The Sports Almanac

The Masters

Through the 2008 Masters
Masters Winners Multiple Winners
YEAR
 WINNER NATIONALITY
 TO PAR
 MARGIN
1934
 Horton Smith
 United States
 -4
 1
1935
 Gene Sarazen
 United States
 -6
 Playoff
1936
 Horton Smith
 United States
 -3
 1
1937
 Byron Nelson
 United States
 -5
 2
1938
 Henry Picard
 United States
 -3
 2
1939
 Ralph Gudahl
 United States
 -9
 1
1940
 Jimmy Demaret
 United States
 -8
 4
1941
 Craig Wood
 United States
 -8
 3
1942
 Byron Nelson
 United States
 -8
 Playoff
1943
 No Tournament - World War II
1944
 No Tournament - World War II
1945
 No Tournament - World War II
1946
 Herman Keiser
 United States
 -6
 1
1947
 Jimmy Demaret
 United States
 -7
 2
1948
 Claude Harmon
 United States
 -9
 5
1949
 Sam Snead
 United States
 -6
 3
1950
 Jimmy Demaret
 United States
 -5
 2
1951
 Ben Hogan
 United States
 -8
 2
1952
 Sam Snead
 United States
 -2
 4
1953
 Ben Hogan
 United States
 -14
 5
1954
 Sam Snead
 United States
 +1
 Playoff
1955
 Cary Middlecoff
 United States
 -9
 7
1956
 Jack Burke, Jr.
 United States
 +1
 1
1957
 Doug Ford
 United States
 -5
 3
1958
 Arnold Palmer
 United States
 -4
 1
1959
 Art Wall, Jr.
 United States
 -4
 1
1960
 Arnold Palmer
 United States
 -6
 1
1961
 Gary Player
 South Africa
 -8
 1
1962
 Arnold Palmer
 United States
 -8
 Playoff
1963
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 -2
 1
1964
 Arnold Palmer
 United States
 -12
 6
1965
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 -17
 9
1966
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 E
 Playoff
1967
 Gay Brewer
 United States
 -8
 1
1968
 Bob Goalby
 United States
 -11
 1
1969
 George Archer
 United States
 -7
 1
1970
 Billy Casper
 United States
 -9
 Playoff
1971
 Charles Coody
 United States
 -9
 2
1972
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 -2
 3
1973
 Tommy Aaron
 United States
 -5
 1
1974
 Gary Player
 South Africa
 -10
 2
1975
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 -12
 1
1976
 Raymond Floyd
 United States
 -17
 8
1977
 Tom Watson
 United States
 -12
 2
1978
 Gary Player
 South Africa
 -11
 1
1979
 Fuzzy Zoeller
 United States
 -8
 Playoff
1980
 Seve Ballesteros
 Spain
 -13
 4
1981
 Tom Watson
 United States
 -8
 2
1982
 Craig Stadler
 United States
 -4
 Playoff
1983
 Seve Ballesteros
 Spain
 -8
 4
1984
 Ben Crenshaw
 United States
 -11
 2
1985
 Bernhard Langer
 Germany
 -6
 2
1986
 Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 -9
 1
1987
 Larry Mize
 United States
 -3
 Playoff
1988
 Sandy Lyle
 Scotland
 -7
 1
1989
 Nick Faldo
 England
 -5
 Playoff
1990
 Nick Faldo
 England
 -10
 Playoff
1991
 Ian Woosnam
 Wales
 -11
 1
1992
 Fred Couples
 United States
 -13
 2
1993
 Bernhard Langer
 Germany
 -11
 4
1994
 Jose Maria Olazabal
 Spain
 -9
 2
1995
 Ben Crenshaw
 United States
 -14
 1
1996
 Nick Faldo
 England
 -12
 5
1997
 Tiger Woods
 United States
 -18
 12
1998
 Mark O'Meara
 United States
 -9
 1
1999
 Jose Maria Olazabal
 Spain
 -8
 2
2000
 Vijay Singh
 Fiji
 -10
 3
2001
 Tiger Woods
 United States
 -16
 2
2002
 Tiger Woods
 United States
 -12
 3
2003
 Mike Weir
 Canada
 -7
 Playoff
2004
 Phil Mickelson
 United States
 -9
 1
2005
 Tiger Woods
 United States
 -12
 Playoff
2006
 Phil Mickelson
 United States
 -7
 2
2007
 Zach Johnson
 United States
 +1
 2
2008
 Trevor Immelman
 South Africa
 -8
 3

Multiple Winners  Masters Winners
Champion Nationality
 Years
 Wins
Jack Nicklaus
 United States
 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
 6
Arnold Palmer
 United States
 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
 4
Tiger Woods
 United States
 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
 4
Jimmy Demaret
 United States
 1940, 1947, 1950
 3
Sam Snead
 United States
 1949, 1952, 1954
 3
Gary Player
 South Africa
 1961, 1974, 1978
 3
Nick Faldo
 England
 1989, 1990, 1996
 3
Horton Smith
 United States
 1934, 1936
 2
Byron Nelson
 United States
 1937, 1942
 2
Ben Hogan
 United States
 1951, 1953
 2
Tom Watson
 United States
 1977, 1981
 2
Seve Ballesteros
 Spain
 1980, 1983
 2
Bernhard Langer
 Germany
 1985, 1993
 2
Ben Crenshaw
 United States
 1984, 1995
 2
Jose Maria Olazabal
 Spain
 1994, 1999
 2
Phil Mickelson
 United States
 2004, 2006
 2