2008 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 2008 March 2026 2008 Masters Tournament Masters_Tournament_Journal_2008_cover.jpg Front cover of the 2008 Masters Journal April 10–13, 2008 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA TourEuropean TourJapan Golf Tour 72 7445 yd 94 players, 45 after cut 147 (+3) US$7,500,000 $1,350,000http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-m/scores/leaderboard.aspx?sportcode=BE,id=1190 2008 Masters Final Scores and Earnings sportsnetwork.com April 13, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525193727/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-m%2Fscores%2Fleaderboard.aspx%3Fsportcode%3DBE%2Cid%3D1190 May 25, 2011 dead ZAF Trevor Immelman 280 (−8) 2007 2009 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title The 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immelman led or tied for the lead after every round. Field The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:http://www.masters.org/en_US/scores/bios/tournament_2008.html 2008 Tournament Invitees masters.org April 9, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080408072208/http://www.masters.org/en_US/scores/bios/tournament_2008.html April 8, 2008 1. Past Masters Champions Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller (Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.) 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Ángel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18) 3. Last five Open Champions Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18) 4. Last five PGA Champions Shaun Micheel 5. Last two of The Players Champions Stephen Ames (17,18) Winners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters. 6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Amateur Michael Thompson (a) (2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Colt Knost turned professional, thereby forfeiting his invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA100207.03D.NZ.State.GLFtxopenknost.en.3279b1c.html Knost making pro debut at Valero Texas Open mysanantonio.com April 9, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080612191001/http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA100207.03D.NZ.State.GLFtxopenknost.en.3279b1c.html June 12, 2008 dead mdy-all ) 7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur Championship Drew Weaver (a) 8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links See number 6 9. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur Trip Kuehne (a) 10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters Tournament Stuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17) 11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. Open Nick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson 12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open Championship Ernie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andrés Romero (15,17,18) 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship Woody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18) 14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour official money earnings list Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17) 15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters Tournament Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney 16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour Championship Camilo Villegas 17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings list Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18) 18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard 19. International invitees Liang Wenchong, Prayad Marksaeng, Jeev Milkha Singhhttp://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/01/21/masters012108.ap/index.html Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters PGA Tour April 9, 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090318023121/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/01/21/masters012108.ap/index.html March 18, 2009 Par 3 contest The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.http://www.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2008/04/09/Golf-Masters-Par-3-Contest/ Sabatini victorious in Par 3 contest Setanta Sports April 10, 2008 April 16, 2008Par 3 Contest Round summaries The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader will be “cut” after 36 holes. First round Thursday, April 10, 2008 After an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose, who had held the lead after the first round in the 2007 Masters, and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (−4) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ZAF Trevor Immelman68−4 ENG Justin RoseT3 USA Brian Bateman69−3 USA Brandt Snedeker ENG Lee WestwoodT6 CAN Stephen Ames 70−2 USA Jim Furyk USA Zach Johnson SWE Robert Karlsson ENG Ian Poulter Second round Friday, April 11, 2008 Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Joint first round leader Rose shot a round of 78 (+6) to fall out of the top 10 entirely. Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51. For the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player and Tiger Woods. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Trevor Immelman68-68=136−82 USA Brandt Snedeker69-68=137−7T3 USA Steve Flesch72-67=139−5 USA Phil Mickelson71-68=139 ENG Ian Poulter70-69=139T6 CAN Stephen Ames 70-70=140−4 ENG Paul Casey71-69=140T8 USA Stewart Cink72-69=141−3 USA Arron Oberholser71-70=141 CAN Mike Weir73-68=141 Amateurs: Kuehne (+6), Thompson (+10), Weaver (+12). Third round Saturday, April 12, 2008 Immelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (−11). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (−7), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Trevor Immelman68-68-69=205−112 USA Brandt Snedeker69-68-70=207−93 USA Steve Flesch72-67-69=208−84 ENG Paul Casey71-69-69=209−75 USA Tiger Woods72-71-68=211−56 USA Stewart Cink72-69-71=212−4T7 ZAF Retief Goosen71-71-72=214−2 IRL Pádraig Harrington74-71-69=214 USA Zach Johnson70-76-68-214 SWE Robert Karlsson70-73-71=214 USA Phil Mickelson71-68-75=214 USA Sean O'Hair72-71-71=214 ENG Ian Poulter70-69-75=214 ARG Andrés Romero72-72-70=214 USA Boo Weekley72-74-68=214 Final round Sunday, April 13, 2008 Summary right|thumb|Trevor Immelman won his first Masters title 8ZCCX-_dg_A Full final round coverage on CBS Miguel Ángel Jiménez had the low round of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, four players were under par and the scoring average was 74.67. For the tournament, ten players were under par and the scoring average was 73.77. Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 ZAF Trevor Immelman 68-68-69-75=280 −8 1,350,0002 USA Tiger Woods (c) 72-71-68-72=283 −5 810,000T3 USA Stewart Cink 72-69-71-72=284 −4 435,000 USA Brandt Snedeker 69-68-70-77=284T5 USA Steve Flesch 72-67-69-78=286 −2 273,750 IRL Pádraig Harrington 74-71-69-72=286 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 71-68-75-72=286T8 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 77-70-72-68=287 −1 217,500 SWE Robert Karlsson 70-73-71-73=287 ARG Andrés Romero 72-72-70-73=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 ENG Paul Casey 71-69-69-79=288 E 172,500 USA Nick Watney 75-70-72-71=288 ENG Lee Westwood 69-73-73-73=288T14 AUS Stuart Appleby 76-70-72-71=289 +1 135,000 USA Sean O'Hair 72-71-71-75=289 FJI Vijay Singh (c) 72-71-72-74=289T17 ZAF Retief Goosen 71-71-72-76=290 +2 112,500 SWE Henrik Stenson 74-72-72-72=290 CAN Mike Weir (c) 73-68-75-74=290T20 USA Brian Bateman 69-76-72-74=291 +3 84,300 USA Zach Johnson (c) 70-76-68-77=291 USA Justin Leonard 72-74-72-73=291 USA Bubba Watson 74-71-73-73=291 USA Boo Weekley 72-74-68-77=291T25 CAN Stephen Ames 70-70-77-75=292 +4 54,844 ARG Ángel Cabrera 73-72-73-74=292 USA J. B. Holmes 73-70-73-76=292 USA Arron Oberholser 71-70-74-77=292 ENG Ian Poulter 70-69-75-78=292 AUS Adam Scott 75-71-70-76=292 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 71-74-72-75=292 ZAF Richard Sterne 73-72-73-74=292T33 ENG Nick Dougherty 74-69-74-76=293 +5 42,375 USA Jim Furyk 70-73-73-77=293 USA Heath Slocum 71-76-77-69=293T36 USA Todd Hamilton 74-73-75-73=295 +7 36,875 ENG Justin Rose 68-78-73-76=295 USA Johnson Wagner 72-74-74-75=295T39 SWE Niclas Fasth 75-70-76-75=296 +8 33,000 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 75-71-76-74=29641 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi 72-75-78-73=298 +10 30,750T42 AUS Robert Allenby 72-74-72-81=299 +11 28,500 USA David Toms 73-74-72-80=29944 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 75-71-76-78=300 +12 26,25045 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 72-75-78-77=302 +14 24,750CUT AUS Aaron Baddeley 75-73=148 +4 NZL Michael Campbell 77-71=148 USA Fred Couples (c) 76-72=148 ENG Luke Donald 73-75=148 ZAF Ernie Els 74-74=148 ESP Sergio García 76-72=148 USA Charles Howell III 78-70=148 DEU Martin Kaymer 76-72=148 JPN Toru Taniguchi 76-72=148 USA Brett Wetterich 73-75=148 USA Jonathan Byrd 75-74=149 +5 USA Jerry Kelly 72-77=149 USA Hunter Mahan 77-72=149 AUS Nick O'Hern 74-75=149 USA Mark O'Meara (c) 71-78=149 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 75-74=149 USA Craig Stadler (c) 77-72=149 SWE Daniel Chopra 72-78=150 +6 USA Ben Curtis 75-75=150 USA Trip Kuehne (a) 78-72=150 USA Shaun Micheel 76-74=150 USA John Rollins 77-73=150 USA Steve Stricker 73-77=150 COL Camilo Villegas 73-77=150 USA Tom Watson (c) 75-75=150 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 74-77=151 +7 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 76-75=151 AUS John Senden 80-71=151 USA Vaughn Taylor 75-76=151 USA Michael Thompson (a) 73-78=151 USA Woody Austin 79-73=152 +8 ZAF Tim Clark 77-75=152 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 75-77=152 AUS Richard Green 77-75=152 JPN Shingo Katayama 79-73=152 AUS Peter Lonard 71-81=152 USA Mark Calcavecchia 73-80=153 +9 DNK Søren Hansen 75-78=153 USA D. J. Trahan 76-77=153 USA Scott Verplank 77-76=153 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 80-74=154 +10 CHN Liang Wenchong 76-78=154 DNK Anders Hansen 80-75=155 +11 USA Drew Weaver (a) 76-80=156 +12 USA Steve Lowery 81-76=157 +13 USA Larry Mize (c) 77-81=158 +14 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 81-79=160 +16 ZAF Gary Player (c) 83-78=161 +17WD THA Prayad Marksaeng 82 +10 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344ZAF Immelman −10−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−9−10−10−10−8−8−8USA Woods −5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5USA Cink −5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−3−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4USA Snedeker −8−10−9−9−9−8−7−7−6−6−5−6−5−4−5−4−4−4USA Flesch −8−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−8−6−6−5−4−3−2−2 IRL Harrington −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 USA Mickelson −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2ENG Casey −7−7−8−6−5−4−3−2−2−2−1−1−1EE+1EE Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2008/15 Yahoo! Sports 2008 Masters Leaderboard April 13, 2008 June 18, 2013 Media coverage ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.http://www.masters.org/en_US/about/tvsched.html TV Schedule masters.org April 9, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080406042802/http://www.masters.org/en_US/about/tvsched.html 6 April 2008 dead References External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Coverage on the European Tour's official site Augusta.com – 2008 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 2008 2008 Category:2008 in golf Category:2008 in American sports Category:2008 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 2008 sports events in the United States