2013 Masters Tournament

The 2013 Masters Tournament was the 77th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships to be held in 2013. It was held from April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.[3] Adam Scott won the tournament on the second hole of a sudden death playoff against Ángel Cabrera. It was Scott's first major championship and the first time an Australian won the Masters.[4][5]

2013 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 2013
LocationAugusta, Georgia, U.S.
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,435 yards (6,799 m)[1]
Field93 players, 61 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fundUS$8,000,000[2]
Winner's share$1,440,000[2]
Champion
Australia Adam Scott
279 (−9), playoff
Location Map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive445410Camellia4954
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood5054
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea5105
5Magnolia455414Chinese Fir4404
6Juniper180315Firethorn5305
7Pampas450416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina4404
9Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654
Out3,72536In3,71036
Source:[1]Total7,43572

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.[6] 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.

Four players were appearing in their first major: Steven Fox, Michael Weaver, Guan Tianlang and T. J. Vogel. Thirteen others were appearing in their first Masters: Alan Dunbar, John Peterson, David Lynn, John Huh, Scott Piercy, Russell Henley, Ted Potter Jr., George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thaworn Wiratchant.[7]

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 2012 U.S. Amateur

7. Winner of the 2012 Amateur Championship

8. Winner of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

9. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links

  • T. J. Vogel (a)

10. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur

11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2012 Masters Tournament

12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2012 U.S. Open

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2012 British Open Championship

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2012 PGA Championship

15. Top 30 leaders on the 2012 PGA Tour official money earnings list

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2012 Masters Tournament and the 2013 Masters Tournament

17. All players qualifying for the 2012 edition of The Tour Championship

18. Top 50 on the final 2012 Official World Golf Ranking list

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 31, 2013

20. International invitees[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 2013[10]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Spain Sergio García66−6
Australia Marc Leishman
3United States Dustin Johnson67−5
T4United States Fred Couples68−4
Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
United States Rickie Fowler
South Africa Trevor Immelman
United States Matt Kuchar
England David Lynn
T10United States Jim Furyk69−3
United States Zach Johnson
Australia Adam Scott

Second round

Friday, April 12, 2013[11]

For 2013 the minimum number of players making the cut was increased from 44 to 50 (plus ties). As previously, all players within 10 shots of the leader also make the cut.[12] 61 players made the cut, all those within 10 shots of the leader. Fourteen-year-old Guan Tianlang, playing in his first Masters, was the only amateur player to make the cut, despite being penalized a stroke for slow play.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Australia Jason Day70-68=138−6
T2United States Fred Couples68-71=139−5
Australia Marc Leishman66-73=139
T4Argentina Ángel Cabrera71-69=140−4
United States Jim Furyk69-71=140
United States Brandt Snedeker70-70=140
T7South Korea K. J. Choi70-71=141−3
United States Jason Dufner72-69=141
England David Lynn68-73=141
England Justin Rose70-71=141
Australia Adam Scott69-72=141
England Lee Westwood70-71=141

Amateurs: Guan (+4), Vogel (+8), Weaver (+8), Smith (+11), Fox (+13), Dunbar (+16).
Note: Tiger Woods originally signed for a 71 which gave him 70-71=141 (−3). However, his second-round score was adjusted on Saturday morning to a 73 (see below).

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Prior to the third round, a controversy concerning Tiger Woods developed. After Friday's second round, Woods signed for a score of 71 (−1), which included a bogey at the par-5 15th hole. Woods' third shot had hit the pin and rebounded into the water hazard. He took a penalty stroke and appeared to take his drop at the same position from which he had played his third shot. In an interview following the round Woods stated that he had actually dropped the ball two yards further back from the pin than the original position. Based upon hearing the interview, tournament officials met with Woods Saturday morning and deemed the drop to have been in contravention of the rules. This could have meant disqualification, but instead Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty for the illegal drop. He therefore scored a triple-bogey 8 at the 15th and had an adjusted second round score of 73 (+1).[13][14]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Argentina Ángel Cabrera71-69-69=209−7
United States Brandt Snedeker70-70-69=209
3Australia Adam Scott69-72-69=210−6
T4Australia Jason Day70-68-73=211−5
Australia Marc Leishman66-73-72=211
6United States Matt Kuchar68-75-69=212−4
T7South Africa Tim Clark70-76-67=213−3
United States Tiger Woods70-73-70=213
T9United States Rickie Fowler68-76-70=214−2
United States Jim Furyk69-71-74=214
Germany Bernhard Langer71-71-72=214
United States Steve Stricker73-70-71=214
England Lee Westwood70-71-73=214

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Summary

In the final round, played in a cold and steady rain, third round co-leader Brandt Snedeker fell out of contention with a 75. Jason Day had the lead with three holes to go but bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes to finish in third place at 281 (−7). Adam Scott and Ángel Cabrera both birdied the 72nd hole to finish tied for the lead at 279 (−9).[15] Playing in the group ahead of the final twosome, Scott rolled in a 25-footer (8 m). Minutes later Cabrera matched Scott's birdie when he hit his approach shot to 3 feet (1 m) and made the putt to force a playoff.

The sudden-death playoff began at the 18th hole, where Scott and Cabrera both scrambled for par from just short of the green after their approach shots each landed on the front section of the green and backed just off the fringe, with Cabrera's chip nearly holing out. At the next hole, #10, both were in the fairway then on the green in regulation. Cabrera's lengthy putt just missed and he tapped in for par. With the opportunity to win and in fading light, Scott sank his 15-foot (4.6 m) birdie putt for the victory.[16][17] It was Scott's first major championship and the only time an Australian has won the Masters,[18] after producing nine runners-up in the tournament.[19] Following his victory, he paid tribute to Greg Norman: "It was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that is Greg Norman".[20] Earlier that day, Norman said that if an Australian won the title "it would mean everything to [him]".[21][22]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
T1Argentina Ángel Cabrera (c)71-69-69-70=279−9Playoff
Australia Adam Scott69-72-69-69=279
3Australia Jason Day70-68-73-70=281−7544,000
T4Australia Marc Leishman66-73-72-72=283−5352,000
United States Tiger Woods (c)70-73-70-70=283
T6Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen78-70-68-68=284−4278,000
United States Brandt Snedeker70-70-69-75=284
T8Spain Sergio García66-76-73-70=285−3232,000
United States Matt Kuchar68-75-69-73=285
England Lee Westwood70-71-73-71=285

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Australia Scott−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−8−9
Argentina Cabrera−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−9
Australia Day−6−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−7−8−9−8−7−7
Australia Leishman−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5
United States Woods−3−3−3−3−2−2−1−1−2−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
Denmark OlesenE−1−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−2−2−2−3−4−5−5−5−4
United States Snedeker−8−8−8−7−6−6−6−7−7−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[23]

Playoff

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Adam Scott4-3=7−11,440,000
2Argentina Ángel Cabrera4-4=8E864,000

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and ended on the 10th hole.

Scorecard

Playoff

Hole 18  10 
Par44
Australia ScottE−1
Argentina CabreraEE

Cumulative sudden-death playoff scores, relative to par

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