Saturday 13 April 2019 22:20, UK
An uncertain forecast for the weekend of the 83rd Masters has raised the prospects of a first Monday finish at Augusta National since 1983.
The first two days of official practice this week were affected by poor weather and, after near-perfect conditions for the first round, a cold front heading towards the state of Georgia is predicted to disrupt the tournament over the weekend - with Sunday's forecast predicting an 80 per cent chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
The late, great Seve Ballesteros was the most recent player to slip on a Green Jacket a day later than scheduled when he won the Masters for the second time, 38 years ago - the fifth occasion that the tournament was forced into an extra day by Mother Nature.
Here, we look back at when the tournament was mastered by the weather…
Following on from Gene Sarazen's play-off success the previous year against Craig Wood the tournament was decided by a Monday finish - but this time because of the weather.
The event, then known officially as Augusta National Invitation Tournament, saw 36 holes played on Monday to decide the winner after earlier disruption.
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The first round of play was postponed until Friday, while Sunday's play suffered a similar fate leading to both the third and fourth rounds being played on Monday.
Eventually Horton Smith won his second Masters - to become the first multiple Masters champion - as he edged England's Harry Cooper by one shot.
Smith chipped in for birdie from 50 feet at the par four 14th before he followed it with another birdie and parred out the rest of the tournament, while Cooper, who was aiming to complete a wire-to-wire win, finished with a 76.
Inclement weather pushed the start of the tournament back to Saturday before competitors played 36 holes on Sunday to leave the final round to be completed on Monday.
Ed Dudley led by one shot after the opening two rounds but struggled to a third round 77 as fellow American Henry Picard took a one-shot lead into the final round over four players.
A closing two-under 70 proved enough for Picard to record a two-shot margin of victory over Cooper and Ralph Guldahl.
This edition saw the great Ben Hogan make his debut appearance, finishing in a tie for 25th, while tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top 20 for the second and final time.
Despite 10 players having completed Sunday's final round, heavy rain and flooding on several greens at Augusta National saw organisers halt play, erase scores and decide to replay the final round the next day.
Arnold Palmer led alongside Gary Player after the opening two rounds before the South African seized command of the event with a third round three-under 69 as he moved four shots clear of Palmer.
But his overnight lead was wiped out by the defending champion as Palmer moved into the lead on the back nine after Player made a double bogey at the 13th and a bogey at the 15th.
Palmer held a one-shot lead on the 18th hole but his second shot found the greenside bunker and after his third from the sand went across the green, he chipped back across the green and missed a 15-footer to force a playoff.
Player's victory saw him become the first foreign winner of the green jacket.
After the first two days were played without interruption, only a number of pairs were able to play on Saturday morning as the course was soon deemed unplayable.
The third round was restarted from split tees on Sunday morning and Peter Oosterhuis seized a three-shot lead at the top of the leaderboard with a four-under 68.
Tommy Aaron, who had lead after the first round, fortunately noticed that playing partner Johnny Miller had marked down a five when he had made a birdie four at the 13th and a closing four-under 68 saw him seal a one-shot victory over J.C. Snead.
Aaron followed Claude Harmon as just the second native Georgian to win the Masters.
A decade after the most previous Monday finish, Seve Ballesteros sealed his second Masters and third major success after a weather-affected edition.
Raymond Floyd was part of a three-man American share of the lead after the final round before play on Friday was completely washed out due to rain, with concerns the tournament would not see 72 holes completed due to unfavourable forecasts.
Saturday's second round was played from split tees and six players were even forced to wait until Sunday morning to finish, and organisers opted to play only the third round later in the day and finish on Monday.
Ballesteros posted scores of 70 and 73 over the weekend to sit one behind co-leaders Craig Stadler and Floyd and enjoyed a fast start to his final round as he went four under through four holes.
Despite some difficulty on Amen Corner, Ballesteros - admired for his flair and sense of the dramatic - completed his emphatic success with a chip-in at the 18th.
