AUGUSTA, Ga. — Winning any lone Masters is, of course, an immense feat. Not like just anyone with a mismatched set of clubs and a dozen X-out balls can do it. While all winners are not created equal, the green mantle of victory hangs just the same on Trevor Immelman as it does Jack Nicklaus.
But winning consecutive Masters, now, that is the ground upon which lasting legend is built. Only three have done it, none within the last two decades. One’s such a big deal that he’s knighted. You may have heard of them: Nicklaus (1965 & ‘66), Sir Nick Faldo (’89 & ‘90) and Tiger Woods (2001 & ‘02).
There seems to be ample evidence that someone is going to come along very soon and fill out this particular east Georgia Mt. Rushmore. Vegas makes him the favorite. Recent form has his back. There hasn’t been this kind of buzz about a possible Masters repeat since Jordan Spieth came here off his victory in 2015, went swimming twice in Rae’s Creek on Sunday and got ambushed by Danny Willett.
