The 2023 Masters is finally here, and much of the talk leading into competition at Augusta National has been about Scottie Scheffler.
Not only is the 26-year-old player the reigning Masters champion — and his Masters Champions dinner menu is incredible and includes “cheeseburger sliders, served Scottie-style” — but Scheffler is also the current No. 1 player in the world with two victories in the last two months.
Now, of course, it takes a lot of elements lining up perfectly, including a little luck, to win the Masters. It takes all of that and a little something extra special to win it twice.
And winning it in back-to-back years? That would be remarkable, but Scheffler is among the 2023 Masters favorites.
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Which golfers have repeated at the Masters with back-to-back wins at Augusta?
If Scheffler wins the 2023 Masters for his second consecutive win, he’ll be in even more elite company.
Should he win, he’d be in the exclusive club as just the fourth player to win in back-to-back years and would join Jack Nicklaus (1965, 1966), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990) and Tiger Woods (2001, 2002).
Which golfers have won the Masters more than once?
Although they’re not all back-to-back Masters wins, being victorious at Augusta is special no matter what. So, including Nicklaus, Faldo and Woods, here’s a look at all the golfers who have won the Masters more than once in their careers:
- Jack Nicklaus, 6 (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986)
- Tiger Woods, 5 (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019)
- Arnold Palmer, 4 (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964)
- Jimmy Demaret, 3 (1940, 1947, 1950)
- Sam Snead, 3 (1949, 1952, 1954)
- Gary Player, 3 (1961, 1974, 1978)
- Nick Faldo, 3 (1989, 1990, 1996)
- Phil Mickelson, 3 (2004, 2006, 2010)
- Horton Smith, 2 (1934, 1936)
- Byron Nelson, 2 (1937, 1942)
- Ben Hogan, 2 (1951, 1953)
- Tom Watson, 2 (1977, 1981)
- Seve Ballesteros, 2 (1980, 1983)
- Bernhard Langer, 2 (1985, 1983)
- Ben Crenshaw, 2 (1984, 1995)
- José María Olazábal, 2 (1994, 1999)
- Bubba Watson, 2 (2012, 2014)
