2012 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 2012 March 2026 2012 Masters the snooker tournament 2012 Masters (snooker) April 2012 2012 Masters Tournament 2012_Masters_Tournament_Official_program_cover.jpg 250px Front cover of the 2012 Masters Journal April 5–8, 2012 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour 72 7435 ydhttp://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2012/course/tour/index.cfm PGA of America: Major Championships Course Tour: 2012 Masters August 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230002/http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters/2012/course/tour/index.cfm August 27, 2012 95 players, 63 after cut 149 (+5) US$8,000,000 $1,440,000 USA Bubba Watson 278 (−10), playoff 2011 2013 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 2012 Masters Tournament was the 76th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.http://www.masters.com/en_US/news/articles/2012-01-03/201201031325604200205.html 2012 Tournament Field Takes Shape Masters April 9, 2012 Bubba Watson won the year's first major championship on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, defeating Louis Oosthuizen.Bubba Watson wins Masters https://www.espn.com/golf/masters12/story/_/id/7788966/2012-masters-bubba-watson-rallies-win-green-jacket-2-hole-playoff ESPN April 9, 2012 Associated Press It was his first major title and his fourth victory on the PGA Tour. Watson was the eighth consecutive first-time major champion, and the 14th winner in as many majors.http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/09/watson-moves-up-to-4th-in-world Watson moves up to 4th in world Toronto Sun April 9, 2012 April 10, 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/17654919 Masters 2012: Bubba Watson beats Louis Oosthuizen in play-off April 8, 2012 BBC Sport April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120410212637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/17654919 April 10, 2012 live mdy He won a second Masters two years later in 2014. Two pre-tournament favorites,http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-04/tiger-woods-s-win-fuels-record-setting-golf-wagering-at-masters https://web.archive.org/web/20120407095452/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-04/tiger-woods-s-win-fuels-record-setting-golf-wagering-at-masters dead April 7, 2012 Tiger Woods's Win Fuels Record-Setting Golf Wagering at Masters Businessweek April 9, 2012 Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, both finished at 293 (+5) in a tie for 40th place. Phil Mickelson was in the final pairing and in contention during the final round, but a triple-bogey six on the fourth hole knocked him back and he finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for third. Bo Van Pelt posted the lowest round of the tournament with a 64 (−8) early on Sunday, which propelled him up the leaderboard 35 places to tie for 17th. It was the first playoff in three years at the Masters; Ángel Cabrera won on the second extra hole in 2009. Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4454 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood50543Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn53057Pampas450416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina44049Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,72536In3,71036Source:Total7,43572 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.http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/invitees_2012.html Players – 2012 Tournament Invitees Masters March 26, 2012 April 9, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120411060913/http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/invitees_2012.html April 11, 2012 Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are 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. Three players were appearing in their first major: Kelly Kraft, Corbin Mills and Randal Lewis. Twelve others were appearing in their first Masters: Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Bryden Macpherson, Kevin Chappell, Robert Garrigus, Webb Simpson, Harrison Frazar, Kyle Stanley, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Bae Sang-moon and Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño.https://www.espn.com/golf/masters12/story/_/id/7722195/tee-times-2012-masters-tournament 2012 Masters Round 1 and 2 tee times April 4, 2012 ESPN April 4, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406065614/http://espn.go.com/golf/masters12/story/_/id/7722195/tee-times-2012-masters-tournament April 6, 2012 live mdy Notable absences included Mark O'Meara (injured), Ernie Els and Retief Goosen (not ranked high enough). O'Meara had appeared in the previous 27 Masters, Els in the previous 18, and Goosen in the previous 12. (Els would win the Open Championship in July to ensure an invitation to the next five Masters.) 1. Past Masters Champions 15em Ángel Cabrera (2,11) Fred Couples (11) Ben Crenshaw Trevor Immelman (11) Zach Johnson (18,19) Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle Phil Mickelson (13,15,16,17,18,19) Larry Mize José María Olazábal Charl Schwartzel (11,15,18,19) Vijay Singh (15,17) Craig Stadler Tom Watson Mike Weir Tiger Woods (2,4,11,16,18,19) Ian Woosnam Mark O'Meara withdrew shortly before his tee time due to injury.http://tourreport.pgatour.com/category/masters2012/ The Tour Report – The Masters: Day 1 PGA Tour April 9, 2012 Past champions not playing: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Fuzzy Zoeller. Player joined Nicklaus and Palmer to serve as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament. 2. Last five U.S. Open Champions 15em Lucas Glover (16) Graeme McDowell (18,19) Rory McIlroy (11,12,16,18,19) 3. Last five British Open Champions 15em Stewart Cink Darren Clarke (13,18) Pádraig Harrington (4) Louis Oosthuizen (18,19) 4. Last five PGA Champions 15em Keegan Bradley (14,15,16,17,18,19) Martin Kaymer (18,19) Yang Yong-eun (12,17,18,19) 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship 15em K. J. Choi (11,15,17,18,19) Tim Clark Henrik Stenson 6. Top two finishers in the 2011 U.S. Amateur 15em Patrick Cantlay (a) Kelly Kraft (a) 7. Winner of the 2011 Amateur Championship Bryden Macpherson (a) 8. Winner of the 2011 Asian Amateur Hideki Matsuyama (a) 9. Winner of the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Corbin Mills (a) 10. Winner of the 2011 U.S. Mid-Amateur Randal Lewis (a) 11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2011 Masters Tournament 15em Jason Day (12,15,17,18,19) Luke Donald (15,16,17,18,19) Ross Fisher Edoardo Molinari Geoff Ogilvy (17,18,19) Ryan Palmer Justin Rose (15,16,17,18,19) Adam Scott (15,16,17,18,19) Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18,19) Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18,19) Bo Van Pelt (15,17,18,19) Lee Westwood (12,18,19) 12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2011 U.S. Open 15em Kevin Chappell Sergio García (18,19) Robert Garrigus Peter Hanson (18,19) 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2011 British Open Championship Thomas Bjørn (18,19) Dustin Johnson (15,16,17,18,19) withdrew with a back injury prior to the start of the tournament.http://tourreport.pgatour.com/2012/04/03/johnson-withdraws-from-masters/ Johnson withdraws from Masters PGA Tour April 9, 2012 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2011 PGA Championship 15em Jason Dufner (15,17,18,19) Anders Hansen (18,19) Robert Karlsson (18,19) David Toms (15,16,17,18,19) Scott Verplank 15. Top 30 leaders on the 2011 PGA Tour official money earnings list 15em Aaron Baddeley (17,18,19) Jonathan Byrd (17) Bill Haas (16,17,18,19) Charles Howell III (17) Freddie Jacobson (16,17,18,19) Matt Kuchar (17,18,19) Martin Laird (18,19) Hunter Mahan (16,17,18,19) Kevin Na Rory Sabbatini Webb Simpson (16,17,18,19) Nick Watney (16,17,18,19) Bubba Watson (16,17,18,19) Mark Wilson (16,17,19) Gary Woodland (17) 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2011 Masters Tournament and the 2012 Masters Tournament 15em Harrison Frazar Sean O'Hair Scott Stallings Kyle Stanley (19) Brendan Steele Johnson Wagner 17. All players qualifying for the 2011 edition of The Tour Championship 15em Chez Reavie John Senden (18,19) 18. Top 50 on the final 2011 Official World Golf Ranking list 15em Bae Sang-moon (19) Paul Casey (19) Simon Dyson (19) Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño Rickie Fowler (19) Jim Furyk (19) Miguel Ángel Jiménez Kim Kyung-tae (19) Francesco Molinari (19) Ian Poulter (19) Álvaro Quirós (19) 19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 25, 2012 15em Ben Crane Paul Lawrie 20. International invitees Ryo Ishikawahttps://www.espn.com/golf/masters12/story/_/id/7653454/2012-masters-ryo-ishikawa-given-exemption Ryo Ishikawa gets Masters exemption ESPN Associated Press March 6, 2012 April 9, 2012 Round summaries First round Thursday, April 5, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Lee Westwood67−5T2 SWE Peter Hanson68−4 ZAF Louis OosthuizenT4 USA Ben Crane69−3 USA Jason Dufner ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez SCO Paul Lawrie ITA Francesco Molinari USA Bubba WatsonT10 USA Jim Furyk70−2 USA Zach Johnson FJI Vijay Singh USA Scott Stallings Source:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/05/masters-2012-day-one-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Masters 2012: day one – as it happened April 6, 2012 The Guardian London April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120409232507/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/05/masters-2012-day-one-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 April 9, 2012 live mdy Second round Friday, April 6, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Fred Couples72-67=139−5 USA Jason Dufner69-70=139T3 ESP Sergio García72-68=140−4 NIR Rory McIlroy71-69=140 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen68-72=140 USA Bubba Watson69-71=140 ENG Lee Westwood67-73=140T8 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez69-72=141−3 USA Matt Kuchar71-70=141 SCO Paul Lawrie69-72=141 Source:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/06/masters-2012-day-two-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Masters 2012: day two – as it happened April 7, 2012 The Guardian London April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120409232507/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/05/masters-2012-day-one-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 April 9, 2012 live mdy Amateurs: Matsuyama (+1), Cantlay (+5), Kraft (+5), Macpherson (+9), Mills (+11), Lewis (+15). Third round Saturday, April 7, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 SWE Peter Hanson68-74-65=207−92 USA Phil Mickelson74-68-66=208−83 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen68-72-69=209−74 USA Bubba Watson69-71-70=210−65 USA Matt Kuchar71-70-70=211−5T6 IRL Pádraig Harrington71-73-68=212−4 USA Hunter Mahan72-72-68=212 SWE Henrik Stenson71-71-70=212 ENG Lee Westwood67-73-72=21210 SCO Paul Lawrie69-72-72=213−3 Source:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/apr/07/masters-2012-day-three-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 Masters 2012: day three – as it happened April 8, 2012 The Guardian London April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120409001842/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/07/masters-2012-day-three-live?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 April 9, 2012 live mdy Final round Sunday, April 8, 2012 Summary right|thumb|Bubba Watson won his first Masters title qFYo6iOL7M4 Full final round coverage on CBS For the third time in seven years, the Masters concluded on Easter Sunday. The leaderboard was active, as four players held at least a share of the lead during the final round. Louis Oosthuizen charged into the lead at the second hole with an albatross two on the par-5. It was only the fourth double eagle in Masters history and the first-ever on the second hole. The final pairing faltered: 54-hole leader Peter Hanson never got it going, with three bogeys before he carded his first birdie at the 15th hole. Three holes earlier, Hanson shanked his tee shot on the par-3 12th short of the water, bogeyed, and fell from contention. On the front nine, three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson pushed his tee shot left at the par-3 fourth and it caromed off a greenside grandstand. He made his second triple bogey of the week and came up two shots short of the playoff. In the end, it came down to a three player race between Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson, and Matt Kuchar. Kuchar hit his approach at the 15th hole to three feet (0.9 m) and eagled to temporarily tie Oosthuizen at −9, but followed it with a bogey at the par-3 16th hole and finished two strokes back, in the four-way tie for third. After Watson made a two at the 16th for his fourth consecutive birdie, he was tied at the top with Oosthuizen at −10. Playing together in the penultimate pairing, both parred the 17th hole and were on the green in regulation at the uphill 18th. Oosthuizen missed a 35 ft 0 on birdie putt from the back shelf and Watson had 25 ft 0 for his first major, but he missed the putt on the high side. After Watson tapped in, Oosthuizen holed his four-footer (1.2 m) to force a sudden death playoff.http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index_low.html Final Leaderboard April 8, 2012 Masters.com April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316220618/http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index_low.html March 16, 2012 live mdy Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 68-72-69-69=278 −10 Playoff USA Bubba Watson 69-71-70-68=278T3 SWE Peter Hanson 68-74-65-73=280 −8 384,000 USA Matt Kuchar 71-70-70-69=280 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 74-68-66-72=280 ENG Lee Westwood 67-73-72-68=2807 ENG Ian Poulter 72-72-70-69=283 −5 268,000T8 IRL Pádraig Harrington 71-73-68-72=284 −4 232,000 ENG Justin Rose 72-72-72-68=284 AUS Adam Scott 75-70-73-66=284 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA Jim Furyk 70-73-72-70=285 −3 200,000T12 USA Fred Couples (c) 72-67-75-72=286 −2 156,800 ESP Sergio García 72-68-75-71=286 USA Hunter Mahan 72-72-68-74=286 NIR Graeme McDowell 75-72-71-68=286 USA Kevin Na 71-75-72-68=286T17 USA Ben Crane 69-73-72-73=287 −1 124,000 USA Bo Van Pelt 73-75-75-64=287T19 USA Charles Howell III 72-70-74-72=288 E 96,960 SWE Freddie Jacobson 76-68-70-74=288 ITA Francesco Molinari 69-75-70-74=288 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 74-72-71-71=288 USA Brandt Snedeker 72-75-68-73=288T24 USA Jason Dufner 69-70-75-75=289 +1 70,400 DNK Anders Hansen 76-72-73-68=289 SCO Paul Lawrie 69-72-72-76=289T27 USA Keegan Bradley 71-77-73-69=290 +2 56,800 USA Jonathan Byrd 72-71-72-75=290 USA Rickie Fowler 74-74-72-70=290 FJI Vijay Singh (c) 70-72-76-72=290 USA Scott Stallings 70-77-70-73=290T32 ARG Ángel Cabrera (c) 71-78-71-71=291 +3 45,280 ENG Luke Donald 75-73-75-68=291 USA Zach Johnson (c) 70-74-75-72=291 USA Sean O'Hair 73-70-71-77=291 USA Nick Watney 71-71-72-77=291T37 KOR Bae Sang-moon 75-71-69-77=292 +4 37,600 DNK Thomas Bjørn 73-76-74-69=292 USA Bill Haas 72-74-76-70=292T40 AUS Aaron Baddeley 71-71-77-74=293 +5 32,000 NIR Rory McIlroy 71-69-77-76=293 SWE Henrik Stenson 71-71-70-81=293 USA Tiger Woods (c) 72-75-72-74=293T44 USA Kevin Chappell 71-76-71-76=294 +6 26,400 DEU Martin Kaymer 72-75-75-72=294 USA Webb Simpson 72-74-70-78=294T47 USA Patrick Cantlay (a) 71-78-74-72=295 +7 0 ENG Ross Fisher 71-77-73-74=295 22,560 USA Steve Stricker 71-77-72-75=295T50 USA Stewart Cink 71-75-81-69=296 +8 19,960 SWE Robert Karlsson 74-74-77-71=296 ZAF Charl Schwartzel (c) 72-75-75-74=296 USA David Toms 73-73-75-75=296T54 JPN Hideki Matsuyama (a) 71-74-72-80=297 +9 0 USA Scott Verplank 73-75-75-74=297 18,88056 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69-72-76-81=298 +10 18,560T57 SCO Martin Laird 76-72-74-77=299 +11 18,240 ITA Edoardo Molinari 75-74-76-74=299 KOR Yang Yong-eun 73-70-75-81=29960 ZAF Trevor Immelman (c) 78-71-76-76=301 +13 17,92061 ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 74-75-76-77=302 +14 17,76062 USA Kelly Kraft (a) 74-75-77-80=306 +18 0CUT KOR Kim Kyung-tae 74-76=150 +6 AUS John Senden 74-76=150 ENG Paul Casey 76-75=151 +7 USA Harrison Frazar 73-78=151 USA Larry Mize (c) 76-75=151 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 75-76=151 USA Kyle Stanley 75-76=151 USA Tom Watson (c) 77-74=151 CAN Mike Weir (c) 72-79=151 USA Robert Garrigus 77-75=152 +8 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 72-80=152 USA Ryan Palmer 75-77=152 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 72-80=152 KOR K. J. Choi 77-76=153 +9 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 76-77=153 AUS Bryden Macpherson (a) 77-76=153 USA Chez Reavie 79-74=153 USA Johnson Wagner 79-74=153 ZAF Tim Clark 73-81=154 +10 NIR Darren Clarke 73-81=154 USA Lucas Glover 75-79=154 USA Mark Wilson 76-78=154 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 77-77=154 ENG Simon Dyson 78-77=155 +11 USA Corbin Mills (a) 74-81=155 ESP Álvaro Quirós 78-77=155 USA Brendan Steele 76-80=156 +12 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 76-83=159 +15 USA Randal Lewis (a) 81-78=159 USA Craig Stadler (c) 81-82=163 +19 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 86-78=164 +20WD USA Gary Woodland 73-70-85=228 +12 AUS Jason Day 76 +4 Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14 15161718Par454343454 443545344USA Watson −5−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−8−9−10−10−10ZAF Oosthuizen −7−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10SWE Hanson −8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−8 USA Kuchar −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −9 −8 −8 −8USA Mickelson −8−8−8−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−8−8 ENG Westwood −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle/AlbatrossEagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey + Source:http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index_low.html Masters.com Leaderboard January 3, 2012 Playoff The sudden death playoff started at the par-4 18th hole, where both players hit the fairway and green, and similar to the final round, Bubba Watson was closer to the pin than Louis Oosthuizen. Oosthuizen narrowly missed his 18 ft on birdie effort which gave Watson another opportunity to secure the title. Watson's putt from 16 ft 0 was low the entire way, and after both players tapped in to tie they headed to the next tee at the downhill par-4 10th hole. Both players hit poor drives to the right, and Oosthuizen's second shot ended up short of the green. The left-handed Watson, playing from the pine straw deep in the woods, hooked his approach shot nearly 90 degrees to within 10 ft 0 of the hole. Oosthuizen chipped to the back of the green and narrowly missed his par putt to give Watson two putts to win. He lagged his first to a foot (0.3 m) and tapped in to become the Masters champion.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/mastersaugusta/9188267/The-Masters-2012-day-four-live.html The Masters 2012: day four live April 8, 2012 The Daily Telegraph April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120410011150/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/mastersaugusta/9188267/The-Masters-2012-day-four-live.html April 10, 2012 live mdy https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/17648976 2012 Masters: Day four as it happened April 8, 2012 BBC Sport April 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120410211849/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/17648976 April 10, 2012 dead mdy-all PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Bubba Watson 4-4=8 E 1,440,0002 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 4-5=9 +1 864,000 Scorecard Hole 18  10 Par44 USA Watson EE RSA Oosthuizen E+1 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par References External links http://www.masters.com/ Coverage from the PGA of America Coverage on the European Tour's official site 2012 2012 Category:2012 in golf Category:2012 in American sports Category:2012 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 2012 sports events in the United States