THE 66TH MASTERS

THE FACTS

Site: Augusta National Golf Club (7,270 yards, par 72), Augusta,Ga.

TV: USA (3-5:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 8-10:30 p.m. replay)and Ch.2 (2:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday; 1:30-6 p.m. Sunday).

Purse: To be determined ($5.6 million in 2001).

Defending champion: Tiger Woods.

THE FAVORITES

Odds To Win

By Glantz and Culver

Tiger Woods 3-1

Phil Mickelson 6-1

Sergio Garcia 8-1

David Duval 10-1

Ernie Els 12-1

Vijay Singh 18-1

Jose Maria Olazabal 20-1

Chris DiMarco 25-1

Davis Love III 25-1

David Toms 25-1

Jim Furyk 30-1

Retief Goosen 30-1

Mike Weir 35-1

Charles Howell III 40-1

Tom Lehman 40-1

Jesper Parnevik 40-1

THE CHANGES

Changes to Augusta National, including 285 added yards.

#1: Tee moved back 20-25 yards. Fairway bunker reshaped, extending10-15 yards toward the green. Portion of fairway landing arearegraded.

#7: Tee moved back 40-45 yards. Portion of fairway landing arearegraded.

#8: Tee moved back 15-20 yards and to the right 10 yards. Fairwaybunker reshaped, deepened and doubled in size.

#9: Tee moved back 25-30 yards.

#10: Tee moved back 5-10 yards and to the left five yards.

#11: Tee moved back 30-35 yards and to the right five yards.Portion of fairway landing area regraded.

#13: Tee moved back 20-25 yards.

#14: Tee moved back 30-35 yards.

#18: Tee moved back 55-60 yards and to the right five yards. Twofairway bunkers on left side deepened and enlarged by 10 percent.Trees added left of fairway bunkers. Green regrassed and expanded torecover lost edges. Possible new pin position in right rear of green.

PAST CHAMPIONS

Players who have won the Masters and are in the field this week.

Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O'Meara, NickFaldo, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam,Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Seve Ballesteros, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson,Fuzzy Zoeller, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Tommy Aaron, CharlesCoody, Arnold Palmer.