Golf fans will be doing little else apart from watching events at Augusta over the next four days and here are some facts and figures associated with easily the most popular golf tournament around.
By Bradley Maguire
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The number of Par-3 Contest winners who have gone on to win the Masters that same week.
3
The number of players to win the Masters when playing it for the first time. Those players are Horton Smith in 1934 (the first Masters), Gene Sarazen in 1935 and Fuzzy Zoeller (below) in 1979.
6
The average number of times a Masters winner will compete before he wins. Incidentally, this will be Rory McIlroy’s sixth Masters so no pressure Rory.
8
Number of shots off the lead Jack Burke Jr. was going into the final round of the 1956 Masters before coming back to win. It remains the greatest final-round comeback in the history of the tournament.
11
Most birdies in one round, recorded by Anthony Kim (below) in the second round of the 2009 Masters.
12
The number of strokes Tiger Woods won by in 1997. It remains the largest margin of victory in Masters history.
14 years, 168 days
The age of Guan Tianlang when he became the youngest player to ever compete in the tournament last year.
16
The number of times a play-off has been needed to decide the Masters.
32.66
The average age of Masters champions.
50
An ambitious guess at the amount of county GAA jerseys we’re hoping to see at Augusta this weekend. Cork, Kerry and Mayo have all been well represented at the hallowed course in recent years.
63
The lowest 18-hole score ever recorded at the Masters, by Nick Price in 1986 and Greg Norman ten years later.
95
The highest round ever recorded was 95, by amateur Charles Kunkle in 1956.
270
The lowest winning score in a Masters, recorded by Tiger Woods on his debut win in 1997.
289
Or, 1-over par, the highest winning score in a Masters, originally set by Sam Snead in 1954 and equalled by Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson (below) in 2007.
340
The highest 72-hole score in Masters history is 340, also recorded by our friend Charles Kunkle in 1956.
567
A conservative estimate of the amount of times you can expect to hear ‘Get in the hole’, ‘mashed potatoes’ or similarly silly shouts from rowdy spectators at the course over the weekend.
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The number of Irish winners of the Masters to date. Time to get the finger out Rory, Graeme and Darren.
