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2020 Masters Tournament

Front cover of the 2020 Masters Journal
Tournament information
Dates	April 9-12, 2020
Location	Augusta, Georgia, U.S. 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club,
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,475 yards
Field	96 players; 60 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$11,500,000
Winner's share	$2,750,000
Champion

The 2020 Masters Tournament is the 84th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships being held in 2020. It is being held from April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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.

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. 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 6–10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.

1. Past Masters Champions

Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio García (17), Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (4), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Patrick Reed (15,16,17), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (15,16,17), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (3,4,12,17), Bubba Watson (11,17), Mike Weir, Danny Willett (17), Tiger Woods (11,15,17)

• Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke, Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller.

2. Last five PGA Champions

Jason Day (11,17), Brooks Koepka (3,11,12,13,14,15,16,17), Justin Thomas (11,15,16,17), Jimmy Walker

3. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Dustin Johnson (11,12,16,17), Gary Woodland (13,15,16,17)

4. Last five Open Champions

Shane Lowry (14,17), Francesco Molinari (11,17), Henrik Stenson (17)

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

Kim Si-woo, Rory McIlroy (15,16,17), Webb Simpson (11,15,16,17), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (15, 18)

6. Top two finishers in the 2019 U.S. Amateur

John Augenstein (a), Andy Ogletree (a)

7. Winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship

James Sugrue (a)

8. Winner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Lin Yuxin (a)

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

Lukas Michel (a)

10. Winner of the 2020 Latin America Amateur Championship

Abel Gallegos (a)

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

Patrick Cantlay (12,15,16,17), Tony Finau (14,16,17), Rickie Fowler (16,17), Justin Harding, Matt Kuchar (16,17), Ian Poulter (17), Jon Rahm (13,16,17), Xander Schauffele (13,16,17)

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

Matt Wallace (17)

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

Chez Reavie (15,16,17), Justin Rose (16,17)

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

Tommy Fleetwood (16,17), Lee Westwood

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2019 Masters Tournament and the 2020 Masters Tournament

Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Dylan Frittelli, Lanto Griffin, Tyrrell Hatton (17), Max Homa, Im Sung-jae (16,17), Kang Sung-hoon, Andrew Landry, Nate Lashley, Marc Leishman (16,17), Sebastián Muñoz, Kevin Na (17), Joaquín Niemann, Pan Cheng-tsung, J. T. Poston, Cameron Smith, Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Matthew Wolff
(through the Arnold Palmer Invitational, April 5)

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

Abraham Ancer (17), Paul Casey (17), Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau (17), Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Kevin Kisner (17), Jason Kokrak, Hideki Matsuyama (17), Louis Oosthuizen (17), Brandt Snedeker (17)

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

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

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 30, 2020

Viktor Hovland, Graeme McDowell, Scottie Scheffler

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

Par 3 contest

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Defending Masters champion Tiger Woods in a practice round on Monday April 6, 2020

Patrick Cantlay won the par-3 contest with a 7-under par 20, one stroke off the record set by 2016 winner Jimmy Walker. Walker shot a 1-under 26, but was not competing for the title. Cantlay was 5-under heading into the 9th hole, which has seen plenty of drama over the years. It is well known for 2018, when Jack Nicklaus's grandson, G.T., hit an ace in exhibition with Nicklaus's partners Gary Player, and the eventual champion of the event, Tom Watson watching on. Cantlay fired an 8-iron into the back portion of the green and used the slope to reel the ball back in with an immense amount of spin. Gaining momentum and following the correct line, the ball fell into the hole, counting as a 2-under par eagle for the hole, giving Cantlay the sole lead over clubhouse leaders Ian Poulter and John Rahm. Adam Scott made a charge, birdieing the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th holes, bringing him to 6-under, one behind Cantlay's mark. He went on to 2-putt the 9th for a par to finish in a tie for second at -6 (21). 2019 winner, Matt Wallace, shot a 1-under 26, and finished in a tie for 18th. There were a total of 94 participants in the event, which set a Masters record. 28 players competed for the Crystal Bowl.

Weather

Thursday: Sunny and breezy. High of 82°F/27°C. Wind 15-20 mph. Gusts to 25-30 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny and windy. High of 65°F/18°C. Wind 15-25 mph. Gusts to 40 mph.

Saturday:

Sunday:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 2020

2016 champion Jordan Spieth shot a score of 68 (-4) to get into a share for the lead, the fourth time he's been either the leader or co-leader after the first round of the Masters in six years. Bernd Wiesberger, for the first time in his career, shot a round low enough to lead the Masters tournament. Later in the day, world number three Dustin Johnson made a charge from E, birdieing the 15th, 16th, and 18th holes to get into a share for third at -3. 2020 Players champion Christiaan Bezuidenhout shot an opening round 70 (-2) to tie for sixth place. The pack at -1 consisted of three major champions, and the world number one, three, and seven, being Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, and Patrick Cantlay, who won Wednesday's par-3 contest, respectively. Scoring conditions on Thursday were less than ideal, due to the gusty winds in the afternoon, leaving the morning players with the favorable draw. The scoring average for the the first round was 74.80 (+2.8). 15 players broke par, most of them coming from the morning groupings. Defending champion Tiger Woods shot a disappointing 75 (+3), good enough for a tie for 44th. 2004 Masters champion Phil Mickelson shot the same score.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jordan Spieth	United States	68	−4
	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria
T3	Dustin Johnson	United States	69	−3
	Tony Finau	United States
	Victor Perez	France
T6	Tyler Duncan	United States	70	−2
	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	South Africa
	Jon Rahm	Spain
	Bubba Watson	United States
T10	Patrick Cantlay	United States	71	−1
	Kevin Kisner	United States
	Brooks Koepka	United States
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England

Amateurs: Michel (+1), Sugrue (+5), Ogletree (+6), Augenstein (+7), Lin (+8), Gallegos (+10)

Second round

Friday, April 10, 2020

At the end of a tough second round, Bernd Wiesberger held on to capture the sole lead at 3-under par (141). He shot a 40 on the front nine to fall back to even par, but made three birdies and no bogeys on the back nine to secure a one shot lead over Jordan Spieth heading into moving day. Spieth held a five shot lead at one point, birdieing the 7th and 8th holes to move to −6, five shots clear of then-second place Kevin Kisner, who was finishing up at the 18th, but made a bogey to fall back to even par. Before that had happened, Spieth scored a bogey on the par-4 9th to fall back to −5 for the championship. Coming in, he fell victim to the swirling winds, and bogeyed the 12th, 14th, 15th, and 17th holes. He did make a birdie on the 18th to move into sole second at −2. At the end of the round, 3 players found themselves in red figures, the other being Tony Finau, who shot a 74 to back up his opening round 69. The low rounds of the day belonged to Australian Jason Day, who after the first round was in a tie for 91st place, and Jazz Janewattananond, who shot an opening round 73, with joint 70s (−2). Only 8 players broke par in the second round, all of whom made the +6 (150) cut. Defending champion Tiger Woods was among those who shot under par, carding a 1-under 71, enough to jolt him from the middle of the field to a tie for 13th place heading into the third round. The weather on the second day was gruesome, with consistent winds of 20 mph and gusts to nearly 35 mph at times. The strongest gust of the day was recorded at 3:07 pm EST, at 42 mph. The scoring average for the day was 75.125 (+3.1).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria	68-73=141	−3
2	Jordan Spieth	United States	68-74=142	−2
3	Tony Finau	United States	69-74=143	−1
T4	Kevin Kisner	United States	71-71=144	E
	Justin Harding	South Africa	73-71=144
	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	South Africa	70-74=144
	Dustin Johnson	United States	69-75=144
T8	Adam Scott	Australia	73-72=145	+1
	Jazz Janewattananond	Thailand	75-70=145
	Scottie Scheffler	United States	74-71=145
	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	71-74=145
	Bubba Watson	United States	70-75=145

Amateurs: Michel (+2), Ogletree (+7), Lin (+9), Augenstein (+10), Sugrue (+12), Gallegos (+17)

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage from the PGA of America

Preceded by 2019 Open Championship

Major Championships

Succeeded by 2020 PGA Championship