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2016 Masters Tournament
"2016 Masters" redirects here. For the snooker tournament, see 2016 Masters (snooker).

The 2016 Masters Tournament was the 80th edition of the Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Danny Willett won his first major championship, three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending champion Jordan Spieth.[1] Spieth suffered one of the biggest collapses in Masters history.[2] Spieth led the tournament from the first round and built a five-shot lead going to the back nine on Sunday, but lost six shots to par over the next three holes culminating in a quadruple-bogey on the 12th hole where he hit two balls into Rae's Creek.[3] Willett shot a bogey-free 67 to overtake Spieth when the leader faltered on the back nine. Willett became the first European to win the Masters since 1999, and the first Englishman to do so since Nick Faldo in 1996.[4]

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2016 Masters Tournament
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Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 2016
LocationAugusta, Georgia, U.S.
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,435 yards (6,799 m)
Field89 players, 57 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,800,000
Champion
Danny Willett
283 (−5)
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Augusta National
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This was the final Masters appearance for former champion Tom Watson.

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

The course was formerly a plant nursery and each hole on the course is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated.[5]

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HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive445410Camellia4954
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood5054
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea5105
5Magnolia455414Chinese Fir4404
6Juniper180315Firethorn5305
7Pampas450416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina4404
9Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654
Out3,72536In3,71036
Source:Total7,43572
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Field

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The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships. Officially, the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.

Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.

1. Past Masters Champions

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

3. Last five British Open Champions

4. Last five PGA Champions

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship

6. Top two finishers in the 2015 U.S. Amateur

7. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship

8. Winner of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

9. Winner of the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship

10. Winner of the 2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur

11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2015 Masters Tournament

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 U.S. Open

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 British Open Championship

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2015 PGA Championship

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2015 Masters Tournament and the 2016 Masters Tournament

  • Jim Furyk (16,17,18) was unable to compete due to wrist surgery.[7]

16. All players qualifying for the 2015 edition of The Tour Championship

  • Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.[8]

17. Top 50 on the final 2015 Official World Golf Ranking list

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 28, 2016

19. International invitees

  • None

Appearing in their first Masters were Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Fabián Gómez, Emiliano Grillo, Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, David Lingmerth, Troy Merritt, Cameron Smith, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and all six amateurs. Four of the amateurs (Bard, Chaplet, Cheng and Schmitz) were appearing in their first major. In addition, An Byeong-hun, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Danny Lee appeared in their first Masters as professionals. Tom Watson was playing in his final Masters event.

Par 3 contest

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Jimmy Walker won the par 3 contest with a score of 19 (−8), a new tournament record. Nine holes-in-one were made, surpassing the previous record of five set in 2002 and 2015. The players to record an ace were: Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson, Smylie Kaufman, David Lingmerth, Gary Player, Webb Simpson, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and Walker.[9][10]

Round summaries

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First round

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Defending champion Jordan Spieth shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead over Danny Lee and Shane Lowry. His bogey-free round was his ninth consecutive Masters round of par or better. World number one Jason Day was 5-under-par through the front nine but shot 5-over-par on the back nine, including a triple-bogey on the 16th hole, to end at even-par. Ernie Els scored a record-worst nine on the first hole after taking six putts from within three feet and ended his round at 8-over-par. The course played difficult due to windy conditions and the scoring average for the field was 74.16.[11][12][13]

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jordan Spieth66−6
T2New Zealand Danny Lee68−4
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
T4England Paul Casey69−3
Spain Sergio García
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
England Ian Poulter
England Justin Rose
T9United States Billy Horschel70−2
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
United States Scott Piercy
England Danny Willett
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Second round

Friday, April 8, 2016

Jordan Spieth led by as many as five shots but then carded four bogeys and a double bogey and needed a 14-foot par save at the 18th to preserve a one-shot advantage over Rory McIlroy. This was Spieth's sixth consecutive round with the lead at the Masters, tying the record set by Arnold Palmer in 1960–61. Amateur Bryson DeChambeau got to within a shot of the lead but suffered a triple bogey at the last to finish at even-par. Gusting winds led to difficult scoring conditions, with only four players (Daniel Berger, Dustin Johnson, McIlroy, and Troy Merritt) shooting under par, each shooting 71. The scoring average for the round was 75.02, the highest since 2007 and only seven golfers were under par after two rounds.[14] Tom Watson missed the cut in his 43rd and final Masters.

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jordan Spieth66-74=140−4
2Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy70-71=141−3
T3United States Scott Piercy70-72=142−2
New Zealand Danny Lee68-74=142
T5Denmark Søren Kjeldsen69-74=143−1
Japan Hideki Matsuyama71-72=143
United States Brandt Snedeker71-72=143
T8Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat72-72=144E
United States Daniel Berger73-71=144
United States Bryson DeChambeau (a)72-72=144
Spain Sergio García69-75=144
United States Dustin Johnson73-71=144
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry68-76=144
England Danny Willett70-74=144
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Amateurs: DeChambeau (E), Langasque (+3), Bard (+9), Schmitz (+12), Cheng (+13), Chaplet (+21)

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Jordan Spieth held the lead at the Masters for the seventh consecutive round, a new tournament record, and the third straight year after 54 holes. After a double bogey at the 11th, Spieth rebounded with birdies on three of his next four holes to take a four-shot lead, but then bogeyed the 17th and carded another double bogey on the 18th to post 73 (+1) and drop the lead to one. Smylie Kaufman recorded the lowest score of the round with 69 (−3) and moved into second place. Two-time champion Bernhard Langer, at age 58 attempting to become the oldest major champion, shot a round of 70 and tied Hideki Matsuyama for third, two shots back of Spieth. Rory McIlroy entered the round a shot out of the lead but failed to make a birdie and carded 77 (+5).[15]

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PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jordan Spieth66-74-73=213−3
2United States Smylie Kaufman73-72-69=214−2
T3Germany Bernhard Langer72-73-70=215−1
Japan Hideki Matsuyama71-72-72=215
T5Australia Jason Day72-73-71=216E
United States Dustin Johnson73-71-72=216
England Danny Willett70-74-72=216
T8Denmark Søren Kjeldsen69-74-74=217+1
United States Brandt Snedeker71-72-74=217
England Lee Westwood71-75-71=217
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Final round

Sunday, April 10, 2016

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Danny Willett came back from five shots down at the start of the back nine to win his first major title.[16] Jordan Spieth birdied his final four holes of the front-nine to open up a five-shot advantage. After bogeys at the 10th and 11th, Spieth put two balls in the water on the par-3 12th and made quadruple bogey, dropping him to a tie for fourth. Willett, meanwhile, made birdie at 13 and 14 to take the lead. Lee Westwood chipped in for eagle at the 15th to get within one of Willett, but then made bogey on 16 while Willett made birdie. Willett made par on the last two holes to post a round of 67 and five-under for the tournament.[17]

After rebounding with birdies on 13 and 15, Spieth needed to birdie two of his last three holes to tie but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) birdie at 16 then bogeyed 17 to fall out of contention. Spieth's downfall in the final round capped one of the biggest collapses in Masters history, with many comparing it to the meltdown of Greg Norman at the 1996 Masters.[a] Dustin Johnson also made birdie on 13 and 15 to get within two of Willett, but made double bogey on the 17th. Smylie Kaufman began the round a shot out of the lead but shot 81 (+9) and finished in 29th.[23] For the first time in Masters history, three players (Shane Lowry, Davis Love III, and Louis Oosthuizen) made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th.[24]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
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Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1England Danny Willett70-74-72-67=283−51,800,000
T2United States Jordan Spieth (c)66-74-73-73=286−2880,000
England Lee Westwood71-75-71-69=286
T4England Paul Casey69-77-74-67=287−1413,333
United States J. B. Holmes72-73-74-68=287
United States Dustin Johnson73-71-72-71=287
T7England Matt Fitzpatrick71-76-74-67=288E311,667
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen69-74-74-71=288
Japan Hideki Matsuyama71-72-72-73=288
T10United States Daniel Berger73-71-74-71=289+1230,000
Australia Jason Day72-73-71-73=289
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy70-71-77-71=289
England Justin Rose69-77-73-70=289
United States Brandt Snedeker71-72-74-72=289
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Scorecard

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Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
England WillettEEEEE−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−4−4−5−5−5
United States Spieth−3−4−4−4−3−4−5−6−7−6−5−1−2−2−3−3−2−2
England Westwood+2+2+2+2+2+1EE−1EEE−1−1−3−2−2−2
England Casey+4+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1EEE−1
United States Holmes+2+3+4+5+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1EE−1
United States JohnsonEEEE+2+1+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−1−1
Japan MatsuyamaE−1−1E+1+3+3+2+2+1+1+1EEEEEE
Australia DayEEEE+1+1+1EE+1+1+1+1+1EEE+1
Germany LangerEE+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+5+6
United States Kaufman−2−3−2−1−1−1EE+1+2+3+2+3+3+3+5+6+7
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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Notes

  1. See.[2][18][19][20][21][22]

References

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