Ten Masters Winners You May Have Forgotten About

You may have forgot about these ten Masters winners.

Masters Week is here, and players will have the chance to enter (or reenter) golfing immortality. But, the popularity for some winners doesn’t last forever. You may have forgot that these ten players since 1970 won The Masters.

Charles Schwartzel (2011)

Schwartzel finished the 2011 Masters with a flurry, making for straight birdies in the final four holes to edge out Jason Day and Adam Scott in a chaotic final round.

Mark O'Meara (1998)

O’Meara is best known for being one of Tiger Woods’ closest friends on tour. A 20-footer on the final hole of the tournament meant that Woods placed the Green Jacket on O’Meara as the winner of the 1997 Masters.

Ian Woosnam (1991)

Woosnam dominated the European Tour, but wasn’t well-known in America by and large when he won the tournament in 1991.

Sandy Lyle (1988)

Lyle won in 1988 with a miraculous birdie on 18 out of a fairway bunker, and produced an iconic image in Masters lore.

Danny Willett (2016)

Danny Willett took advantage of a stunning Jordan Spieth collapse to win the 2016 Masters.

Tommy Aaron (1973)

Tommy Aaron only won three times on the PGA Tour. Luckily for him, the 1973 Masters was one of them. He’s one of the biggest one-hit wonders in golf history.

Mike Weir (2003)

Weir was a much better player in his prime than people will remember, but he’s still one of the lesser heralded Masters champions of the last 50 years. He actually won the tournament with a bogey on the 2nd playoff hole as Len Mattiace made a double bogey.

Craig Stadler (1982)

Stadler entered Sunday with a three shot lead, but needed a playoff to beat Dan Pohl and win The Masters in 1982.

Larry Mize (1987)

Mize hit arguably the most clutch shot in history, making a nearly 50-yard chip to stun Greg Norman in a playoff. Seve Ballesteros had been eliminated on the first playoff hole. Beating those two in a playoff is no easy feat.

Trevor Immelman (2008)

Immelman built a three-shot lead heading into Sunday. He actually didn’t play well in the final round, shooting a +3 75. But, Tiger Woods, who started the day 6 back of the lead, could only muster an even par 72 as Immelman more or less cruised home to win by 3.