16. Byron Nelson wins the greatest play-off, 1942
There have been 17 play-offs in the Masters, but the best of the lot was probably in 1942 when Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson went head-to-head over 18 holes after finishing three ahead of the field. ‘Lord Byron’ finished on 69 edging Hogan out by a stroke. Fifteen years beforehand, when they were 14, Nelson had beaten Hogan in a nine-hole play-off to win the Glen Garden Caddie Tournament in Fort Worth in Texas.

15. Arnold Palmer plays his 50th Masters, 2004
Arnold Palmer took part in every Masters from 1955 to 2004, winning four times and enjoying an 11-year run during which he never finished outside the top 10. On his 50th tournament he was 74, and missed the cut. For Palmer it was unimportant, he was there to say good-bye to old friends, picking out familiar faces in the crowd at every hole, saying good-bye to 'Arnie's Army'.

14. Schwartzel denies Aussie trio, 2011
Half a century after Gary Player’s first Masters win, fellow South African Charl Schwartzel became the first player to birdie the final four holes to win the green jacket. His birdie rush saw him leap-frog Tiger Woods, Luke Donald and Aussie trio Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott and Jason Day. Both Day and Scott finished two strokes back.

13. Gary Player’s 52nd and last, 2009
Three-time champion Gary Player played in his 52nd and last Masters, aged 73. He missed the cut with rounds of 78-83. Through his career, he played 164 Masters rounds, 51 were under par and his scoring average was 73.54.

12. Spieth’s meltdown, 2016

Jordan Spieth looked set to join Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only players to win back-to-back Masters titles. He led by five shots with nine holes to play. Bogies at 10 and 11 were followed by a quadruple 7 on the par-3 12th hole. The then 22-year-old trudged onto the 13th tee three strokes behind Englishman Danny Willett, who went on to win by the same number of shots.

11. Watson’s hook wedge, 2012
Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen were locked at 10 under after 72 holes, with the South African making an albatross on the par-5 2nd earlier in the final round. On the second playoff hole, Watson hit his drive deep into the trees right of the 10th fairway and, with Oosthuizen in the fairway, he looked in dire straits. Watson then fashioned a high, hooking wedge shot, from 164 yards, through the overhanging trees to find the green. Two putts later he was the fifth left-handed Masters winner in a decade.

10. Sandy Lyle birdies the last to win, 1988
By 1988 there had never been a British winner of the Masters and, it looked like it would remain that way as Sandy Lyle found the fairway bunker with his tee-shot at the last. He had been four ahead with nine to play before catching trouble around Amen Corner, putting him level with Mark Calcavecchia. Remaining calm Lyle calmly hoisted a seven-iron that pitched past the flag and spun back 10 feet. It was a straight putt although Lyle admitted after that his knees were knocking.

9. Tiger’s comeback, 2019
After four back surgeries and a lengthy period of rehabilitation, Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket at the age of 43. It was his 15th major victory and his first coming from behind a 54-hole leader.

RIGHT: Tiger Woods' win in 2019 following multiple back surgeries is among the best Masters moments in history. PHOTO: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images.

8. Larry Mize stuns Greg Norman, 1987
The three-man play-off in 1987 featured two golfing superstars in Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman as well as one virtual unknown – Augusta native Larry Mize. Seve was eliminated at the first extra hole and when Mize missed the green on the second extra hole, victory seemed a certainty for Greg Norman. But Mize took a sand wedge and rifled his third shot into the hole from around 140 feet to snatch victory.

7. Gene Sarazen's "shot heard round the world", 1935
The first time this saying was applied to golf was during the second Masters. With four holes remaining, Gene Sarazen trailed Craig Wood by three. At 'Firethorn', the par-five 15th of 485 yards, Sarazen holed his second for an albatross – he made up three strokes in one go. They finished square, which resulted in a two-round play-off that Sarazen won and so became the first of only five players to win all four Majors.