MASTERS ‘18: Facts & figures for the 1st major of the year

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March 30, 2018 - 11:00 PM

Golf: The Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Facts and figures for the Masters:

Tournament: The 82nd Masters.

Dates: April 5-8.

Site: Augusta National Golf Club.

Length: 7,435 yards.

Par: 36-36 — 72.

Purse: To be determined ($11 million in 2017).

Field: 86 players (80 professional, 6 amateurs).

Cut: Top 50 and ties, and anyone within 10 shots of the lead.

Defending champion: Sergio Garcia.

Last year: Sergio Garcia won his first major in his 70th attempt as a pro, rallying from a two-shot deficit with six holes to play to beat Justin Rose on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. The turning point came at the par-5 13th when Garcia had to take a penalty drop from the bushes left of the tee. He saved par, went birdie-eagle to tie Rose and won with a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole in sudden death after Rose made bogey.

Eye on Tiger: Tiger Woods returns after missing the Masters three of the last four years with a back injury.

The odds: The West-gate Las Vegas Super-book had odds at 50-1 for Woods winning the Masters before he returned to competition in the Bahamas the first week in December. Six tournaments later, he is a co-favorite.

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