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A is for...Augusta National, the home of the Masters. Opened in 1932, the Georgia landmark is perhaps the most beautiful golf course ever built. B is for... Seve Ballesteros, the dashing Spaniard who became the first European to win the Masters in 1980. Ballesteros, by then established as the top golfer in the world, captured another Masters title four years later to herald an era of European domination. C is for...Champions Dinner, the Augusta get-together that takes place on the Tuesday before the tournament begins. Every Masters champion is invited to the clubhouse for a meal chosen and hosted by the current champion. D is for... David Duval, who will never be forgotten for the time he led the Masters by three shots with three holes to play. A stuttering finish combined with Mark O'Meara's late charge saw Duval lose his grip on the Green Jacket. E is for...Eagle. Any golfer who makes a two-under par score on a hole at the Masters is awarded a pair of crystal goblets. Brad Faxon holed in one at the par-three 11th in 2002 to take home some new crystal. F is for...Nick Faldo. Perhaps the greatest British golfer ever, Faldo won the Masters for the first time in 1989 after a dramatic battle with America's Scott Hoch. He retained the title the following year and won it again in 1996. G is for...Green Jacket, which is what every Masters champion is given. Made by New York's Brooks Uniform Company, the jacket is presented to the winner by the previous year's champion. H is for...Scott Hoch, who starred in one of the most dramatic Augusta finales ever when he missed a two-foot putt to win the 1989 Masters. Forced into a play-off with Nick Faldo, Hoch lost to the Englishman at the first extra hole. I is for...Ike, as in Eisenhower. A tree, cabin and pond are named after the former US president and WWII general - a regular visitor to Augusta before, during and after his presidency. J is for...Bobby Jones, the co-founder of Augusta and the Masters. One of the finest golfers of all time, Jones wanted to host the game's greatest tournament at America's best golf club - a dream he realised with friend Clifford Roberts. K is for...King, as in Arnold Palmer. The golfing legend holds the record for most consecutive starts at Augusta, and his four Masters wins are second only to Jack Nicklaus' six. L is for...Sandy Lyle, the first British winner of the Masters. In 1988, the Scot, who had won the 1985 Open, claimed his second Major title thanks to a memorable seven-iron to Augusta's 18th green from a fairway bunker.
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