When was the last albatross at the masters

Professional golfer Harry Higgs gained some attention last week when he collected an albatross during the second round of the Safeway Open, a feat that may have led to some curious questions for casual golf fans. First and foremost, what is an albatross? While a birdie is 1-under par on a hole and an eagle is 2-under par, a step better than that is an albatross, which is 3-under par on a hole. That in itself is such a rarity that it makes a hole-in-one -- which are also rare -- as frequently as successful as 5-foot par putts, in comparison.

Par-5s have stopped march to green jacket. From AugustaChronicle. Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Masters green jacket ceremony. Photos: Hideki Matsuyama celebrates his Masters victory. Photos: Hideki Matsuyama's Sunday at the Masters. Will Zalatoris' Sunday at the Masters. Abraham Ancer. Daniel Berger. Christiaan Bezuidenhout. Patrick Cantlay. Paul Casey. Cameron Champ. Stewart Cink. Corey Conners. Fred Couples. Jason Day. Bryson DeChambeau. Harris English.

Tony Finau. Matthew Fitzpatrick. Tommy Fleetwood. Dylan Frittelli. Sergio Garcia. Brian Gay. Lanto Griffin. Brian Harman. Tyrrell Hatton. Jim Herman. Max Homa. Billy Horschel. Viktor Hovland. Mackenzie Hughes. Sungjae Im. Dustin Johnson. Zach Johnson. Matt Jones. Si Woo Kim. Kevin Kisner. Brooks Koepka. Jason Kokrak. Matt Kuchar. But as Masters aficionados know, the eighth is the one green at Augusta National without a bunker.

He had yards to the back right hole. Black Spalding Elite 4-wood, X shaft. He had to hit a hook. He did. The club gave Devlin a beautiful memento, an eight-inch high, nine-inch wide Steuben Crystal bowl. Finished second. Masters contestants did not want to see Danny Yates on the first tee on Sunday. Playing with Yates meant you were in last place.

When the field had an odd number of players, the U. With , Maggert, 30, had made the unusually high cut by one. Things improved slightly the next day. The dogwoods and azaleas on the perimeter blushed in the sun. The pin was far, far right. The Texan adjusted his line accordingly, landing his shot from to 20 to 30 yards short. The tiny audience stared at the rolling ball and then whooped for all it was worth.

I was pretty lucky. The amazing deuce enabled a final-round 75 and a T; or, expressed negatively, and coarsely, DFL. He shot at Lytham, and missed the cut. When he was in contention, four-time champion Arnold Palmer admitted that he chose ensembles that would complement a green jacket.

On this day, zero-time champion L. Louis Ooisthuizen rocked a Masters green shirt over well-tailored, cream-colored trousers.