Masters Countdown: A closer look at the cut line at Augusta
What does it take to make the cut at Augusta National? In the last 10 years a score near par would get it done.
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Kyle Porter
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In normal PGA Tour events, the cut consists of the top 70 golfers and ties after 36 holes. At the Masters, it has always been fewer. For many years, it was 40. Then 44 was the magic number. In 2013, that number was dropped even lower to the top 50 and ties make the cut (plus anyone within 10 strokes of the leader).
So let's take a look at some numbers which players this year will be striving for as well as some of the historical records of Masters cut lines.
Average cut (last 10 years): 147.5 (or 3.5 strokes over par).
Lowest cut ever: 145 (1 over, multiple times but most recently in 2011).
Highest cut ever: 154 (10 over, in 1982).
Most players to make cut: 64 (in 1966).
Last year, 55 golfers made the cut. In 2013, 61 made it. So the weekends are getting bigger at Augusta National, but you're still going to have to play great over the first two days to get to Saturday and Sunday.
The Augusta Chronicle did a piece on this a few years ago and noted that the all-time average cut number was over 148.5. So you can see it's dropped by nearly a stroke in the last 10 years (even with the group making the cut growing). No doubt that has to do with the fact that golf equipment is more, pardon the phrase, equipped to handle the length at Augusta (even with it being Tiger-proofed).
As for who has made the most consecutive cuts? We looked at the full list here, but here are your top five golfers.
Six straight cuts: Adam Scott, Bill Haas and Matt Kuchar.
Seven straight cuts: Steve Stricker.
Nine straight cuts: Lee Westwood.
