Shooting below par is the name of the professional golfing game.
And for those who can, time and again, work their score backward from zero at major tournaments, riches - as well as different coloured jackets - await them.
Whether on the tee box of a short three or a half-mile-long five, these elite golfers often have many thoughts rushing through their mind, however, many only have one aim - to birdie the hole by shooting one-under.
At any tournament, the pressure to save a shot a hole is large enough to draw mistakes. But at the Masters, the pressure has been enough to erode men made of stone.
Since the dawn of the storied tournament in 1934, the cream of the golfing world's crop have traversed the Augusta National course in early spring, with many dotting their scorecard with a birdie here or there on their way back to the clubhouse for a pimento cheese sandwich.
However, in 2009, Anthony Kim set the course record for most birdies in a single round, scoring a staggering 11 across his 18-hole second round to score 65.
Still, this blistering second outing wasn't enough to see Kim don the green jacket after the Californian ended the weekend in equal 20th place with a score of 286, 10 shots behind the eventual winner, Argentinean Ángel Cabrera.
Entering the 2024 tournament, the record for the most birdies scored throughout any one tournament remains with Jordan Spieth after the Texan knocked off 28 en route to his debut win at Augusta in 2015.
