26. Tom Weiskopf's unlucky 13 at the 12th, 1990
Two players have carded a 13 at the Masters. Tom Weiskopf followed Japan's Tsuneyuki ‘Tommy’ Nakajima at the par-three 12th in the first round in 1980 when he dumped five balls into Rae's Creek. Weiskopf was always a bridesmaid at Augusta, finishing second four times – the most by anyone who never won a green jacket.

25. Gary Player the first international winner, 1961
In 1961, after three sub-70 rounds Gary Player led by four into the last day: he needed that cushion as he dipped to 74, just enough to beat the holder Arnold Palmer. In so doing the ‘Man in Black’ had become the first non-American to win the Masters. Player changed another tradition, too: to the chagrin of the Augusta National committee, he declined to return his winner's green jacket the following year.

24. Woosie wins, 1991
After the Scotsman (Lyle) and the Englishman (Faldo twice), what about the Welshman? Ian Woosnam took control in the middle rounds, carding a 66 and 67 to lead Tom Watson by a stroke before a nervous final-round shoot-out. With one to play, Woosnam, Watson and Jose-Maria Olazabal were all square. Olazabal dropped a shot at the last, Woosnam missed the green with his second but scrambled a par which was fine as Watson closed with a six.

23. Amateur Ken Venturi blows a big lead, 1956
One of the biggest Masters disasters belongs to Ken Venturi. Venturi led the final round four shots clear yet lost. Still an amateur and admitting his tactics were wrong he said of his final-day performance: "I hit 15 greens but three-putted six times. The mistake I made was consciously trying to two-putt every green and just coast home."

22. Olazabal’s emotional victory, 1999
In 1999, Jose Maria Olazabal was the most emotional of winners. Two years earlier his career was as good as over after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis that reduced his mobility by the day and eventually rendered the Spaniard barely able to drag himself from his bed. A German doctor, Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, suggested it could be more to do with his back than his feet. Olazabal went on to win his second Masters and paid tribute to the doctor in his winning speech.

21. Ben Hogan wins for the first time, 1951
After two near-misses in 1942 and 1946, Ben Hogan seemed destined never to win the Masters, particularly after a near-fatal car accident in 1949. But Hogan defied doctors who said he might not walk again and started concentrating on Majors. He went on to win six between 1950 and 1953, the Masters in 1951.

20. Jimmy Demaret does the hat-trick, 1950
The first man to win the Masters three times was Jimmy Demaret, completing his hat-trick in 1950. He had to make up seven shots on leader Jim Ferrier – seeking to become the first Australian to win the Masters – over six holes and ended up beating him by a stroke. According to a later Masters champion, Jack Burke, Demaret had "the strongest hands in the world, and his wrists were the size of most people's ankles”.

19. Spieth’s birdie blitz, 2015
In just his second Masters appearance, Jordan Spieth had the ball on a string in his four-stroke victory. He opened with an eight under 64 and went on to win by four strokes matching the scoring record of 270 set by Tiger Woods in 1997. The 21-year-old also set the mark for the most number of birdies at 28.

18. Tiger Woods’ miracle chip, 2005
Tiger Woods' fourth Masters was a come-from-behind affair following a first-round 74. Even a second-round 66 left him six shots behind leader Chris DiMarco, but his third round 65 resulted in DiMarco being left three behind. In the final round, DiMarco hung in there and looked likely to level as Woods' tee shot at the 16th went into long grass. As though being pulled by a string into the hole, Woods played “one of my more creative shots”, a 30-foot chip that rolled slowly towards the hole before dropping in. The pair ended level but Woods went on to shake off DiMarco at the first extra hole.

17. Seve's first win, 1980
Severiano Ballesteros dominated the Masters in 1980, with rounds of 66, 69 and 68 to take a seven-shot lead into the final day. He moved to 10 clear with nine to play and had a 25-footer to notch yet another birdie at the 10th. By then, people were almost taking it for granted that he would make it. Two holes later his lead had been severely cut with Jack Newton champing at the bit in second place. After the 13th, the lead was down to three but that's as close as it got. He eventually won by four and became the first European to win the Masters, and at 23, the youngest champion.