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Disasters at the Masters: Fleshing out the numbers

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Sergio Garcia's 13 on the 15th hole in Thursday's opening round of the Masters sent us typists scurrying for the record books. Sure enough, it has never been bettered (worsened?), not only on the par-5 15th, but on ANY hole at Augusta National.

The record book lists the names and the numbers, but for the stories, you have to dig deeper. Following are tales of five Disasters at the Masters.

Augusta National Worst All-Time Score, 15th hole (par 5)

Jumbo Ozaki, 11 in the second round, 1987

Friday of the 1987 Masters was a particularly bad day for the 15th hole.