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The 1986 and 1987 Masters featured great performances by their champions but not as good as the one put in by 1997 champion Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. Woods made history that year by posting a course record 18 under 270 to win by 12 strokes. Jordan Spieth tied the record in 2015, but no one has ever matched the margin of victory. The win was significant because the private Augusta National Golf Club had only allowed black players since 1990, and a 21-year-old black player delivered what Sports Illustrated magazine called at the time “the greatest performance ever seen in a golf major.” “The Greatest Performance in Golf History”

Sports Illustrated would say almost the same thing about Woods three years later after the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, California. Woods won that tournament by 15 shots, a record for any major. On its cover, Sports Illustrated proclaimed it “the greatest performance in golf history.” No one has come close to matching it.

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