Favorite Masters Tournament

[RobotDoctor]

Like a broken record (so it seems), count me in for 1986 as well. Jack came from behind as the Golf Gods parting the fairways for him for an improbably 6th Green Jacket. Being a Jack Nicklaus fan, this Masters had drama, several contenders, a family element, and the final curtain call for, arguably, the greatest golfer of all time.

Yesssssss Sirrrrrrrrrr!!!!

[David in FL]

I've got to go with Jack in 1986 too. Hard to believe it was over 20 years ago......I remember it like it was yesterday.

Crenshaw in '95 was pretty special too.

[apex53]

Funny, I had a tough time deciding between '86 and '95 also... Looks like those two stand out for a lot of people.

[mikelaw]

My favorite was the 1995 Masters. It was Ben Crenshaw's second Masters win, but what made it special was the circumstances. He came in playing terrible, and his mentor Harvey Penick had just died.

AMEN gotta love this one....!!

[PEZGolf]

I forgot one other, and it is "The Greatest Masters of All Time"------1935. Bobby Jones watched while The Squire, Gene Sarazen, hit a perfect 4 wood second shot to the par 5 15th, and it rolled into the hole for a double eagle!! That is the only double eagle ever recorded by a player on the Sunday of a Major that enabled him to go on and win!!

After I did this post, I read the article in this week's "Golf World" about the famous 4 wood. It is still not certain if the one the USGA has is THE one, but they are fairly certain. Apparently, any where from 6 to 12 replicas were made by Wilson. The club was a Wilson "Turf Rider", with a scooped out sole, and was made only from 1935 until 1939. The article is on page 9 of the January 19th issue. The distance on that shot, by the way, was 235 yards. Pretty good shot for a wee mon with a club that had a persimmon head and steel shaft.

[Dub]

1997 tiger's 12 shot rob

My favorite, too. It rang in a new era in sports.

[lumpuckeroo]

1986 Jack's last win