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
Front cover of the 2013 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 2013
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
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
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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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Course

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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 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:[1] Total 7,435 72

Field

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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

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

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First round

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Thursday, April 11, 2013[10]

Place Player Score To par
T1   Sergio García 66 −6
  Marc Leishman
3   Dustin Johnson 67 −5
T4   Fred Couples 68 −4
  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
  Rickie Fowler
  Trevor Immelman
  Matt Kuchar
  David Lynn
T10   Jim Furyk 69 −3
  Zach Johnson
  Adam Scott

Second round

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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.

Place Player Score To par
1   Jason Day 70-68=138 −6
T2   Fred Couples 68-71=139 −5
  Marc Leishman 66-73=139
T4   Ángel Cabrera 71-69=140 −4
  Jim Furyk 69-71=140
  Brandt Snedeker 70-70=140
T7   K. J. Choi 70-71=141 −3
  Jason Dufner 72-69=141
  David Lynn 68-73=141
  Justin Rose 70-71=141
  Adam Scott 69-72=141
  Lee Westwood 70-71=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

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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]

Place Player Score To par
T1   Ángel Cabrera 71-69-69=209 −7
  Brandt Snedeker 70-70-69=209
3   Adam Scott 69-72-69=210 −6
T4   Jason Day 70-68-73=211 −5
  Marc Leishman 66-73-72=211
6   Matt Kuchar 68-75-69=212 −4
T7   Tim Clark 70-76-67=213 −3
  Tiger Woods 70-73-70=213
T9   Rickie Fowler 68-76-70=214 −2
  Jim Furyk 69-71-74=214
  Bernhard Langer 71-71-72=214
  Steve Stricker 73-70-71=214
  Lee Westwood 70-71-73=214

Final round

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Summary

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External videos
  Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

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

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1   Ángel Cabrera (c) 71-69-69-70=279 −9 Playoff
  Adam Scott 69-72-69-69=279
3   Jason Day 70-68-73-70=281 −7 544,000
T4   Marc Leishman 66-73-72-72=283 −5 352,000
  Tiger Woods (c) 70-73-70-70=283
T6   Thorbjørn Olesen 78-70-68-68=284 −4 278,000
  Brandt Snedeker 70-70-69-75=284
T8   Sergio García 66-76-73-70=285 −3 232,000
  Matt Kuchar 68-75-69-73=285
  Lee Westwood 70-71-73-71=285

Scorecard

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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
  Scott −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9
  Cabrera −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9
  Day −6 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −8 −7 −7
  Leishman −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Woods −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Olesen E −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4
  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

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Adam Scott 4-3=7 −1 1,440,000
2   Ángel Cabrera 4-4=8 E 864,000

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

Scorecard

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Playoff

Hole  18   10 
Par 4 4
  Scott E −1
  Cabrera E E

Cumulative sudden-death playoff scores, relative to par

References

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  2. ^ a b Sandritter, Mark (April 14, 2013). "Masters 2013 payout: Winning share is $1.44 million". SB Nation. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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  13. ^ Wacker, Brian (April 13, 2013). "Woods assessed two-stroke penalty". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ^ "The R&A and USGA revise decision regarding disqualification for incorrect score card". USGA. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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  16. ^ Masters, James (April 14, 2013). "Great Scott! Aussie Adam Scott wins Masters". CNN.
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  19. ^ Murray, Ewan (April 15, 2013). "Adam Scott beats Angel Cabrera in thrilling Masters play-off". The Guardian. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  20. ^ Shadbolt, Peter (April 15, 2013). "Scott ends years of pain for Australian golf at Masters". CNN. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  21. ^ Crouse, Karen (April 14, 2013). "Past Failures Vanish as Australian Wins Masters". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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