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The first winner of the Masters Tournament was Horton Smith in 1934. He repeated his win in 1936. The current champion, winning in 2009, is Ángel Cabrera, who won in a three-way playoff against Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell. The player with the most Masters victories is Jack Nicklaus, who won six times between 1963 and 1986. Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods have each won four, and Jimmy Demaret, Gary Player, Sam Snead and Nick Faldo have three titles to their name. Gary Player also became the tournament's first overseas winner with his first victory in 1961. Other notable winners include Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Ben Crenshaw, José María Olazábal, and Phil Mickelson, who have all won the Masters twice
Year
Champion
Country
To par
Margin
2009
Ángel Cabrera
Argentina
-12
Playoff (3)
2008
Trevor Immelman
-8
3
2007
Zach Johnson
United States
+1
2
2006
Phil Mickelson (2)
United States
-7
2
2005
Tiger Woods (4)
United States
-12
Playoff (2)
2004
Phil Mickelson
United States
-9
1
2003
Mike Weir
Canada
-7
Playoff (2)
2002
Tiger Woods (3)
United States
-12
3
2001
Tiger Woods (2)
United States
-16
2
2000
Vijay Singh
Fiji
-10
3
1999
José María Olazábal (2)
Spain
-8
2
1998
Mark O'Meara
United States
-9
1
1997
Tiger Woods
United States
-18
12
1996
Nick Faldo (3)
England
-12
5
1995
Ben Crenshaw (2)
United States
-14
1
1994
José María Olazábal
Spain
-9
2
1993
Bernhard Langer (2)
Germany
-11
4
1992
Fred Couples
United States
-13
2
1991
Ian Woosnam
Wales
-11
1
1990
Nick Faldo (2)
England
-10
Playoff (2)
1989
Nick Faldo
England
-5
Playoff (2)
1988
Sandy Lyle
Scotland
-7
1
1987
Larry Mize
United States
-3
Playoff (3)
1986
Jack Nicklaus (6)
United States
-9
1
1985
Bernhard Langer
West Germany
-6
2
1984
Ben Crenshaw
United States
-11
2
1983
Seve Ballesteros (2)
Spain
-8
4
1982
Craig Stadler
United States
-4
Playoff (2)
1981
Tom Watson (2)
United States
-8
2
1980
Seve Ballesteros
Spain
-13
4
1979
Fuzzy Zoeller
United States
-8
Playoff (3)
1978
Gary Player (3)
South Africa
-11
1
1977
Tom Watson
United States
-12
2
1976
Raymond Floyd
United States
-17
8
1975
Jack Nicklaus (5)
United States
-12
1
1974
Gary Player (2)
South Africa
-10
2
1973
Tommy Aaron
United States
-5
1
1972
Jack Nicklaus (4)
United States
-2
3
1971
Charles Coody
United States
-9
2
1970
Billy Casper
United States
-9
Playoff (2)
1969
George Archer
United States
-7
1
1968
Bob Goalby
United States
-11
1
1967
Gay Brewer
United States
-8
1
1966
Jack Nicklaus (3)
United States
E
Playoff (3)
1965
Jack Nicklaus (2)
United States
-17
9
1964
Arnold Palmer (4)
United States
-12
6
1963
Jack Nicklaus
United States
-2
1
1962
Arnold Palmer (3)
United States
-8
Playoff (3)
1961
Gary Player
South Africa
-8
1
1960
Arnold Palmer (2)
United States
-6
1
1959
Art Wall, Jr.
United States
-4
1
1958
Arnold Palmer
United States
-4
1
1957
Doug Ford
United States
-5
3
1956
Jack Burke, Jr.
United States
+1
1
1955
Cary Middlecoff
United States
-9
7
1954
Sam Snead (3)
United States
+1
Playoff (2)
1953
Ben Hogan (2)
United States
-14
5
1952
Sam Snead (2)
United States
-2
4
1951
Ben Hogan
United States
-8
2
1950
Jimmy Demaret (3)
United States
-5
2
1949
Sam Snead
United States
-6
3
1948
Claude Harmon
United States
-9
5
1947
Jimmy Demaret (2)
United States
-7
2
1946
Herman Keiser
United States
-6
1
1943-45: Cancelled due to World War II
1942
Byron Nelson (2)
United States
-8
Playoff (2)
1941
Craig Wood
United States
-8
3
1940
Jimmy Demaret
United States
-8
4
1939
Ralph Guldahl
United States
-9
1
1938
Henry Picard
United States
-3
2
1937
Byron Nelson
United States
-5
2
1936
Horton Smith (2)
United States
-3
1
1935
Gene Sarazen
United States
-6
Playoff (2)
1934
Horton Smith
United States
-4
1
There were 96 who tee'd off on day one, the half way cut of +3 left 48 players.
Participation in the Masters Golf tournament is at invitation only and the field of players numbers about 90. This makes it smaller than most professional golf tournaments.
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he has won 4 masters tournaments
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Tiger Woods
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