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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.

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

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

Scorecard

References

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  7. ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 8, 2014). "Stadlers Making History at Masters". Masters.
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  13. ^ Murray, Scott (April 13, 2014). "Masters 2014: round three – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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  17. ^ Corrigan, James (April 14, 2014). "Bubba Watson claims second green jacket". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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  20. ^ Shemilt, Stephan; Henson, Mike (April 13, 2014). "Day four as it happened". BBC Sport. Retrieved April 15, 2014.

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