Tiger Woods still has his sights set on catching the Golden Bear.
Woods, a five-time Masters champion, is looking to make his fifth attempt to match Jack Nicklaus' record of six Green Jackets when he tees it up this year at Augusta National Golf Club.
The 89th Masters Tournament gets underway on Thursday, April 11, at the storied course in Augusta, Georgia.
From the moment the legendary Bobby Jones found the gorgeous parcel of land, hired legendary course designer Alister MacKenzie and established the first "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," what later became known as The Masters has been the site of some of golf's most memorable moments.
Here's a look at some of the many golfers who have made The Masters so special:
Who has won most Masters titles?
Jack Nicklaus leads the way with six Masters victories. He won his first Green Jacket in 1963. Nicklaus won back-to-back titles in 1965 and 1966, prevailed again in 1972 and 1975, then pulled off one of golf's greatest final-round comebacks in 1986.
Tiger Woods is second with five Masters titles. Woods burst onto the scene as a 21-year-old in 1997, winning that year by a record 12 strokes. He also claimed consecutive titles in 2001 and 2002, added another in 2005, and authored a career comeback of his own by winning for the fifth time in 2019.
Arnold Palmer is right behind with four Masters championships (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964).
Tied with three Masters wins: Jimmy Demaret, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Nick Faldo and Phil Mickelson.
Back-to-back Masters winners
In addition to Jack Nicklaus (1965, 1966) and Tiger Woods (2001, 2002), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990) is the only other golfer to successfully defend his Masters title.
Best players to never win The Masters
The golfer with the most major titles that doesn't include The Masters is Walter Hagen with 11. Hagen won the British Open four times, U.S. Open twice and the PGA Championship five times from 1914-29.
Bobby Jones and Harry Vardon each won seven majors, but those all came before the first Masters in 1934.
Lee Trevino won the British Open, U.S. Open and PGA twice each, but never donned the Green Jacket at Augusta.
Perhaps the most famous non-winner at Augusta is Greg Norman. The Australian was the foil to Nicklaus' miraculous comeback in 1986, losing by one stroke. The following year, he lost in a three-way playoff with Seve Ballesteros and eventual champion Larry Mize. His greatest disappointment at Augusta came in 1996, when he began the final round with a six-stroke lead, but shot a 6-over 78 and finished second to Nick Faldo.
Among active golfers, Brooks Koepka (5 majors) and Rory McIlroy (4 majors) are the most prominent players who have yet to win at Augusta National.
Who won the 2023 Masters?
Jon Rahm became just the second Spanish player to win two different majors, joining Seve Ballesteros, when he won last year's Masters.
Rahm, who entered the final round trailing Brooks Koepka by two strokes, shot a 3-under 69 in the final round to finish 12-under for the tournament and claim his green jacket. It was Rahm's first Masters win and second major tournament victory, the first coming at the 2021 U.S. Open.
Masters winners, year by year
2023 Jon Rahm
2022 Scottie Scheffler
2021 Hideki Matsuyama
2020 Dustin Johnson
2019 Tiger Woods
2018 Patrick Reed
2017 Sergio Garcia
2016 Danny Willett
2015 Jordan Spieth
2014 Bubba Watson
2013 Adam Scott
2012 Bubba Watson
2011 Charl Schwartzel
2010 Phil Mickelson
2009 Angel Cabrera
2008 Trevor Immelman
2007 Zach Johnson
2006 Phil Mickelson
2005 Tiger Woods
2004 Phil Mickelson
2003 Mike Weir
2002 Tiger Woods
2001 Tiger Woods
2000 Vijay Singh
1999 Jose Maria Olazabal
1998 Mark O'Meara
1997 Tiger Woods
1996 Nick Faldo
1995 Ben Crenshaw
1994 Jose Maria Olazabal
1993 Bernhard Langer
1992 Fred Couples
1991 Ian Woosnam
1990 Nick Faldo
1989 Nick Faldo
1988 Sandy Lyle
1987 Larry Mize
1986 Jack Nicklaus
1985 Bernhard Langer
1984 Ben Crenshaw
1983 Seve Ballesteros
1982 Craig Stadler
1981 Tom Watson
1980 Seve Ballesteros
1979 Fuzzy Zoeller
1978 Gary Player
1977 Tom Watson
1976 Raymond Floyd
1975 Jack Nicklaus
1974 Gary Player
1973 Tommy Aaron
1972 Jack Nicklaus
1971 Charles Coody
1970 Billy Casper
1969 George Archer
1968 Bob Goalby
1967 Gay Brewer Jr.
1966 Jack Nicklaus
1965 Jack Nicklaus
1964 Arnold Palmer
1963 Jack Nicklaus
1962 Arnold Palmer
1961 Gary Player
1960 Arnold Palmer
1959 Art Wall Jr.
1958 Arnold Palmer
1957 Doug Ford
1956 Jack Burke Jr.
1955 Cary Middlecoff
1954 Sam Snead
1953 Ben Hogan
1952 Sam Snead
1951 Ben Hogan
1950 Jimmy Demaret
1949 Sam Snead
1948 Claude Harmon
1947 Jimmy Demaret
1946 Herman Keiser
1942 Byron Nelson
1941 Craig Wood
1940 Jimmy Demaret
1939 Ralph Guldahl
1938 Henry Picard
1937 Byron Nelson
1936 Horton Smith
1935 Gene Sarazen
1934 Horton Smith
Note: The Masters did not take place from 1943-45 because of World War II.
