2004 Masters Tournament

March 2026 2004 Masters Tournament 2004_Masters_Tournament_Official_Program_cover.jpg Front cover of the 2004 Masters Journal April 8–11, 2004 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour 72 7290 yd 0 93 players, 44 after cut 148 (+4) US$6,000,000 $1,170,000 USA Phil Mickelson 279 (−9) 2003 2005 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 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Phil Mickelson, 33, won his first major championship with a birdie on the final hole to win by one stroke over runner-up Ernie Els.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=efBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5837%2C1846983 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dulac Gerry Finally! April 12, 2004 C-1http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1031825/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100416022812/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1031825/index.htm dead April 16, 2010 Sports Illustrated Shipnuck Alan Amen April 19, 2004 April 10, 2013 The purse was $6.0 million and the winner's share was $1.17 million. This was the 50th consecutive and final Masters appearance for four-time champion Arnold Palmer. Playoff alteration Prior to this Masters, the sudden-death playoff was changed to begin on the 18th hole and alternate with the 10th hole. This new starting point was first used the following year in 2005. When the playoff format was changed to sudden-death for 1976, it began at the 10th hole, then went to the 11th, and was first used in 1979.https://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/07/golf.usmasters/ CNN.com Masters playoff format is changed April 7, 2004 April 7, 2013 Prior to 1976, playoffs at Augusta were full 18-hole rounds on Monday, and the last was won by Billy Casper in 1970. The exception was the first playoff in 1935, which was 36 holes. Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4354 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood49043Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn50057Pampas410416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina42549Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,64036In3,65036Total7,29072 Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (10), Mark O'Meara (10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (10,12,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,11,14,15,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,12,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, and Byron Nelson did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Retief Goosen (10,14,16,17) Jim Furyk (10,11,14,16,17) did not play. 3. The Open champions (last five years) Ben Curtis (12,16,17), Ernie Els (10,11,14,16,17), Paul Lawrie (10) David Duval did not play. 4. PGA champions (last five years) Rich Beem (10,16), Shaun Micheel (13,14,16,17), David Toms (10,11,14,16,17) 5. The Players Championship winners (last three years) Davis Love III (10,12,14,15,16,17), Craig Perks, Adam Scott (15,16,17) 6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Nick Flanagan (a), Casey Wittenberg (a) 7. The Amateur champion Gary Wolstenholme (a) 8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Brandt Snedeker (a) 9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith (a) 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2003 Masters Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, K. J. Choi (14,16,17), Tim Clark (13), Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Phil Mickelson (14,16,17), Scott Verplank (14,16,17) 11. Top eight players and ties from the 2003 U.S. Open Freddie Jacobson (16,17), Stephen Leaney (16,17), Kenny Perry (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Justin Rose 12. Top four players and ties from the 2003 Open Championship Thomas Bjørn (16,17) 13. Top four players and ties from 2003 PGA Championship Chad Campbell (14,15,16,17), Alex Čejka (16,17) 14. Top 40 players from the 2003 PGA Tour money list Robert Allenby (16,17), Stuart Appleby (15,16,17), Briny Baird, Stewart Cink (17), Chris DiMarco (16,17), Bob Estes (16), Brad Faxon (16,17), Steve Flesch (17), Fred Funk (16,17), Jay Haas (16,17), Tim Herron (16), Charles Howell III (16,17), Jonathan Kaye (15,16,17), Jerry Kelly (16,17), Justin Leonard (16,17), J. L. Lewis, Shigeki Maruyama (16,17), Rocco Mediate (16,17), Tim Petrovic, Chris Riley (16,17), John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Kirk Triplett (17), Bob Tway (16,17) 15. Top 10 players from the 2004 PGA Tour money list on March 28 John Daly 16. Top 50 players from the final 2003 world ranking Michael Campbell, Paul Casey (17), Darren Clarke (17), Sergio García (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), Toshimitsu Izawa, Peter Lonard (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Ian Poulter (17), Phillip Price, Eduardo Romero 17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 28 Brian Davis, Todd Hamilton, Trevor Immelman, Craig Parry 18. Special foreign invitation Zhang Lianwei Round-by-round results First round Thursday, April 8, 2004 Friday, April 9, 2004 23-year-old Englishman Justin Rose posted a five-under 67 to lead after the first round. Americans Chris DiMarco and Jay Haas shot 69 (−3) and two-time U.S. Open champion Ernie Els was among a group tied for fourth with 70 (−2). Among the seven players tied at 71 (−1) was two-time Masters champion, José María Olazábal. Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 72, and three-time Masters champion Tiger Woods shot a 75 (+3). The winner of the previous major (2003 PGA Championship), Shaun Micheel, was at even-par 72. Play was suspended for roughly two hours due to rain, so 18 players completed their opening round on Friday morning. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Justin Rose67−5T2 USA Chris DiMarco69−3 USA Jay Haas T4 DEU Alex Čejka70−2 NIR Darren Clarke ZAF Ernie Els USA Chris Riley T8 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi71−1 USA Charles Howell III DEU Bernhard Langer SCO Colin Montgomerie ESP José María Olazábal WAL Phillip Price USA Kirk Triplett Second round Friday, April 9, 2004 First round leader Rose put together another good round (71) to take the 36-hole lead at 138 (−6). Olazábal shot a 69 to close within two strokes of the lead in a tie for second with Alex Čejka, who shot 70. Mickelson, trying to remove the best player never to win a major championship label, moved into a share of fourth with a 69, alongside K. J. Choi. Davis Love III was one of two to shoot the round of the day with a 67 (−5), which moved him into a tie for sixth with Els, DiMarco, Charles Howell III, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Most notables made the cut at 148 (+4), but among those failing to advance were defending champion Mike Weir and Ben Curtis, the 2003 Open Champion. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Justin Rose67-71=138−6T2 DEU Alex Čejka70-70=140−4 ESP José María Olazábal71-69=140 T4 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi71-70=141−3 USA Phil Mickelson72-69=141T6 USA Fred Couples73-69=142−2 USA Chris DiMarco69-73=142 ZAF Ernie Els70-72=142 USA Charles Howell III71-71=142 USA Davis Love III75-67=142 Amateurs: Snedeker (+4), Wittenberg (+4), Smith (+6), Flanagan (+8), Wolstenholme (+9). Third round Saturday, April 10, 2004 Mickelson moved from fourth to a share of the 54-hole lead with a three-under 69, while the top three golfers after round two collapsed. Rose shot an 81, Olazábal a 79, and Čejka a 78. This collective meltdown by the top three allowed Mickelson and DiMarco to rise to the top. DiMarco finished tied for the 54-hole lead with a four-under 68. Paul Casey put together a 68 as well to move within two strokes of the co-leaders at the end of the day. Els continued his steady play with a one-under 71 to move into a three-way tie for fourth. Kirk Triplett and Freddie Jacobson put themselves in contention at seventh and eighth, respectively. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Chris DiMarco69-73-68=210−6 USA Phil Mickelson72-69-69=210 3 ENG Paul Casey75-69-68=212−4T4 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi71-70-72=213−3 ZAF Ernie Els70-72-71=213 DEU Bernhard Langer71-73-69=213 7 USA Kirk Triplett71-74-69=214−28 SWE Freddie Jacobson74-74-67=215−1T9 USA Stewart Cink74-73-69=216E USA Fred Couples73-69-74=216 USA Jay Haas69-75-72=216 IRL Pádraig Harrington74-74-68=216 USA Davis Love III75-67-74=216 ZWE Nick Price72-73-71=216 Final round Sunday, April 11, 2004 Summary right|thumb|Phil Mickelson won his first Masters title 4IQr069iKJQ Full final round coverage on CBS In one of the most exciting back nines in Masters history, Mickelson dueled Els to claim his first major championship. Mickelson shot a final round 69, sealed with an 18 ft 0 on birdie on the 18th green to win by a stroke. Playing two groups ahead of Mickelson, Els started the day at −3 and posted a 67 (−5). As Mickelson approached the final hole, Els' total of 280 (−8) appeared enough to at least get him into a playoff. Els stumbled out of the gate with two bogeys in his first five holes, but quickly regained his form. He collected two eagles on his round, at the par-5 8th and 13th holes. Els also connected on a birdie at the 15th to get him to −8. Seeing his first major possibly slip away with a 38 (+2) on his front nine, Mickelson had to match Els' fire on the back nine, and shot a bogey-free 31, with birdies on five of the final seven holes. Mickelson birdied the par-3 12th and par-5 13th. He briefly tied Els with his third consecutive birdie at the par-4 14th, then had a disappointing par on the par-5 15th. At the par-3 16th, Mickelson put his tee shot 20 ft 0 above the pin and holed the dramatic putt to tie for the lead. He remained tied heading to the final tee, and when his approach shot landed on the green, a winning putt was before him. As Mickelson sunk the putt, he jumped for joy as he won his first major title. K. J. Choi finished third, which was his best major finish, with a final round 69 to total 282 (−6). Sergio García shot the round of the tournament with a 66 (−6) to tie for fourth with two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer. Four major champions, including two former Masters champions (Vijay Singh, Couples, Love, and Nick Price) were in the group who finished tied for sixth at 286 (−2). Woods' streak of not winning a major extended to seven with a disappointing 290 (+2), the same score tallied by first and second round leader Rose. Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Phil Mickelson 72-69-69-69=279 −9 1,170,0002 ZAF Ernie Els 70-72-71-67=280 −8 702,0003 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi 71-70-72-69=282 −6 442,000T4 ESP Sergio García 72-72-75-66=285 −3 286,000 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 71-73-69-72=285T6 ENG Paul Casey 75-69-68-74=286 −2 189,893 USA Fred Couples (c) 73-69-74-70=286 USA Chris DiMarco 69-73-68-76=286 USA Davis Love III 75-67-74-70=286 ZWE Nick Price 72-73-71-70=286 FJI Vijay Singh (c) 75-73-69-69=286 USA Kirk Triplett 71-74-69-72=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 ZAF Retief Goosen 75-73-70-70=288 E 125,667 IRL Pádraig Harrington 74-74-68-72=288 USA Charles Howell III 71-71-76-70=288USA Casey Wittenberg (a) 76-72-71-69=288 0T17 USA Stewart Cink 74-73-69-73=289 +1 97,500 USA Steve Flesch 76-67-77-69=289 USA Jay Haas 69-75-72-73=289 SWE Freddie Jacobson 74-74-67-74=289 AUS Stephen Leaney 76-71-73-69=289T22 AUS Stuart Appleby 73-74-73-70=290 +2 70,200 USA Shaun Micheel 72-76-72-70=290 ENG Justin Rose 67-71-81-71=290 USA Tiger Woods (c) 75-69-75-71=29026 DEU Alex Čejka 70-70-78-73=291 +3 57,200T27 USA Mark O'Meara (c) 73-70-75-74=292 +4 51,025 USA Bob Tway 75-71-74-72=29229 USA Scott Verplank 74-71-76-72=293 +5 48,10030 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 71-69-79-75=294 +6 46,150T31 USA Bob Estes 76-72-73-74=295 +7 41,275 USA Brad Faxon 72-76-76-71=295 USA Jerry Kelly 74-72-73-76=295 ENG Ian Poulter 75-73-74-73=295T35 USA Justin Leonard 76-72-72-76=296 +8 35,913 WAL Phillip Price 71-76-73-76=296T37 SCO Paul Lawrie 77-70-73-77=297 +9 32,663 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 72-74-75-76=29739 ARG Eduardo Romero 74-73-74-77=298 +10 30,55040 USA Todd Hamilton 77-71-76-75=299 +11 29,250T41 USA Tim Petrovic 72-75-75-78=300 +12 27,950 USA Brandt Snedeker (a) 73-75-75-77=300 043 USA Jeff Sluman 73-70-82-77=302 +14 26,65044 USA Chris Riley 70-78-78-78=304 +16 25,350CUT AUS Robert Allenby 73-76=149 +5 NZL Michael Campbell 76-73=149 NIR Darren Clarke 70-79=149 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 74-75=149 USA John Daly 78-71=149 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 73-76=149 USA J. L. Lewis 77-72=149 AUS Peter Lonard 74-75=149 NZL Craig Perks 76-73=149 USA John Rollins 74-75=149 USA Craig Stadler (c) 74-75=149 CAN Mike Weir (c) 79-70=149 CHN Zhang Lianwei 77-72=149 USA Briny Baird 77-73=150 +6 USA Rich Beem 77-73=150 USA Ben Curtis 73-77=150 USA Fred Funk 80-70=150 USA Jeff Maggert 78-72=150 USA Larry Mize (c) 76-74=150 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 75-75=150 AUS Craig Parry 74-76=150 USA Nathan Smith (a) 78-72=150 ARG Ángel Cabrera 74-77=151 +7 ENG Nick Faldo (c) 76-75=151 USA Jonathan Kaye 79-72=151 USA Len Mattiace 76-75=151 USA Rocco Mediate 75-76=151 SCO Colin Montgomerie 71-80=151 USA David Toms 78-73=151 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 76-75=151 AUS Nick Flanagan (a) 78-74=152 +8 JPN Toshimitsu Izawa 76-76=152 USA Kenny Perry 74-78=152 USA Tom Watson (c) 76-76=152 USA Jonathan Byrd 79-74=153 +9 USA Chad Campbell 76-77=153 ZAF Trevor Immelman 77-76=153 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 82-71=153 AUS Adam Scott 80-73=153 ENG Gary Wolstenholme (a) 77-76=153 ZAF Tim Clark 73-81=154 +10 USA Tim Herron 80-74=154 ENG Brian Davis 82-73=155 +11 DNK Thomas Bjørn 80-77=157 +13 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 79-81=160 +16 ZAF Gary Player (c) 82-80=162 +18 USA Charles Coody (c) 88-79=167 +23 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 84-84=168 +24 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 87-83=170 +26 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Mickelson −6−7−6−6−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−7−7−8−8−9ZAF Els −3−4−3−3−2−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−7−7−8−8−8−8 KOR 1997 Choi −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 ESP García +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +5 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 E +1 −1 −2 −3 −3 DEU Langer −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −3 −4 −3 −3 ENG Casey −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 USA DiMarco −6 −7 −6 −5 −5 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −2 USA Triplett −2 −2 −1 E E +1 E −1 −1 −1 E E −1 −1 E −2 −2 −2 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/2004/15 Yahoo! Sports Leaderboard: 2004 Masters April 11, 2004 April 10, 2013 Quotes "Is it his time? YES! At long last!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as Mickelson sunk his birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els and win the tournament. References External links Masters.com – past winners Coverage on the European Tour's official site Full results Augusta.com – 2004 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 2004 2004 Category:2004 in golf Category:2004 in American sports Category:2004 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 2004 sports events in the United States