YEAR BY YEAR

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YEAR WINNER SCORE SECOND SCORE 1999 Jose Maria Olazabal 280 Love III 282 1998 Mark O’Meara 279 Couples, Duval 280 1997 Tiger Woods 270 Kite 282 1996 Nick Faldo 276 Norman 281 1995 Ben Crenshaw 274 Love III 275 1994 Jose Maria Olazabal 279 Lehman 281 1993 Bernhard Langer 277 Beck 281 1992 Fred Couples 275 Floyd 277 1991 Ian Woosnam 277 Olazabal 278 1990 Nick Faldo 278 Floyd 278

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(Playoff--Faldo 4-4, Floyd 4-5)

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1989 Nick Faldo 283 Hoch 283

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(Playoff--Faldo 5-3, Hoch 5-4)

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1988 Sandy Lyle 281 Calcavecchia 282 1987 Larry Mize 285 Ballesteros, Norman 285

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(Playoff--Mize 4-3, Norman 4-4, Ballesteros 5)

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1986 Jack Nicklaus 279 Kite, Norman 280 1985 Bernhard Langer 282 Ballesteros, Floyd, Strange 284 1984 Ben Crenshaw 277 Watson 279 1983 Seve Ballesteros 280 Crenshaw, Kite 284 1982 Craig Stadler 284 Pohl 284

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(Playoff--Stadler 4, Pohl 5)

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1981 Tom Watson 280 Miller, Nicklaus 282 1980 Seve Ballesteros 275 Gilbert, Newton 279 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller 280 Sneed, Watson 280

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(Playoff--Zoeller 4-3, Sneed 4-4, Watson 4-4)

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1978 Gary Player 277 Funseth, Green, Watson 278 1977 Tom Watson 276 Nicklaus 278 1976 Ray Floyd 271 Crenshaw 279 1975 Jack Nicklaus 276 Miller, Weiskopf 277 1974 Gary Player 278 Stockton, Weiskopf 280 1973 Tommy Aaron 283 J.C. Snead 284 1972 Jack Nicklaus 286 Crampton, Mitchell, Weiskopf 289 1971 Charles Coody 279 Miller, Nicklaus 281 1970 Billy Casper 279 Littler 279

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(Playoff--Casper 69, Littler 74)

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1969 George Archer 281 Casper, Knudson, Weiskopf 282 1968 Bob Goalby 277 De Vicenzo 278 1967 Gay Brewer 280 Nichols 281 1966 Jack Nicklaus 288 Jacobs, Brewer 288

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(Playoff--Nicklaus 70, Jacobs 72, Brewer 78)

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1965 Jack Nicklaus 271 Palmer, Player 280 1964 Arnold Palmer 276 Marr, Nicklaus 282 1963 Jack Nicklaus 286 Lema 287 1962 Arnold Palmer 280 Player, Finsterwald 280

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(Playoff--Palmer 68, Player 71, Finsterwald 77)

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1961 Gary Player 280 Coe, Palmer 281 1960 Arnold Palmer 282 Venturi 283 1959 Art Wall Jr. 284 Middlecoff 285 1958 Arnold Palmer 284 Ford, Hawkins 285 1957 Doug Ford 283 Snead 286 1956 Jack Burke Jr. 289 Venturi 290 1955 Cary Middlecoff 279 Hogan 286 1954 Sam Snead 289 Hogan 289

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(Playoff--Snead 70, Hogan 71)

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1953 Ben Hogan 274 Oliver Jr. 279 1952 Sam Snead 286 Burke Jr. 290 1951 Ben Hogan 280 Riegel 282 1950 Jimmy Demaret 283 Ferrier 285 1949 Sam Snead 282 Bulla, L. Mangrum 285 1948 Claude Harmon 279 Middlecoff 284 1947 Jimmy Demaret 281 Nelson, Stranahan 283 1946 Herman Keiser 282 Hogan 283 1942 Byron Nelson 280 Hogan 280

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(Playoff--Nelson 69, Hogan 70)

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1941 Craig Wood 280 Nelson 283 1940 Jimmy Demaret 280 L. Mangrum 284 1939 Ralph Guldahl 279 Snead 280 1938 Henry Picard 285 Cooper, Guldahl 287 1937 Byron Nelson 283 Guldahl 285 1936 Horton Smith 285 Cooper 286 1935 Gene Sarazen 282 Wood 282

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(Playoff--Sarazen 144, Wood 149)

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1934 Horton Smith 284 Wood 285

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CRITERIA FOR ENTRY

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE MASTERS:

1. Masters champions (lifetime).

2. U.S. Open champion (five years).

3. British Open champion (five years).

4. PGA champion (five years).

5. The Players Championship winner (three years)

6. Current U.S. Amateur champion; U.S. Amateur runner-up.

7. Current British Amateur champion.

8. Current U.S. Amateur Public Links champion.

9. Current Mid-Amateur champion.

10. First 16 players, including ties, in previous year’s Masters.

11. First 8 players, including ties, in previous year’s U.S. Open.

12. First 4 players, including ties, in previous year’s PGA Championship.

13. First 4 players, including ties, in previous year’s British Open.

14. The 40 leaders on the final official PGA Tour money list for previous calendar year.

15. Three leaders on current PGA Tour money list four weeks before the Masters.

16. Top 50 on the final official World Golf Ranking for the previous calendar year.

17. Top 50 on the World Golf Ranking four weeks before the Masters.