The four golfers that have won back-to-back Masters titles
By Thursday, 3 September 2026
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Joining Jack Nicklaus (1965 & 1996), Sir Nick Faldo (1989 & 1990) and Tiger Woods (2001 & 2002), McIlroy claimed a one shot win over Scottie Scheffler to claim his sixth Major Championship title – a year after completing the career Grand Slam.
Dan Bradbury keeping his eyes on the prize after new-found fame
Dan Bradbury admits it has been a whirlwind few days since his historic victory at the Joburg Open but he insists he is keeping the focus on his golf as he looks to go back-to-back at the Investec South African Open.The Englishman became the lowest-ranked professional to win a DP World Tour event when - from 1,397th in the Official World Ranking - he lifted the trophy at Houghton Golf Club playing on an invite in just his third event.That remarkable achievement has led to him being inundated with messages and, while he admits it has all been a lot to take in, he is eager to focus on the week ahead in Johannesburg before reflecting on his success."I'm a little tired, I'm still getting round to answering people on my phone which is still going mental," he said. "I'm struggling with that a little bit but I'm at the point now where I'm just going to play golf and figure it all out in ten days when I'm home."It feels nice. It still hasn't hit me. I think when I get home everything will hit me a little bit more but it's just a nice feeling being out here and there's a little less pressure this week."Fatigued may not be the ideal condition in which to take on the test of Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate which, at 8,161 yards, is the longest course in DP World Tour history.But Bradbury insists he is relishing the test and believes there are still plenty of birdies to be made this week."It’s massive," he said. "We’re going to be putting the mid-to-long irons to work this week."Sometimes we tend to just use the top end and bottom end of the clubs in the golf bag, and the middle kind of gets forgotten about. I like a mix. This week it’s nice to be hitting a lot of seven and six irons into greens. As much as it’s harder it’s nice to mix it up."
Here, we take a look at the four times players won in consecutive years at Augusta National.
Jack Nicklaus (1965 & 1966)
As the man who holds the men’s all-time Major record with a tally of 18 titles, including six at Augusta, it should come as no surprise that he was also the first to win the Masters twice in a row.
Already a Masters winner when he arrived as a 25-year-old in 1965, Nicklaus set a tournament record during a commanding victory that at the halfway stage had all three of the Big Three (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player) at the top of the leaderboard. A then course record 64 on Saturday helped him to the 54-hole lead, which he converted into a nine-stroke victory over Palmer and Player to claim a second Masters with a record-winning score of 17-under-par.
The following year, under difficult circumstances, Nicklaus became the first man to win twice in a row after prevailing in a play-off over Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer, earning the fifth Major of his career.
His close friend Bob and his wife Linda were tragically killed in a plane crash on the eve of the tournament, and he had to be convinced to play. He incredibly opened up with a 68 to lead by three, and after a Friday 76 and a third-round 72, he found himself tied at the top. One more round of 72 was enough to play his way into the 18-hole aggregate play-off on Monday, where he won by two shots to make history.
Sir Nick Faldo (1989 & 1990)
Sir Nick Faldo became the second player to follow in Nicklaus footsteps as he completed the Masters double in 1989 and 1990 and became the first English winner of the tournament.
Faldo won the first of three Masters titles and his second Major victory in a play-off against American Scott Hoch.
Having held a share of the 36-hole lead, Faldo struggled to a 77 on Saturday and began the final round five shots back.
An exciting final round saw six different players top the leaderboard throughout the day, but it was Hoch who missed a chance in regulation to win the title outright as Ben Crenshaw and Greg Norman narrowly missed out on a spot in the play-off.
Having shared pars at the first play-off hole (the tenth) Faldo came out on top when the pair went down the 11th, making a long birdie putt to win.
A year later, Faldo became just the second player to win back-to-back, and first to do it in two consecutive play-offs.
For the second year in a row, Faldo’s moment of victory happened on the 11th green and the second play-off hole, making a par Raymond Floyd was unable to match.
