1981 Masters Tournament

1981 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 1981
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	82 players, 48 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$362,587
Winner's share	$60,000
Champion
Tom Watson
280 (−8)
«1980 1982»

The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second green jacket and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. It was the fourth runner-up finish for Nicklaus at the Masters and the third for Miller.^[2][3][4]

Defending champion Seve Ballesteros missed the cut; he also missed the cut as defending champion in 1984.

This was the first Masters with bentgrass greens, which were formerly Bermuda and ryegrass.^[5][6][7]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tom Watson	United States	1977	71	68	70	71	280	−8	1
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	70	65	75	72	282	−6	T2
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	75	71	71	69	286	−2	T8
George Archer	United States	1969	74	70	72	71	287	−1	T11
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	75	68	71	74	288	E	T15
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	73	73	71	71	288	E	T15
Charles Coody	United States	1971	74	71	75	76	296	+8	T40
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	77	70	78	72	297	+9	T43
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	77	71	76	79	303	+15	48

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	75	78	153	+9
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980	78	76	154	+10
Billy Casper	United States	1970	76	78	154	+10
Doug Ford	United States	1957	79	76	155	+11
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	80	75	155	+11
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	77	78	155	+11
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	76	79	155	+11

Source:^[8][9]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 12, 1981

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tom Watson	United States	71-68-70-71=280	−8	60,000
T2	Johnny Miller	United States	69-72-73-68=282	−6	30,500
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-65-75-72=282
4	Greg Norman	Australia	69-70-72-72=283	−5	16,000
T5	Tom Kite	United States	74-72-70-68=284	−4	12,667
	Jerry Pate	United States	71-72-71-70=284
7	David Graham	Australia	70-70-74-71=285	−3	11,167
T8	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-72-70-73=286	−2	9,667
	Raymond Floyd	United States	75-71-71-69=286
	John Mahaffey	United States	72-71-69-74=286

Source:^[1]

Scorecard

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
Watson	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Miller	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
Nicklaus	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

References

1. "Masters Scores". Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio). Associated Press. April 13, 1981. p. 17.
2. Jenkins, Dan (April 20, 1981). "True Grit at Augusta". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
3. "Watson wins second Masters". Toledo Blade (Ohio). April 13, 1981. p. 17.
4. Green, Bob (April 13, 1981). "Watson holds on for Masters win". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 13.
5. "Masters sports bent grass furor". The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 8, 1981. p. 13.
6. "Nicklaus, Watson remain the ones to watch". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1981. p. 37.
7. Boswell, Thomas (April 7, 1982). "Everything normal at Augusta National". Tuscaloosa News (Alabama). p. 21.
8. "1981 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
9. "Golf scoreboard: Masters". Pittsburgh Press. April 11, 1981. p. A9.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com: 1981 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1981 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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