2016 Masters Tournament

2016 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 2016
Location	Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,435 yards (6,799 m)
Field	89 players, 57 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$10,000,000 €8,743,550
Winner's share	$1,800,000 €1,573,839
Champion
Danny Willett
283 (−5)
«2015 2017»

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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]

This was the final Masters appearance for former champions Tom Watson and Ian Woosnam.

Course

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]

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Tea Olive	445	4		10	Camellia	495	4
2	Pink Dogwood	575	5		11	White Dogwood	505	4
3	Flowering Peach	350	4		12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Flowering Crab Apple	240	3		13	Azalea	510	5
5	Magnolia	455	4		14	Chinese Fir	440	4
6	Juniper	180	3		15	Firethorn	530	5
7	Pampas	450	4		16	Redbud	170	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	570	5		17	Nandina	440	4
9	Carolina Cherry	460	4		18	Holly	465	4
Out		3,725	36		In		3,710	36
Source:					Total		7,435	72

Field

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

Ángel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3,11,13,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (3,11,17,18), Larry Mize, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (15,17,18), Adam Scott (12,15,17,18), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson (15,16,17,18), Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Ian Woosnam

• Fred Couples, José María Olazábal, and Tiger Woods (5) withdrew with injuries.^[6]
• The following past champions did not enter: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus, Palmer, and Player served as "honorary starters", though only Nicklaus and Player teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Martin Kaymer (5,17,18), Rory McIlroy (3,4,11,15,16,17,18), Justin Rose (11,14,15,16,17,18), Webb Simpson

3. Last five British Open Champions

Darren Clarke, Ernie Els

4. Last five PGA Champions

Keegan Bradley, Jason Day (13,14,15,16,17,18), Jason Dufner (15)

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship

Rickie Fowler (11,15,16,17,18)

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

Derek Bard (a), Bryson DeChambeau (a)

7. Winner of the 2015 Amateur Championship

Romain Langasque (a)

8. Winner of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Jin Cheng (a)

9. Winner of the 2016 Latin America Amateur Championship

Paul Chaplet (a)

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

Sammy Schmitz (a)

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

Paul Casey (16,17,18), Bill Haas (16,17,18), Charley Hoffman (16), Dustin Johnson (12,16,17,18), Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama (15,16,17,18), Ryan Moore (18), Kevin Na (16,17,18), Ian Poulter, Kevin Streelman

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

Branden Grace (14,17,18), Louis Oosthuizen (13,16,17,18), Cameron Smith

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

Marc Leishman (17,18)

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

Steven Bowditch (16), Fabián Gómez, Emiliano Grillo (17,18), Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, Chris Kirk, Kevin Kisner (16,17,18), Russell Knox (17,18), Danny Lee (16,17,18), David Lingmerth (18), Davis Love III, Shane Lowry (17,18), Graeme McDowell, Troy Merritt, Brandt Snedeker (16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, Justin Thomas (17,18)

• 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

Daniel Berger, Harris English, J. B. Holmes (17,18), Brooks Koepka (17,18), Matt Kuchar (17,18), Scott Piercy (17,18), Patrick Reed (17,18), Henrik Stenson (17,18), Robert Streb (17), Jimmy Walker (17,18)

• 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

An Byeong-hun (18), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18), Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson (18), Matthew Fitzpatrick (18), Sergio García (18), Billy Horschel (18), Thongchai Jaidee (18), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Anirban Lahiri (18), Andy Sullivan (18), Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger (18), Danny Willett (18), Chris Wood (18)

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

Rafael Cabrera-Bello

19. International invitees

None

Appearing in their first Masters were Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Rafael 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, Matthew Fitzpatrick, and Danny Lee appeared in their first Masters as professionals. Tom Watson and Ian Woosnam were playing in their final Masters event.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Jordan Spieth	United States	2015	66	74	73	73	286	−2	T2
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2009	73	73	73	75	294	+6	T24
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	72	73	70	79	294	+6	T24
Bubba Watson	United States	2012, 2014	75	75	76	71	297	+9	T37
Adam Scott	Australia	2013	76	72	75	76	299	+11	T42
Larry Mize	United States	1987	76	73	78	74	301	+13	T52

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006, 2010	72	79	151	+7
Trevor Immelman	South Africa	2008	77	74	151	+7
Zach Johnson	United States	2007	72	80	152	+8
Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	2011	76	76	152	+8
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	74	78	152	+8
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	80	73	153	+9
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	76	78	154	+10
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	76	81	157	+13
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	77	80	157	+13
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	82	81	163	+19

Nationalities in the field

North America (42)	South America (3)	Europe (26)	Oceania (7)	Asia (6)	Africa (5)
Canada (1)	Argentina (3)	England (8)	Australia (5)	China (1)	South Africa (5)
Costa Rica (1)		Northern Ireland (3)	Fiji (1)	India (1)
United States (40)		Scotland (2)	New Zealand (1)	Japan (1)
		Wales (2)		South Korea (1)
		Ireland (1)		Thailand (2)
		Austria (1)
		Denmark (1)
		France (2)
		Germany (2)
		Spain (2)
		Sweden (2)

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

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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	United States	66	−6
T2	Danny Lee	New Zealand	68	−4
	Shane Lowry	Ireland
T4	Paul Casey	England	69	−3
	Sergio García	Spain
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark
	Ian Poulter	England
	Justin Rose	England
T9	Billy Horschel	United States	70	−2
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland
	Scott Piercy	United States
	Danny Willett	England

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. Ian Woosnam also missed the cut in his 28th and final Masters.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	United States	66-74=140	−4
2	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	70-71=141	−3
T3	Scott Piercy	United States	70-72=142	−2
	Danny Lee	New Zealand	68-74=142
T5	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	69-74=143	−1
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	71-72=143
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	71-72=143
T8	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	72-72=144	E
	Daniel Berger	United States	73-71=144
	Bryson DeChambeau (a)	United States	72-72=144
	Sergio García	Spain	69-75=144
	Dustin Johnson	United States	73-71=144
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	68-76=144
	Danny Willett	England	70-74=144

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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	United States	66-74-73=213	−3
2	Smylie Kaufman	United States	73-72-69=214	−2
T3	Bernhard Langer	Germany	72-73-70=215	−1
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	71-72-72=215
T5	Jason Day	Australia	72-73-71=216	E
	Dustin Johnson	United States	73-71-72=216
	Danny Willett	England	70-74-72=216
T8	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	69-74-74=217	+1
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	71-72-74=217
	Lee Westwood	England	71-75-71=217

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 2016

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 a 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.^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Danny Willett	England	70-74-72-67=283	−5	1,800,000
T2	Jordan Spieth	United States	66-74-73-73=286	−2	880,000
	Lee Westwood	England	71-75-71-69=286
T4	Paul Casey	England	69-77-74-67=287	−1	413,333
	J. B. Holmes	United States	72-73-74-68=287
	Dustin Johnson	United States	73-71-72-71=287
T7	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	71-76-74-67=288	E	311,667
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	69-74-74-71=288
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	71-72-72-73=288
T10	Daniel Berger	United States	73-71-74-71=289	+1	230,000
	Jason Day	Australia	72-73-71-73=289
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	70-71-77-71=289
	Justin Rose	England	69-77-73-70=289
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	71-72-74-72=289

Amateurs: DeChambeau (+5), Langasque (+10)

Scorecard

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Willett	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
Spieth	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−5	−6	−7	−6	−5	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2
Westwood	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−3	−2	−2	−2
Casey	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1
Holmes	+2	+3	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1
Johnson	E	E	E	E	+2	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−1	−1
Matsuyama	E	−1	−1	E	+1	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E
Day	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	+1
Langer	E	E	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+6
Kaufman	−2	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+2	+3	+3	+3	+5	+6	+7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Notes

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Coverage from the PGA of America

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W