28 March 2012
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25 years ago: The 1987 Masters witnesses one of the most famous chip shots in golf, as Augusta native Larry Mize holes from 45 yards to the right of the 11th green to thwart Australian Greg Norman in a play-off and win his first and only major title
20 years ago: In 1992 American Fred Couples ends a run of four successive British victories, aided by one of the great moments of fortune, when his tee shot at the treacherous par-three 12th trickles down the steep bank towards Rae's Creek but astonishingly stops inches short of the water, allowing him to chip and putt for a par
15 years ago: The 1997 Masters sees Tiger Woods play in the event for the first time as a professional. He is paired with defending champion Nick Faldo for the first two days and makes a hesitant start, taking 40 for the first nine, before coming home in 30 for a 70
At the end of the week the pair are reunited as Faldo presents the Green Jacket. Woods, who led from the second day onwards, becomes the youngest winner of the Masters at 21, his 18-under total the lowest four-round total in the history of the great event
10 years ago: 2002, and the same man is donning the Green Jacket again. Having also won the previous year, Woods has to be presented with the jacket by then Masters chairman Hootie Johnson
Woods moves into a share of the lead with Retief Goosen after the third round of the 2002 tournament. Though his 12-under total is six more than he took for his first victory five years earlier, his 71 on the final day sees him win by three shots from the South African, with future champion Phil Mickelson third
Five years ago: In the decade since Woods first won, the famous Augusta National had been lengthened by more than 500 yards and was thought to favour only the long hitters, but in 2007 Zach Johnson, one of the shortest in driving statistics, finishes two shots clear at one over, the first over par total in the event for 51 years
Last year: Rory McIlroy looks set to become the first Masters champion from Northern Ireland after securing a four-shot lead into the last day but he visits parts of the Augusta acreage never previously seen during Masters coverage. The 21-year-old takes a triple-bogey seven at the par-four 10th and collapses to a final-round 80 to finish 10 shots adrift
Eight players hold the lead in the final round, including Woods, in his trademark Sunday red shirt, in what proves to be his final major with caddie Steve Williams, who is unceremoniously sacked three months later. Woods, seven shots behind McIlroy going into the final round, plays the front nine in 31. He is unable to sustain the charge, however, finishing with a 67 and tied for fourth for the second year in succession
Luke Donald, who will become world number one a month after the Masters, but still remains without a major title, chips in for a birdie at the final hole to finish on 10 under, which provokes the mild-mannered Englishman into a rare display of emotion
But it is Charl Schwartzel who prevails courtesy of birdies on the final four holes to win by two shots from Australians Jason Day and Adam Scott
On the 50th anniversary of the first South African win at the Masters by the legendary Gary Player, the country is able to celebrate its second victory in four years at the Augusta National
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