The Masters always adds an extra level of excitement to the game of golf, sort of like an opening ceremony for the opening matches that will continue through the summer and early fall.
And while the pros take to Augusta National’s iconic course, we decided to let our golf fans turn to the history vault for a look at the great generations of high school teams throughout history.
If state championships are any barometer, few would argue that these nine boys teams don’t belong in the “greatest of all time” conversation.
Let’s drink it…
(Data collected through NFHS archives and state association updates)
(U.S.A.T.)
State Championships: 17
(MHSAA)
State Championships: 17
(U.S.A.T.)
State Championships: 17
(Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
State Championships: 18
(Austin Anthony/Daily News via AP)
State Championships: 21
(twitter)
State Championships: 21
(Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
State Championships: 23
Baylor’s Sheldon McKnight third from left in 2019 (USAT)
State Championships: 27
(NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)
State Championships: 33