Masters Results 2012: 5 Players with 1st Major Win in Their Sights

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Published: April 7, 2012

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There is a long list of players in the Masters field who are still in search of the first major victory. What better stage to earn that elusive win than Augusta.

These five men are sitting in fantastic position to make a run thanks to solid early round scores and a consistent effort going through Saturday. Will any of the five here complete their lifelong goal on Sunday, or will someone else best them once again?

 

Lee Westwood

Westwood would seem to be more desperate than most to get that first major victory. The 38-year-old has been playing in majors since 1995. This is not to say that Westy has not had success in the tournaments. Quite the contrary actually, he has 12 career top-10 finishes in majors, including four in the past two seasons.

Westwood has been on top of his game recently, earning the No. 3 ranking in the world. A Masters win would have to be the maraschino on top of his career sundae.

 

Jason Dufner

Dufner was not in the conversation of favorites entering the Masters Thursday morning. In fact, the 35-year-old, 11-year pro has only qualified to play at the tournament once before.

Nonetheless, Dufner finds himself entering Saturday's action atop the leaderboard with a minus-5. He is deadlocked with fellow veteran Fred Couples. However Couples has won his major, and after getting a sniff of victory with 2011's second-place finish at the PGA Championship, Dufner wants to taste Augusta victory Sunday night. 



 

Sergio Garcia

Like Westwood, Garcia has come so close so many times that you would have thought he would have broken through by now. The Spaniard boasts 17 top-10 finishes in his illustrious career. That includes three runner-up finishes, but lately, Augusta has been his kryptonite.

He hasn't finished in the top-30 at the Masters since 2004. This could be the year Garcia fina...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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