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Key Overview
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year. Unlike the other major tournaments, the Masters is always held at the same location: Augusta National Golf Club, a private course in the city of Augusta, Georgia. Amateur golf champion Bobby Jones and investment banker Clifford Roberts founded the Masters Tournament.
Format
Format
The Masters is the first major championship of the year. Since 1948, its final round has been scheduled for the second Sunday of April, with several exceptions. It ended on the first Sunday four times (1952, 1957, 1958, 1959) and the 1979 and 1984 tournaments ended on April 15, the month's third Sunday.
Course
Course
The golf course was formerly a plant nursery and each hole is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated. The course layout in 2024: Lengths of the course for the Masters at the start of each decade:
Field
Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 85–100 players. Unlike other majors, there are no alternates or qualifying tournaments. It is an invitational event, with invitations largely issued on an automatic basis to players who meet published criteria. The top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are all invited.
Most wins
Most wins
The first winner of the Masters Tournament was Horton Smith in 1934, and he repeated in 1936. The player with the most Masters victories is Jack Nicklaus, who won six times between 1963 and 1986. Tiger Woods has five wins, followed by Arnold Palmer with four, and Jimmy Demaret, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson have three titles to their name.
Winners
Winners
In the "Runner(s)-up" column, the names are sorted alphabetically, based on the last name of that year's runner(s)-up. The sudden-death format was adopted in 1976, first used in 1979, and revised in 2004. None of the 11 sudden-death playoffs has advanced past the second hole; four were decided at the first hole, seven at the second.
Low amateurs
Low amateurs
In 1952, the Masters began presenting an award, known as the Silver Cup, to the lowest-scoring amateur to make the cut. In 1954 they began presenting an amateur silver medal to the low amateur runner-up. There have been seven players to win low amateur and then go on to win the Masters as a professional.
Records
Records
Jack Nicklaus has won the most Masters (six) and was 46 years, 82 days old when he won in 1986, making him the oldest winner of the Masters. Nicklaus is the record holder for the most top tens, with 22, and the most cuts made, with 37. The youngest winner of the Masters is Tiger Woods, who was 21 years, 104 days old when he won in 1997.
Ticketing
Ticketing
Although tickets (more commonly referred to as "badges") for the Masters are not expensive at face value, they are very difficult to come by. Masters tickets are considered the second-hardest to obtain in sports, trailing only the Super Bowl. Even the practice rounds can be difficult to gain entrance into.
Further reading
Further reading
Bantock, Jack (April 5, 2023). "For nearly 50 years, only Black men caddied The Masters. One day, they all but vanished". CNN.
External links
External links
Official website Augusta.com – coverage by The Augusta Chronicle Final Round broadcasts playlist on YouTube, posted by The Masters official channel
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