Jimmy Demaret did it twice.

Jack Nicklaus, Fuzzy Zoeller and Craig Stadler required playoffs.

And Mark O'Meara and Phil Mickelson needed putts on the 18th hole.

All of them won the Masters Tournament on Easter Sunday.

Today marks the 16th time the final round of the Masters has fallen on Easter.

It happens on a regular basis because the Masters is played the first full week of April and because Easter falls on the Sunday after the paschal full moon, which always occurs between March 22 and April 25.

Demaret is the only person to win twice on Easter, and Arnold Palmer won his first Masters in 1958.

Jack Nicklaus won an 18-hole playoff the day after Easter to become the first player to claim green jackets in consecutive years.

Bernhard Langer and Zach Johnson are two of the more recent champions who won on Easter and have talked about their faith.

Langer won his second green jacket in 1993, and Johnson overcame tough conditions to win his first major in 2007.

EASTER WINNERS

Winners on Easter

1947: Jimmy Demaret

1950: Jimmy Demaret

1955: Cary Middlecoff

1958: Arnold Palmer

1966: Jack Nicklaus*

1968: Bob Goalby

1971: Charles Coody

1974: Gary Player

1977: Tom Watson

1979: Fuzzy Zoeller**

1982: Craig Stadler**

1993: Bernhard Langer

1998: Mark O'Meara

2004: Phil Mickelson

2007: Zach Johnson

* Won 18-hole Monday playoff

** Won sudden-death playoff