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The Masters
April / 2006
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Georgia USA
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Last Years winner of
The Masters 2006 |
Overview:
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Tiger Woods
presents Phil Mickelson with his 2nd Green Jacket. |
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The
Masters Tournament is famous for all the
great golf and great things that have
happened over the years on the second nine
in the final round.
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Future dates for The
Masters
The final round of the Masters each year is
scheduled the second Sunday in April.
Tentative future dates for upcoming
Tournaments are:
2009 April 6 - 12
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At the 2006 Masters golf
tournament, Phil Mickelson was avoiding mistakes and
taking advantage of the occasional birdie
opportunity, Phil Mickelson broke free of a pack
full of most of the greatest players of the modern
era on the back nine at Augusta National to win the
70th Masters. Mickelson earned his second Masters
title in three years, and his third overall major
out of the last nine.
Phil Mickelson won his second
green jacket last year with a two-stroke victory
over Tim Clark. Tim Clark holed out a shot from the
right bunker on the 18th hole for 69 and a
second-place finish. Mickelson also won in 2004, but
hasn't had much success since his infamous meltdown
at last year's U.S. Open, notwithstanding his recent
victory at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Now you can get
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Phil Mickelson winning the 2006 Masters at Augusta
National Golf Club. Mickelson's second Masters
Tournament victory was his third major championship
in nine starts, and second in a row after August's
PGA Championship.
No one - not even world No. 1 Tiger Woods, who tied
for third place Sunday - has that kind of winning
percentage during that span. Before winning the 2004
Masters, Mickelson had been winless in 46 majors.
The 2006 US Master results
Winner: Phil Mickelson
He struck for four birdies in a final-round
3-under-par 69, which was good enough for a two-shot
victory.
He finished at 7-under 281 on the toughened-up
Augusta National Golf Club, the highest
winning total since Mike Weir shot that score in
2003.
Five players - Jose Maria Olazabal (66 on Sunday),
Retief Goosen (69), Woods (70),
Fred Couples and Chad Campbell (71s) - tied for
third place, three shots behind Mickelson.
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Past US Master Winners - The
Masters Results |
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2003
Tiger Woods presents
Mike Weir his Green Jacket
view Here! |
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2004
Mike Weir presents Phil Mickelson with his US Masters Jacket
View Here! |
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2005
Phil Mickelson presents Tiger woods with his 4th Masters
Green Jacket
View Here! |
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2006 Tger Woods presents Phil
Mickelson with his 2nd Green jacket |
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COURSE OVERVIEW: Augusta National Golf Club gets its
natural beauty honestly, as the venerable facility
was built on the grounds of the former Fruitland Nurseries
and each of the 18 holes is adorned with the trees
and shrubs for which the holes are named. The course
was created by club founder Bobby Jones and course
architect Alister Mackenzie in 1933, and is best known
for "Amen Corner" -- the 11th, 12th and 13th holes
that often spell the difference between success and
failure. Augusta National has been controversially
lengthened in recent years, but remains a course where
a delicate putting touch is mandatory.
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