NEW: Audio slideshow
Re-live the excitement of the 2007 Masters from Augusta National with Turner Sports’ Jim Huber.

Watch The 2007 Masters Recap Slideshow

Our Experts Say...

Who's the next international winner?

T.J. Auclair, PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
	I believe it will be Geoff Ogilvy. After winning the 2006 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship and following it up with his first major in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Ogilvy escalated himself into the upper-echelon of the golf ranks. The lanky Australian is currently ranked No. 8 in the world, and proved he belonged among golf's elite when he shot rounds of 69-68 to open the 2006 PGA Championship at Medinah while paired with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Ogivly eventually finished tied for ninth in the final major of 2006. He hasn't finished outside of the top-30 in the majors he's been eligible for -- nine total -- since missing the cut at the 2003 U.S. Open. This is just Ogilvy's second Masters. He finished in a tie for 16th in 2006.
Brett Avery, The Fantasy Insider
	Two for the price of one: K.J. Choi or Adam Scott. Hate to hedge but they each make compelling cases. No Asian has won a major championship. At age 36, Choi possesses a more durable game (and is more accomplished in the U.S.) than Isao Aoki and Masashi (Jumbo) Ozaki, who never quite realized their potential. Choi has the added incentive of wanting to keep up with his South Korean compatriots, who have shone on the LPGA. Scott has placed in the top 10 in three majors (tied ninth Masters, tied eighth British Open, tied third PGA) and at 26 is easily the youngster in the Official World Golf Ranking top 10. Unfortunately, he enters the Masters mired in some of his worst golf in a few years. If he can somehow turn his game around -- or we get past this year without an international winner -- he could take the Green Jacket on its first trip Down Under.
Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
	There were the obvious choices here, like Jose Maria Olazabal, a two-time winner who’s finished in the top 20 in the Masters an impressive 13 times, or three-time major championship winner Ernie Els, who has been in the top 10 at Augusta National five of the last seven years. Adam Scott's certainly near the top of the Best to Never Win a Major list, so he could be an option but he hasn’t fared so well at Augusta in the past, with one missed cut and only one top 10. So who does that leave? Call me crazy, but I think Sergio Garcia is finally going to get the monkey off his back by winning the Masters and subsequently his first major. Since Garcia finished as the low amateur in 1999 with a tie for 38th, he has also earned a tie for fourth in 2004 and an eighth place finish in 2002. There's a major in Garcia's future and I think it will be soon at Augusta National Golf Club.
Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.com Correspondent
	Two years ago, Ernie Els. No brainer. But now the South African has more than his share of company. Front runners have to be Adam Scott, who wants to do what mentor Greg Norman couldn't; South African Trevor Immelman, who’s catching our eyes everywhere he goes; U.S. Open champ Geoff Ogilvy, who may be the most underrated member of the world's top 10; and Retief Goosen. And don't forget Vijay Singh, who already owns a Green Jacket. But if I have pick one? Uhhh... That would be Goosen, who's been knocking on the door.
Dave Lagarde, PGATOUR.com Contributor
	High and long, a pre-requisite at Augusta, this former Arizona State Sun Devil has emerged from a slump that followed some of his comments following the 2004 Ryder Cup. I suspect Paul Casey will be a serious contender in the Masters for years to come.
John Maginnes, PGA TOUR Network on XM Radio analyst
	So much about the majors defies logic. Let me throw some names at you. Paul Lawrie, Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton are all major championship winners. Sergio Garcia, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington are not. When you finish scratching your head -- read on. The British Open has seen only one non-American winner since Lawrie back in 1999. Vijay Singh's two victories at the PGA Championship are the only non-American victories since Steve Elkington back in 1995. Ironically, the U.S. Open trophy has racked up more frequent flier miles over the past few years than Ernie Els. So who will be the next International to win at Augusta National? Canadian, Mike Weir slipped one past the goalie back in 2003 but that is it since 2000. It is Tiger's world and everyone else is just living in it. He throws the occasional nut to the squirrels, but the next international Masters champion could be in grade school right now. Between Tiger and defending champion Phil Mickelson, they could run the table at Augusta National for the next half decade or longer. Sentimentally, though, Ernie Els is my favorite. His record at Augusta is excellent. He was runner up to Vijay in 2000 and again in 2004. If not for the 18-footer Phil made -- and subsequent "run-over-frog" leap -- it could have been a different story.
Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
	There are many young players who bear watching -- Geoff Ogilvy, Henrik Stenson, Trevor Immelman, Adam Scott and Luke Donald, to name a few. Experience is a great teacher at Augusta National, though, and there are still lessons to be learned. Their time undoubtedly will come, but this year, it's hard for me to pick against a veteran like Vijay Singh. He’s already won one Masters, in 2000, and he has finished eighth or higher in his last five years at Augusta National. He enters the 2007 renewal playing well, too, with two victories already in 10 starts.
Dave Shedloski, PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
	We'd love to say Greg Norman but his time has passed. We'll give the nod to Ernie Els, who still has time to find the magic that has eluded him and who has all the shots to succeed there.

Most emotional Masters moment?

T.J. Auclair, PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
	There are several candidates for the most emotional moment in Masters history -- Roberto De Vicenzo and his scorecard mishap in 1968; Lee Elder breaking the color barrier in 1975; and of course, Greg Norman's monumental debacle in the final round in 1996. However, I'd like to focus on something that I witnessed with my own eyes. One of the finest gentlemen you'll ever come across in professional golf is Len Mattiace. That's why watching him self-destruct on the first hole of a playoff at the 2003 Masters, and the events that followed, qualifies as what I consider to be the most emotional Masters moment. Mattiace had played a dream-come-true final round, coming out of nowhere to shoot 65, and waited around for Mike Weir to join him in the playoff. The playoff, which began on the 10th hole, was sloppy for both and Weir's bogey was enough for him to become the first Canadian to win one of golf's majors. I will never forget the raw emotion Mattiace showed during his post-tournament press conference. He literally cried his eyes out, which was a refreshing and utterly human reaction to what he’d just experienced. So often these days, we see athletes that seem programmed like robots and show no emotion whatsoever. But, like a man, Mattiace answered every question and spoke candidly about how special his Masters experience was -- even more than his two PGA TOUR wins in 2002, he admitted. "This was the most special I've ever felt," he said.
Brett Avery, The Fantasy Insider
	The 1987 Masters was my first as associate editor of Golf World, a job that back then required contributions as both writer and photographer. A neophyte with a 35-mm camera and telephoto lenses, I somehow found myself among the veteran shooters following the playoff down into the darkness of Amen Corner. When Larry Mize holed that pitch shot for birdie at the 11th the gallery went absolutely nuts, shocked at another Greg Norman defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory moment. With a weekly deadline there was no need to rush up the hill with the rest of the photographers so I lollygagged, soaking in the atmosphere. Normally such a finish would generate a gallery buzz that would last two or three minutes, but for some reason there was a lingering vibe. It took a few moments to realize it was the Augustans -- the people who had known the local boy since way back when -- reveling in his knocking off both Norman and Seve Ballesteros (eliminated at the 10th hole). Picture thousands of adults practically hopping and skipping up the hill, broad smiles and back-slaps all around, among the out-of-towners resolutely trudging up the hill. For that one evening the town that displays an affinity for all competitors revealed its fervent, and unrequited, love for its own.
Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
	Texan Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters title in 1995, less than a week after friend and mentor Harvey Penick died at age 90. Distraught after hearing of Penick's death, Crenshaw headed to Austin, Texas, the Wednesday of Masters week to serve as a pallbearer in the funeral. Though Crenshaw hadn't been playing well in the weeks before, just before his death Penick offered him simple advice: "Trust yourself. You're Ben Crenshaw. Play like Ben." That week, the 19-time PGA TOUR winner did just that, playing well enough to win by one stroke over Davis Love III for his last TOUR title. Collapsing in tears after his victory, Crenshaw grieved the loss of Penick, whom he felt had been guiding him from above. "I believe in fate. It was like someone put their hand on my shoulder this week and guided me through," Crenshaw said later.
Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.com Correspondent
	One isn't enough. Ben Crenshaw sobbing on the 18th green as caddie Carl Jackson steadied him was an improbable, mystical moment that touched the world. Not just for someone who has known Ben since we were both rookies. And Tiger hugging Earl in 1997. No, they didn’t sob like Ben -- or like Tiger did last year at Royal Liverpool -- but it was an incredibly emotional moment that touched the world -- and forever changed the face of golf. The p.s. to that? The faces of the African Americans on the Augusta National staff who stopped what they were doing that afternoon to watch from the lawn.
Dave Lagarde, PGATOUR.com Contributor
	Personally, it was the first time I walked onto the grounds of the cathedral of golf in 1975. Seeing the immaculate course, the towering pines, the dramatic tilt and roll of the land and the undulating greens took my breath away. Walking Amen Corner gave me chills. From a golf standpoint it had to be watching Nicklaus walk off the 18th green, his arm draped over his caddie’s shoulder in 1986 after his mind-bending 30. The caddie just happened to be Jack Nicklaus, Jr.
Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
	Sorry, I'm a Libra so I can't pick just one. Greg Norman's agonizing collapse in 1996. Ben Crenshaw's embrace with his caddy after he channeled mentor Harvey Penick, who had died the previous Sunday, and won in 1995. Heck, I even got choked up when I saw Phil Mickelson's flat-footed leap into the air after he shed that major 0-for-42 albatross around his neck. Hands down, though, it has to be Jack Nicklaus' victory in 1986. It might have been the hardest story I ever had to write. I didn’t know how to do it justice -- the 30 on the back nine, the putter raised as he stalked that eagle putt at the 15th hole, the emotion of the crowd, the embrace with his son Jackie, who was caddying for Nicklaus, on the 18th hole. I’m still not sure that I did, but I will never forget being at Augusta National that day.
Dave Shedloski, PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
	It has to be Ben Crenshaw in 1995, when his game was suspect and his heart was heavy with the death of his mentor Harvey Penick. If not for the '86 Masters, this might also be the most memorable Masters moment.

Favorite memory from the Masters?

T.J. Auclair, PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
	My favorite Masters memory came in 1998 during my first trip to Augusta National. Magnolia Lane, the clubhouse, Amen Corner, Rae's Creek, the azaleas and dogwoods -- all those sights were a lot to take in during an unforgettable week. On Tuesday, Jack Nicklaus was honored with a water-fountain plaque between the 16th green and the 17th tee that recognized some of his many accomplishments. This was the 40th Masters Nicklaus would play in -- potentially his last at the time -- and at the emotional ceremony the late Jack Stephens, then the Augusta National chairman, joked that the club was leaving room at the bottom of the plaque, "just in case." That Sunday, at age 58, Nicklaus shot a final-round 68 and tied for sixth at 5 under (two shots better than Tiger Woods), supplanting Sam Snead as the oldest man to finish in the top 10 at the Masters. I was only 18 at the time, and I wanted to follow Tiger while he was in contention. But I heard the roars -- the kind that made the ground shake and my spine tingle. Word quickly spread that Jack was making a charge. Did I jump into a time machine? I wasn't there in 1986, but there's no way the roars then could have been any louder than they were 12 years later. I caught Nicklaus as he made birdie on the 15th and followed him the rest of the way. Not long after, Mark O'Meara knocked in a lengthy birdie putt on the 18th to win his first major. While that was a special moment too, it doesn’t give me the chills I still get when I think about Nicklaus on that spectacular, sunny, spring afternoon. Quite simply, the Masters brought out the best in Jack Nicklaus.
Brett Avery, The Fantasy Insider
	Each year Augusta National allows a select number of journalists to play the course the Monday after the tournament. Those individuals are now chosen by blind draw. But back in 1984, my first Masters, there was a first-come sign-up sheet made available Saturday morning in the old Quonset hut press center. Encouraged by several writers to arrive early I wandered onto the property in darkness, a touch north of 5 a.m., and wound up in a sleepy queue beside Harless Wade, the former Dallas Morning News writer. We had the Augusta and Atlanta newspapers tucked under our arms and took a seat on a nearby curb, spending the next 20 minutes or so in enjoyable conversation (with the storyteller extraordinaire Harless doing most of the talking). As the darkness gave way to first light, though, we spoke less and less, enjoying the arrival of a glorious morning. The colors streaming through the pines, the sounds of workers prepping the course before the gates opened, the aromas -- that dawn set the Masters experience in remarkable context.
Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
	My favorite memory from the Masters hasn't happened yet. Unlike the others (except John Maginnes), I've never been to Augusta National. Not to mention, the last time Jack Nicklaus won I was still in diapers and, when Tiger Woods dominated in 1997, I was a much "too cool" middle schooler who would never watch golf with my dad. But things have changed and this year I can actually appreciate the history and magic that has occurred in Masters past. And, even if the pimento cheese sandwiches don't quite live up to their oft-hyped reputation or the drive down Magnolia Lane doesn't quite conjure up a scene from Gone with the Wind or Amen Corner isn't as postcard perfect as I've imagined, it will be an amazing experience just stepping onto the hallowed grounds, haunted by the legends who've walked there and waiting for future memories to be made.
Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.com Correspondent
	So many to choose from. Walking to Amen Corner for the first time. Driving down Magnolia Lane – yes, I did. The lawn on Masters Sunday in 1997 when time stood still as Tiger walked to the first tee and again when he stood on the 18th green. Standing with the Crenshaw family during both of Ben's wins. Being on the course when Jack was standing in the fairway at the ninth hole in 1986, about to make his move. Talking to Gene Sarazen on the veranda early one morning and watching his final nine holes the following year. Dreaming with Curtis Strange in after round three in 1985. Any number of floods in the old press building. But the image that keeps standing out? Sitting with Greg Norman in the locker room – more than once – when he’d lost the tournament. Just a handful of reporters and a man who loved the course so much even if kept breaking his heart. Only there.
Dave Lagarde, PGATOUR.com Contributor
	As many memories as this storied tournament has created, my final answer is so far ahead of the others it isn't even close -- Jack Nicklaus winning the tournament for the sixth time in 1986 at the age of 46. What seemed preposterous at the dawn of the final round became a reality as Nicklaus summoned up some old magic with a back nine of six-under par 30. I honestly can still see him hitting every shot, including the eagle putt with raised putter and walk on No. 15 and the near ace on the 16th.
John Maginnes, PGA TOUR Network on XM Radio analyst
	"Welcome to the 125th playing of the Masters Championship. Please welcome our first honorary starter -- a nine-time Masters champion and winner of 22 professional majors, Mr. Tiger Woods." I imagine an 80-plus-year-old Woods stepping to the tee and popping one down the middle to thunderous applause. His swing is surprisingly fluid for a man of his years. Since retiring at the age of 42 Tiger has been more of a statesman than retired athlete. His philanthropy is well known but is done quietly behind the scenes; his seclusion only broken each April to appear at the championship that he coveted most. "Our second honorary starter is a four-time Masters champion. Please welcome Mr. Phil Mickelson." The smile has not lost a bit of light in his nearly 90 years. The swing has lost its speed and grace but the fans only see memories. The two share a gentle embrace and a warm smile as they promise to return the following spring. My favorite Masters' moments happened every year that I can remember. Before the tournament proper the greatest legends of the game hit the ceremonial first drives. Some years they even played a few holes. Mr. Nelson, Mr. Snead and Mr. Sarazen, with their presence alone, peaked my interest for the history of the game. Perhaps the next group will have a similar effect on the youth of today. The ideal honorary starters of today would be Nicklaus, Palmer and Player, who won seven of the 10 Masters played in the 1960s. There is a history lesson to be taught to the masses that Tiger's popularity has brought to the game. Those three men planted the seed from which the modern TOUR grew, and their legacies should be so honored.
Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
	This week I am lucky enough to be covering my 27th Masters Tournament. The memories are as abundant as the magnificent azaleas and the dogwood blossoms that frame the fairways. Sitting in the media grandstands at the 12th hole on Sundays and watching everyone make their way through Amen Corner. Getting to play the course – twice – and the awe and anxiety I felt on the first tee. Following Jack Nicklaus that Sunday in 1986 for nine holes, then watching the next eight on TV in the media center before hurrying back out to No. 18 to soak up the emotion that greeted him there. The highlight, though, has got to be showing my parents and their best friends around the course -- taking their photo in front of the big scoreboard, finding them a spot near the ninth hole so they could watch my dad’s favorite, Arnold Palmer, finish his practice round and hearing them talk -- to this day -- about what fun they had. Augusta National really is a place like no other.
Dave Shedloski, PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
	Jack Nicklaus, 1986. We've seen some amazing things at Augusta National Golf Club, but the charge of the Golden Bear to his sixth Green Jacket is still burnished in the memory of golf fans everywhere. He was said to be washed up at age 46, and instead he shot 30 on the closing nine holes and 65 in the final round for the crowning achievement in his pro career, an 18th professional major title that even in the era of the amazing Tiger Woods remains an imposing number.

Phil or Tiger?

T.J. Auclair, PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
	Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have combined to win five of the last six Masters, with Tiger taking home three (2001, 2002 and 2005) and Lefty grabbing two (2004, 2006). Who will have a better showing this time around? Well, both players have been there and done that, but until Tiger gives us a reason to bet against him, he'll always be the odds-on favorite as far as I'm concerned. With Mickelson, there were several close-calls before picking up that elusive first major in 2004 at Augusta. He would always be in the thick of it, but his go-for-broke approach was his downfall. It seemed as though Lefty was leaning more toward conservative in the majors since that first win at Augusta, up until the infamous meltdown at the 72nd hole at Winged Foot last June in the U.S. Open. Is he over the Winged Foot collapse? He was never in serious contention at the two majors since the U.S. Open, but maybe it'll change at the Masters. Until we see it, I've got to believe Tiger will have a better showing.
Brett Avery, The Fantasy Insider
	Who will go farther? Someone from Column B. Mickelson and Woods have shared five of the last six titles (Mike Weir in 2003 the exception) so it's about time for another flavor. The run since Jose Maria Olazabal in 1999 is the longest without a European winner since Seve Ballesteros thrust the Continent into the act in 1980. And antipodean players have come close with recent runners-up Ernie Els (2000, '04), Retief Goosen ('02) and Tim Clark ('06). Woods? For a guy who has pushed back from the competitive table lately it may be difficult to keep the form going indefinitely. Mickelson? The question is whether all elements of his game can solidify for that one week.
Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
	They are both playing well this year, with Tiger winning twice and Phil once, and have done so well at Augusta of late that it's nearly impossible to predict if Tiger or Phil will place higher in 2007. The way the pattern is shaping up, it's Tiger's turn for Phil to put the Green Jacket on his shoulders, since Mickelson won in 2004, Woods in 2005 and Mickelson in 2006. Plus, Woods could get the third leg of another "Tiger Slam" if he wins at Augusta, making it his third consecutive major victory. Woods has already won the Masters four times, two more than Mickelson. My money's on Tiger to pass Phil, and the rest of the field, to win at Augusta in 2007.
Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.com Correspondent
	Tiger. Why? Other than he's the best player in the world and we're already starting to loose count of Green Jackets won? Or we're still not sure what kind of major toll Winged Foot took on Phil? Bottom line is Tiger knows this place as well as players twice his age. He knows you have to feel your way around it the way Arnie and Jack did. He knows you have to understand and revere it the way Crenshaw does. He knows all the game plans in the world don't stand up to that feeling in his gut that says hit the shot you see in front of you. And, oh, there's that little Tiger Slam thing, too.
Dave Lagarde, PGATOUR.com Contributor
	If they're taking turns, this is the year of the Tiger, especially since this will be the first Masters since the death of his father, Earl. Just believe Tiger wants to make a statement and honor his dad with a victory, a scenario that likely will provide Woods with all the motivation he needs.
John Maginnes, PGA TOUR Network on XM Radio analyst
	Stiles Mitchell, a long-time Nationwide Tour player with a razor sharp sense of humor, once quipped, "if you think you guys are in trouble now just wait until he hits his prime." The year was 1997. "He" was Tiger Woods. "You guys" were everyone else on the PGA TOUR. Stiles may have been joking, at least a little. Not even Tiger himself could have predicted what would happen in the coming decade. What is frightening is that at 31 Tiger may just be coming into the best playing years of his career. He has proven that his best stuff is unbeatable. Furthermore, he has proven that he can win when he struggles. At the same time, Phil Mickelson has won two Green Jackets in the past three years. The victories certainly secured Phil's place in golf history and assured him a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame. The dream scenario is for Tiger and Phil to be standing on the 10th tee on Sunday afternoon tied for the lead, and recent history suggests that this is a possibility. A betting man will tell you to put your money on Tiger, the undoubted favorite. A logical man would say the same. However, Chris DiMarco and Tim Clark -- the last two runners-up -- would be more than happy to argue for the other side.
Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
	I don't believe in playing the percentages, so I really feel it will be someone other than Phil Mickelson or Tiger Woods who slips his arms into the sleeves of the Green Jacket this year. Mickelson was impressive earlier this year when he won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and lost in a playoff at the Nissan Open the following week, but he’s played indifferent golf in his last three starts. Woods enters the Masters on the strength of a win at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship, which was his second of the season, and he's going for the third leg of the Tiger Slam. What was shaping up to be another dominating victory at Doral, though, found him playing for bogey or better on the final hole. That being said, if I had to choose between the two, I'd have to go with Woods. It's his turn.
Dave Shedloski, PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
	Tiger Woods. He's playing for his second Tiger Slam (which he can complete at Oakmont in June at the U.S. Open) and he can win his fifth Masters title, putting him second alone behind Jack Nicklaus. We still don't know if Phil Mickelson, the defending champion, has all the cobwebs out of his head after losing last year's Open on the 72nd hole at Winged Foot. Good karma always trumps bad karma.

Biggest surprise winner?

T.J. Auclair, PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
	What made Crenshaw's 1995 win so special, unlikely and fairytale-like were the circumstances. Just one week earlier, Crenshaw's friend, mentor and lifelong instructor Harvey Penick had died. Penick helped Crenshaw develop one of the sweetest and smoothest putting strokes the game has ever seen. The late, legendary L.A. Times columnist Jim Murray once wrote of Crenshaw: "He walked up on a green as if he intended to arrest it." If that was the case, all 18 greens at Augusta National were criminals in 1995 and the sheriff was in town. Crenshaw, who had served as a pallbearer at Penick's funeral the Wednesday before the Masters began, played inspired golf -- he didn't record a single three-putt on those lightning-fast greens and made birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 in the final round to nip Davis Love III by one shot. After his final putt dropped, Crenshaw collapsed into his caddie's arms in a moment mixed with the joy of victory and the agony of loss, laid out on golf's most famous stage for the entire world to see.
Brett Avery, The Fantasy Insider
	Biggest surprise winner. Jack. Like anyone really thought that was going to happen.
Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
	This probably falls into both the biggest surprise and most emotional category, but Jack Nicklaus winning the Masters in 1986 at the age of 46 tops the list of all-time goosebump inducers. Not because the great Nicklaus couldn't win at Augusta -- he’d already proven that by winning there five times -- but because of the way he got his sixth victory. Heading into the tournament, he stood 160th on the PGA TOUR money list and had missed three cuts already that year. It seemed to some as if he was past his prime. Nicklaus shot opening rounds of 74 and 71, making the cut but still six shots behind the leader Seve Ballesteros. But on Sunday, he shot 65, including a stunning 30 on the back nine, for his final PGA TOUR victory.
Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.com Correspondent
	The most surprised may have been Bob Goalby, who slipped on a jacket when Roberto De Vicenzo signed an incorrect scorecard. The biggest surprise though? Easy pick is Fuzzy Zoeller, who came out of nowhere to win a playoff. But I'm going with Augusta's own Larry Mize. The kid who used to peek over the fence and dream when he played adjacent Augusta Country Club winds up in a playoff with Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros. Ballesteros three-putts the 10th, then Mize sticks a dagger in Norman with his chip-and-run at the 11th hole. He was so excited, he did a pogo-stick/leap around the green and kept pinching himself on the drive home.
Dave Lagarde, PGATOUR.com Contributor
	In my 30 years of covering the tournament I'd have to say it was Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. First-timers weren't supposed to win, yet Zoeller pulled off the incredible feat in overtime. Who could forget him tossing the putter in the air in the gloaming as the winning putt disappeared.
John Maginnes, PGA TOUR Network on XM Radio analyst
	From 1936 to 1939, the best player in the world was not named Nelson or Sarazen. Walter Hagen was past his prime and Hogan and Snead were just beginning their illustrious careers. No, the best player of that brief era was Ralph Guldahl. He had given up the game in the mid-30s after a string of disappointments. Later that decade he returned to the game and rose to the top of the golf world, if only for a moment. He won the 1936 Western Open, the first of three straight wins in that event. In 1937 he won the U.S. Open at Oakland Hills and successfully defended his title the following year at Cherry Hills. Guldahl also finished runner-up in the Masters in 1937 and '38. In 1939 he had another opportunity at Augusta and this time held on for the victory, shooting 33 on the final nine holes to hold off Sam Snead by a single shot. The surprise is not that the World Golf Hall of Famer won, it’s the path that his career took after winning three majors in as many years. His last victory came just a year after his Masters triumph in 1940 when he teamed with Sam Snead to win the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball. At the age of 29, Guldahl’s game went to pieces and he was never a factor again.
Helen Ross, PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
	Hmm. Was it Fuzzy Zoeller's win in 1979, the first -- and only -- time a rookie has won the Masters? How about the brilliant pitch-and-run on the second playoff hole that lifted the relatively unheralded Augusta native Larry Mize to victory? You can even make a case for Jack Nicklaus' 1986 victory, although I would never put anything past the man who set the standards Tiger Woods seeks to attain. No, my pick would be Nick Faldo's 1996 win. Not that Faldo wasn't a worthy champion, the victory was his third at the Masters, for goodness sakes, and he closed with a 67. But to see Greg Norman start the final round of a tournament he coveted so much with a six-stroke advantage and proceed to self-destruct was a shocker to me.
Dave Shedloski, PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
	You look at the run of Gay Brewer, Bob Goalby, Charles Coody, George Archer and Tommy Aaron in the heart of the Nicklaus-Palmer-Player era and any of those gentlemen qualify for this prize. But we'll say Gene Sarazen in 1935, whose unlikely double-eagle forced a playoff with Craig Wood. Sarazen, no surprise, won the playoff. His qualifications as a surprise winner are built around that one shot, which pretty much made the Masters.

©2007 PGA/Turner Sports Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
Send all feedback / comments to the webmaster.
Sales inquiries contact PGA.com Sales.
PGA.com Privacy Policy / Terms of Use.