1981 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1981 Masters Tournament 1981_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1981 Masters Guide April 9–12, 1981 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6905 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tyRJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yIMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4209%2C4740834 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Masters Scores Associated Press April 13, 1981 17 82 players, 48 after cut 148 (+4) $362,587 $60,000 USA Tom Watson 280 (−8) 1980 1982 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 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second green jacket and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. Five-time champion Nicklaus shot a bogey-free 65 on Friday and led by four strokes after 36 holes,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TEdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3431%2C2854322 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Associated Press Nicklaus has 65, tops Masters April 11, 1981 1D but a 75 on Saturday put him a stroke behind Watson entering the final round. It was the fourth runner-up finish for Nicklaus at the Masters and the third for Miller.https://www.si.com/vault/1981/04/20/825563/true-grit-at-augusta-tom-watson-had-his-troubles--notably-with-the-trap-at-the-17th-hole--but-when-it-counted-he-clung-grimly-to-a-slim-lead-and-held-off-jack-nicklaus-to-win-his-second-masters Sports Illustrated True Grit at Augusta Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins April 20, 1981 34 December 11, 2017 October 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191017015026/https://www.si.com/vault/1981/04/20/825563/true-grit-at-augusta-tom-watson-had-his-troubles--notably-with-the-trap-at-the-17th-hole--but-when-it-counted-he-clung-grimly-to-a-slim-lead-and-held-off-jack-nicklaus-to-win-his-second-masters dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_khPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6777%2C6449026 Toledo Blade Ohio Watson wins second Masters April 13, 1981 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bwYkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6251%2C5856137 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Green Bob Associated Press Watson holds on for Masters win April 13, 1981 13 Nicklaus won his sixth Masters five years later in 1986 at age 46. Defending champion Seve Ballesteros shot 154 (+10) and missed the cut by six strokes; he also missed the cut as defending champion in 1984. Lee Trevino, needing a green jacket to complete the career grand slam, also shot 154 with an ailing back. His best finishes at Augusta were tenth place ties in 1975 and 1985. Greg Norman, age 26, appeared in his first Masters and was fourth, the first of his eight top-five finishes at Augusta. He was runner-up three times, in 1986, 1987, and 1996. This was the first Masters with bentgrass greens, which were formerly Bermuda and ryegrass.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BZobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-1IEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2739%2C888244 The Dispatch Lexington, North Carolina Associated Press Masters sports bent grass furor April 8, 1981 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=awYkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7158%2C3798956 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Nicklaus, Watson remain the ones to watch April 9, 1981 37 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oyUdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VaUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6736%2C1353331 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Boswell Thomas Thomas Boswell Everything normal at Augusta National April 7, 1982 21 Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,9,10), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12) Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hubert Green (8,12), Hale Irwin (9,11,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (8) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Johnny Miller (11) 4. PGA champions (last five years) John Mahaffey (11,12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (12) 5. 1980 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Jim Holtgrieve (7,a), Bob Lewis (a), Hal Sutton (6,7,a), Dick von Tacky (a) 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Jay Sigel (7,a) Mark O'Meara forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1980 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Bob Tway (a) 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1980 Masters Tournament Andy Bean (10,11,12), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Ed Fiori, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Tom Kite (11,12), Billy Kratzert (11), Gil Morgan (9,10,12), Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete, Jack Renner, Jim Simons, J. C. Snead 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1980 U.S. Open Keith Fergus, Joe Hager, Mark Hayes (12), Lon Hinkle (10), Joe Inman, Pat McGowan, Mike Morley, Mike Reid, Bill Rogers (10,11), Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange (10,11), Lee Trevino (10,11,12), Bobby Wadkins 10. Top eight players and ties from 1980 PGA Championship Howard Twitty (11), Bobby Walzel 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters John Cook, Bob Gilder, Phil Hancock, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Mark Pfeil, Don Pooley, Scott Simpson, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell 12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team Lee Elder 13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki (9), Bruce Devlin (9), Duncan Evans (6,a), David Graham (4,8,11), Dan Halldorson (11), Sandy Lyle, Jack Newton (8), Greg Norman, Norio Suzuki Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Lon Hinkle 69 −3 USA Johnny Miller AUS Greg Norman USA Curtis Strange T5 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 70 −2 USA John Cook AUS David Graham USA Hubert Green USA Jim Holtgrieve (a) USA Jack Nicklaus USA Jim Simons Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-90hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3072%2C6113021 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Masters scores April 10, 1981 26 Second round Friday, April 10, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-65=135 −9 T2 USA Lon Hinkle 69-70=139 −5 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-67=139 AUS Greg Norman 69-70=139 USA Tom Watson 71-68=139 T6 AUS David Graham 70-70=140 −4 USA Hubert Green 70-70=140T8 USA Jim Colbert 73-68=141 −3 USA John Cook 70-71=141 USA Peter Jacobsen 71-70=141 USA Johnny Miller 69-72=141 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zWgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JV0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4688%2C4666036 Pittsburgh Press Golf scoreboard: Masters April 11, 1981 A9https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TEdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5150%2C2860196 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina Golf: Masters leaders April 11, 1981 2D Third round Saturday, April 11, 1981 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Watson 71-68-70=209 −72 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-65-75=210 −6 3 AUS Greg Norman 69-70-72=211 −5 T4 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-67-73=212 −4 USA John Mahaffey 72-71-69=212T6 USA John Cook 70-71-72=213 −3 USA Ben Crenshaw 71-72-70=213 USA Lon Hinkle 69-70-74=213 USA Peter Jacobsen 71-70-72=213 T10 USA Gay Brewer 75-68-71=214 −2 AUS David Graham 70-70-74=214 USA Hubert Green 70-70-74=214 USA Johnny Miller 69-72-73=214 USA Jerry Pate 71-72-71=214 USA Dave Stockton 72-72-70=214 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-71-71=214 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TEdOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6256%2C3154231 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina Golf: Masters leaders April 12, 1981 2D Final round Sunday, April 12, 1981 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Tom Watson (c) 71-68-70-71=280 −8 60,000T2 USA Johnny Miller 69-72-73-68=282 −6 30,500 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 70-65-75-72=2824 AUS Greg Norman 69-70-72-72=283 −5 16,000T5 USA Tom Kite 74-72-70-68=284 −4 12,667 USA Jerry Pate 71-72-71-70=2847 AUS David Graham 70-70-74-71=285 −3 11,167T8 USA Ben Crenshaw 71-72-70-73=286 −2 9,667 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 75-71-71-69=286 USA John Mahaffey 72-71-69-74=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 USA George Archer (c) 74-70-72-71=287 −1 7,333 USA Hubert Green 70-70-74-73=287 USA Peter Jacobsen 71-70-72-74=287 USA Bruce Lietzke 72-67-73-75=287T15 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-68-71-74=288 E 5,500 USA Bob Gilder 72-75-69-72=288 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 73-73-71-71=288 USA Jim Simons 70-75-71-72=288T19 USA Don Pooley 71-75-72-71=289 +1 4,500 USA Curtis Strange 69-79-70-71=289T21 USA John Cook 70-71-72-77=290 +2 3,600 USA Gil Morgan 74-73-70-73=290 USA Calvin Peete 75-70-71-74=290 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-71-71-76=290T25 USA Jim Colbert 73-68-74-76=291 +3 2,700 USA Hale Irwin 73-74-70-74=291 USA Wayne Levi 72-71-73-75=291T28 USA Gibby Gilbert 71-71-76-74=292 +4 2,350 USA Lon Hinkle 69-70-74-79=292 SCO Sandy Lyle 73-70-76-73=292T31 AUS Bruce Devlin 74-72-72-75=293 +5 2,013 USA Jay Haas 75-71-72-75=293 USA Jack Renner 73-72-73-75=293 USA Dave Stockton 72-72-70-79=293T35 USA Jay Sigel (a) 72-75-75-72=294 +6 0 USA Mike Sullivan 72-74-74-74=294 1,800T37 USA Keith Fergus 76-72-75-72=295 +7 1,617 USA Scott Hoch 73-70-75-77=295 USA Bill Rogers 76-72-75-72=295T40 USA Charles Coody (c) 74-71-75-76=296 +8 1,500 USA Bob Lewis (a) 77-70-73-76=296 0 USA Howard Twitty 75-72-74-75=296 1,500T43 USA Craig Stadler 76-71-73-77=297 +9 1,500 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 77-70-78-72=297T45 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 70-76-77-77=300 +12 1,500 JPN 1947 Norio Suzuki 74-74-75-77=30047 USA Jim Holtgrieve (a) 70-77-79-75=301 +13 048 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 77-71-76-79=303 +15 1,500CUT USA Andy Bean 75-74=149 +5 USA Ed Fiori 72-77=149 CAN Dan Halldorson 76-73=149 USA Mark Pfeil 74-75=149 USA Scott Simpson 77-72=149 USA Bobby Wadkins 73-76=149 USA Lee Elder 77-73=150 +6 USA J. C. Snead 72-78=150 USA Mark Hayes 76-75=151 +7 USA Pat McGowan 73-78=151 USA Larry Nelson 78-73=151 USA Mike Reid 76-75=151 USA Bob Tway (a) 75-76=151 AUS Jack Newton 79-73=152 +8 USA Joe Inman 74-79=153 +9 USA Mike Morley 76-77=153 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 75-78=153 USA Ed Sneed 81-72=153 USA Doug Tewell 79-74=153 USA Bobby Walzel 75-78=153 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros (c) 78-76=154 +10 USA Billy Casper (c) 76-78=154 USA Joe Hager 81-73=154 USA Lee Trevino 77-77=154 USA Doug Ford (c) 79-76=155 +11 USA Bob Goalby (c) 80-75=155 USA Andy North 82-73=155 USA Sam Snead (c) 77-78=155 USA Hal Sutton (a) 80-75=155 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 76-79=155 USA Billy Kratzert 83-75=158 +14 USA Phil Hancock 82-77=159 +15 WAL Duncan Evans (a) 81-79=160 +16 USA Dick von Tacky (a) 76-85=161 +17 Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Watson −7−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8USA Miller −3−4−4−3−3−2−2−3−4−3−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−6USA Nicklaus −6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−4−5−6−6−6 AUS Norman −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 USA Kite E E −1 −1 E E E E E E E −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 USA Pate −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: References 2 External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1981 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1981 1981 Category:1981 in golf Category:1981 in American sports Category:1981 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1981 sports events in the United States