2015 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 2015 March 2026 2015 Masters the snooker tournament 2015 Masters (snooker) June 2014 2015 Masters Tournament 2015 Masters journal.jpeg April 9–12, 2015 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour 72 7435 yd 97 players (55 after cut) 146 (+2) US$10,000,000Harig Bob Masters to dish out $10 million total, $1.8 million to winner https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12670840/masters-boost-prize-money-10-million-total-18-million-winner ESPN April 12, 2015 $1,800,000 USA Jordan Spieth 270 (−18) 2014 2016 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 2015 Masters Tournament was the 79th Masters Tournament, and the first of golf's four major championships, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/l/bl2015masters.htm 2015 Masters Golf Tournament about.com June 22, 2014 July 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140712191035/http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/l/bl2015masters.htm dead Jordan Spieth led wire-to-wire and shot a record-tying 270 (−18) to win his first major at the age of 21, four strokes ahead of runners-up Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose, both major champions.Morley Gary Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth smashes records to win first major title at Augusta http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/golf/masters-jordan-spieth-golf/index.html CNN April 12, 2015 This was the final Masters appearance for two-time champion Ben Crenshaw. 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. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–11) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/invitees_2015.html 2015 Tournament Invitees Masters April 13, 2015 Robert Streb was the only professional in the field who was appearing in his first major. Twelve other professionals were appearing in their first Masters: Erik Compton, James Hahn, Brian Harman, Morgan Hoffmann, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Noh Seung-yul, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Bernd Wiesberger and Danny Willett. Mikko Ilonen and Ben Martin were appearing in their first Masters as professionals. Each of the amateurs was appearing in his first major, apart from Bradley Neil who had played in the 2014 Open Championship. Craig Stadler was absent for the first time since 1978. The 1982 champion, he had appeared in 38 Masters, including 36 consecutively. Two-time champion Ben Crenshaw played in his 44th and final Masters.http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/04/of-course-ben-crenshaws-master.html Of Course Ben Crenshaw's Masters farewell included a totally surreal moment Shackleford Geoff April 10, 2015 Golf Digest April 14, 2015 1. Past Masters champions 15em Ángel Cabrera (16) Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Trevor Immelman Zach Johnson (17,18,19) Bernhard Langer (12) Sandy Lyle Phil Mickelson (3,15,18,19) Larry Mize José María Olazábal Mark O'Meara Charl Schwartzel (18,19) Adam Scott (16,17,18,19) Vijay Singh Bubba Watson (12,16,17,18,19) Tom Watson Mike Weir Tiger Woods (5,18) Ian Woosnam The following past champions did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus, Palmer, and Player served 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 Martin Kaymer (4,5,13,16,17,18,19) Graeme McDowell (18,19) Rory McIlroy (3,4,12,14,15,16,17,18,19) Justin Rose (16,17,18,19) Webb Simpson (17,18,19) 3. Last five Open Championship champions 15em Darren Clarke Ernie Els Louis Oosthuizen (18,19) 4. Last five PGA Championship champions 15em Keegan Bradley (13,18,19) Jason Dufner (18) 5. Last three winners of The Players Championship Matt Kuchar (12,16,17,18,19) 6. Top two finishers in the 2014 U.S. Amateur 15em Corey Conners (a) Gunn Yang (a) 7. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship Bradley Neil (a) 8. Winner of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Antonio Murdaca (a) 9. Winner of the 2015 Latin America Amateur Championship Matías Domínguez (a) 10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links Byron Meth (a) 11. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur Scott Harvey (a) 12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2014 Masters Tournament 15em Thomas Bjørn (18) Jonas Blixt Rickie Fowler (13,14,15,17,18,19) Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18) John Senden (17,18) Jordan Spieth (16,17,18,19) Kevin Stadler Jimmy Walker (16,17,18,19) Lee Westwood (18,19) 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 U.S. Open 15em Erik Compton Jason Day (16,17,18,19) Dustin Johnson (16,17,18,19) Brooks Koepka (16,18,19) Henrik Stenson (15,18,19) 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 Open Championship 15em Jim Furyk (17,18,19) Sergio García (17,18,19) 15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2014 Masters Tournament and the 2015 Masters Tournament 15em Bae Sang-moon Ben Crane Matt Every (19) Bill Haas (17,18,19) James Hahn Brian Harman Pádraig Harrington Charley Hoffman J. B. Holmes (19) Billy Horschel (17,18,19) Chris Kirk (17,18,19) Hunter Mahan (17,18,19) Ben Martin Hideki Matsuyama (17,18,19) Ryan Moore (18,19) Noh Seung-yul Patrick Reed (17,18,19) Brandt Snedeker (19) Robert Streb Kevin Streelman Brendon Todd (17,19) Camilo Villegas Tim Clark did not play due to elbow injury.https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12599141/tim-clark-miss-masters-elbow-injury Tim Clark out of Masters due to elbow ESPN Associated Press April 1, 2015 17. All players qualifying for the 2014 edition of The Tour Championship 15em Russell Henley Morgan Hoffmann Kevin Na (18,19) Geoff Ogilvy Ryan Palmer (18,19) Cameron Tringale Gary Woodland (18,19) 18. Top 50 on the final 2014 Official World Golf Ranking list 15em Luke Donald (19) Jamie Donaldson (19) Victor Dubuisson (19) Stephen Gallacher (19) Mikko Ilonen Thongchai Jaidee (19) Shane Lowry (19) Joost Luiten (19) Ian Poulter (19) Steve Stricker Danny Willett (19) Marc Leishman withdrew for personal reasons.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/04/08/marc-leishman-withdraws-from-the-masters-tournament.html Leishman WDs from the Masters Tournament PGA Tour April 8, 2015 Brian Wacker 19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 30, 2015 15em Paul Casey Branden Grace Anirban Lahiri Bernd Wiesberger 20. International invitees None Par 3 contest Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Kevin Streelman won the par 3 contest on Wednesday in a playoff over Camilo Villegas, after both finished at 5-under par.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/08/jack-nicklaus-hits-hole-in-one-masters Jack Nicklaus hits hole-in-one in Masters par-three contest April 8, 2015 The Guardian April 9, 2015 Five holes-in-one were recorded, tying the record for most in one day first set in 2002. Villegas made two, while Jack Nicklaus hit his first ever hole-in-one at Augusta National. The others were recorded by Trevor Immelman and Matías Domínguez.PGA Tour Streelman wins Par 3 Contest in playoff http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/04/08/par-three-contest.html April 8, 2015 April 8, 2015 Opting out in the previous ten years, Tiger Woods played in his first par 3 contest at the Masters since 2004. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 2015 Jordan Spieth recorded nine birdies on his way to a round of 64 (−8), one off the course record, and a three-shot lead.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/mastersaugusta/11526660/Masters-2015-Jordan-Spieths-first-round-charge-puts-Rory-McIlroy-and-Tiger-Woods-in-the-shade.html Jordan Spieth's first-round charge puts Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods in the shade April 9, 2015 The Daily Telegraph James Corrigan April 10, 2015 Spieth is the fourth player to open the Masters with a round of 64 or better, and the first since Greg Norman shot 63 in 1996.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/apr/09/masters-2015-round-one-live Masters 2015: round one – as it happened April 9, 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray April 10, 2015 Rory McIlroy, looking for his third consecutive win in a major and the career grand slam, opened with a round of 71 (−1), as did defending champion Bubba Watson. Four-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first tournament since February, shot 73 (+1).ESPN Jordan Spieth takes 3-stroke lead after near-record 1st round https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12657188/jordan-spieth-shoots-64-lead-day-1-masters Associated Press April 9, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jordan Spieth 64 −8T2 AUS Jason Day 67 −5 SAF Ernie Els USA Charley Hoffman ENG Justin RoseT6 ESP Sergio García 68 −4 USA Russell HenleyT8 ENG Paul Casey 69 −3 USA Bill Haas USA Ryan Palmer USA Webb Simpson Second round Friday, April 10, 2015 Jordan Spieth increased his lead to 5 shots after 36 holes with a bogey-free round of 66 (−6). His total of 130 established a new tournament record and tied the major championship record, while his 5-shot lead matched the Masters record for largest lead after two rounds.Harig Bob Jordan Spieth (-14) sets 36-hole record at Masters https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12662952/jordan-spieth-sets-36-hole-record-masters-14-130 ESPN April 10, 2015 Dustin Johnson became the first player in Masters history to record three eagles in a round and moved into a tie for third place.Ballengee Ryan Yahoo Sports Dustin Johnson soared to Masters record three eagles on Friday https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/dustin-johnson-soared-to-masters-record-three-eagles-on-friday-001027725-golf.html April 10, 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/apr/10/masters-2015-round-two-live-augusta-golf Masters 2015: round two – as it happened April 10, 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray April 13, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jordan Spieth 64-66=130 −142 USA Charley Hoffman 67-68=135 −9T3 ENG Paul Casey 69-68=137 −7 USA Dustin Johnson 70-67=137 ENG Justin Rose 67-70=1376 USA Phil Mickelson 70-68=138 −67 RSA Ernie Els 67-72=139 −5T8 USA Bill Haas 69-71=140 −4 USA Ryan Moore 74-66=140 USA Kevin Na 74-66=140 USA Kevin Streelman 70-70=140 Amateurs: Conners (+5), Meth (+6), Murdaca (+7), Domínguez (+8), Harvey (+13), Neil (+13), Yang (+15) Third round Saturday, April 11, 2015 Jordan Spieth established a new Masters record for lowest 54-hole score after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-shot lead after the third round. His total of 200 broke by one stroke the record previously held by Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Tiger Woods in 1997. Spieth got as low as 18-under during the round, tying Woods for lowest score in relation to par in tournament history, before a double bogey at the 17th.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/apr/11/masters-2015-round-three-live Masters 2015: round three – as it happened April 11, 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray April 13, 2015 Justin Rose birdied five holes on the back nine, including four in a row, to equal the best round of the day with a 67 (−5) and move into second place. Phil Mickelson also shot 67 and moved into third place.ESPN Jordan Spieth sets 54-hole Masters record at 16 under, up by 4 https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12670425/jordan-spieth-sets-54-hole-masters-record-leads-4 April 11, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jordan Spieth 64-66-70=200 −162 ENG Justin Rose 67-70-67=204 −123 USA Phil Mickelson 70-68-67=205 −114 USA Charley Hoffman 67-68-71=206 −10T5 USA Dustin Johnson 70-67-73=210 −6 NIR Rory McIlroy 71-71-68=210 USA Kevin Na 74-66-70=210 USA Kevin Streelman 70-70-70=210 USA Tiger Woods 73-69-68=210T10 ENG Paul Casey 69-68-74=211 −5 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 71-70-70=211 Final round Sunday, April 12, 2015 Summary right|thumb|Jordan Spieth won his first Masters title 5bBcS5fc5FY Full final round coverage on CBS Jordan Spieth equaled the tournament scoring record after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose and his first major championship.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/mastersaugusta/11531726/Jordan-Spieth-marches-to-first-Masters-title-with-imperious-display.html Jordan Spieth marches to first Masters title with imperious display April 12, 2015 The Daily Telegraph James Corrigan April 13, 2015 Beginning the round four and five shots behind, respectively, Rose and Mickelson were only able to get within three shots at any point in the round. Spieth's total of 270 tied Tiger Woods in 1997 for lowest score in Masters history, and he became the first wire-to-wire Masters champion since Raymond Floyd in 1976.https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/gallery-spieth-first-wire-wire-masters-winner-1976 Gallery: Spieth first wire-to-wire Masters winner since 1976 NBC Sports April 12, 2015 He got as low as 19-under after a birdie at the 15th, the first in Masters history to do so, before missing an 8-foot par putt at the 18th that would have broken the record.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/apr/12/masters-2015-final-round-live Masters 2015: final round – as it happened April 12, 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray April 13, 2015 For the week, he recorded 28 birdies, three more than the previous tournament record set by Mickelson in 2001.ESPN Jordan Spieth leads Masters wire to wire for 1st major win https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12676053/jordan-spieth-21-ties-masters-scoring-record-first-major-championship Associated Press April 12, 2015https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/32278605 Masters 2015: Jordan Spieth wins first major with dominant display April 12, 2015 BBC Sport April 13, 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/apr/13/jordan-spieth-masters-hole-by-hole-account Jordan Spieth: how I won the Masters, hole-by-hole April 13, 2015 The Guardian Andy Bull April 13, 2015 Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Jordan Spieth 64-66-70-70=270 −18 1,800,000T2 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 70-68-67-69=274 −14 880,000 ENG Justin Rose 67-70-67-70=2744 NIR Rory McIlroy 71-71-68-66=276 −12 480,0005 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 71-70-70-66=277 −11 400,000T6 ENG Paul Casey 69-68-74-68=279 −9 335,000 USA Dustin Johnson 70-67-73-69=279 ENG Ian Poulter 73-72-67-67=279T9 USA Charley Hoffman 67-68-71-74=280 −8 270,000 USA Zach Johnson (c) 72-72-68-68=280 USA Hunter Mahan 75-70-68-67=280 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA Rickie Fowler 73-72-70-67=282 −6 196,000 USA Bill Haas 69-71-72-70=282 USA Ryan Moore 74-66-73-69=282 USA Kevin Na 74-66-70-72=282 USA Kevin Streelman 70-70-70-72=282T17 ESP Sergio García 68-74-71-70=283 −5 155,000 USA Tiger Woods (c) 73-69-68-73=283T19 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 72-69-71-72=284 −4 135,000 SWE Henrik Stenson 73-73-70-68=28421 USA Russell Henley 68-74-72-71=285 −3 120,000T22 USA Keegan Bradley 71-72-75-68=286 −2 92,833 ARG Ángel Cabrera (c) 72-69-73-72=286 ZAF Ernie Els 67-72-75-72=286 USA Mark O'Meara (c) 73-68-77-68=286 USA Patrick Reed 70-72-74-70=286 AUT Bernd Wiesberger 75-70-70-71=286T28 SWE Jonas Blixt 72-70-70-75=287 −1 68,000 AUS Jason Day 67-74-71-75=287 USA Morgan Hoffmann 73-72-72-70=287 USA Webb Simpson 69-75-72-71=287 USA Steve Stricker 73-73-73-68=287T33 KOR Bae Sang-moon 74-71-72-71=288 E 54,000 WAL Jamie Donaldson 74-71-76-67=288 USA Chris Kirk 72-73-72-71=288 USA Brooks Koepka 74-71-71-72=288 USA Ryan Palmer 69-74-74-71=288T38 KOR Noh Seung-yul 70-74-72-73=289 +1 40,000 ZAF Charl Schwartzel (c) 71-70-73-75=289 AUS Adam Scott (c) 72-69-74-74=289 AUS John Senden 71-74-72-72=289 USA Cameron Tringale 71-75-69-74=289 USA Jimmy Walker 73-72-74-70=289 USA Bubba Watson (c) 71-71-73-74=289 ENG Danny Willett 71-71-76-71=289T46 USA Matt Kuchar 72-74-72-72=290 +2 30,000 ENG Lee Westwood 73-73-70-74=29048 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 74-70-73-74=291 +3 27,400T49 USA Jason Dufner 74-71-74-73=292 +4 25,600 IND Anirban Lahiri 71-75-74-72=29251 USA Erik Compton 73-72-74-74=293 +5 24,600T52 NIR Darren Clarke 74-71-77-72=294 +6 23,800 NIR Graeme McDowell 71-74-76-73=29454 FJI Vijay Singh (c) 75-70-79-71=295 +7 23,20055 THA Thongchai Jaidee 75-70-80-72=297 +9 23,000CUT ENG Luke Donald 75-72=147 +3 USA Matt Every 73-74=147 USA Jim Furyk 74-73=147 SCO Stephen Gallacher 71-76=147 USA James Hahn 73-74=147 USA J. B. Holmes 76-71=147 FIN Mikko Ilonen 74-73=147 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 73-74=147 IRL Shane Lowry 75-72=147 USA Brandt Snedeker 74-73=147 USA Gary Woodland 71-76=147 ZAF Branden Grace 75-73=148 +4 USA Brian Harman 76-72=148 USA Billy Horschel 70-78=148 NLD Joost Luiten 76-72=148 USA Ben Martin 74-74=148 COL Camilo Villegas 72-76=148 CAN Corey Conners (a) 80-69=149 +5 FRA Victor Dubuisson 74-75=149 IRL Pádraig Harrington 72-77=149 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 75-74=149 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 74-76=150 +6 USA Byron Meth (a) 74-76=150 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 79-71=150 DNK Thomas Bjørn 72-79=151 +7 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 78-73=151 DEU Martin Kaymer 76-75=151 USA Larry Mize (c) 78-73=151 AUS Antonio Murdaca (a) 78-73=151 USA Kevin Stadler 77-74=151 USA Brendon Todd 80-71=151 CHI Matías Domínguez (a) 76-76=152 +8 USA Tom Watson (c) 71-81=152 USA Fred Couples (c) 79-74=153 +9 ZAF Trevor Immelman (c) 76-77=153 USA Robert Streb 80-76=156 +12 USA Ben Crane 79-78=157 +13 USA Scott Harvey (a) 76-81=157 SCO Bradley Neil (a) 78-79=157 KOR Gunn Yang (a) 85-74=159 +15 CAN Mike Weir (c) 82-81=163 +19 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 91-85=176 +32 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Spieth −17 −17 −18 −18 −17 −17 −16 −17 −17 −18 −18 −17 −18 −18 −19 −19 −19 −18USA Mickelson −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −14 −14 −14 −14ENG Rose −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −14NIR McIlroy −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 JPN Matsuyama −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 ENG Casey −4 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 USA Johnson −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −8 −8 −9 ENG Poulter −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 References External links http://www.masters.com/ Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site Coverage from the PGA of America 2015 2015 Category:2015 in golf Category:2015 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 2015 sports events in the United States