This Day in Masters History: April 8

On this date in 1935, Gene Sarazen, who had made his famous double eagle on 15 the day before, won a 36-hole playoff with Craig Wood to be crowned the 2nd Masters winner. Sarazen shot even-par 144 to Wood’s 149. On this date in 2010, Jack Nicklaus joined Arnold Palmer for the first time on No. 1 tee at 7:41 a.m. as Masters Honorary Starters. And in 2014 on this date, Arnie was with the Big Three group to tee off for the penultimate time as an Honorary Starter with Jack and Gary.