The
Masters Tournament is a
golf competition that was established in 1934, with
Horton Smith winning the inaugural tournament.[1] The Masters is the first of four
major championships to be played each year, with the final round of the Masters always being scheduled for the second Sunday in April.[2] The Masters is the only one of the four majors to use the same course every year; the
Augusta National Golf Club.[3] Masters champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the
U.S. Open, the
Open Championship (British Open), and the
PGA Championship) for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters. They also receive membership on the
PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to the
Players Championship for the five years following their victory.[4] The champion also receives the "Green Jacket", the first one being won by
Sam Snead in
1949. The champion takes the jacket home for a year and returns it thereafter. A multiple-time champion will only have one jacket unless his size changes dramatically.[5]
Jack Nicklaus holds the record for the most Masters victories, winning the tournament six times during his career. Nicklaus is also the oldest winner of the Masters: he was 46 years 82 days old when he won in
1986.[6] Nicklaus,
Nick Faldo, and
Tiger Woods co-hold the record for most consecutive victories with two. Woods was the youngest winner of the Masters, 21 years 104 days old when he won in
1997.[6] Woods also set the record for the widest winning margin (12 strokes). The lowest winning score, with 268, 20-under-
par, was scored by
Dustin Johnson in
2020.[7]
a Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.[11]
b The 1943, 1944, and 1945 Masters Tournaments were not held because of
World War II.[99]
The
Masters Tournament is a
golf competition that was established in 1934, with
Horton Smith winning the inaugural tournament.[1] The Masters is the first of four
major championships to be played each year, with the final round of the Masters always being scheduled for the second Sunday in April.[2] The Masters is the only one of the four majors to use the same course every year; the
Augusta National Golf Club.[3] Masters champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors (the
U.S. Open, the
Open Championship (British Open), and the
PGA Championship) for the next five years, and earn a lifetime invitation to the Masters. They also receive membership on the
PGA Tour for the following five seasons and invitations to the
Players Championship for the five years following their victory.[4] The champion also receives the "Green Jacket", the first one being won by
Sam Snead in
1949. The champion takes the jacket home for a year and returns it thereafter. A multiple-time champion will only have one jacket unless his size changes dramatically.[5]
Jack Nicklaus holds the record for the most Masters victories, winning the tournament six times during his career. Nicklaus is also the oldest winner of the Masters: he was 46 years 82 days old when he won in
1986.[6] Nicklaus,
Nick Faldo, and
Tiger Woods co-hold the record for most consecutive victories with two. Woods was the youngest winner of the Masters, 21 years 104 days old when he won in
1997.[6] Woods also set the record for the widest winning margin (12 strokes). The lowest winning score, with 268, 20-under-
par, was scored by
Dustin Johnson in
2020.[7]
a Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.[11]
b The 1943, 1944, and 1945 Masters Tournaments were not held because of
World War II.[99]