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2020 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 2020 Masters Journal with original date window
Tournament information
DatesNovember 12–15, 2020
LocationAugusta, 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
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,475 yards (6,835 m)
Field96 players
Location map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Location in Georgia
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The 2020 Masters Tournament will be the 84th edition of the Masters Tournament and was originally scheduled as the first of golf's four major championships to be held in 2020. Originally scheduled for April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On April 6, Augusta National announced the tournament would be held November 12–15.[2] On August 12, it was announced that the tournament would be held without spectators in attendance.[3]

Media

For the first time since 1963, there will not be any live coverage of the Masters on free to air television in the UK, with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports securing exclusive rights.[4]

When the tournament was postponed to November, it potentially caused a broadcast scheduling conflict as CBS also holds the rights to the National Football League.[5] The NFL accommodated CBS when it released its 2020 schedule on May 8, only scheduling 4:00 pm EST games on CBS. This allows the Masters to hold the final round similar to 2019 when the threat of inclement weather forced the final round to begin early and wrap up by 3:00 pm EST.[6]

Course

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 495 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 3,765 36 In 3,710 36
Source: Total 7,475 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.[7][8] Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.

Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 7–11) must remain amateurs on the original starting day (April 9) of the tournament to be eligible to play.[citation needed]

1. Past Masters Champions

Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio García (18,19), Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Patrick Reed (16,17,18,19), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,3,15,18), Bubba Watson (12,18), Mike Weir, Danny Willett (18,19), Tiger Woods (12,16,18,19)

2. Winners of the U.S. Open in the last five years

Brooks Koepka (4,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19), Dustin Johnson (12,15,17,18,19), Gary Woodland (13,16,17,18,19)

3. Winners of The Open Championship in the last five years

Shane Lowry (14,18,19), Francesco Molinari (12,18,19), Henrik Stenson (18,19)

4. Winners of the PGA Championship in the last five years

Jason Day (12,18), Justin Thomas (12,16,17,18,19), Jimmy Walker

5. Winners of The Players Championship in the last three years

Kim Si-woo, Rory McIlroy (16,17,18,19), Webb Simpson (12,16,17,18,19)

6. Gold medalist in the Olympic Games[a]
7. Winner and runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Amateur

John Augenstein (a), Andy Ogletree (a)

8. Winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship

James Sugrue (a)

9. Winner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Lin Yuxin (a)

10. Winner of the 2020 Latin America Amateur Championship

Abel Gallegos (a)

11. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur

Lukas Michel (a)

12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2019 Masters Tournament

Patrick Cantlay (15,16,17,18,19), Tony Finau (14,17,18,19), Rickie Fowler (17,18,19), Justin Harding, Matt Kuchar (17,18,19), Ian Poulter (18), Jon Rahm (13,17,18,19), Xander Schauffele (13,17,18,19)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 U.S. Open

Chez Reavie (16,17,18,19), Justin Rose (17,18,19)

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 Open Championship

Tommy Fleetwood (17,18,19), Lee Westwood (19)

15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 PGA Championship

Matt Wallace (18,19)

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2019 Masters Tournament and March 9, 2020 [b]

Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Dylan Frittelli, Lanto Griffin, Tyrrell Hatton (18,19), Max Homa, Im Sung-jae (17,18,19), Kang Sung-hoon, Andrew Landry, Nate Lashley, Marc Leishman (17,18,19), Sebastián Muñoz, Kevin Na (18,19), Joaquín Niemann, Pan Cheng-tsung, J. T. Poston, Cameron Smith (19), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Matthew Wolff

17. All players qualifying for the 2019 edition of The Tour Championship

Abraham Ancer (18,19), Paul Casey (18,19), Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau (18,19), Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Kevin Kisner (18,19), Jason Kokrak, Hideki Matsuyama (18,19), Louis Oosthuizen (18,19), Brandt Snedeker (18,19)

18. Top 50 on the final 2019 Official World Golf Ranking list

An Byeong-hun (19), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (19), Matthew Fitzpatrick (19), Adam Hadwin, Billy Horschel (19), Shugo Imahira (19), Jazz Janewattananond (19), Victor Perez (19), Andrew Putnam, Erik van Rooyen (19), Bernd Wiesberger (19)

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 15, 2020

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Graeme McDowell, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler

20. International invitees
Notes
  1. ^ Invitations in this category are only issued for the Masters Tournament immediately following the Olympic Games; as such there was no qualifying invitee in 2020.
  2. ^ Typically, the rule is between the Masters Tournaments. However, for 2020, it will be based on the last completed tournament before the PGA Tour was suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic on March 12, 2020. Winners of PGA Tour events that occur once the season resumes will be eligible for the 2021 tournament.

Nationalities in the field

North America (47) South America (4) Europe (23) Oceania (6) Asia (9) Africa (7)
 Canada (4)  Argentina (2)  England (9)  Australia (5)  China (1)  South Africa (7)
 Mexico (1)  Chile (1)  Northern Ireland (2)  Fiji (1)  Japan (2)
 United States (42)  Colombia (1)  Scotland (1)  South Korea (4)
 Ireland (2)  Taiwan (1)
 Austria (1)  Thailand (1)
 France (1)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (1)

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year(s) won
Tiger Woods  United States 1997, 2001, 2002,
2005, 2019
Patrick Reed  United States 2018
Sergio García  Spain 2017
Danny Willett  England 2016
Jordan Spieth  United States 2015
Bubba Watson  United States 2012, 2014
Adam Scott  Australia 2013
Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 2011
Phil Mickelson  United States 2004, 2006, 2010
Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 2009
Trevor Immelman  South Africa 2008
Zach Johnson  United States 2007
Mike Weir  Canada 2003
Vijay Singh  Fiji 2000
José María Olazábal  Spain 1994, 1999
Bernhard Langer  Germany 1985, 1993
Fred Couples  United States 1992
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1988
Larry Mize  United States 1987


References

  1. ^ "2020 Masters Tournament Postponed". Masters.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Masters Targeting November 9-15". masters.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Morse, Ben (August 12, 2020). "2020 Masters to take place in November without fans". CNN. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sky seals exclusive live Masters deal in blow to BBC". Sports Business. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "PGA's new schedule for 2020 is a welcome, major conflict between Masters, U.S. Open and NFL". Sporting News. April 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Brady's move to Tampa Bay posed late challenges for networks". USA Today. AP. May 8, 2020. CBS will have the final round of The Masters on Nov. 15 (Week 10), but its three games will all begin after 4 p.m. EST. Last year's final round began early due to the threat of inclement weather and was wrapped up by 3 p.m. EDT.
  7. ^ "2020 Masters Tournament Invitees" (PDF). Masters Tournament. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Invitees". Masters Tournament. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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