The Masters Tournament has had 88 editions (1934–2024, skipping 1943–1945 due to World War II), with 56 unique champions.
Of those 56 Green Jacket winners, there are 35 who still walk planet earth. Think about that… There are approximately 8.2 billion people in the world, and only 35 can say they won the Masters Tournament. Talk about an exclusive club.
They are as follows:
Masters Champions Alive Today
Age – Name (Masters won)
89 – Gary Player (1961, 1974, 1978)
88 – Tommy Aaron (1973)
87 – Charles Coody (1971)
85 – Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1965-66, 1972, 1975, 1986)
82 – Ray Floyd (1976)
75 – Tom Watson (1977, 1981)
73 – Fuzzy Zoeller (1979)
73 – Ben Crenshaw (1984, 1995)
71 – Craig Stadler (1982)
68 – Mark O’Meara (1998)
67 – Bernhard Langer (1985, 1992)
67 – Sandy Lyle (1988)
67 – Nick Faldo (1989-90, 1996)
67 – Ian Woosnam (1991)
66 – Larry Mize (1987)
65 – Fred Couples (1992)
62 – Vijay Singh (2000)
59 – Jose Maria Olazabal (1994, 1999)
55 – Angel Cabrera (2009)
54 – Phil Mickelson (2004, 2006, 2010)
54 – Mike Weir (2003)
49 – Tiger Woods (1997, 2001-02, 2005, 2019)
49 – Zach Johnson (2007)
46 – Bubba Watson (2012, 2014)
45 – Sergio Garcia (2017)
45 – Trevor Immelman (2008)
44 – Adam Scott (2013)
40 – Dustin Johnson (2020)
40 – Charl Schwartzel (2011)
37 – Danny Willett (2016)
34 – Patrick Reed (2018)
33 – Hideki Matsuyama (2021)
31 – Jordan Spieth (2015)
30 – Jon Rahm (2023)
28 – Scottie Scheffler (2022, 2024)
By the numbers: Jack Burke Jr. passed away last year at 100. He was the last Masters champion alive who’d won in the 1950s. Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus are the only two to have won in the 1960s.
Masters Champions Who Have Passed On
Year/Age Died – Name (Masters Wins)
2024/100 – Jack Burke Jr. (1956)
2022/92 – Bob Goalby (1968)
2018/95 – Doug Ford (1957)
2016/87 – Arnold Palmer (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964)
2015/83 – Billy Casper (1970)
2011/54 – Seve Ballesteros (1980, 1983)
2007/75 – Gay Brewer (1967)
2006/94 – Byron Nelson (1937, 1942)
2005/65 – George Archer (1969)
2003/89 – Herman Keiser (1946)
2002/89 – Sam Snead (1949, 1952, 1954)
2001/77 – Art Wall Jr. (1959)
1999/97 – Gene Sarazen (1935)
1998/77 – Cary Middlecoff (1955)
1997/90 – Henry Picard (1938)
1997/84 – Ben Hogan (1951, 1953)
1989/73 – Claude Harmon (1948)
1987/75 – Ralph Guldahl (1939)
1983/73 – Jimmy Demaret (1940, 1947, 1950)
1968/66 – Craig Wood (1941)
1963/55 – Horton Smith (1934, 1936)
