2017 Masters Tournament
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 6–9, 2017 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,435 yards (6,799 m) |
Field | 93 players, 53 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+6) |
Prize fund | $11,000,000 €10,211,750 |
Winner's share | $1,980,000 €1,838,115 |
Champion | |
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279 (−9), playoff | |
The 2017 Masters Tournament was the 81st edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships in 2017. It was held on April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Sergio García beat Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff after they both completed the 72 holes in nine-under-par. This was García's first major championship title, which came in his 74th attempt. Previously, García finished in the top-10 on 22 occasions in major championships (including 3 previous top 10 finishes at the Masters). He was the first Spaniard to win the Masters since José María Olazábal in 1999.[1]
Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
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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.[2]
Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 7–11) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.
- 1. Past Masters Champions
Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3,18,19), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (3,14,17,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Charl Schwartzel (17,18,19), Adam Scott (17,18,19), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,12,16,17,18,19), Bubba Watson (17,18,19), Mike Weir, Danny Willett (12,18,19), Ian Woosnam
- Tiger Woods withdrew due to a back injury.[3]
- The following past champions did not enter: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller.
- 2. Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
Martin Kaymer (5,19), Justin Rose (6,12,18,19), Webb Simpson
- Dustin Johnson (12,13,16,17,18,19) withdrew after sustaining a back injury the day before the tournament.[4]
- 3. Winners of the last five British Opens
Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy (4,12,16,17,18,19), Henrik Stenson (14,18,19)
- 4. Winners of the last five PGA Championships
Jason Day (5,12,15,16,17,18,19), Jason Dufner (17), Jimmy Walker (15,17,18,19)
- 5. Winners of the last three The Players Championships
Rickie Fowler (16,18,19)
- 6. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
- Eligible under category 2
- 7. Top two finishers in the 2016 U.S. Amateur
Brad Dalke (a), Curtis Luck (a,9)
- 8. Winner of the 2016 Amateur Championship
Scott Gregory (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
- Eligible under category 7
- 10. Winner of the 2017 Latin America Amateur Championship
Toto Gana (a)
- 11. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Stewart Hagestad (a)
- 12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2016 Masters Tournament
Daniel Berger (16,17,18,19), Paul Casey (17,18,19), Matthew Fitzpatrick (18,19), J. B. Holmes (14,17,18,19), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Hideki Matsuyama (15,16,17,18,19), Brandt Snedeker (17,18,19), Lee Westwood (18)
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 U.S. Open
Jim Furyk (18), Shane Lowry (18), Scott Piercy (18,19)
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 British Open Championship
- 15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2016 PGA Championship
Branden Grace (15,16,18,19), Brooks Koepka (18,19), Daniel Summerhays
- 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2016 Masters Tournament and the 2017 Masters Tournament
Sergio García (18,19), Adam Hadwin (19), James Hahn, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III, Kim Si-woo (17), Russell Knox (17,18,19), Marc Leishman (19), William McGirt (17,18), Ryan Moore (17,18,19), Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Jon Rahm (19), Patrick Reed (17,18,19), Brendan Steele, Brian Stuard, Hudson Swafford, Justin Thomas (17,18,19), Jhonattan Vegas (17)
- 17. All players qualifying for the 2016 edition of the Tour Championship
Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell (18,19), Emiliano Grillo (18,19), Kevin Kisner (19), Matt Kuchar (18,19), Kevin Na (18), Sean O'Hair, Gary Woodland (18,19)
- 18. Top 50 on the final 2016 Official World Golf Ranking list
An Byeong-hun, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (19), Bill Haas (19), Tyrrell Hatton (19), Yuta Ikeda (19), Francesco Molinari (19), Alexander Norén (19), Louis Oosthuizen (19), Thomas Pieters (19), Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger (19), Chris Wood
- 19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 27
Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Hideto Tanihara, Wang Jeung-hun
- 20. International invitees
None
All five amateurs were appearing in their first Masters, as were fourteen professionals: Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III, Kim Si-woo, William McGirt, Alexander Norén, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, and Wang Jeung-hun. All the professionals, and Scott Gregory, had previously appeared in a major.
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Place |
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Charl Schwartzel | ![]() |
2011 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 282 | −6 | 3 |
Adam Scott | ![]() |
2013 | 75 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 286 | −2 | T9 |
Jordan Spieth | ![]() |
2015 | 75 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 287 | −1 | T11 |
Fred Couples | ![]() |
1992 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 289 | +1 | T18 |
Phil Mickelson | ![]() |
2004, 2006, 2010 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 290 | +2 | T22 |
Larry Mize | ![]() |
1987 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 305 | +17 | 52 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Danny Willett | ![]() |
2016 | 73 | 78 | 151 | +7 |
Zach Johnson | ![]() |
2007 | 77 | 74 | 151 | +7 |
Bubba Watson | ![]() |
2012, 2014 | 74 | 78 | 152 | +8 |
Vijay Singh | ![]() |
2000 | 78 | 75 | 153 | +9 |
José María Olazábal | ![]() |
1994, 1999 | 77 | 76 | 153 | +9 |
Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
1985, 1993 | 75 | 78 | 153 | +9 |
Ángel Cabrera | ![]() |
2009 | 79 | 75 | 154 | +10 |
Ian Woosnam | ![]() |
1991 | 76 | 78 | 154 | +10 |
Trevor Immelman | ![]() |
2008 | 79 | 76 | 155 | +11 |
Mike Weir | ![]() |
2003 | 76 | 79 | 155 | +11 |
Mark O'Meara | ![]() |
1998 | 78 | 78 | 156 | +12 |
Sandy Lyle | ![]() |
1988 | 77 | 83 | 160 | +16 |
Nationalities in the field
North America (44) | South America (4) | Europe (28) | Oceania (6) | Asia (6) | Africa (5) |
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Par 3 contest
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Heavy rain forced the cancellation of the Par-3 contest for the first time in its history. Mike Weir recorded the only hole-in-one before play was suspended.[5]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 6, 2017
After being one-over after five holes Charley Hoffman birdied eight of his next 12 holes to shoot a round of 65 (−7). His four-stroke advantage after the first round was the largest at the Masters since 1955.[6][7]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Charley Hoffman | ![]() |
65 | −7 |
2 | William McGirt | ![]() |
69 | −3 |
3 | Lee Westwood | ![]() |
70 | −2 |
T4 | Kevin Chappell | ![]() |
71 | −1 |
Jason Dufner | ![]() | |||
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ![]() | |||
Sergio García | ![]() | |||
Russell Henley | ![]() | |||
Phil Mickelson | ![]() | |||
Justin Rose | ![]() | |||
Andy Sullivan | ![]() |
Second round
Friday, April 7, 2017
Charley Hoffman fell back to the pack with a three-over round of 75 and into a four-way tie for the lead. Rickie Fowler had four birdies and an eagle on his way to a round of 67 (−5), the lowest score of the round, and tied for the lead along with Sergio García and Thomas Pieters.[8] Garcia was originally credited with a triple-bogey seven on the 10th, but his score was later corrected to a five. Fifteen players were within five shots of the lead, including past champions Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, and Jordan Spieth.[9] Amateur Stewart Hagestad became the first U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make the cut at the Masters since the winner of that tournament was granted entry in 1989.[10]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Rickie Fowler | ![]() |
73-67=140 | −4 |
Sergio García | ![]() |
71-69=140 | ||
Charley Hoffman | ![]() |
65-75=140 | ||
Thomas Pieters | ![]() |
72-68=140 | ||
5 | William McGirt | ![]() |
69-73=142 | −2 |
T6 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
73-70=143 | −1 |
Ryan Moore | ![]() |
74-69=143 | ||
Jon Rahm | ![]() |
73-70=143 | ||
Justin Rose | ![]() |
71-72=143 | ||
T10 | Phil Mickelson | ![]() |
71-73=144 | E |
Adam Scott | ![]() |
75-69=144 | ||
Jordan Spieth | ![]() |
75-69=144 |
Amateurs: Hagestad (+3), Luck (+6), Dalke (+9), Gregory (+13), Gana (+17)
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Justin Rose birdied five of his final seven holes to post a score of 67 (−5), the lowest of the round, and tie Sergio García for the lead. Charley Hoffman held solo possession of the lead before a bogey at 14 and double-bogey at 16 after hitting his tee shot in the water, finishing two shots behind.[11] Jordan Spieth was five-under on his round to get within a shot of the lead before a bogey at 18 also saw him fall to two behind.[12]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Sergio García | ![]() |
71-69-70=210 | −6 |
Justin Rose | ![]() |
71-72-67=210 | ||
3 | Rickie Fowler | ![]() |
73-67-71=211 | −5 |
T4 | Charley Hoffman | ![]() |
65-75-72=212 | −4 |
Ryan Moore | ![]() |
74-69-69=212 | ||
Jordan Spieth | ![]() |
75-69-68=212 | ||
7 | Adam Scott | ![]() |
75-69-69=213 | −3 |
8 | Charl Schwartzel | ![]() |
74-72-68=214 | −2 |
T9 | Thomas Pieters | ![]() |
72-68-75=215 | −1 |
Lee Westwood | ![]() |
70-77-68=215 |
Amateurs: Hagestad (+5), Luck (+9)
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 2017
After Sergio García birdied two of his first three holes he opened up a three-shot lead. Beginning at the 6th, however, Justin Rose recorded three consecutive birdies to tie García. With bogeys by García at the 10th and 11th, Rose went ahead by two shots.[13] At the 13th, García was forced to take a drop when his tee shot found the trees, but was able to get up and down to save par while Rose missed his birdie attempt.[14] García made birdie at the 14th to get within one and hit his approach to the par-5 15th to 14 feet. After converting the eagle attempt, he once again tied Rose, who made birdie. On the par-3 16th, both hit approaches to within 8 feet, and Rose made his birdie while García missed. At the 17th, however, Rose found the greenside bunker and suffered a bogey while Garcia two-putted for par, once again tying for the lead heading to the last hole. Rose missed a seven-footer for birdie, while García missed a five-foot putt to win the championship, forcing a sudden-death playoff. Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 champion, recorded four birdies on the back-nine to shoot 68 (−4) and finish in third place, three shots behind García and Rose.[15] Thomas Pieters also shot 68 after making four straight birdies on holes 12–15 and finished in a tie for fourth place. Matt Kuchar birdied three consecutive holes on his final nine, then made a hole-in-one at the 16th to equal the lowest score of the round with 67 (−5) and finish in a tie with Pieters. Rickie Fowler began the round a shot out of the lead but recorded a score of 76 (+4) and dropped to 11th, while 2015 champion Jordan Spieth, two back at the start of the round, shot 75 (+3).[16][17]
After García took his drop on 13, some TV viewers reported the possibility that he caused his ball to move while removing some pine straw near his ball. Prior to the conclusion of the round Masters Officials determined there was no penalty.[18] Per Rule 18-2 (Decision 18/4) even if high definition TV camera evidence shows movement, there is no penalty if it is deemed that the movement was not reasonably discernible to the naked eye at the time.[19]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Sergio García | ![]() |
71-69-70-69=279 | −9 | Playoff |
Justin Rose | ![]() |
71-72-67-69=279 | |||
3 | Charl Schwartzel | ![]() |
74-72-68-68=282 | −6 | 748,000 |
T4 | Matt Kuchar | ![]() |
72-73-71-67=283 | −5 | 484,000 |
Thomas Pieters | ![]() |
72-68-75-68=283 | |||
6 | Paul Casey | ![]() |
72-75-69-68=284 | −4 | 396,000 |
T7 | Kevin Chappell | ![]() |
71-76-70-68=285 | −3 | 354,750 |
Rory McIlroy | ![]() |
72-73-71-69=285 | |||
T9 | Ryan Moore | ![]() |
74-69-69-74=286 | −2 | 308,000 |
Adam Scott | ![]() |
75-69-69-73=286 |
Amateurs: Hagestad (+6), Luck (+9)
Scorecard
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
Playoff
Beginning the sudden-death playoff at the par-4 18th, Rose's drive found the trees and he was forced to chip out. García's drive found the fairway and he hit his approach to 12 feet, while Rose was 14 feet away for par.[20] Rose missed the putt, giving García two putts to win the championship, but he converted the birdie to win his first career major championship. The win came in García's 19th Masters appearance and 74th major championship, the most by any player before their first win.[21]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Sergio García | ![]() |
3 | −1 | 1,980,000 |
2 | Justin Rose | ![]() |
5 | +1 | 1,188,000 |
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