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Player's Augusta goodbye

South African to tee it up for 52nd and final time

Player: nine major titles

Player: nine major titles

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With the announcement that this will be Gary Player's final US Masters Sky Bet have produced some specials on the 73-year-old's performance at Augusta.
He is 4/7 to finish last, 20/1 to birdie his last hole, 4/7 to break 80 in either round and 5/4 not to.
Sky Bet's Andy Thorp said: "It would be a shame if Player was to finish last in his final tournament but age is catching up with him and he will do well not to end up bottom of the pile."
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A three-time champion at Augusta, Gary Player has announced that this week's Masters will be his last.

The 73-year-old South African - who won at Augusta in 1961, 1974 and 1978 - will call it quits after his 52nd Augusta National start.

"I've decided I would like to make this my last appearance in the tournament," Player said. "This will be my last major championship that I will play on the regular tour."

Player will break his own record for the most Masters starts with number 52, but says he expects that mark will one day fall.

"It will be broken," Player said. "We're in our infancy when it comes to the art of the mind and the body... You will find bionic men coming out in times to come."

Player - who won nine major championships in a legendary career - is one of only five men to claim a career Grand Slam. The others are Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.

Player's other major titles were at the Open Championship in 1959, 1968 and 1974, the 1965 US Open and 1962 and the 1972 PGA Championship.

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