The Masters is the first of the majors to be played each year, and is scheduled for the first full week of April. Unlike the other major championships, the Masters is held every year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, which is a private golf club in the city of Augusta, Georgia, USA. The 2008 champion is Trevor Immelman, who won a prize of US$1.35 million. In accordance with typical golf tournament formatting, the Masters Tournament is a 72-hole tournament held over four days, held under the rules of golf, as defined by the United States Golf Association and is also subject to special rulings and regulations set by the Masters Tournament Committee, and is usually the first major championship of the year, played so that the final round is always on the second Sunday of April. In 1998, the course measured approximately 6925 yards, and it was lengthened to 7270 yards for 2002, and again in 2006 to 7445 yards, 520 yards longer than the 1998 course, which attracted the most successful players in Masters history, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer.