2006 Phil Mickelson 281 (-7) 2005 Tiger Woods 276 (-12) defeated Chris DiMarco in play-off 2004 Phil Mickelson 279 (-9) 2003Mike Weir 281 (-7) defeated Len Mattiace in play-off 2002 Tiger Woods 276 (-12) MOST WINS 6Jack Nicklaus (1963, 65, 66, 72, 75, 86) 4Arnold Palmer (1958, 60, 62, 64) Tiger Woods (1997, 01, 02, 05) 3Jimmy Demaret (1940, 47, 50) Sam Snead (1949, 52, 54) Gary Player (1961, 74, 780 Nick Faldo (1989, 90, 96) 2Horton Smith (1934, 36) Byron Nelson (1937, 42) Ben Hogan (1951, 53) Tom Watson (1977, 81) Seve Ballesteros (1980, 83) Ben Crenshaw (1984, 95) Bernhard Langer (1985, 93) Jose Maria Olazabal (1994, 99) Phil Mickelson (2004, 06)

SUDDEN-DEATH PLAY OFFS

1979 Fuzzy Zoeller birdied number 11 to defeat Tom Watson and Ed Sneed 1982 Craig Stadler beat Dan Pohl at the first hole 1987 Larry Mize defeated Greg Norman with famous chip-in at the 11th 1989 Nick Faldo beat Scott Hoch 1990 Faldo this time defeated Raymond Floyd at the second extra hole 2003 Mike Weir beat Len Mattiace at the "rst hole 2005 Tiger Woods defeated Chris DiMarco

LOWEST WINNING TOTAL

270 Tiger Woods 1997

HIGHEST WINNING TOTAL

289 Sam Snead 1954; Jack Burke 1956

COURSE RECORD

63 Greg Norman, first round 1996; Nick Price, third round 1986

BEST FRONT NINE

30KJ Choi, second round 2004; Greg Norman, fourth round 1988; Johnny Miller, third round 1975

BEST BACK NINE

29 David Toms, fourth round 1998; Mark Calcavecchia, fourth round 1992

YOUNGEST WINNER

Tiger Woods, 21 years, three months and 14 days (1997)

OLDEST WINNER

Jack Nicklaus, 46 years, two months and 23 days (1986)

BACK-TO-BACK WINNERS

Jack Nicklaus 1965, 66; Nick Faldo 1989, 90; Tiger Woods 2001, 02

WIRE-TO-WIRE WINNERS

Craig Wood 1941; Arnold Palmer 1960; Jack Nicklaus 1972; Ray Floyd 1976

IRISH COMPETITORS

Padraig Harrington (7th appearance) Best performance: T5 2002; Last year: T27 Darren Clarke (10th appearance) Best performance: T8 1998; Last year: T22

THIS YEAR'S FIRST-TIME COMPETITORS

Bradley Dredge (Wal), Johan Edfors (Swe), Kenneth Ferrie (Eng), *Julien Guerrier (Fra), JJ Henry (USA), Robert Karlsson (Swe), *John Kelly (USA), Troy Matteson (USA), Brett Quigley (USA), *Richie Ramsay (Sco), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Hideto Tanihara (Jap), Camilo Villegas (Col), *Casey Watabu (USA), Brett Wetterich (USA), Dean Wilson (USA), *Dave Womack (USA), YongEun Yang (Kor)

*Denotes amateur