The Masters golf tournament
The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. It is held every year in April. It is always the at Augusta National, which is a private golf club in Augusta, Georgia.In addition to a cash award, the winner of the tournament is presented with a distinctive green sportcoat, highly coveted among professional golfers.
Past winners of The Masters are:
- 1934: Horton Smith
- 1935: Gene Sarazen
- 1936: Horton Smith
- 1937: Byron Nelson
- 1938: Henry Picard
- 1939: Ralph Guldahl
- 1940: Jimmy Demaret
- 1941: Craig Wood
- 1942: Byron Nelson
- 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: 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: Arnold Palmer
- 1963: Jack Nicklaus
- 1964: Arnold Palmer
- 1965: Jack Nicklaus
- 1966: Jack Nicklaus
- 1967: Gay Brewer
- 1968: Bob Goalby
- 1969: George Archer
- 1970: Billy Casper
- 1971: Charles Coody
- 1972: Jack Nicklaus
- 1973: Tommy Aaron
- 1974: Gary Player
- 1975: Jack Nicklaus
- 1976: Ray Floyd
- 1977: Tom Watson
- 1978: Gary Player
- 1979: Fuzzy Zoeller
- 1980: Seve Ballesteros
- 1981: Tom Watson
- 1982: Craig Stadler
- 1983: Seve Ballesteros
- 1984: Ben Crenshaw
- 1985: Bernhard Langer
- 1986: Jack Nicklaus
- 1987: Larry Mize
- 1988: Sandy Lyle
- 1989: Nick Faldo
- 1990: 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
- 2001: Tiger Woods
- 2002: Tiger Woods
- 2003: Mike Weir
