Britain came late to the US Masters party, but finally arrived lean and hungry, and proceeded to gorge itself on success.

The Augusta National roll of honour had been conspicuously American since its inception in 1934, with apologies to South African legend Gary Player, until a European golden age began in 1980 on the back of a victory for the charismatic young Severiano Ballesteros.

The British joined in and when Sandy Lyle won the title in 1988, it launched a four-year spell when no-one else could get a look-in, with Nick Faldo (twice) and Ian Woosnam also successful. Faldo won again in 1996.

All five British victories were memorable, beginning with Lyle's astonishing seven-iron from a fairway bunker at the 18th on the final day that turned potential disaster into triumph, setting up a birdie chance he holed to win.

Lyle put haggis on the menu for the traditional Champions' Dinner the following year and Faldo's back-to-back victories must have been just as hard to stomach. Both were wrenched from American hands in sudden-death play-offs as Scott Hoch and Raymond Floyd imploded.

In 1991 Woosnam famously carved his second to the 18th way left to set up a clear shot to the green and knelt on one knee as he punched the air in triumph when the winning par putt went in.

Finally, the amazing 1996 US Masters, when Faldo began the final round six shots adrift of Greg Norman and finished it five ahead after the greatest turnaround in Majors history.

There have been other highlights a record final-round low of 64 from Maurice Bembridge, a hole-in-one from Ian Poulter, the tournament lead three times for Justin Rose but for all its fragrance, nothing at Augusta smells as sweet as victory.