By the Numbers
0 – The number of Masters tournaments where a player has shot four rounds in the 60s. The high winds on the opening three days made sure of that.
1 – The number of three-putts champion Danny Willett made the entire weekend. Mastering the lightning quick greens is key to any success at Augusta and this year was no different. In comparison, the likes of Harris English and Danny Lee made nine three-putts or worse during the week.
6 – The number of players to finish under par after four rounds. Winner Willett’s leading score of five under is the highest winning score since Zach Johnson’s one-over in 2007.
7 – What Jordan Spieth wrote down on his card after his disastrous quadruple bogey on the par-3 12th. The Texan visited Rae’s Creek on two occasions during the final round.
9 – The total number of birdies on the 11th, White Dogwood, in 2016. The mammoth 505-yard par-4 is ranked the toughest hole on the course and it showed over the weekend.
9 – The number of holes-in-one made during the traditional par three contest on Wednesday. That surpasses the previous record set in 2002 and 2015.
58 – Bernhard Langer’s age when he teed off on Sunday, just two strokes behind leader Spieth. It would have been a fairytale ending if the Champions Tour veteran donned the green jacket 31 years after first winning the Masters, but it wasn’t to be. Langer slumped to a seven-over 79 in the final round.
60 – Rory McIlroy’s total putts for the 2016 Masters. The putter certainly did not help the Northern Irishman’s quest for a career grand slam, as birdie chance after birdie chance passed right on by the cup.
75.7 – The scoring average for the third round, the highest of the weekend. The wind and firm greens were an absolute nightmare for players – just ask Billy Horschel, whose ball was blown off the green and in the water during the second round, costing him a penalty stroke.
299.25 – The number of yards averaged off the tee by the biggest hitter of the 2016 Masters, Dustin Johnson. He led the statistic, followed by Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott. That said, the American certainly wasn’t accurate, only finding the fairway 58 per cent of the time
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