Who will be master of Augusta: The lowdown on main contenders

Some facts and figure son the leading lights heading into the final men’s major of 2020 in its novel November slot at Augusta National TIGER WOODS

After becoming the secon d-oldest winner of the Masters behind Jack Nicklaus in 1986 as he claimed his fifth Green Jacket at the age of 43 last April , Woods is now searching for a victor y that would move him ahead of Sam Snead as the P GA Tour’ s most pro l ific champion. The pair are currently tied on 83 title triumphs. Four of Woods ’15 wins in majors have come as defending champion, most recently in the 2007 US PGA Championship.

DUSTIN JOHNSON

The 2016 US Open champion has recorded four consecutive top -10 sat the Masters - T6 in 2015, T4 in 2016, T 10 in 2018 and T 2 in 2019. He didn’t play in 2017 after slipping on a floor in his rented house in Augusta in the build-up to the event when he was in a rich vein of form. Johnson is flying again coming into this one, having recorded top - 10 finishes in each of his last six starts, including a win in the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour.

RORY MCILROY

The four-time major winner has racked up five top -10 finishes in his last six start sat the Masters -T 8 in 2014,4 thin 2015, T 10 in 2016, T 7 in 2017, T 5 in 2018 and T 21 in 2019. His last major win was in the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, but he has not missed a cut in 22 start son the PGA Tour since the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Por trush.

BROOKS K OE PK A Another four-time major champion, he finished T 2 at the 2019 Masters Tournament - his first top -10 in four starts at the event. The 2013 Scottish Challenge winner has been troubled by a knee injury since his most recent major success in the 2019 US PGA Championship but finished T5 at last week’s Vivint Houston Open in his second star t of the 2020 -21 season.

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU After winning his first major title at the US Op en in September, the big- hitting American is now bidding to become the first player to claim consecutive majors since Jordan Spieth did the trick in the Masters and US Open in 2015. His b est result at the Masters came as an amateur in 2016, when he finished T21. He then held a share of the first-round lead last year before finishing T 29, but the 27-year- old has transformed both his game and physical appearance coming into this event.

JON RAHM The Spaniard has finished in the top 10 in each of the last two years at the Masters - fourth in 2018 then T9 in 2019. R ahm has recorded holes-in- one on successive days in practice rounds this week, the second one, which was skimmed across the water at the 16 th, coming on his 26 th birthday.

PHI L MICKELSON The three-time Masters champion is among the players in the field that could break Julius Boros’ record as oldest major champion after he won the 1968 US PG AC hampi on ship at 48 years ,4 months, 18 days. Mickelson turned 50 in June and has already recorded victories in his first two start son the Champions Tour.