Records
Jack Nicklaus has won the most Masters and was 700146000000000000046 years, 700182000000000000082 days old when he won in 1986, making him the oldest winner of the Masters. Nicklaus is the record holder for the most top tens, with 22, and the most cuts made, with 37. The youngest winner of the Masters is Tiger Woods, who was 700121000000000000021 years, 7002104000000000000104 days old when he won in 1997. In that year Woods also broke the records for the widest winning margin (12 strokes), and the lowest winning score, with 270 (−18).
Matteo Manassero became the youngest player ever, and the youngest to make the cut at 700116000000000000016 years, 7002356000000000000356 days in 2010. Manassero's record as the youngest participant stands to be broken in 2013 by Guan Tianlang, who qualified for that year's Masters by winning the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. At the start of the 2013 Masters, Guan will be 700114000000000000014 years, 7002168000000000000168 days old. Gary Player holds the record for most appearances, with 52.
Player also holds the record for the number of consecutive cuts made, with 23 between 1959 and 1982 (Player did not compete in 1973 due to illness). He shares this record with Fred Couples, who made his consecutive cuts between 1983 and 2007, not competing in 1987 and 1994.
Nick Price and Greg Norman share the course record of 63, with their rounds coming in 1986 and 1996 respectively. This score is also a record for all major championships.
The highest winning score of 289 (+1) has occurred three times: Sam Snead in 1954, Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956, and Zach Johnson in 2007. Anthony Kim holds the record for most birdies in a round with 11 in 2009 during his second round.
There have been only four double eagles carded in the history of the Masters; the latest occurring in 2012 when South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen, using a 4 iron, holed a reported 260-yard shot on the course's second hole, called Pink Dogwood. The other two rare occurrences of this feat after Sarazin's double eagle on the fabled course's Fire Thorn hole in 1935: Bruce Devlin made double eagle from 248 yards out with a 4 wood at the eighth hole (Yellow Jasmine) in the first round of the 1967 tournament, while Jeff Maggert hit a 3-iron 222 yards at the 13th hole (Azalea) in the fourth round of the 1994 event.
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