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Every Hole-in-One in Masters Tournament History

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There was an ace in the very first Masters Tournament played, and they've been scoring holes-in-one in The Masters ever since. Just not a ton of them — it's still true that the majority of Masters played pass without any aces made. But below we show you all the aces that have been scored at Augusta National during the tournament, first arranged by hole, and then listed year-by-year.
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Golfer George McLean: Early PGA Pro Killed in Car Crash

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George McLean played tournaments in the earliest years of the PGA Tour and continuing into the 1930s. He had multiple strong showings in the PGA Championship, and was a member of Team USA in a competition that was part of the Ryder Cup's origins.
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Biggest Comebacks to Win in The Masters

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The record for largest come-from-behind victory in The Masters Tournament is nine strokes. That is the margin by which Jack Burke Jr. trailed at one point in the final round of the 1956 Masters before coming back to win. In this article, we'll list the largest final-round comeback victories in The Masters, plus a few other Masters tournament records for come-from-behind wins.
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How to Play the 'Average Score' Format

"Average Score" is the name of a competition format for teams of two golfers. The two golfers on a side each play their own ball into the hole. And on each hole, their two scores are averaged to produced the team's score.
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1947 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores

The 1947 U.S. Women's Open was just the second time this tournament was played. But it was the first time the tournament used a stroke-play format. In its debut the year before, match play was the format.
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Grace Lenczyk: Brief But Great Golf Career

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Grace Lenczyk had a brief but exceptional career at the top of U.S. women's amateur golf in the late 1940s and early '50s. She won a U.S. Women's Amateur title, also shared for a time an all-time scoring record, and played another round one author in the 1950s called "probably the greatest round" to that point in women's golf history. But Lenczyk's career barely lasted five years.
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What Does 'Shoot Your Temperature' Mean in Golf?

Golfers have many slang terms or phrases that refer to a specific golf score, such as " Dolly Parton " for a score of 8 on a hole, or " abominable snowman " for a score of 9. "Shooting your temperature" is one of the phrases, but it applies to a golfer's full score for the round rather than just a single hole.
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How to Play a 'Points for Par' Tournament

Points for Par is the name of a golf tournament format for individual golfers playing stroke play and using handicaps. On most holes during this tournament, a player earns point by making a net par or better. But on a few holes, the golfer loses points if he fails to score net par or better.
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1948 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores

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The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third time this major championship was played, and just the second time it was a stroke-play tournament. The champ was Babe Zaharias, who won by eight strokes.
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Mac McLendon: Pro Golfer Won in 1970s

Mac McLendon was a PGA Tour player from the late 1960s into the early 1980s. After winning some state titles and collegiate titles as an amateur, he claimed four victories on the tour in the 1970s.
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