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2011 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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2011 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 2011 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 2011
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,435 yards (6,799 m)[1][2]
Field99 players, 49 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$8,000,000[3]
Winner's share$1,440,000
Champion
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
274 (−14)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. Charl Schwartzel birdied the final four holes to win his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Adam Scott and Jason Day.[4]

Eight players held a share of the lead in the last round including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. McIlroy had at least a share of the lead for the first three rounds and had a four stroke advantage entering Sunday's final round, but shot an 80 to finish ten strokes behind Schwartzel.[5]

This was Ben Crenshaw's 40th consecutive Masters appearance. The top-ranked player in the world, Martin Kaymer, failed to make the cut, and Hideki Matsuyama was the only amateur to play on the weekend.[5][6]

Course

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Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
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:[1] Total 7,435 72

Field

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The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships.[7] Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field.[8] Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.[9]

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 (2), Fred Couples (11), Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman (11), Zach Johnson (14,15,16,17,18,19), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (11,12,15,16,17,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,11,12,18,19), Ian Woosnam

(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus and Palmer served as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.[10])

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Lucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (12,16,18,19), Geoff Ogilvy (15,17,18,19)

3. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (18), Pádraig Harrington (4,18,19), Louis Oosthuizen (13,16,18,19)

4. Last five PGA Champions
Martin Kaymer (12,14,16,18,19), Y. E. Yang (11,18,19)

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
Tim Clark (15,16,17,18,19), Sergio García, Henrik Stenson (13)

6. Top two finishers in the 2010 U.S. Amateur
David Chung (a), Peter Uihlein (a)

7. Winner of the 2010 Amateur Championship
Jin Jeong (a)

8. Winner of the 2010 Asian Amateur
Hideki Matsuyama (a)

9. Winner of the 2010 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Lion Kim (a)

10. Winner of the 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Nathan Smith (a)

11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2010 Masters Tournament
Ricky Barnes, K. J. Choi (17,18,19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18,19), Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (15,18,19), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18,19), Steve Marino, Ryan Moore (17,18,19), Ian Poulter (18,19), David Toms, Nick Watney (15,16,17,18,19), Lee Westwood (13,16,18,19)

12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2010 U.S. Open
Alex Čejka, Ernie Els (15,17,18,19), Grégory Havret, Dustin Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), Matt Kuchar (15,16,17,18,19), Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2010 British Open Championship
Paul Casey (15,17,18,19), Rory McIlroy (14,15,16,18,19)

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2010 PGA Championship
Bubba Watson (15,16,17,18,19)

15. Top 30 leaders on the 2010 PGA Tour official money earnings list
Robert Allenby (17,18,19), Ben Crane (17,18,19), Jason Day (16,17,18,19), Luke Donald (16,17,18,19), Rickie Fowler (18,19), Jim Furyk (16,17,18,19), Retief Goosen (17,18,19), Bill Haas (19), Charley Hoffman (16,17), Jeff Overton (17), Ryan Palmer (17), Justin Rose (16,17,18,19), Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Heath Slocum, Steve Stricker (16,17,18,19), Bo Van Pelt (17,18,19), Camilo Villegas (17,18,19)

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2010 Masters Tournament and the 2011 Masters Tournament
Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Jason Bohn, Jonathan Byrd, Martin Laird (17,18,19), Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson (19), Gary Woodland

17. All players qualifying for the 2010 edition of The Tour Championship
Kevin Na, Kevin Streelman

18. Top 50 on the final 2010 Official World Golf Rankings list
Ross Fisher (19), Hiroyuki Fujita, Peter Hanson (19), Yuta Ikeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Robert Karlsson (19), Kim Kyung-tae (19), Edoardo Molinari (19), Francesco Molinari (19), Sean O'Hair, Álvaro Quirós (19), Charl Schwartzel (19)

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list on March 27, 2011
Anders Hansen

20. International invitees
None

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rory McIlroy and Álvaro Quirós shot 65 to co-lead after the first round.[6] K. J. Choi and Y. E. Yang shot 67 to trail by two shots. Defending champion Phil Mickelson shot a 70 and Tiger Woods a 71. Henrik Stenson struggled to an 83, including a quintuple bogey 8 on the par-3 4th hole, the highest score on the hole in the history of the Masters.[11]

Place Player Score To par
T1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65 −7
Spain Álvaro Quirós
T3 South Korea K. J. Choi 67 −5
South Korea Y. E. Yang
T5 United States Ricky Barnes 68 −4
United States Matt Kuchar
T7 England Ross Fisher 69 −3
Spain Sergio García
South Africa Trevor Immelman
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
United States Brandt Snedeker
United States Gary Woodland

Second round

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Friday, April 8, 2011

McIlroy kept his lead with a 69 (−3), while Quirós shot a 73 (+1) to fall back to −6, four shots off the lead. Jason Day, in his first Masters appearance, shot a tournament-low 64 (−8) on Friday to move into second place. Tiger Woods shot a 66 to put himself back in the tournament at −7, three shots off the lead. Woods shot 31 on the back nine to charge up the leaderboard. K. J. Choi shot a 70 to move to −7, into third place along with Woods. Notable players who missed the cut were Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, Pádraig Harrington, and Hunter Mahan.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65-69=134 −10
2 Australia Jason Day 72-64=136 −8
T3 South Korea K. J. Choi 67-70=137 −7
United States Tiger Woods 71-66=137
T5 Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-69=138 −6
Spain Álvaro Quirós 65-73=138
T7 United States Ricky Barnes 68-71=139 −5
United States Fred Couples 71-68=139
United States Rickie Fowler 70-69=139
England Lee Westwood 72-67=139
South Korea Y. E. Yang 67-72=139

Amateurs: Matsuyama (+1), Chung (+4), Kim (+4), Uihlein (+5), Jeong (+6), Smith (+8).

Third round

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Rory McIlroy held at least a share of the lead for the third straight day. After playing the first 12 holes in one-over par, he birdied 13, 15 and 17 to gain a four shot lead. 2009 champion Ángel Cabrera stormed into second place with a 67 to play in the final pairing on Sunday for the second time in three years. Jason Day, who held the outright lead after hole 5, shot 72 and was also 4 shots back. Tiger Woods struggled to a 74 after a 66 on Friday. Cabrera, Bubba Watson and Adam Scott all shot 67, the round of the day.[12]

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65-69-70=204 −12
T2 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 71-70-67=208 −8
South Korea K. J. Choi 67-70-71=208
Australia Jason Day 72-64-72=208
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 69-71-68=208
T6 England Luke Donald 72-68-69=209 −7
Australia Adam Scott 72-70-67=209
8 United States Bo Van Pelt 73-69-68=210 −6
T9 United States Fred Couples 71-68-72=211 −5
England Ross Fisher 69-71-71=211
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-69-73=211
United States Bubba Watson 73-71-67=211
United States Tiger Woods 71-66-74=211

Final round

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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Summary

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External videos
video icon Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Eight different players had at least a share of the lead at one point during the final round, included five simultaneously on the back nine. Rory McIlroy, the 54-hole leader, shot 37 on the front to hold onto the lead, but made triple bogey on 10 and a four-putt double bogey on 12 to quickly fade with a final round 80. He finished ten strokes back in a tie for 15th place. Tiger Woods, who was seven shots back to start the final round, shot 31 on the front nine, including an eagle at 8, to tie for the lead, but a three-putt bogey on 12 and a missed 5-foot (1.5 m) eagle putt on 15 doomed his chance at a fifth Masters title. Woods had previously never come from behind in the final round to win any of his 14 major championships. Geoff Ogilvy, also seven shots back to start the day, birdied 12 through 16 to share the lead, but came up short of his second major. K. J. Choi tied for the lead with a birdie at the 9th hole, but struggled putting on the back nine and finished in a tie for 8th. 2009 champion Ángel Cabrera also shared the lead but bogeys at 12 and 16 led to a solo 7th-place finish.[13]

Adam Scott stormed up the leader board and after a birdie at 16 held a two shot lead. Jason Day made a 35-foot (11 m) birdie putt on 17 and another birdie on 18 to post −12, a share of the clubhouse lead with Scott. However, the day belonged to Charl Schwartzel, who chipped in for birdie at 1, holed out for eagle on 3, and birdied the final four holes to win by two shots; his 66 was the low round of the day. It was Schwartzel's first major win, and he became the third South African to win the Masters, along with Gary Player and Trevor Immelman. It was also the 50th anniversary of Player's 1961 Masters win, when he became the first international player to win the Masters.[5]

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 South Africa Charl Schwartzel 69-71-68-66=274 −14 1,440,000
T2 Australia Jason Day 72-64-72-68=276 −12 704,000
Australia Adam Scott 72-70-67-67=276
T4 England Luke Donald 72-68-69-69=278 −10 330,667
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 69-69-73-67=278
United States Tiger Woods (c) 71-66-74-67=278
7 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (c) 71-70-67-71=279 −9 268,000
T8 South Korea K. J. Choi 67-70-71-72=280 −8 240,000
United States Bo Van Pelt 73-69-68-70=280
10 United States Ryan Palmer 71-72-69-70=282 −6 216,000

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
South Africa Schwartzel −9 −9 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −14
Australia Day −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12
Australia Scott −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12
England Donald −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −9 −10
Australia Ogilvy −5 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10
United States Woods −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10
Argentina Cabrera −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9
Northern Ireland McIlroy −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −8 −7 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[14]

References

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