Sporting Events- I must see

Every year when I watch the Cheltenham Festival, I always say to myself I must actually go next year, but here we are 40+ years in and I haven't achieved it yet, this then got me thinking whatever sports events should be on my "Bucket List".

Masters at Augusta

Is there a better course in the world?

Everything about the golf tournament is perfect, the golf course is pristine, the back nine especially you feel you know every hole inside out, and the fact you are guaranteed to see the current best players in the world in addition to the roll of honour of former Masters champions. I even like the formality of the event and the feeling that the golf club would really prefer no members of the public on the course.
My 3 favourite Masters memories are watching Sandy Lyle win  on a portable black and white TV in the early hours and on the same telly watching Larry Mize chip in to win a playoff.
The best was Greg Norman completely falling apart and letting Nick Faldo go past him, always good to see an Australian sporting defeat!

Mens 100m Olympic Final

Bolt Wins in London

The race has been tainted with both drug cheats winning it and "reformed" characters allowed to run in it, however for pure drama nothing beats it, so much build up and expectation then over in less than 10 seconds. The 100m is the blue riband event and Usain Bolt is the only current athlete I would pay money to watch.

Cheltenham Gold Cup

Don Cossack crosses the line

To watch this race would be fantastic, i have seen most of the flat classics, but with National Hunt racing the back stories and the build up to the races are more intense as you can build up favourites over a few years, through hurdling, novice chasing and then into the elite. I have never had much luck in this race but my interest race was started by both Michael Dickinson having the first 5 home and rushing home from school to see The Thinker win in the snow.

There are a couple of events that I would love to see but the circumstances would need to be right, the world cup final would be a must see if England were playing, if not it doesn't have the same appeal.

The other is a World Snooker Final, but it would need to be a close game along the lines of the 1985 black ball final, with ideally Jimmy White finally winning that elusive world title.