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Burning Up Augusta "
Tiger re-wrote the record books at
Augusta.
Fifty years to the week after Jackie Robinson
broke major league baseball's racial barrier, Tiger woods preformed the competitive
equivalent in a sport scarred by past racism by winning the Masters.
For the RECORD:
New Low 72-hole score: 270
Most shots under par, back nine: -16
Low middle 36 holes: 131
Low first 54 holes: 201(tied record- Ray Flayed, 1976)
Low last 54 holes: 200
Lowest score par 5's,one round: -6 (tied record- Steve Jones 1990)
Largest 54 hole lead: 9
Youngest Champion: 21 years, 3 months, 14 days old
Youngest 36 hole leader
Largest margin of Victory: 12
Most 3's, one tournament: 26 (tied Larry Nelson, 1984) |
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