ALL-TIME RECORDS

Most wins: 6, Jack Nicklaus

Youngest winner: 21, Tiger Woods

Oldest winner: 46, Jack Nicklaus

Low round: 63, Nick Price, Greg Norman

Low total: 270, Tiger Woods

Biggest win: 12, Tiger Woods

Low front nine: 30, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, KJ Choi

Low back nine: 29, Mark Calcavecchia, David Toms Low

Low 1st rd: 63, Greg Norman

Low 2nd rd: 64, Miller Barber, Jay Haas

Low 3rd rd: 63, Nick Price

Low 4th rd: 64, Maurice Bembridge, Hale Irwin, Gary Player, Greg Norman, David Toms

Low 1st 36 holes: 131, Raymond Floyd

Low last 36 holes: 131, Johnny Miller

Low 1st 54 holes: 201, Raymond Floyd, Tiger Woods

Low last 54 holes: 200, Tiger Woods

High winning score: 289, Sam Snead, Jack Burke

High front nine: 49, Charles Kunkle

High back nine: 49, Jess Sweetser, Richard Chapman, Tony Manero, Frank Conner

High round: 95 Charles Kunkle

High total: 340, Charles Kunkle

Most sub-par rounds: 71, Jack Nicklaus

Most sub-70 rounds: 39, Jack Nicklaus

Most 72 holes below par: 22, Jack Nicklaus

Most birdies: 500, Jack Nicklaus

Most birdies in a round: 10, Nick Price

Most birdies in a tournament: 25, Phil Mickelson

Most eagles: 24, Jack Nicklaus

Most eagles in a tournament: 4, Bruce Crampton

Most appearances: 50, Arnold Palmer

Most top fives: 15, Jack Nicklaus

Most top 10s: 22, Jack Nicklaus

Most cuts made: 37, Jack Nicklaus

Lowest cut: 145

Highest cut: 154

Best last round comeback to win: 8, Jack Burke

Debut winners: Horton Smith, Gene Sarazen, Fuzzy Zoeller

Consecutive winners: Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods

Biggest 18-hole lead: 5, Craig Wood

Biggest 36-hole lead: 5, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd

Biggest 54-hole lead: 9, Tiger Woods

Most attempts before win: 15, Mark O'Meara

Most contrasting round: 82 (34-48), Jacky Cupit

Most contrasting 1st 36 holes: 88-67, Craig Wood; 64-82, Mike Donald

Low amateur round: 66, Ken Venturi

Best finish by amateur: 2, Frank Stranahan, Ken Venturi, Charles Coe

Wire-to-wire winners: Craig Wood, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd

Holes-in-one: 4th, Jeff Sluman, Kirk Triplett; 6th, Leland Gibson, Billy Joe Patton, Charles Coody, Chris DiMarco; 12th, Claude Harmon, William Hyndman, Curtis Strange; 16th, Ross Somerville, Willie Goggin, Ray Billows, John Dawson, Clive Clark, Corey Pavin, Raymond Floyd, Kirk Triplett, Padraig Harrington

Albatrosses: 8th, Bruce Devlin; 13th, Jeff Maggert; 15th, Gene Sarazen

Best eclectic round: Out: 2-3-2-1-2-1-2-2-2 = 17 In: 2-2-1-2-2-2-1-2-2 = 16. Total 33

Worst eclectic round: Out: 8-10-8-7-8-7-8-12-8 = 76 In: 8-9-13-13-8-11-11-7-8 = 88 Total 164

TOP SIX IN LAST SIX MASTERS

2004: 1 Phil Mickelson 279; 2 Ernie Els 280; 3 KJ Choi 282; 4 Sergio Garcia, Bernhard Langer 285; 6 Paul Casey, Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco, Davis Love, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Kirk Triplett 286

2003: 1 Mike Weir 281; 2 Len Mattiace 281 (lost play-off); 3 Phil Mickelson 283; 4 Jim Furyk 284; 5 Jeff Maggert 286; 6 Vijay Singh, Ernie Els 287

2002: 1 Tiger Woods 276; 2 Retief Goosen 279; 3 Phil Mickelson 280; 4 Jose Maria Olazabal 281; 5 Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington 282

2001: 1 Tiger Woods 272; 2 David Duval 274; 3 Phil Mickelson 275; 4 Mark Calcavecchia, Toshi Izawa 278; 6 Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Bernhard Langer, Kirk Triplett 279

2000: 1 Vijay Singh 278; 2 Ernie Els 281; 3 David Duval, Loren Roberts 282; 5 Tiger Woods 284; 6 Tom Lehman 285

1999: 1 Jose Maria Olazabal 280; 2 Davis Love 282; 3 Greg Norman 283; 4 Bob Estes, Steve Pate 284; 6 David Duval, Carlos Franco, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Nick Price 285

RECORDS OF EUROPEANS

Thomas Bjorn. Age 34. Played 5. Best: 18th (2002). Top 10s: 0. Cuts made: 2. Best round: 67. Worst round: 80. Average: 73.7. Still craves a chance to make up for losing the 2003 Open from three clear with four to play.

Paul Casey. Age 27. Played 1. Best: 6th (2004). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 1. Best round: 68. Worst round: 75. Average: 71.5. Cracking debut last year and wants attention back on how he plays rather than what he said about Americans after the Ryder Cup.

Darren Clarke. Age 36. Played 7. Best: 8th (1998). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 5. Best round: 66. Worst round: 79. Average: 72.8. Led by three after opening 66 in 2003, but last year crashed out with second round 79. Would trade his two world titles for one major.

Luke Donald. Age 27. Debut. Has burst into world's top 20 after impressive first Ryder Cup cap and World Cup win with Paul Casey. Five missed cuts in five Opens, but could he be Europe's next winner of a major?

Nick Faldo. Age 47. Played 21. Best: 1 (1989-90-96). Top 10s: 3. Cuts made: 16. Best round: 65. Worst round: 81. Average: 72.6. 2008 Ryder Cup captain back at the scene of some great memories, but missed the cut in three of the four majors last year.

Sergio Garcia. Age 25. Played 6. Best: 4th (2004). Top 10s: 2. Cuts made: 5. Best round: 66. Worst round: 78. Average: 72.6. Finished on a high note last year with 66 and there are high expectations again.

Joakim Haeggman. Age 35. Debut. Finally gets to play 12 years on from becoming first Swede in Ryder Cup. Just missed out on a second cap last year.

Padraig Harrington. Age 33. Played 5. Best: 5th (2002). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 4. Best round: 68. Worst round: 77. Average: 72.1. Led in 2002 after flying start, but has yet to be in last-day contention.

David Howell. Age 29. Debut. Ryder Cup debutant last September and played European tour's Shot of the Year during the match. Last tournament win was 1999, though.

Fredrik Jacobson. Age 30. Played 1. Best: 17th (2004). Top 10s: 0. Cuts made: 1. Best round: 67. Worst round: 74. Average: 72.2. Has grown in stature since joining US Tour and just missed out on Ryder Cup.

Miguel Angel Jimenez. Age 41. Played 6. Best: 9th (2002). Top 10s: 2. Cuts made: 3. Best round: 68. Worst round: 79. Average: 72.8. Did not qualify last year, but has played best golf of his life in the last 18 months.

Bernhard Langer. Age 47. Played 22. Best: 1st (1985-93). Top 10s: 8. Cuts made: 20. Best round: 66. Worst round: 79. Average: 72.2. Joint fourth last year, but 2004 will be most remembered, of course, for his Ryder Cup captaincy.

Thomas Levet. Age 36. Played 1. Best: missed cut (2003). Top 10s: 0. Cuts made: 0. Best round: 77. Worst round: 79. Average: 78. After Ryder Cup debut will hope for better time than he had on first visit.

Sandy Lyle. Age 47. Played 23. Best: 1st (1988). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 12. Best round: 65. Worst round: 82. Average: 73.6. Made first Masters cut in five years last April.

Graeme McDowell. Age 25. Debut. Climbed into world's top 50 and earned place with runners-up finish in the Bay Hill Invitational on March 20. Team-mate of Luke Donald at 2001 Walker Cup.

Jose Maria Olazabal. Age 39. Played 17. Best: 1st (1994-99). Top 10s: 7. Cuts made: 14. Best round: 66. Worst round: 81. Average: 71.6. Fell away to 30th last year after sharing second spot at halfway.

Jesper Parnevik. Age 40. Played 6. Best: 20th (2001). Top 10s: 0. Cuts made: 5. Best round: 69. Worst round: 77. Average: 72.8. Back after two-year absence thanks to climb from 118th to 40th on US Tour.

Ian Poulter. Age 29. Played 1. Best: 31st (2004). Top 10s: 0. Cut made: 1. Best round: 73. Worst round: 75. Average: 73.7. Hopes to produce golf to match his colourful image.

Lee Westwood. Age 31. Played 5. Best: 6th (1999). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 4. Best round: 68. Worst round: 78. Average: 73.6. Has played only one of the last four Masters. Led with nine to play in 1999.

Stuart Wilson. Age 27. Debut. Won British amateur at St Andrews last June and then amateur silver medal at Open a month later. Was also member of winning Walker Cup team in 2003.

Ian Woosnam. Age 47. Played 17. Best: 1st (1991). Top 10s: 1. Cuts made: 12. Best round: 66. Worst round: 81. Average: 73.1. New Ryder Cup captain has missed last four halfway cuts at Augusta.

LEAGUE TABLE OF LEADING MAJOR WINNERS

	Masters	US Open	Open	USPGA	Total
Jack Nicklaus	6	4	3	5	18
Walter Hagen	0	2	4	5	11
Ben Hogan	2	4	1	2	9
Gary Player	3	1	3	2	9
Tom Watson	2	1	5	0	8
Tiger Woods	3	2	1	2	8
Harry Vardon	0	1	6	0	7
Bobby Jones	0	4	3	0	7
Gene Sarazen	1	2	1	3	7
Sam Snead	3	0	1	3	7
Arnold Palmer	4	1	2	0	7
Lee Trevino	0	2	2	2	6
Nick Faldo	3	0	3	0	6