5 interesting 2024 Masters stats you didn’t know

The 2024 Masters is upon us and similar to yearly, the stats present simply how distinctive every version is.

This yr’s “custom in contrast to some other” incorporates a Masters rookie in contrast to some other, a legend going for a report and extra.

Listed here are 5 stats which may shock you concerning the 2024 Masters.

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… Majors performed by Ludvig Aberg earlier than this yr’s Masters. Already each a winner on the PGA and DP World Excursions, Aberg is the primary participant ever to compete within the Ryder Cup earlier than taking part in in a significant. This week final yr, the now-24-year-old was taking part in within the Calusa Cup together with his Texas Tech teammates the place he completed T4 individually. A yr later, he’s taking part in for a inexperienced jacket.

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… Variety of prime 10 Masters finishes for Bernhard Langer (together with his two wins in 1985 and 1993). Langer had previously announced this year’s Masters would be his last, however an Achilles injury will keep him out of the sector for simply the second time in 40 years.

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… Consecutive cuts made by Tiger Woods, a report shared with Fred {Couples} and Gary Participant. Woods tied the record last year by making the cut Saturday morning amid heavy rainfall earlier than he withdrew through the third spherical with an damage. He didn’t tee it up once more till December after ankle surgical procedure. His solely profession missed minimize at Augusta got here in 1996, his second begin and final as an newbie. Woods gained by a report 12 strokes the next yr to kick off his present streak.

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… Phil Mickelson’s age in 2023 when he completed T2 on the Masters, the all-time exhibiting by a participant older than 50 at Augusta. Mickelson owns the Masters profession report for the bottom scoring common (71.30) of any participant with greater than 100 rounds performed.

Doubling Up

Tiger Woods banked $486K for his 1997 Masters win, whereas Jon Rahm took house $3.24 million final yr. Probably the most exponential interval of Masters purse progress was within the Eighties and ’90s, when the winner’s share doubled about each 5 years.

Jack Hirsh

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