DID YOU KNOW – FACTS ABOUT THE 2017 MASTERS TOURNAMENT
• There will be 37 European Tour Members playing this year.
• Of those 37, six are making their first appearance. They are: Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Alex Noren, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm and Jeunghun Wang.
• The current field size is 94. Of those 94, 52 are non-American players. The biggest number of non-American players is 55, back in 2009. The 52 is the fourth largest number in Masters history .There are 49 non-American professionals competing, the equal third biggest number.
• There are 22 different countries represented at Augusta this year.
• Of the 21 non- American countries, England have the most players with 11.
• Mark O’Meara is the oldest player competing, aged 60. This will be the 1998 champion’s 33rd appearance. He first played in 1980 as an amateur.
• Sandy Lyle has the honour of being the player in this year’s event with the most appearances. The 2017 edition will be the Scot’s 36 start. He has played every year since 1985. Overall the two-time Major Champion will be competing in his 94th Major Championship.
• Ian Woosnam, the 1991 champion will join the list of players to make 30 Masters appearances this year. He becomes the third European to achieve this feat, following Sandy Lyle and Bernhard Langer.
• There are 18 Masters Champions competing. Between them they have won a total of 23 Green Jackets.
