2014 Masters Tournament
American golf tournament held in 2014
Golf tournament
2014 Masters Tournament Front cover of the 2014 Masters Journal
Dates April 10–13, 2014 Location Augusta, 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 Organized by Augusta National Golf Club Tour(s) Par 72 Length 7,435 yards (6,799 m) Field 97 players, 51 after cut Cut 148 (+4) Prize fund US$9,000,000 Winner's share $1,620,000 Bubba Watson 280 (−8) Location in the United States
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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]
Course
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 , 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
4. Last five PGA Champions
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
6. Top two finishers in the 2013 U.S. Amateur
7. Winner of the 2013 British Amateur Championship
8. Winner of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
9. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links
10. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur
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
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 British Open Championship
14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship
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
16. All players qualifying for the 2013 edition of The Tour Championship
17. Top 50 on the final 2013 Official World Golf Ranking list
18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 31, 2014
19. International invitees
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 , Matt 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.
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] 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]
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]
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]
Final round
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Summary
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] [ 17] Jonas Blixt .[ 18] Joost Luiten shot the low round of the day, 67 (−5).[ 19] [ 20]
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($)
T14
Stewart Cink 73-72-76-68=289
+1
148,500
Jamie Donaldson 73-70-76-70=289
Jim Furyk 74-68-72-75=289
Justin Rose 76-70-69-74=289
Adam Scott (c)69-72-76-72=289
Henrik Stenson 73-72-74-70=289
T20
Fred Couples (c)71-71-73-75=290
+2
101,160
Jason Day 75-73-70-72=290
Bill Haas 68-78-74-70=290
Chris Kirk 75-72-71-72=290
Ian Poulter 76-70-70-74=290
25
Louis Oosthuizen 69-75-75-72=291
+3
79,200
T26
Steven Bowditch 74-72-74-72=292
+4
66,600
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 75-69-74-74=292
Joost Luiten 75-73-77-67=292
Hunter Mahan 74-72-74-72=292
Gary Woodland 70-77-69-76=292
T31
Russell Henley 73-70-75-75=293
+5
55,800
Martin Kaymer 75-72-73-73=293
Steve Stricker 72-73-73-75=293
T34
K. J. Choi 70-75-78-71=294
+6
48,600
Stephen Gallacher 71-72-81-70=294
José María Olazábal (c)74-74-73-73=294
T37
Brendon de Jonge 74-72-76-73=295
+7
40,500
Billy Horschel 75-72-75-73=295
Thongchai Jaidee 73-74-75-73=295
Vijay Singh (c)75-71-74-75=295
Brandt Snedeker 70-74-80-71=295
T42
Lucas Glover 75-69-77-75=296
+8
34,200
Kevin Streelman 72-71-74-79=296
T44
Darren Clarke 74-74-73-76=297
+9
27,972
Sandy Lyle (c)76-72-76-73=297
Thorbjørn Olesen 74-72-76-75=297
Nick Watney 72-75-76-74=297
Mike Weir (c)73-72-79-73=297
49
Oliver Goss (a)76-71-76-75=298
+10
0
50
Francesco Molinari 71-76-76-76=299
+11
23,400
51
Larry Mize (c)74-72-79-79=304
+16
22,680
CUT
Bae Sang-moon 72-77=149
+5
Luke Donald 79-70=149
Victor Dubuisson 74-75=149
Ernie Els 75-74=149
Matt Fitzpatrick (a)76-73=149
Sergio García 74-75=149
Marc Leishman 70-79=149
Phil Mickelson (c)76-73=149
Ryan Moore 77-72=149
Charl Schwartzel (c)73-76=149
Webb Simpson 74-75=149
Harris English 74-76=150
+6
Zach Johnson (c)78-72=150
Graeme McDowell 72-78=150
D. A. Points 78-72=150
Ian Woosnam (c)77-73=150
Ken Duke 75-76=151
+7
John Huh 75-76=151
Dustin Johnson 77-74=151
Hideki Matsuyama 80-71=151
Ángel Cabrera (c)78-74=152
+8
Graham DeLaet 80-72=152
Derek Ernst 76-76=152
Matt Jones 74-78=152
David Lynn 78-74=152
Matteo Manassero 71-81=152
Mark O'Meara (c)75-77=152
Patrick Reed 73-79=152
Keegan Bradley 75-78=153
+9
Roberto Castro 73-80=153
Branden Grace 84-69=153
Trevor Immelman (c)79-74=153
Lee Chang-woo (a)80-73=153
Jason Dufner 80-74=154
+10
Yang Yong-eun 77-77=154
Matt Every 77-78=155
+11
Jordan Niebrugge (a)81-74=155
Scott Stallings 75-80=155
Garrick Porteous (a)76-80=156
+12
Boo Weekley 73-83=156
Tim Clark 79-78=157
+13
Peter Hanson 78-81=159
+15
Craig Stadler (c)82-77=159
Tom Watson (c)78-81=159
Mike McCoy (a)78-83=161
+17
Ben Crenshaw (c)83-85=168
+24
Scorecard
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
−5
−5
−4
−5
−5
−6
−6
−7
−8
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−5
−6
−6
−7
−6
−7
−8
−7
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−3
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−2
−3
−2
−2
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−2
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−4
−4
−4
−4
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−2
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−4
−5
−6
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−3
−3
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−3
−2
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