Think you know everything there is to know about the Masters Golf Tournament? Test your knowledge with these 10 pieces of trivia about the tournament’s history, players, champions, and more!
1. What was the Masters originally called from 1934 to 1939?
The Augusta National Invitation Tournament.
2. What was the purse for the first Masters Tournament in 1934, and how much went to the winner?
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The purse was $5,000, and the winner, Horton Smith received $1,500.
The purse for 2023?
$15,000,000, with $2.7 million going to the winner.
3. Why was the Masters not played from 1943 to 1945 and what was Augusta used for during this time?
Because of World War II.
Instead of being used as a golf course, the club used the course for cattle and turkey farming during those years.
Can you imagine cows roaming around the grounds of Augusta National?!
4. Who was the first player to win consecutive Masters titles, and in what years did he win?
Jack Nicklaus, who won in 1965 and 1966.
Nick Faldo (1989-90) and Tiger Woods (2001-02) are the only other players to have successfully defended their title.
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5. Who holds the record for the most Masters wins, and how many has he won?
Jack Nicklaus holds the record with six Masters titles, won between 1963 and 1986.
Nicklaus also finished runner up 4 times!
6. Who holds the record for the most consecutive cuts made at the Masters?
Gary Player and Fred Couples share this record with 23 consecutive cuts made.
Interestingly, their streaks perfectly coincided for a consecutive streak of 46 years of one of those two making the cut. Player’s streak was from 1959-1982, and Couples started his the year after, going from 1983-2007.
7. Who holds the record for largest margin of victory and what year did he achieve this?
In 1997, Tiger Woods shot -18 and won by 12 strokes.
Tiger changed the world of golf that day and set the sport in a direction no one could have dreamed of at the time.
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8. Who was the first international player to win the Masters, and in what year did he win?
South African Gary Player won the tournament in 1961.
Player went on to win the Masters two more times: 1974 and 1978.
9. Who was the first African-American player to compete in the Masters?
Charlie Sifford, who played in the tournament in 1961.
Sifford had such an impact on Tiger’s life that Tiger named his son, Charlie Woods, after Sifford.
10. How many years passed between Tiger Woods’ fourth and fifth Masters titles, and how old was he when he won his fifth?
Woods won his fourth Masters title in 2005 and his fifth in 2019, 14 years later. He was 43 years old when he won his fifth green jacket, the second oldest to do it behind Jack Nicklaus.
That second Sunday in April of 2019 was one of the most incredible sporting events I’ve ever watched.
Does he have one more left in him?
So, how did you do?
Whether you aced this quiz or learned something new about the Masters golf tournament, there’s always more to discover about this iconic event: