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He is one of five champions to win wire-to-wire with his victory in 1960. Tiger Woods, five-time Masters Champion in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2019. Tiger is one of three golfers to successfully defend his title. Sam Snead, three-time Masters Champion in 1949, 1952, 1954. Gary Player, three-time Masters Champion in 1961, 1974, and 1978, and ...
The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) [2][3] is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year.
The ATP Masters events, known as ATP Masters 1000 tournaments since 2009, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. [1] The Masters tournaments, sitting below the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships, make up the most coveted trophies on the ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A capsule look at some of the anniversaries this year at the Masters: 75 years ago (1949) Sam Snead not only won the first of his three Masters, he won the first green jacket ...
In tennis, the ATP Masters events, currently known as ATP Tour Masters 1000 series, are an annual series of nine top-level tournaments featuring the elite men's players on the ATP Tour since 1990. [1][2] The Masters tournaments along with the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships make up the most coveted titles on the annual ATP ...
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
Sam Snead won seven majors. Harry Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, and won one U.S. Open, for a total of seven majors. Nick Faldo won six majors. Phil Mickelson has won six majors. Seve Ballesteros won five majors. James Braid won five majors. John Henry Taylor won five Open Championships.
In men's tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters tournaments, and the year-end championships are considered the top-tier events of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [a][1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (majors, Masters and YEC) as follows.