2024 Masters Tournament
The 2024 Masters Tournament was the 88th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2024. The tournament was played from April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters and major, four strokes ahead of runner-up Ludvig Åberg, who was playing in his first major. Scheffler became the fourth-youngest two-time winner of the tournament and the second player, after Tiger Woods in 2001, to win both the Masters and The Players Championship in the same calendar year.
Course
The only change to the course for the 2024 tournament was the lengthening of the second hole by ten yards.Field
Participation in the Masters Tournament is by invitation only, and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships. There are a number of criteria by which invitations are awarded, including all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous year's majors, leading players on the PGA Tour in the previous season, winners of full-point tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking, and some leading amateurs.Criteria
There were three changes to invitee criteria between the 2023 and 2024 tournaments. The first was to add the current NCAA Division I Men's Individual Champion a spot in the field, provided that he remains an amateur at the time of the tournament. In addition, Augusta National clarified that players who qualify for the Tour Championship must remain eligible to play in that event in order to qualify for the Masters. Also, with the PGA Tour returning to a calendar-year season schedule, Augusta National noted that winners of fall PGA Tour events would continue to qualify for the Masters.The below list details the qualification criteria for the 2024 Masters Tournament and the players who have qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified are indicated in parentheses.
1. All past winners of the Masters Tournament
- Fred Couples
- Sergio García
- Dustin Johnson
- Zach Johnson
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Phil Mickelson
- José María Olazábal
- Jon Rahm
- Patrick Reed
- Scottie Scheffler
- Charl Schwartzel
- Adam Scott
- Vijay Singh
- Jordan Spieth
- Bubba Watson
- Mike Weir
- Danny Willett
- Tiger Woods
- Past winners who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Ángel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
- Wyndham Clark
- Bryson DeChambeau
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Gary Woodland
- Brian Harman
- Shane Lowry
- Collin Morikawa
- Cameron Smith
- Brooks Koepka
- Justin Thomas
6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games
7. The winner and runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Amateur
- Nick Dunlap forfeited his invitation for winning the U.S. Amateur by turning professional, but qualified under category 17 by winning the 2024 American Express.
- Neal Shipley
- Christo Lamprecht
- Jasper Stubbs
- Santiago de la Fuente
- Stewart Hagestad
- Fred Biondi forfeited his invitation by turning professional.
- Russell Henley
- Viktor Hovland
- Xander Schauffele
- Sahith Theegala
- Cameron Young
- Rory McIlroy
- Jason Day
- Tom Kim
- Sepp Straka
- Cameron Davis
- Kurt Kitayama
- Ludvig Åberg
- Akshay Bhatia
- Keegan Bradley
- Nick Dunlap
- Austin Eckroat
- Tony Finau
- Rickie Fowler
- Lucas Glover
- Emiliano Grillo
- Lee Hodges
- Stephan Jäger
- Chris Kirk
- Jake Knapp
- Luke List
- Peter Malnati
- Grayson Murray
- Matthieu Pavon
- Nick Taylor
- Erik van Rooyen
- Camilo Villegas
- Sam Burns
- Patrick Cantlay
- Corey Conners
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Tyrrell Hatton
- Max Homa
- Im Sung-jae
- Kim Si-woo
- Taylor Moore
- Adam Schenk
- Eric Cole
- Harris English
- Ryan Fox
- Adam Hadwin
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Min Woo Lee
- Denny McCarthy
- Adrian Meronk
- J. T. Poston
- Justin Rose
- Will Zalatoris
- An Byeong-hun
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Joaquín Niemann
- Thorbjørn Olesen
Par-3 contest
Rickie Fowler won the par-3 contest with a score of 22. There were five holes-in-one recorded, by Sepp Straka, Luke List, Gary Woodland, Viktor Hovland, and Lucas Glover.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 11, 2024Friday, April 12, 2024
Inclement weather delayed the start of the tournament until 10:30 am Eastern time. As a result, 27 players did not complete the first round on Thursday.
The 8th hole, a par 5, saw a record-breaking total of 53 par-breaking scores, including 50 birdies and 3 eagles, the highest ever recorded on this hole in Masters history.
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| 1 | ![]() Second roundFriday, April 12, 2024By making the cut, Tiger Woods set the record for most consecutive cuts made at the Masters, at 24. Phil Mickelson made the cut for the 28th time, surpassing Raymond Floyd and Bernhard Langer to move into solo fourth place for most cuts made at the Masters, trailing only Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples and Gary Player. Rookie Ludvig Åberg posted the lowest score of the round, a 69, and advanced to a solo 7th place. Bryson DeChambeau, before making a birdie on the 13th hole, moved a large directional sign that was in his line of play. Patrick Cantlay achieved two eagles on par 4s, marking only the fourth instance in history that a player has recorded two par-4 eagles in a single Masters Tournament, the last being Brandt Jobe in 2006. The cut came at 150, with 60 players advancing to the weekend. Notables to miss the cut included 2015 champion Jordan Spieth, 2020 champion Dustin Johnson, reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Open champion Brian Harman, and World No. 6 Viktor Hovland. Two-time major champion Justin Thomas played his last four holes in seven-over to miss the cut by one shot.
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