2012 Masters Tournament Notes

Ben Crenshaw will be making his 41st consecutive Masters appearance this week (1972-2011).

Palmer played in a record 50 consecutive Masters from 1955 to 2004.

The youngest winner of the Masters: Tiger Woods (1997, 21 years, 3 months, 14 days).

Six amateurs will compete: Patrick Cantlay (USA), Kelly Kraft (USA), Randal Lewis (USA), Bryden Macpherson (Australia), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) and Corbin Mills (USA).

The oldest winner of the Masters: Jack Nicklaus (1986, 46 years, 2 months, 23 days).

Gary Player owns the most starts in Masters history, with 52.

Jose Maria Olazabal, Charl Schwartzel, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods and Ian Woosnam.

Fifteen players will be making their first start at the Masters: Sang-moon Bae, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Kevin Chappell, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Harrison Frazar, Robert Garrigus, Kelly Kraft, Randal Lewis, Bryden Macpherson, Corbin Mills, Webb Simpson, Scott Stallings, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele.

Lee Westwood enters the 2012 Masters with six top-3 finishes in his last 14 Major Championship starts:

3rd 2011 U.S. Open
2nd 2010 British Open
2nd 2010 Masters Tournament
T3 2009 PGA Championship
T3 2009 British Open
3rd 2008 U.S. Open

Since 1934, just 10 players have won the week before winning a Major Championship:

2007 Tiger Woods won WGC-Bridgestone Invitational followed by PGA Championship
2006   Phil Mickelson won BellSouth Classic followed by Masters
1988 Sandy Lyle won Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters
1971 Lee Trevino won the Canadian Open followed by the British Open
1959 Art Wall won the Azalea Open followed by the Masters
1949 *Sam Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters
1946   *Ben Hogan won the Winnipeg Open followed by the PGA
1945 *Byron Nelson won the Chicago Victory Open followed by the PGA
1939   Ralph Guldahl won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the Masters
1939 *Henry Picard won the Scranton Open followed by the PGA
*No event scheduled the week after first win. Major was next event contested

Active consecutive major appearances (entering the 2011 Masters):

Garcia, Sergio 50
Scott, Adam 42
Choi, K.J.  39