Woods, 1997 Lowest 72-hole score - 270, Tiger 
Woods, 1997 Most Birdies, one round - 10, Nick Price, 1986 (third round) 
Most Eagles, career - 23, Jack Nicklaus Most Subpar Rounds, career 
- 68, Jack Nicklaus Most Rounds under 70, career - 38, Jack Nicklaus Highest 
Score, one hole - 13, Tom Weiskopf, 1980 (number 12) Tommy Nakajima, 1978 
(number 13) 

Amateurs

Best 
finish - second place, Frank Stranahan, 1947 Ken Venturi, 1956 Charles R. 
Coe, 1961 Lowest round - 66, Ken Venturi, 1956 (first round) Lowest 
first-round score - 66, Ken Venturi, 1956 Lowest second-round score 
- 68, Marvin Ward, 1940 Lowest third-round score - 67, Charles R. Coe, 
1959 Jodie Mudd, 1982 Lowest fourth-round score - 68, Frank Stranahan, 
1947 Lowest 36-hole score - 135, Ken Venturi, 1956 Lowest 54-hole total 
- 210, Ken Venturi, 1956 Lowest 72-hole score - 281, Charles R. Coe, 1961

 


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