On This Day: Tiger Woods becomes youngest Masters winner
On April 13, 1997, Tiger Woods, 21, won the Masters, the youngest golfer to accomplish that feat and the first Black American to win any of the four men's major professional golf tournaments. Woods also won the Masters in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2019.
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Most Masters victories: Jack Nicklaus (6) Jack Nicklaus earned his first victory during the 1963 Masters, and followed it with four more wins in 1965, 1966, 1972 and 1975, before claiming his final victory in 1986.
Tiger Woods came one step closer to matching this record by winning his fifth Green Jacket during the 2019 Masters Tournament. Arnold Palmer has the third-highest number of Masters wins with four, while Phil Mickelson, Nick Faldo, Gary Player, Sam Snead and Jimmy Demaret have three.
Youngest Masters winner: Tiger Woods Tiger Woods holds a lot of Masters records, and one of the first he achieved was breaking Seve Ballesteros’ record as the youngest winner of the Masters when he earned his first Green Jacket in 1997, at the age of 21 years, 3 months and 14 days.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Wednesday, April 13th 2022 at 7:22PM
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