2014 Masters Tournament

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.

"2014 Masters" redirects here. For the snooker tournament, see 2014 Masters (snooker).

2014 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 2014
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)
Field97 players, 51 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fundUS$9,000,000
Winner's share$1,620,000
Champion
United States Bubba Watson
280 (−8)
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

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
Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive445410Camellia4954
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood5054
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea5105
5Magnolia455414Chinese Fir4404
6Juniper180315Firethorn5305
7Pampas450416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina4404
9Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654
Out3,72536In3,71036
Source: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. 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

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 2013 U.S. Amateur

7. Winner of the 2013 British Amateur Championship

8. Winner of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

  • Lee Chang-woo (a)

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

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

  • 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, 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] 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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Bill Haas68−4
T2South Africa Louis Oosthuizen69−3
Australia Adam Scott
United States Bubba Watson
T5Sweden Jonas Blixt70−2
South Korea K. J. Choi
Australia Marc Leishman
United States Brandt Snedeker
United States Kevin Stadler
United States Jimmy Walker
United States Gary Woodland

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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Bubba Watson69-68=137−7
2Australia John Senden72-68=140−4
T3Denmark Thomas Bjørn73-68=141−3
Sweden Jonas Blixt70-71=141
Australia Adam Scott69-72=141
United States Jordan Spieth71-70=141
T7United States Fred Couples71-71=142−2
United States Jim Furyk74-68=142
United States Jimmy Walker70-72=142
T10Wales Jamie Donaldson73-70=143−1
Scotland Stephen Gallacher71-72=143
United States Russell Henley73-70=143
United States Kevin Stadler70-73=143
United States Kevin Streelman72-71=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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jordan Spieth71-70-70=211−5
United States Bubba Watson69-68-74=211
T3Sweden Jonas Blixt70-71-71=212−4
United States Matt Kuchar73-71-68=212
T5United States Rickie Fowler71-75-67=213−3
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-76-66=213
T7Denmark Thomas Bjørn73-68-73=214−2
United States Jim Furyk74-68-72=214
England Lee Westwood73-71-70=214
T10United States Fred Couples71-71-73=215−1
England Justin Rose76-70-69=215
Australia John Senden72-68-75=215
United States Kevin Stadler70-73-72=215

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] 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]

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Bubba Watson (c)69-68-74-69=280−81,620,000
T2Sweden Jonas Blixt70-71-71-71=283−5792,000
United States Jordan Spieth71-70-70-72=283
4Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-76-66-71=284−4432,000
T5United States Rickie Fowler71-75-67-73=286−2342,000
United States Matt Kuchar73-71-68-74=286
7England Lee Westwood73-71-70-73=287−1301,500
T8Denmark Thomas Bjørn73-68-73-74=288E234,000
Germany Bernhard Langer (c)72-74-73-69=288
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy71-77-71-69=288
Australia John Senden72-68-75-73=288
United States Kevin Stadler70-73-72-73=288
United States Jimmy Walker70-72-76-70=288

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Watson−5−5−4−5−5−6−6−7−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
United States Spieth−5−6−6−7−6−7−8−7−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−5
Sweden Blixt−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5
Spain Jiménez−2−3−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−3−3−4−4−4
United States Fowler−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2
United States Kuchar−4−5−6−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−2

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