The springtime rite of passage that is the Masters Tournament two states south of North Carolina returns to the hallowed grounds of Augusta National next month, with the world’s best golfers taking on the 7,555-yard juggernaut of a golf course.
The 88th iteration of the springtime staple takes place from April 11-14, with defending champion Jon Rahm returning to headline a star-studded field that also includes past champions like Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler (to name a few).
Of the golfers who are playing in the invite-only tournament, a handful will hail from the Tar Heel State, joining North Carolina’s previous winners, in Raymond Floyd and Mark O’Meara.
The road to the Masters Tournament is almost complete. In anticipation, BetCarolina.com broke quickly from North Carolina sports betting updates and ranked the top 10 states with the most Masters Tournament champions based on total wins. For any ties, we factored in total average to par to come up with the higher ranking state.
States with Most Masters Tournament Wins
Note: Other states with wins are Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Washington.
Where North Carolina Ranks Nationally In Terms Of Masters Winners
In total, North Carolina’s two Masters wins from Floyd in 1976 and O’Meara in 1998 put the Tar Heel State in eighth place, alongside Florida and New York, with the state ranking behind Georgia and Virginia, which have three winners apiece over the years.
North Carolina ranks behind fellow golf-crazed states like Texas (14 wins), California (11 wins), Ohio (seven wins), Pennsylvania and Missouri (five wins each) and Georgia and Virginia (three wins each) when it comes to Masters victories over the years.
In total, North Carolina’s -13 average to par is tops nationally, beating out Ohio’s score of -11.2, while Texas (-9.3), Florida (-9), Ohio (-7.2), New York (-7) and Pennsylvania (-6.8) were the next closest states, scoring wise.
Rounding out the field when it comes to states’ average score to par were Missouri (-6.6) and Georgia, at -5.7, while Virginia had the highest score of the 10 states, with an average figure of -2.3 from Sam Snead’s three victories at Augusta National.
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