EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Tournament: 82nd Masters.
Dates: April 5-8.
Site: Augusta National
Par: 36-36-72.
Purse: To be determined ($11 million in 2017).
Field: 87 players (81 pros)
Cut: Top 50 and ties, and anyone within 10 of the lead.
Last year: Sergio Garcia won his first major in his 70th attempt as a pro, rallying from a two-shot deficit with six holes to play to beat Justin Rose on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Eye on Tiger: Tiger Woods returns after missing the Masters three of the last four years with a back injury.
The odds: Ladbrokes has Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy at $11, with Woods ($15), Jason Day ($19) and Adam Scott ($67) further back.
Key statistic: This is the only major where Tiger Woods has never missed the cut as a pro.
Noteworthy: It has been 20 years since a player in his 40s won the Masters.
Quoteworthy: “There’s no other course like it in the world and there’s no other golf tournament like it. It is literally a player’s heaven.” - Tiger Woods.