The Masters tournament was first played in 1934 and was won by Horton Smith. Since then, a number of legendary players have managed to get their hands on the Green Jacket as Masters winners.
Jack Nicklaus is the man with the most wins at Augusta National Golf Club with six, one more than Tiger Woods who sensationally won his 15th major down Magnolia Lane in 2019.
Scottie Scheffler consolidated his spot as World No. 1 in 2022 when he romped his way to a three-shot victory in Georgia, picking up his first-ever major title. He won the Masters again by four shots in 2024 and cemented himself as a legend of the venue.
We could reminisce for days about each individual champion from the famous venue which is famous for its natural beauty and lightning-fast greens. Some of the most memorable wins in recent times have been Adam Scott earning Australia its first green jacket, and Hideki Matsuyama doing the same for Japan.
But Masters winners join a legendary roll of honour and winning this tournament really does give the winner a piece of golfing immortality. So who are our green jacket winners?
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Here is the list of the past Masters champions by year:
Masters winners list
- 1934 Horton Smith
- 1935 Gene Sarazen
- 1936 Horton Smith
- 1937 Byron Nelson
- 1938 Henry Picard
- 1939 Ralph Guldahl
- 1940 Jimmy Demaret
- 1941 Craig Wood
- 1942 Byron Nelson
- 1946 Herman Kaiser
- 1947 Jimmy Demaret
- 1948 Claude Harmon
- 1949 Sam Snead
- 1950 Jimmy Demaret
- 1951 Ben Hogan
- 1952 Sam Snead
- 1953 Ben Hogan
- 1954 Sam Snead
- 1955 Cary Middlecoff
- 1956 Jack Burke Jr.
- 1957 Doug Ford
- 1958 Arnold Palmer
- 1959 Art Wall Jr.
- 1960 Arnold Palmer
- 1961 Gary Player
- 1962 Arnold Palmer
- 1963 Jack Nicklaus
- 1964 Arnold Palmer
- 1965 Jack Nicklaus
- 1966 Jack Nicklaus
- 1967 Gay Brewer
- 1968 Bob Goalby
- 1969 George Archer
- 1970 Billy Casper
- 1971 Charles Coody
- 1972 Jack Nicklaus
- 1973 Tommy Aaron
- 1974 Gary Player
- 1975 Jack Nicklaus
- 1976 Raymond Floyd
- 1977 Tom Watson
- 1978 Gary Player
- 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller
- 1980 Seve Ballesteros
- 1981 Tom Watson
- 1982 Craig Stadler
- 1983 Seve Ballesteros
- 1984 Ben Crenshaw
- 1985 Bernhard Langer
- 1986 Jack Nicklaus
- 1987 Larry Mize
- 1988 Sandy Lyle
- 1989 Nick Faldo
- 1990 Nick Faldo
- 1991 Ian Woosnam
- 1992 Fred Couples
- 1993 Bernhard Langer
- 1994 Jose Maria Olazabal
- 1995 Ben Crenshaw
- 1996 Nick Faldo
- 1997 Tiger Woods
- 1998 Mark O’Meara
- 1999 Jose Maria Olazabal
- 2000 Vijay Singh
- 2001 Tiger Woods
- 2002 Tiger Woods
- 2003 Mike Weir
- 2004 Phil Mickelson
- 2005 Tiger Woods
- 2006 Pihl Mickelson
- 2007 Zach Johnson
- 2008 Trevor Immelman
- 2009 Angel Cabrera
- 2010 Phil Mickelson
- 2011 Charl Schwartzel
- 2012 Bubba Watson
- 2013 Adam Scott
- 2014 Bubba Watson
- 2015 Jordan Spieth
- 2016 Danny Willett
- 2017 Sergio Garcia
- 2018 Patrick Reed
- 2019 Tiger Woods
- 2020 Dustin Johnson
- 2021 Hideki Matsuyama
- 2022 Scottie Scheffler
- 2023 Jon Rahm
- 2024 Scottie Scheffler
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