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Masters Champions
WHO WON WHAT WHEN?
1934 - Horton Smith 1935 - x-Gene Sarazen 1936 - Horton Smith 1937 - Byron Nelson 1938 - Henry Picard 1939 - Ralph Guldahl 1940 - Jimmy Demaret 1941 - Craig Wood 1942 - x-Byron Nelson 1943 - No tournament, WWII 1944 - No tournament, WWII 1945 - No tournament, WWII 1946 - Herman Keiser 1947 - Jimmy Demaret 1948 - Claude Harmon 1949 - Sam Snead 1950 - Jimmy Demaret 1951 - Ben Hogan 1952 - Sam Snead 1953 - Ben Hogan 1954 - x-Sam Snead 1955 - Cary Middlecoff 1956 - Jack Burke Jr. 1957 - Doug Ford 1958 - Arnold Palmer 1959 - Art Wall Jr. 1960 - Arnold Palmer 1961 - Gary Player 1962 - x-Arnold Palmer 1963 - Jack Nicklaus 1964 - Arnold Palmer 1965 - Jack Nicklaus 1966 - x-Jack Nicklaus 1967 - Gay Brewer Jr. 1968 - Bob Goalby 1969 - George Archer 1970 - x-Billy Casper 1971 - Charles Coody 1972 - Jack Nicklaus 1973 - Tommy Aaron 1974 - Gary Player 1975 - Jack Nicklaus 1976 - Raymond Floyd 1977 - Tom Watson 1978 - Gary Player 1979 - x-Fuzzy Zoeller 1980 - Seve Ballesteros 1981 - Tom Watson 1982 - x-Craig Stadler 1983 - Seve Ballesteros 1984 - Ben Crenshaw 1985 - Bernhard Langer 1986 - Jack Nicklaus 1987 - x-Larry Mize 1988 - Sandy Lyle 1989 - x-Nick Faldo 1990 - x-Nick Faldo 1991 - Ian Woosnam 1992 - Fred Couples 1993 - Bernhard Langer 1994 - Jose Maria Olazabal 1995 - Ben Crenshaw 1996 - Nick Faldo 1997 - Tiger Woods 1998 - Mark O'Meara 1999 - Jose Maria Olazabal 2000 - Vijay Singh x-won playoff
Leaderboard
Masters Final Round
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Final scores with relation to par
and money winnings Sunday of the Masters on the 6,925-yard,
par-72 Augusta National Golf Club course:
(a-amateur) Vijay Singh, $828,000 72-67-70-69-278 -10 Ernie Els, $496,800 72-67-74-68-281 -7 Loren Roberts, $266,800 73-69-71-69-282 -6 David Duval, $266,800 73-65-74-70-282 -6 Tiger Woods, $165,600 75-72-68-69-284 -4 Tom Lehman, $154,100 69-72-75-69-285 -3 Davis Love III, $133,400 75-72-68-71-286 -2 Phil Mickelson, $133,400 71-68-76-71-286 -2 Carlos Franco, $133,400 79-68-70-69-286 -2 Hal Sutton, $115,000 72-75-71-69-287 -1 Nick Price, $96,600 74-69-73-72-288 E Greg Norman, $96,600 80-68-70-70-288 E Fred Couples, $96,600 76-72-70-70-288 E Dennis Paulson, $75,900 68-76-73-72-289 +1 Jim Furyk, $75,900 73-74-71-71-289 +1 Chris Perry, $75,900 73-75-72-69-289 +1 John Huston, $75,900 77-69-72-71-289 +1 Jeff Sluman, $64,400 73-69-77-71-290 +2 Glen Day, $49,833 79-67-74-71-291 +3 Padraig Harrington, $49,833 76-69-75-71-291 +3 Colin Montgomerie, $49,833 76-69-77-69-291 +3 Jean Van de Velde, $49,833 76-70-75-70-291 +3 Bob Estes, $49,833 72-71-77-71-291 +3 Steve Stricker, $49,833 70-73-75-73-291 +3 Larry Mize, $35,420 78-67-73-74-292 +4 Craig Parry, $35,420 75-71-72-74-292 +4 Steve Jones, $35,420 71-70-76-75-292 +4 Mike Weir, $27,396 75-70-70-78-293 +5 Bernhard Langer, $27,396 71-71-75-76-293 +5 Dudley Hart, $27,396 75-71-72-75-293 +5 Stewart Cink, $27,396 75-72-72-74-293 +5 Jumbo Ozaki, $27,396 72-72-74-75-293 +5 Nick Faldo, $27,396 72-72-74-75-293 +5 Thomas Bjorn, $27,396 71-77-73-72-293 +5 Justin Leonard, $27,396 72-71-77-73-293 +5 Paul Azinger, $27,396 72-72-77-72-293 +5 Fred Funk, $20,700 75-68-78-73-294 +6 Jay Haas, $20,700 75-71-75-73-294 +6 Notah Begay III, $20,700 74-74-73-73-294 +6 Sergio Garcia, $17,020 70-72-75-78-295 +7 Mark Brooks, $17,020 72-76-73-74-295 +7 Jesper Parnevik, $17,020 77-71-70-77-295 +7 Ian Woosnam, $17,020 74-70-76-75-295 +7 Darren Clarke, $17,020 72-71-78-74-295 +7 Retief Goosen, $17,020 73-69-79-74-295 +7 Scott Gump, $15,180 75-70-78-73-296 +8 Shigeki Maruyama, $15,180 76-71-74-75-296 +8 Brandt Jobe, $15,180 73-74-76-74-297 +9 Steve Pate, $15,180 78-69-77-74-298 +10 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $15,180 76-71-79-72-298 +10 David Toms, $15,180 74-72-73-79-298 +10 Rocco Mediate, $15,180 71-74-75-79-299 +11 Steve Elkington, $15,180 74-74-78-73-299 +11 a-David Gossett 75-71-79-78-303 +15 Jack Nicklaus, $15,180 74-70-81-78-303 +15 Skip Kendall, $15,180 76-72-77-83-308 +20 Tommy Aaron, $15,180 72-74-86-81-313 +25Masters Champions (1990-2000)
1990 - x-Nick Faldo 1991 - Ian Woosnam 1992 - Fred Couples 1993 - Bernhard Langer 1994 - Jose Maria Olazabal 1995 - Ben Crenshaw 1996 - Nick Faldo 1997 - Tiger Woods 1998 - Mark O'Meara 1999 - Jose Maria Olazabal 2000 - Vijay Singh x-won playoff
Masters, Trivia Quiz
FORWARD TEES (1 point each) 1. Who was the first player to win a green jacket? 2. Who is the only European to finish as the low amateur? 3. True or False. More Masters champions have come from Europe than the United States since 1980. 4. Who won the first Masters? 5. Tiger Woods set the record of 270 in 1997. What was his score after the first nine holes? 6. Name the last amateur to win The Masters. MEMBERS TEES (3 points each) 7. Who are the only three players to win The Masters in their first attempt. (1 point each). 8. Since 1960, only three players have led or shared the lead the first three rounds but failed to win. Name them (1 point each). 9. Who has finished second the most times without ever winning The Masters? 10. Which state has produced the most Masters champions? 11. Name the only player who completed the career Grand Slam at Augusta. 12. Who is the only player to lose The Masters in a playoff twice? CHAMPIONSHIP TEES (5 points each) 13. Which player has had at least a share of the lead for the most rounds? 14. Since turning 50, Jack Nicklaus has played in nine Masters. How many times has he made the cut? 15. Who made the biggest final-round comeback to win The Masters and what was the deficit? 16. Name the only three players whose birdie putt on the 72nd hole gave them the victory. 17. Who holds the record for most consecutive birdies? 18. Since The Masters began in 1934, six players have won three of the four tournaments that make up the Grand Slam. Only one of those has failed to win The Masters. Who is he? 19TH HOLE (10 points) Bonus: Roberto De Vicenzo missed out on a playoff because he signed for a 4 when he actually made 3. Name the player who was keeping his card in the final round of 1968. (answers below)
Answers
1. Sam Snead in 1949. 2. Sergio Garcia in 1999. 3. True. 4. Horton Smith. 5. 40. 6. No amateur has ever won the Masters. 7. Horton Smith, Gene Sarazen, Fuzzy Zoeller. 8. Bert Yancey (1967), Greg Norman (1996) and Fred Couples (1998). 9. Tom Weiskopf. 10. Texas. 11. Gene Sarazen. 12. Ben Hogan. 13. Arnold Palmer, 14 rounds. 14. Eight. 15. Jack Burke Jr., nine strokes in 1956. 16. Arnold Palmer, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara. 17. Steve Pate, seven straight birdies in 1999. 18. Lee Trevino. 19. Tommy Aaron. SCORING 55-64 - Grand Slam. 45-54 - Green Jacket. 35-44 - Sunday contender. 25-34 - Amateur Status. 11-24 - Back to the range. 0-10 - Sell the clubs.
U.S Open Champions
WHO WON WHAT WHEN?
1895 - Horace Rawlins 1896 - James Foulis 1897 - Joe Lloyd 1898 - Fred Herd 1899 - Willie Smith 1900 - Harry Vardon 1901 - Willie Anderson 1902 - Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 - Willie Anderson 1904 - Willie Anderson 1905 - Willie Anderson 1906 - Alex Smith 1907 - Alex Ross 1908 - Fred McLeod 1909 - George Sargent 1910 - Alex Smith 1911 - John McDermott 1912 - John McDermott 1913 - Francis Ouimet 1914 - Walter Hagen 1915 - Jerome Travers 1916 - Charles Evans Jr. 1917-18 No championship - World War I 1919 - Walter Hagen 1920 - Edward Ray 1921 - James M. Barnes 1922 - Gene Sarazen 1923 - Bobby Jones 1924 - Cyril Walker 1925 - W. MacFarlane 1926 - Bobby Jones 1927 - Tommy Armour 1928 - Johnny Farrell 1929 - Bobby Jones 1930 - Bobby Jones 1931 - Billy Burke 1932 - Gene Sarazen 1933 - Johnny Goodman 1934 - Olin Dutra 1935 - Sam Parks Jr. 1936 - Tony Manero 1937 - Ralph Guldahl 1938 - Ralph Guldahl 1939 - Byron Nelson 1940 - Lawson Little 1941 - Craig Wood 1942-45 No Championships - World War II 1946 - Lloyd Mangrum 1947 - Lew Worsham 1948 - Ben Hogan 1949 - Cary Middlecoff 1950 - Ben Hogan 1951 - Ben Hogan 1952 - Julius Boros 1953 - Ben Hogan 1954 - Ed Furgol 1955 - Jack Fleck 1956 - Cary Middlecoff 1957 - Dick Mayer 1958 - Tommy Bolt 1959 - Billy Casper 1960 - Arnold Palmer 1961 - Gene Littler 1962 - Jack Nicklaus 1963 - Julius Boros 1964 - Ken Venturi 1965 - Gary Player 1966 - Billy Casper 1967 - Jack Nicklaus 1968 - Lee Trevino 1969 - Orville Moody 1970 - Tony Jacklin 1971 - Lee Trevino 1972 - Jack Nicklaus 1973 - Johnny Miller 1974 - Hale Irwin 1975 - Lou Graham 1976 - Jerry Pate 1977 - Hubert Green 1978 - Andy North 1979 - Hale Irwin 1980 - Jack Nicklaus 1981 - David Graham 1982 - Tom Watson 1983 - Larry Nelson 1984 - Fuzzy Zoeller 1985 - Andy North 1986 - Ray Floyd 1987 - Scott Simpson 1988 - Curtis Strange 1989 - Curtis Strange 1990 - Hale Irwin 1991 - Payne Stewart 1992 - Tom Kite 1993 - Lee Janzen 1994 - Ernie Els 1995 - Corey Pavin 1996 - Steve Jones 1997 - Ernie Els 1998 - Lee Janzen 1999 - Payne Stewart 2000 - Tiger Woods
U.S. Open, Trivia Quiz
FORWARD TEES (1 point each) 1. Who is the oldest player to win the U.S. Open? 2. Who was the last European to win the U.S. Open? 3. Name the only player to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the U.S. Open in the same year. 4. Which player won or was runner-up eight times in a nine-year period? 5. Who won the last time the U.S. Open went to a playoff? 6. Nine players have won three legs of the career Grand Slam. Which one is missing only the U.S. Open? MEMBERS TEES (3 points) 7. Name the only player to lose three U.S. Opens in a playoff. 8. This player's only victory in the 1950s was a U.S. Open. 9. Who was the last player to complete the USGA-double by winning the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open? 10. Of the three men who have shot 63 in the U.S. Open, name the only player who didn't go on to win. 11. Name the only player to finish second in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in the same year. 12. In the past 90 years, only one player has won the U.S. Open at the same course twice. Who is he? CHAMPIONSHIP TEES (5 points each) 13. Who was the last player to win the U.S. Open with a 72-hole score over par? 14. Name the two players who went 11 years between U.S. Open victories. 15. Who was the last player to win in his first U.S. Open? 16. How many players have won consecutive U.S. Opens? 17. Who was the first American-born player to win the U.S. Open? 18. Who are the only two players to win the U.S. Open with four rounds in the 60s? 19TH HOLE (10 points) Bonus: Which player set the U.S. Open record with a nine-hole 29, then matched it a year later?
Trivia Answers
1. Hale Irwin, 45. 2. Englishman Tony Jacklin in 1970. 3. Jack Nicklaus in 1972. 4. Bobby Jones. 5. Ernie Els in 1994. 6. Sam Snead. 7. Arnold Palmer. 8. Jack Fleck, who beat Ben Hogan in a playoff. 9. Jerry Pate in 1976. 10. Tom Weiskopf. 11. Jeff Sluman in 1992. 12. Jack Nicklaus at Baltusrol (1967, 1980). 13. Andy North, 1-over 285, at Cherry Hills in 1985. 14. Julius Boros (1952-1963) and Hale Irwin (1979-1990). 15. Francis Ouimet in 1913. 16. Six. Willie Anderson (1903-05), John McDermott (1911-12), Bobby Jones (1929-30), Ralph Guldahl (1937-38), Ben Hogan (1950-51), Curtis Strange (1988-89). 17. John McDermott. 18. Lee Trevino (1968 at Oak Hill) and Lee Janzen (1993 at Baltusrol). 19. Neal Lancaster.
SCORING
55-64 - Grand Slam. 45-54 - Open champion. 35-44 - Sunday contender. 25-34 - Amateur status. 11-24 - Missed the cut. 0-10 - Sell the clubs.
