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2016 Masters Tournament

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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]

2016 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 2016
LocationAugusta, Georgia, U.S.
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 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
England Danny Willett
283 (−5)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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This was the final Masters appearance for former champion Tom Watson.

Course

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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]

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

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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

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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

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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 Score To par
1   Jordan Spieth 66 −6
T2   Danny Lee 68 −4
  Shane Lowry
T4   Paul Casey 69 −3
  Sergio García
  Søren Kjeldsen
  Ian Poulter
  Justin Rose
T9   Billy Horschel 70 −2
  Rory McIlroy
  Scott Piercy
  Danny Willett

Second round

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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.

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

Amateurs: DeChambeau (E), Langasque (+3), Bard (+9), Schmitz (+12), Cheng (+13), Chaplet (+21)

Third round

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

Final round

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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Summary

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External videos
  Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

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

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Danny Willett 70-74-72-67=283 −5 1,800,000
T2   Jordan Spieth (c) 66-74-73-73=286 −2 880,000
  Lee Westwood 71-75-71-69=286
T4   Paul Casey 69-77-74-67=287 −1 413,333
  J. B. Holmes 72-73-74-68=287
  Dustin Johnson 73-71-72-71=287
T7   Matt Fitzpatrick 71-76-74-67=288 E 311,667
  Søren Kjeldsen 69-74-74-71=288
  Hideki Matsuyama 71-72-72-73=288
T10   Daniel Berger 73-71-74-71=289 +1 230,000
  Jason Day 72-73-71-73=289
  Rory McIlroy 70-71-77-71=289
  Justin Rose 69-77-73-70=289
  Brandt Snedeker 71-72-74-72=289

Scorecard

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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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Leader Board - 2016 Masters Tournament". Masters Official Website. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Greenstein, Teddy (April 10, 2016). "A Norman-esque collapse leaves Jordan Spieth reeling". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Masters 2016 Leaderboard: Sunday Scores, Results and Analysis". Bleacher Report. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "With this win – Danny Willett". PGA European Tour. April 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Boyette, John (April 3, 2006). "Augusta National's natural beauty was born in nursery". Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "2016 Masters field: Tiger Woods' withdrawal decreases Augusta qualifiers list to just 89". SB Nation. Vox Media. April 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Furyk opts for wrist surgery, will miss 3 months and Masters". USA Today. Associated Press. February 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "Sangmoon Bae starts military service, eyes 2017 return to golf". CBS Sports. GolfWeb. November 18, 2015.
  9. ^ Beall, Joel (April 6, 2016). "Jimmy Walker breaks Masters Par-3 Contest scoring record". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Kerr-Dineen, Luke (April 6, 2016). "Watch every hole-in-one from this year's Masters par-3 contest". USA Today. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  11. ^ "Defending champ Jordan Spieth goes bogey-free to lead Masters". ESPN. Associated Press. April 7, 2016.
  12. ^ Harig, Bob (April 7, 2016). "Ernie Els 6-putts from within 3 feet for a record 9 on first hole at Masters". ESPN.
  13. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (April 8, 2016). "Diabolical wind at Augusta giving even veteran golfers fits". USA Today.
  14. ^ "Jordan Spieth has 1-shot lead at Masters despite 'hard golf course'". ESPN. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  15. ^ "Jordan Spieth maintains 1-shot Masters lead despite messy finish". ESPN. Associated Press. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  16. ^ "Danny Willett wins Masters 2016: All you need to know about England's Augusta champion". Daily Telegraph. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  17. ^ "Masters 2016: Danny Willett wins after Jordan Spieth's disaster at the 12th". The Guardian. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  18. ^ Brennan, Christine (April 11, 2016). "Brennan: Jordan Spieth's collapse is one we won't soon forge". USA Today. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  19. ^ Strege, John (April 11, 2016). "Jordan Spieth's 12th-hole collapse: 'Nothing…harder on the eyes' in golf history". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  20. ^ Plaschke, Bill (April 10, 2016). "Trying to play it safe, Jordan Spieth plays his way into a historic collapse at the Masters". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  21. ^ Weinreb, Michael (April 11, 2016). "The Agony of Jordan Spieth: Can He Recover From His Masters Collapse?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  22. ^ Bort, Ryan (April 11, 2016). "Where Does Jordan Spieth's Masters Collapse Rank?". Newsweek. USA Today Sports via Reuters. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  23. ^ "Danny Willett wins Masters after Jordan Spieth's collapse". ESPN. Associated Press. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  24. ^ "Shane Lowry, Davis Love III and Louis Oosthuizen ace 16th hole at Augusta". ESPN. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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