2016 Masters Tournament
The 2016 Masters Tournament was the 80th edition of the Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Danny Willett won his first major championship, three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending champion Jordan Spieth. Spieth suffered one of the biggest collapses in Masters history. Spieth led the tournament from the first round and built a five-shot lead going to the back nine on Sunday, but lost six shots to par over the next three holes culminating in a quadruple-bogey on the 12th hole where he hit two balls into Rae's Creek. Willett shot a bogey-free 67 to overtake Spieth when the leader faltered on the back nine. Willett became the first European to win the Masters since 1999, and the first Englishman to do so since Nick Faldo in 1996.
This was the final Masters appearance for former champion Tom Watson.
Course
The course was formerly a plant nursery and each hole on the course is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated.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 must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.
1. Past Masters Champions
- Ángel Cabrera
- Trevor Immelman
- Zach Johnson
- Bernhard Langer
- Sandy Lyle
- Phil Mickelson
- Larry Mize
- Mark O'Meara
- Charl Schwartzel
- Adam Scott
- Vijay Singh
- Jordan Spieth
- Bubba Watson
- Tom Watson
- Mike Weir
- Ian Woosnam
- Fred Couples, José María Olazábal, and Tiger Woods did not play due to injuries.
- The following past champions did not enter: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, 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", though only Nicklaus and Player teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.
- Martin Kaymer
- Rory McIlroy
- Justin Rose
- Webb Simpson
- Darren Clarke
- Ernie Els
- Keegan Bradley
- Jason Day
- Jason Dufner
- Rickie Fowler
- Derek Bard
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Romain Langasque
- Jin Cheng
- Paul Chaplet
- Sammy Schmitz
- Paul Casey
- Bill Haas
- Charley Hoffman
- Dustin Johnson
- Hunter Mahan
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Na
- Ian Poulter
- Kevin Streelman
- Branden Grace
- Louis Oosthuizen
- Cameron Smith
- Marc Leishman
15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2015 Masters Tournament and the 2016 Masters Tournament
- Steven Bowditch
- Fabián Gómez
- Emiliano Grillo
- Jim Herman
- Smylie Kaufman
- Chris Kirk
- Kevin Kisner
- Russell Knox
- Danny Lee
- David Lingmerth
- Davis Love III
- Shane Lowry
- Graeme McDowell
- Troy Merritt
- Brandt Snedeker
- Vaughn Taylor
- Justin Thomas
- Jim Furyk was unable to compete due to wrist surgery.
- Daniel Berger
- Harris English
- J. B. Holmes
- Brooks Koepka
- Matt Kuchar
- Scott Piercy
- Patrick Reed
- Henrik Stenson
- Robert Streb
- Jimmy Walker
- Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
- An Byeong-hun
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Jamie Donaldson
- Victor Dubuisson
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Sergio García
- Billy Horschel
- Thongchai Jaidee
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Anirban Lahiri
- Andy Sullivan
- Lee Westwood
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Danny Willett
- Chris Wood
- Rafa Cabrera-Bello
- None
Par 3 contest
Wednesday, April 6, 2016Jimmy Walker won the par 3 contest with a score of 19, a new tournament record. Nine holes-in-one were made, surpassing the previous record of five set in 2002 and 2015. The players to record an ace were: Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson, Smylie Kaufman, David Lingmerth, Gary Player, Webb Simpson, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and Walker.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 7, 2016Defending champion Jordan Spieth shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead over Danny Lee and Shane Lowry. His bogey-free round was his ninth consecutive Masters round of par or better. World number one Jason Day was 5-under-par through the front nine but shot 5-over-par on the back nine, including a triple-bogey on the 16th hole, to end at even-par. Ernie Els scored a record-worst nine on the first hole after taking six putts from within three feet and ended his round at 8-over-par. The course played difficult due to windy conditions and the scoring average for the field was 74.16.
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| 1 |  Second roundFriday, April 8, 2016Jordan Spieth led by as many as five shots but then carded four bogeys and a double bogey and needed a 14-foot par save at the 18th to preserve a one-shot advantage over Rory McIlroy. This was Spieth's sixth consecutive round with the lead at the Masters, tying the record set by Arnold Palmer in 1960–61. Amateur Bryson DeChambeau got to within a shot of the lead but suffered a triple bogey at the last to finish at even-par. Gusting winds led to difficult scoring conditions, with only four players shooting under par, each shooting 71. The scoring average for the round was 75.02, the highest since 2007 and only seven golfers were under par after two rounds. Tom Watson missed the cut in his 43rd and final Masters.
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