The lowest single round score at the Masters at Augusta Golf Club is 63 (9 under par). Nick Price was the first to accomplish 63 in 1986. Greg Norman tied the record in 1996.
Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen, all legends of the game, are the six players to have won a career Grand Slam.
Phil Mickelson is the oldest player ever to finish in the top five at the Masters tournament. He was 52 years old at the time when he tied for second at the 2023 Masters.
Every event on the PGA tour awards FedEx Cup points – the number of points a player earns is based on the prizemoney for the tournament and the player’s tournament finish. The player with the most points at the end of the season is crowned the FedEx Cup champion.
So far the only players who have scored an albatross in the Masters are Gene Sarazen in 1935, Bruce Devlin in 1967, Jeff Maggert in 1994 and Louis Oosthuizen 2012.
The four days at 13th Beach Golf Links had a men’s and a women’s tournament running concurrently over the 36 holes of the complex. And it was jointly sanctioned by four separate professional tours.
This structure has continued since with great success.
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