The 5 best players never to win The Masters

Greg Norman

What is there to be said about Greg Norman’s love-hate relationship with The Masters that hasn’t already been committed to the record many times over? The Shark’s 23 trips to Augusta National yielded three runner-up finishes, three other third place finishes and three more top-tens just for good measure. The most painful near-miss of the lot? 1996. Without doubt. Taking a six-shot lead into the final round, you could have forgiven the tailors for prepping the Green Jacket for him on the Saturday night. However, in rather painful fashion, the Australian laboured to a 78, turning a six-shot lead into a six-shot defeat at the hands of playing partner Nick Faldo. At the time, the LIV Golf boss was acclaimed for the magnanimous manner with which he dealt with that sickening Sunday. “I just move through life and I don’t let things affect me,” he said in 2016. “You’re going to have good and bad rounds and the indication of someone’s character is shown on how you handle both.”