2021 Masters Tournament

It was held from April 8–11, 2021, at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

2021 Masters Tournament

Front cover of the 2021 Masters Journal
Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 2021
Location	Augusta, 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)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,475 yards (6,835 m)
Field	88 players, 54 after cut
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$11,500,000
Winner's share	$2,070,000
Champion
Hideki Matsuyama
278 (−10)
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After the 2020 tournament had been postponed to November because of the COVID-19 pandemic and held behind closed doors, the 2021 edition returned to its traditional April dates and admitted spectators, although in reduced numbers and with social distancing measures in place. For the second year in succession, the traditional Par-3 contest was canceled due to these restrictions.

Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese male golfer to win a major championship, and the first Asian-born golfer to win the Masters, finishing with a 72-hole score of 278 (−10), one shot ahead of Will Zalatoris.

Participation in the Masters Tournament is by invitation only, and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships. There were a number of criteria by which invites were awarded, including all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous years' majors, leading players on the PGA Tour in the previous season, winners of full-point tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking and some leading amateurs.

Criteria

This list details the qualification criteria for the 2021 Masters Tournament and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified is indicated in parentheses.

1. All past winners of the Masters Tournament

• Past winners who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Ángel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby, Trevor Immelman, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (18), Fuzzy Zoeller

2. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2016–2020)

3. Recent winners of the Open Championship (2016–2020)

4. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2016–2020)

5. Recent winners of the Players Championship (2018–2021)

6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games

7. The winner and runner-up in the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship

8. The winner of the 2020 Amateur Championship

9. The winner of the 2020 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

10. The winner of the 2021 Latin America Amateur Championship

11. The winner of the 2020 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship

12. The leading twelve players, and those tying for twelfth place, from the 2020 Masters Tournament

13. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2020 U.S. Open

14. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2020 Open Championship

15. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2020 PGA Championship

16. Winners of PGA Tour events from the originally scheduled date of the 2020 Masters Tournament (April 9, 2020) to the start of the 2021 tournament

17. All players who qualified for the 2020 Tour Championship

18. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of December 31, 2020

19. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of March 29, 2021

20. Invited international players

First round

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Justin Rose, twice a runner-up at the Masters, played his final 11 holes in 9-under, including an eagle at the par-5 8th, to begin the tournament with a round of 65 (−7). His four-shot lead after the first round was tied for second-largest in Masters history. It was Rose's fourth time holding the first-round lead at the Masters, tying Jack Nicklaus for the tournament record.

Defending champion Dustin Johnson opened with a two-over round of 74, ending his streak of 11 consecutive under-par rounds at the Masters, the longest in tournament history.

Will Zalatoris, making his Masters debut, eagled the par-5 15th and shot 70 (−2) to share fourth place. Jordan Spieth, the 2015 champion, chipped in for eagle on that hole and finished at one-under, in a tie for eighth place.

Tommy Fleetwood made a hole-in-one at the par-3 16th, the 32nd hole-in-one in the history of the Masters.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Justin Rose	65	−7
T2	Brian Harman	69	−3
	Hideki Matsuyama
T4	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	70	−2
	Patrick Reed
	Webb Simpson
	Will Zalatoris
T8	Tyrrell Hatton	71	−1
	Kim Si-woo
	Jason Kokrak
	Shane Lowry
	Jordan Spieth

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Second round

Friday, April 9, 2021

Justin Rose was three-over on his front-nine to see his four-shot lead at the beginning of the round disappear. He rebounded, though, with three birdies on the back-nine to shoot an even-par 72 and maintain a one-shot lead after 36 holes.

Masters rookie Will Zalatoris birdied his final three holes in a round of 68 (−4) to get into a tie for second place with Brian Harman, a shot behind Rose. Jordan Spieth made a 30-foot birdie putt on the 17th and was part of a tie for fourth place at 5-under. Justin Thomas birdied all three holes around Amen Corner and didn't make a bogey until the 18th hole to shoot 67 (−5) and jump into a tie for sixth.

54 players, scoring 147 (+3) or better, made the cut. Defending champion Dustin Johnson shot a three-over 75 and missed the cut by two strokes. Others to miss the cut included Rory McIlroy, who failed to make the weekend at the Masters for the first time since 2010, as well as 2020 runner-up Im Sung-jae. None of the three amateurs in the field made the cut for the first time since 2015.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Justin Rose	65-72=137	−7
T2	Brian Harman	69-69=138	−6
	Will Zalatoris	70-68=138
T4	Marc Leishman	72-67=139	−5
	Jordan Spieth	71-68=139
T6	Cameron Champ	72-68=140	−4
	Tony Finau	74-66=140
	Kim Si-woo	71-69=140
	Hideki Matsuyama	69-71=140
	Justin Thomas	73-67=140
	Bernd Wiesberger	74-66=140

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Third round

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Hideki Matsuyama was one-under on his round and two shots off the lead playing the 11th hole when play was halted for 77 minutes by inclement weather. When play resumed, Matsuyama birdied the hole from the trees on the right. He also birdied the par-three 12th before hitting his second shot on the par-five 15th to six feet and making the putt for an eagle. Matsuyama hit his approach at the par-3 16th to four feet for another birdie. After getting up-and-down from over the green on the 18th, Matsuyama carded a seven-under 65 and the only bogey-free round of the week, opening up a four-shot lead entering the final round. He was the first Japanese player to hold the overnight lead after any round at the Masters.

Justin Rose, leader after the first two rounds, birdied his first two holes to take a three-shot lead. But he made only one more birdie the rest of the round to go with three bogeys and shot an even-par 72 to join a group of four tied for second place. Xander Schauffele birdied the par-5 13th and holed a 61-foot eagle putt on the 15th to shoot 68 (−4). They were joined in second place by Marc Leishman and Masters rookie Will Zalatoris.

Corey Conners made a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth hole, the sixth on that hole in Masters history, but three-putted from 30 feet on the 13th after having a chance at an eagle and bogeyed the 14th. He came back with birdies on the 15th and 17th to shoot 68 and sit alone in sixth place, five shots behind. Jordan Spieth made four birdies but also double-bogeyed the seventh in an even-par round; he was six shots back in seventh place. Justin Thomas got within one of the lead after birdies on holes 2 and 3, but fell from contention after hitting his third shot on 13 into the tributary of Rae's Creek and making a triple-bogey 8.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hideki Matsuyama	69-71-65=205	−11
T2	Marc Leishman	72-67-70=209	−7
	Justin Rose	65-72-72=209
	Xander Schauffele	72-69-68=209
	Will Zalatoris	70-68-71=209
6	Corey Conners	73-69-68=210	−6
7	Jordan Spieth	71-68-72=211	−5
8	Brian Harman	69-69-74=212	−4
9	Tony Finau	74-66-73=213	−3
T10	Kim Si-woo	71-69-74=214	−2
	Robert MacIntyre	74-70-70=214
	Bernd Wiesberger	74-66-74=214

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Final round

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Summary

External videos
Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Hideki Matsuyama, who led by four shots entering the round, saw his lead cut to just one after he bogeyed the first hole while Will Zalatoris made birdie at the first and second. Matsuyama came back with three birdies on the front-nine and led by as many as six shots on the back-nine.

Xander Schauffele, tied with Zalatoris for second at the start of the day, birdied the seventh and eighth holes, then made four straight birdies from holes 12 to 15 to get within two of Matsuyama. At the par-3 16th, Schauffele hit his tee shot into the water and made triple-bogey, dropping him out of contention. He shot an even-par 72 and finished at 7-under for the tournament, three shots back in a tie for third.

Matsuyama, meanwhile, bogeyed the par-3 12th after failing to get up-and-down from a greenside bunker. After making a birdie on the par-5 13th when his tee shot ricocheted off a tree back into play, he hit his approach shot on the par-5 15th into the water over the green for another bogey. Zalatoris birdied the hole and left his second shot on the 17th six feet from the flag for another birdie to finish at 9-under following a round of 70. With a two-shot lead and two holes to play, Matsuyama two-putted for par on 17. At the 18th, he hit his second shot into the greenside bunker and missed a five-foot par putt but tapped in for bogey and a one-shot victory at 10-under. With the win, Matsuyama became the first Japanese player to win the Masters and the first Japanese male to win a major championship.

Final leaderboard

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Hideki Matsuyama	69-71-65-73=278	−10	2,070,000
2	Will Zalatoris	70-68-71-70=279	−9	1,242,000
T3	Xander Schauffele	72-69-68-72=281	−7	667,000
	Jordan Spieth (c)	71-68-72-70=281
T5	Marc Leishman	72-67-70-73=282	−6	437,000
	Jon Rahm	72-72-72-66=282
7	Justin Rose	65-72-72-74=283	−5	385,250
T8	Corey Conners	73-69-68-74=284	−4	345,000
	Patrick Reed (c)	70-75-70-69=284
T10	Tony Finau	74-66-73-72=285	−3	299,000
	Cameron Smith	74-68-73-70=285

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Stewart Cink	74-69-72-71=286	−2	218,500
	Brian Harman	69-69-74-74=286
	Kim Si-woo	71-69-74-72=286
	Robert MacIntyre	74-70-70-72=286
	Kevin Na	75-70-70-71=286
	Webb Simpson	70-76-70-70=286
T18	Tyrrell Hatton	71-74-74-68=287	−1	161,000
	Collin Morikawa	73-69-75-70=287
	Scottie Scheffler	73-72-71-71=287
T21	Harris English	74-71-73-70=288	E	119,600
	Viktor Hovland	73-70-72-73=288
	Shane Lowry	71-73-72-72=288
	Phil Mickelson (c)	75-72-69-72=288
	Justin Thomas	73-67-75-73=288
T26	Abraham Ancer	75-69-75-70=289	+1	79,925
	Paul Casey	73-74-73-69=289
	Cameron Champ	72-68-77-72=289
	Matt Jones	74-69-74-72=289
	Louis Oosthuizen	76-70-72-71=289
	Ian Poulter	74-73-72-70=289
	Charl Schwartzel (c)	74-71-72-72=289
	Bubba Watson (c)	74-70-73-72=289
T34	Matt Fitzpatrick	74-70-73-73=290	+2	60,663
	Ryan Palmer	74-68-73-75=290
	Michael Thompson	72-72-75-71=290
	Matt Wallace	74-72-71-73=290
T38	Martin Laird	74-71-72-74=291	+3	52,900
	Henrik Stenson	73-71-71-76=291
T40	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	70-76-74-72=292	+4	43,700
	Mackenzie Hughes	72-72-72-76=292
	Sebastián Muñoz	74-73-71-74=292
	Joaquín Niemann	75-71-70-76=292
	Bernd Wiesberger	74-66-74-78=292
	Gary Woodland	73-72-75-72=292
T46	Bryson DeChambeau	76-67-75-75=293	+5	33,503
	Tommy Fleetwood	74-70-73-76=293
	Brendon Todd	73-71-76-73=293
49	Jason Kokrak	71-76-71-77=295	+7	29,900
T50	Billy Horschel	76-71-73-76=296	+8	28,635
	José María Olazábal (c)	75-71-75-75=296
52	Francesco Molinari	74-73-69-81=297	+9	27,600
53	Jim Herman	76-70-76-76=298	+10	27,140
54	Adam Scott (c)	74-73-79-73=299	+11	26,680
CUT	Daniel Berger	75-73=148	+4
	Sergio García (c)	76-72=148
	Max Homa	74-74=148
	Matt Kuchar	78-70=148
	Jimmy Walker	75-73=148
	Lanto Griffin	76-73=149	+5
	Dustin Johnson (c)	74-75=149
	Kevin Kisner	72-77=149
	Brooks Koepka	74-75=149
	Mike Weir (c)	78-71=149
	Lee Westwood	78-71=149
	Danny Willett (c)	76-73=149
	Dylan Frittelli	76-74=150	+6
	Rory McIlroy	76-74=150
	Pan Cheng-tsung	79-71=150
	Robert Streb	75-75=150
	Zach Johnson (c)	77-74=151	+7
	Bernhard Langer (c)	74-77=151
	Victor Perez	78-73=151
	Patrick Cantlay	79-73=152	+8
	Brian Gay	78-74=152
	Ollie Osborne (a)	76-76=152
	Jason Day	77-76=153	+9
	Carlos Ortiz	82-71=153
	Ian Woosnam (c)	76-77=153
	Joe Long (a)	82-72=154	+10
	Sandy Lyle (c)	81-75=156	+12
	Hudson Swafford	73-83=156
	Fred Couples (c)	79-78=157	+13
	Im Sung-jae	77-80=157
	Vijay Singh (c)	79-80=159	+15
	Tyler Strafaci (a)	80-81=161	+17
	Larry Mize (c)	84-79=163	+19
DQ	Matthew Wolff	76-79=155	+11

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Scorecard

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
Matsuyama	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12	−11	−11	−10
Zalatoris	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9
Schauffele	−7	−8	−7	−6	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−7	−7	−7
Spieth	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7
Leishman	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Rahm	−1	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
Rose	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−5
Conners	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4
Reed	−1	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4
Finau	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−2	−3
Smith	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

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