Numbers Game - Masters 2014

A numerical look at how the Masters played out

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The age of Miguel Angel Jiménez, the reigning Hong Kong Open champion, who had dreams of becoming golf’s oldest major champion after starting the final round just two shots behind co-leaders Bubba Watson and Jordan Spieth. Jiménez would card a 71 on Sunday to finish in solo fourth. 55-year-old Bernhard Langer (tied eighth) and 54-year-old Fred Couples (tied 20th) rounded out a great week for senior players.

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The number of players who made the half-way cut. Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and last year’s runner-up, Angel Cabrera, were among the notable names to miss out on the weekend action.

73.61

Best ball-striking of the week honours went to Jordan Spieth, the joint runner-up, who found this percentage of greens in regulation, the highest of the field. Spieth, 20, was also accurate off the tee, finding over 70% of the fairways. Miguel Angel Jiménez was the king of this category - the Spaniard found the cut grass 85.71% of the time.

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Written by Alex Jenkins

Photography by AFP

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