Field in Focus: at the Masters

Field in Focus: at the Masters

europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to Augusta National for the year's first Major at the Masters Tournament from April 5-8.

In the field are:

57 European Tour winners with 441 titles

Bernhard Langer, Masters Champion in 1985 and 1993, tees it up at Augusta as the man with the most European Tour titles with a total of 40 dating back to his first at the 1980 Dunlop Masters through to his last where he shared Volvo Masters Andalucía glory alongside Colin Montgomerie in 2002.

Four- time champion Tiger Woods is next on the list with 38 victories on The European Tour, a tally made up of 16 World Golf Championships, 14 Major titles and a further eight wins. These have tended to come in pairs, with two victories each at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Johnnie Walker Classic and the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe.

Ian Woosnam won the Masters in 1991 contributing to his total of 28 wins on The Tour, followed by two time Augusta champ José María Olazábal with 23 and England's Lee Westwood with 21. There are a further nine players with counts in the teens before a plethora of world class talent who tee it up at Augusta with at least one European Tour trophy on their mantle.

32 Major Championship winners with 65 Major titles

9 World Number Ones with a total of 799 weeks atop the Ranking

Tiger Woods has broken all records regarding time at the top of the Official World Golf Rankings during his tenures as the Number One player, and as a result he has spent a collective 623 weeks atop the game. Ian Woosnam is second on the list of players competing in 2012 with 50 weeks, closely followed by Luke Donald with 43.

Vijay Singh is next on the list having spent 32 weeks as top dog, 1992 Masters Champ Fred Couples topped the ranking for 16 weeks before Martin Kaymer, Bernhard Langer and Rory McIlroy who have all spent eight, three and two weeks as Number One respectively.

18 different nationalities represented 

14 of the top 15 in the 2011 Race to Dubai

18 former champions with 27 Masters titles

Tiger Woods has been victorious on four occasions round Augusta National, slipping on the hallowed Green Jacket in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005. Phil Mickelson is close behind with three victories since 2004, with further triumphs coming two years later in 2006 and again in 2010, while Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal and Tom Watson all have two Masters titles.

There are a further 12 champions in the field this year that have won on one occasion, the most recent of which being defending champion Charl Schwartzel, with a number of veterans also playing this year including Craig Stadler, Mark O'Meara, Ian Woosnam and Sandy Lyle.

24 European Ryder Cup players and captains

1 European Tour member making their first appearance

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño makes his debut at Augusta in 2012 having surged back to the top of the game late last year after spending much of the season out with injury. He threatened victory on a couple of occasions towards the end of 2011, before eventually cashing in on his fine play with a Monday play-off victory over Juvic Pagunsan to take the Barclays Singapore Open title in November. He is one of 15 players making their first appearance at Augusta.