PAST MASTERS TARGET FRESH SUCCESS AT AUGUSTA

PAST MASTERS TARGET FRESH SUCCESS AT AUGUSTA

It is not just that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have won six of the last 10 Masters between them that makes them so look forward to April each year.The two biggest stars in American golf - you used to be able to say world golf, but how times have changed - know their careers will ultimately be judged by how many majors they win and what happens in the preceding months really does not matter.They also know that nowhere are they more likely to win than on the hallowed turf of Augusta National, a place where no European has triumphed since Jose Maria Olazabal in 1999.In 14 appearances as a professional Woods has four victories golf news headlines, two seconds and 10 top-six finishes.He has not finished lower than sixth on his last six visits and last year, despite all his rustiness and all the focus on him on his return to the sport after four months out because of the off-course problems, he came fourth.Mickelson, meanwhile, has three wins, four thirds and 12 top-seven finishes in the past 16 years."I'm as excited about this year's Masters as I always am - it's my favourite tournament of the year," said the man who will be trying to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Woods as the only players to make a successful defence of the title.There was real emotion to his victory last spring, with his wife and mother both battling breast cancer and the final day will mostly be remembered for two images.First, his staggering second shot out of the trees to four feet on the long 13th and then his embrace with wife Amy coming off the 18th green Is Your Golf Swing Training Aids True.