2014 Masters Tournament

2014 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 2014
Location	Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,435 yards (6,799 m)
Field	97 players, 51 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$9,000,000 €6,517,441
Winner's share	$1,620,000 €1,173,139
Champion
Bubba Watson
280 (−8)
«2013 2015»

The 2014 Masters Tournament was the 78th edition of the Masters Tournament, the first of golf's four major championships in 2014. It was held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.^[1] Bubba Watson won his second Masters, three shots ahead of runners-up Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth; defending champion Adam Scott tied for fourteenth place.

After world number one Tiger Woods withdrew, three entered Augusta with a chance to leave with the top ranking. Adam Scott needed a two-way tie for third, Henrik Stenson a two-way tie for second, and Jason Day a win.^[2] The trio finished T-14, T-14, and T-20, respectively, so Woods remained number one.

Course

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.^[3]

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 (11), Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (3,12,13,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (16,17,18), Adam Scott (11,13,15,16,17,18), Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Bubba Watson (15,17,18), Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Ian Woosnam

(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus, Palmer, and Player served as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)

• Tiger Woods (5,11,15,16,17,18) did not play due to back surgery.^[4]

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (15,17,18), Rory McIlroy (4,17,18), Justin Rose (12,15,16,17,18), Webb Simpson (15,16,17,18)

3. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Ernie Els (12,17,18), Louis Oosthuizen (17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions
Keegan Bradley (16,17,18), Jason Dufner (12,14,15,16,17,18), Martin Kaymer (17), Y. E. Yang

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
K. J. Choi, Matt Kuchar (11,15,16,17,18)

6. Top two finishers in the 2013 U.S. Amateur
Matthew Fitzpatrick, Oliver Goss

7. Winner of the 2013 British Amateur Championship
Garrick Porteous

8. Winner of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Lee Chang-woo

9. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Jordan Niebrugge

10. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Mike McCoy

11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2013 Masters Tournament
Tim Clark, Jason Day (12,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (16,17,18), John Huh, Marc Leishman, Thorbjørn Olesen, Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Lee Westwood (13,17,18)

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 U.S. Open
Billy Horschel (15,16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (16,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 British Open Championship
Ian Poulter (17,18), Henrik Stenson (14,15,16,17,18)

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship
Jonas Blixt (15,17), Jim Furyk (16,17,18)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2013 Masters Tournament and the 2014 Masters Tournament
Bae Sang-moon, Steven Bowditch, Ken Duke, Harris English (18), Derek Ernst, Matt Every (18), Bill Haas (16,17,18), Russell Henley (18), Dustin Johnson (16,17,18), Matt Jones, Chris Kirk, Ryan Moore (17,18), Patrick Reed (18), John Senden, Jordan Spieth (16,17,18), Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Jimmy Walker (17,18), Boo Weekley (16)

16. All players qualifying for the 2013 edition of The Tour Championship
Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (17,18), Luke Donald (17,18), D. A. Points, Kevin Streelman (17,18), Steve Stricker (17,18), Nick Watney (17,18), Gary Woodland (18)

17. Top 50 on the final 2013 Official World Golf Ranking list
Thomas Bjørn (18), Jamie Donaldson (18), Victor Dubuisson (18), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (18), Rickie Fowler (18), Branden Grace, Peter Hanson, Thongchai Jaidee (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Joost Luiten (18), David Lynn, Matteo Manassero, Hideki Matsuyama (18), Francesco Molinari (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 31, 2014
Stephen Gallacher

19. International invitees
None

Five players were appearing in their first major: Patrick Reed, Oliver Goss, Lee Chang-woo, Jordan Niebrugge and Mike McCoy. A further 19 were appearing in their first Masters: Jonas Blixt, Steven Bowditch, Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Victor Dubuisson, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Matt Every, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Stephen Gallacher, Billy Horschel, Matt Jones, Chris Kirk, Joost Luiten, Garrick Porteous, Jordan Spieth, Kevin Stadler and Jimmy Walker. The total of 24 Masters debutants was a record, beating the 23 in 1935.^[5][6]

Craig Stadler and Kevin Stadler were the 12th father and son to play in the Masters, but the first to play in the same year.^[7]

Tiger Woods had played in 19 consecutive Masters (1995–2013). Also absent was Pádraig Harrington who had appeared in the previous 14 Masters, and in every major in the last eight years.

Past champions in the field

The 2014 Masters Tournament had 19 past champions in the field, including four two-time champions and one three-time champion. Nine past champions made the cut including five senior golfers: Vijay Singh (age 51), Fred Couples (54), Larry Mize (55), Bernhard Langer (56), and Sandy Lyle (56).

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Bubba Watson	United States	2012	69	68	74	69	280	−8	1
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	72	74	73	69	288	E	T8
Adam Scott	Australia	2013	69	72	76	72	289	+1	T14
Fred Couples	United States	1992	71	71	73	75	290	+2	T20
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	74	74	73	73	294	+6	T34
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	75	71	74	75	295	+7	T37
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	76	72	76	73	297	+9	T44
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	73	72	79	73	297	+9	T44
Larry Mize	United States	1987	74	72	79	79	304	+16	51

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006, 2010	76	73	149	+5
Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	2011	73	76	149	+5
Zach Johnson	United States	2007	78	72	150	+6
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	77	73	150	+6
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2009	78	74	152	+8
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	75	77	152	+8
Trevor Immelman	South Africa	2008	79	74	153	+9
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	82	77	159	+15
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	78	81	159	+15
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	83	85	168	+24

Nationalities in the field

North America (46)	South America (1)	Europe (29)	Oceania (8)	Asia (6)	Africa (7)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (7)	Australia (7)	Japan (1)	South Africa (6)
United States (44)		Northern Ireland (3)	Fiji (1)	South Korea (4)	Zimbabwe (1)
		Scotland (2)		Thailand (1)
		Wales (2)
		Denmark (2)
		Spain (4)
		France (1)
		Germany (2)
		Italy (2)
		Netherlands (1)
		Sweden (3)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Bill Haas led by a stroke after a 68 on the first day, one shot ahead of Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson, and defending champion Adam Scott.^[8][9] There were 18 players, including Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Fred Couples and Rickie Fowler, within three shots of the lead after the first round. The weather conditions were near-perfect: clear and calm with temperatures in the mid-70s (24 °C).^[10][11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bill Haas	United States	68	−4
T2	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	69	−3
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Bubba Watson	United States
T5	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	70	−2
	K. J. Choi	South Korea
	Marc Leishman	Australia
	Brandt Snedeker	United States
	Kevin Stadler	United States
	Jimmy Walker	United States
	Gary Woodland	United States

Second round

Friday, April 11, 2014

2012 champion Bubba Watson recorded five consecutive birdies on holes 12–16 on his way to a round of 68 (−4) and a three-shot lead after 36 holes. Watson was the only player from the top-10 after the first round to match or better his score in the second round. Joining Watson for the low round of the day (68) were Thomas Bjørn, Jim Furyk and John Senden. Three-time champion Phil Mickelson shot 73 (+1) and missed the cut at the Masters for the first time since 1997.^[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bubba Watson	United States	69-68=137	−7
2	John Senden	Australia	72-68=140	−4
T3	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	73-68=141	−3
	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	70-71=141
	Adam Scott	Australia	69-72=141
	Jordan Spieth	United States	71-70=141
T7	Fred Couples	United States	71-71=142	−2
	Jim Furyk	United States	74-68=142
	Jimmy Walker	United States	70-72=142
T10	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	73-70=143	−1
	Stephen Gallacher	Scotland	71-72=143
	Russell Henley	United States	73-70=143
	Kevin Stadler	United States	70-73=143
	Kevin Streelman	United States	72-71=143

Amateurs: Goss (+3), Fitzpatrick (+5), Lee (+9), Niebrugge (+11), Porteous (+12), McCoy (+17).

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Second round leader Bubba Watson fell back to the field with a two-over-par 74. Jordan Spieth shot another round of 70 to tie Watson for first place at five-under-par. Miguel Ángel Jiménez shot the lowest round of the day, 66 (−6), to move into a tie for fifth place.^[13][14]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jordan Spieth	United States	71-70-70=211	−5
	Bubba Watson	United States	69-68-74=211
T3	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	70-71-71=212	−4
	Matt Kuchar	United States	73-71-68=212
T5	Rickie Fowler	United States	71-75-67=213	−3
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	71-76-66=213
T7	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	73-68-73=214	−2
	Jim Furyk	United States	74-68-72=214
	Lee Westwood	England	73-71-70=214
T10	Fred Couples	United States	71-71-73=215	−1
	Justin Rose	England	76-70-69=215
	John Senden	Australia	72-68-75=215
	Kevin Stadler	United States	70-73-72=215

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Bubba Watson shot a 69 in the final round to win the Masters for the second time in three years.^[15] Jordan Spieth had taken the lead after a birdie on the second hole, and expanded his lead to 2 shots following a Watson bogey on the third.^[16] Spieth held the outright lead until the eighth hole, when Watson scored a birdie to Spieth's bogey.^[17] Another Watson birdie and Spieth bogey on the ninth hole gave Watson a two-shot lead, which he never relinquished and won going away, finishing three shots ahead of both Spieth and Swedish golfer Jonas Blixt.^[18] Blixt was the only player in the field to post four sub-par rounds. Joost Luiten shot the low round of the day, 67 (−5).^[19][20]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bubba Watson	United States	69-68-74-69=280	−8	1,620,000
T2	Jonas Blixt	Sweden	70-71-71-71=283	−5	792,000
	Jordan Spieth	United States	71-70-70-72=283
4	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	71-76-66-71=284	−4	432,000
T5	Rickie Fowler	United States	71-75-67-73=286	−2	342,000
	Matt Kuchar	United States	73-71-68-74=286
7	Lee Westwood	England	73-71-70-73=287	−1	301,500
T8	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	73-68-73-74=288	E	234,000
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	72-74-73-69=288
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	71-77-71-69=288
	John Senden	Australia	72-68-75-73=288
	Kevin Stadler	United States	70-73-72-73=288
	Jimmy Walker	United States	70-72-76-70=288

Amateurs: Goss (+10)

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	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Spieth	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Blixt	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Jiménez	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Fowler	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Kuchar	−4	−5	−6	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2

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External links

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

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