Golf's PGA tour kicks into high gear this week with the The Masters, and all eyes are on Tiger Woods as he makes a play for a historic grand slam. In honor of golf's "tradition unlike any other," we evaluated the swings of some of the actors who've portrayed golfers on the big screen to see how they stack up against their real-life counterparts.

KEVIN COSTNER / Tin Cup

Costner traded his baseball bat for a 3-Wood to play a down-and-out golf pro in this romantic comedy from Bull Durham scribe Ron Shelton.

Grade: B. Even though director Shelton clearly used some cinematic tricks to hide the flaws in his technique (and his hairline), Costner still proved more convincing as a golfer than a baseball player.

MATT DAMON / The Legend of Bagger Vance

Ever the dedicated method actor, golfing neophyte Damon trained for a month -- a whole month -- to prepare for his role as a star golfer who "lost his swing" after serving in the Great War.

Grade: D-. No amount of new-age platitudes from Will Smith could make us believe that duffer Damon could take on the likes of golf legends Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones -- much less beat them -- with that atrocious stroke.

GLENN FORD / Follow the Sun

Western star Ford traded in his cowboy hat for a golf cap to play Ben Hogan in this 1951 biography of the diminutive shotmaker.

Grade: B. Anyone would have a tough time replicating the swing of a player recognized as perhaps the greatest ball-striker ever, but Ford had a secret weapon: Hogan, who as an uncredited "technical advisor" ended up hitting many of the film's on-screen shots himself.

DON JOHNSON / Tin Cup

Johnson plays a cocky pro who serves as Costner's professional and romantic rival.

Grade: B+. Definitely superior to Costner's. A veteran of the celebrity pro-am circuit, Johnson boasts a not-too-shabby handicap of 8.3 -- a figure roughly equal to the number of people who saw his last movie, Moondance Alexander.

ADAM SANDLER / Happy Gilmore

Perpetually wacky Sandler plays a failed hockey player who joins the PGA tour after discovering a gift for hitting long drives.

Grade: D+. Admittedly, it's a bit unfair to judge Sandler's hockey-inspired swing against normal standards, knowing that it was created for comedic effect. His slap shot, however, could definitely use some work.

JIM CAVEZIEL / Stroke of Genius: The Bobby Jones Story

After playing the Messiah in Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ, Caveziel took on an even more daunting role as Bobby Jones, the amateur great who founded The Masters tournament.

Grade: B+. Unlike the strangely off-putting tint of his golden blonde hair, Caveziel's swing looked 100% real, though purists would rightly claim that it couldn't hold a candle to Jones's.

SHIA LABEOUF / The Greatest Game Ever Played

In this Disney-fied true story, LaBeouf plays Francis Ouimet, a modest upstart who once challenged British champ Harry Vardon (of the "Vardon Grip" fame) at the 1913 U.S. Open.

Grade: A-. LaBeouf claimed that he trained "for six solid months, seven hours a day, seven days a week" for the role, and while some of that time might have been better spent working on his acting chops, LaBeouf's swing was top-notch.

JOEL GRETSCH / The Legend of Bagger Vance

In Bagger Vance, Gretsch portrays amateur star Bobby Jones, who along with Walter Hagen loses to Damon's character in the (highly fictional) film's pivotal final match.

Grade: A-. A 5.6-handicap golfer in real life, Gretsch's fundamentally solid swing made Damon's look all the more embarrassing.

BILL MURRAY / Caddyshack

Golf nut Murray took his first on-screen hacks as Carl Spackler, Bushwood Country Club's eccentric groundskeeper who fantasizes about winning at Augusta while teeing off on a flower bed.

Grade: C+. Murray's inside out, corkscrew swing may not be pretty, but it gets the job done. Call him the Jim Furyk of the pro-am circuit.

RANDY QUAID / Dead Solid Perfect

Quaid played a hard-partying, groupie-loving pro in this 1988 HBO flick about life on the road in the PGA tour.

Grade: A. Quaid reportedly boasted a 5 handicap at the time Perfect was made, lending legitimacy to the action when making digital fixes in the editing room was not an option. Legend has it he needed 18 takes to hit the movie's climactic last shot.