 Front cover of the 2020Masters Journal depicting Augusta National in the fall | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 12–15, 2020 |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia, U.S. 33°30′11″N82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W /33.503; -82.020 |
| Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,475 yards (6,835 m) |
| Field | 92 players, 60 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (E) |
| Prize fund | $11,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $2,070,000 |
| Champion | |
 Dustin Johnson | |
| 268 (−20) | |
| Location map | |
The2020 Masters Tournament was the 84th edition of theMasters Tournament held atAugusta National Golf Club inAugusta, Georgia.
The golf tournament was originally scheduled for April 9–12, 2020, but it was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] On April 6, Augusta National announced the tournament was rescheduled for November 12–15[2] and on August 12, the golf club announced that the tournament would be heldwithout spectators in attendance.[3]
Dustin Johnson won the tournament with a record score of 268, 20-under-par, five strokes ahead ofIm Sung-jae andCameron Smith.[4]
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea Olive | 445 | 4 | 10 | Camellia | 495 | 4 | |
| 2 | Pink Dogwood | 575 | 5 | 11 | White Dogwood | 505 | 4 | |
| 3 | Flowering Peach | 350 | 4 | 12 | Golden Bell | 155 | 3 | |
| 4 | Flowering Crab Apple | 240 | 3 | 13 | Azalea | 510 | 5 | |
| 5 | Magnolia | 495 | 4 | 14 | Chinese Fir | 440 | 4 | |
| 6 | Juniper | 180 | 3 | 15 | Firethorn | 530 | 5 | |
| 7 | Pampas | 450 | 4 | 16 | Redbud | 170 | 3 | |
| 8 | Yellow Jasmine | 570 | 5 | 17 | Nandina | 440 | 4 | |
| 9 | Carolina Cherry | 460 | 4 | 18 | Holly | 465 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,765 | 36 | In | 3,710 | 36 | |||
| Source:[5][6] | Total | 7,475 | 72 | |||||
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.[7][8] 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 7–11) must remain amateurs on the original starting day (April 9) of the tournament to be eligible to play.[citation needed]
Fred Couples,Zach Johnson (3),Bernhard Langer,Sandy Lyle,Phil Mickelson,Larry Mize,José María Olazábal,Patrick Reed (16,17,18,19),Charl Schwartzel,Adam Scott (16,17,18,19),Vijay Singh,Jordan Spieth (2,3,15,18),Bubba Watson (12,18),Mike Weir,Danny Willett (18,19),Tiger Woods (12,16,18,19)
Dustin Johnson (12,15,17,18,19),Brooks Koepka (4,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19),Gary Woodland (13,16,17,18,19)
Shane Lowry (14,18,19),Francesco Molinari (12,18,19),Henrik Stenson (18,19)
Jason Day (12,18),Justin Thomas (12,16,17,18,19),Jimmy Walker
Kim Si-woo,Rory McIlroy (16,17,18,19),Webb Simpson (12,16,17,18,19)
John Augenstein (a),Andy Ogletree (a)
James Sugrue (a)
Lin Yuxin (a)
Abel Gallegos (a)
Lukas Michel (a)
Patrick Cantlay (15,16,17,18,19),Tony Finau (14,17,18,19),Rickie Fowler (17,18,19),Justin Harding,Matt Kuchar (17,18,19),Ian Poulter (18),Jon Rahm (13,17,18,19),Xander Schauffele (13,17,18,19)
Chez Reavie (16,17,18,19),Justin Rose (17,18,19)
Tommy Fleetwood (17,18,19),Lee Westwood (19)
Matt Wallace (18,19)
Cameron Champ,Tyler Duncan,Dylan Frittelli,Lanto Griffin,Tyrrell Hatton (18,19),Max Homa,Im Sung-jae (17,18,19),Kang Sung-hoon,Andrew Landry,Nate Lashley,Marc Leishman (17,18,19),Sebastián Muñoz,Kevin Na (18,19),Pan Cheng-tsung,J. T. Poston,Cameron Smith (19),Nick Taylor,Brendon Todd,Matthew Wolff
Abraham Ancer (18,19),Paul Casey (18,19),Corey Conners,Bryson DeChambeau (18,19),Lucas Glover,Charles Howell III,Kevin Kisner (18,19),Jason Kokrak,Hideki Matsuyama (18,19),Louis Oosthuizen (18,19),Brandt Snedeker (18,19)
An Byeong-hun (19),Rafa Cabrera-Bello (19),Matt Fitzpatrick (19),Adam Hadwin,Billy Horschel (19),Shugo Imahira (19),Jazz Janewattananond (19),Victor Perez (19),Andrew Putnam,Erik van Rooyen (19),Bernd Wiesberger (19)
Christiaan Bezuidenhout,Graeme McDowell,Collin Morikawa,Scottie Scheffler
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Friday, November 13, 2020
Paul Casey had the lead at −7 after the first day, with a round featuring five birdies and an eagle.[11] Defending championTiger Woods was three shots back after shooting a 68 and pre-tournament favoriteBryson DeChambeau was a further two shots back after a 70. Play was suspended for three hours due to an electrical storm. 44 of the 92 players did not complete their first rounds on Thursday due to the lack of daylight.[12] On Friday morning, Casey was joined in the lead byDylan Frittelli andDustin Johnson, who matched his 65.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Dustin Johnson,Jon Rahm, andJustin Thomas were among five players sharing the 36-hole lead, making it the first time the top three players in the world rankings have shared the 36-hole lead in a major championship. Johnson, a co-leader after the first round, got to 10-under-par with birdies on three of his first four holes before consecutive bogeys on holes 14 and 15 (his fifth and sixth, respectively, of the round). He then made 11 consecutive pars before closing with a birdie on the ninth to finish at 9-under-par.[13]
Thomas made four straight birdies on holes 15 to 18 (his sixth to ninth) and overcame a double-bogey at the first, completing his round with birdies at the last two holes for a three-under-par round of 69. Rahm, who finished his round on Saturday morning, had a bogey-free 66 (−6). They were joined at the top of the leaderboard byAbraham Ancer, making his Masters debut, andCameron Smith, who eagled the 15th before finishing with three straight birdies.[14]
Two-time championBernhard Langer made the cut at three-under, becoming, at age 63, the oldest player in Masters history to make the cut.[15] Two amateurs made the cut,John Augenstein on 3-under-par andAndy Ogletree at one-under.
With the first round still to be completed on Friday morning, the second round started at 9:30 am instead of the planned 7:00 am. 48 players did not finish their second round as play was suspended.[16] The second round continued at 7:30 am on Saturday. After the completion of the round, 60 players made the cut, the leading 50 and ties, with the third round beginning at 10:20 am.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Abraham Ancer | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| Dustin Johnson | 65-70=135 | ||
 Jon Rahm | 69-66=135 | ||
 Cameron Smith | 67-68=135 | ||
| Justin Thomas | 66-69=135 | ||
| T6 | Patrick Cantlay | 70-66=136 | −8 |
 Im Sung-jae | 66-70=136 | ||
 Hideki Matsuyama | 68-68=136 | ||
 Pan Cheng-tsung | 70-66=136 | ||
| Patrick Reed | 68-68=136 |
Amateurs:Augenstein (−5),Ogletree (−1),Sugrue (+4), Michel (+6),Lin (+8), Gallegos (+16)
Saturday, November 14, 2020
World No. 1Dustin Johnson had a bogey-free round of 65 (−7) to take a four-shot lead into the final round. Johnson, part of a five-way tie for the lead going into the round, jumped to the top of the leaderboard with an eagle on the par-five second hole after hitting his approach shot to three feet. He also birdied the third hole before making a 38-foot birdie putt on the fourth. On the back nine, Johnson two-putted for birdie on both par-fives, the 13th and 15th, and saved par from left of the 18th green to finish his round. His 16-under-par score of 200 after 54 holes tied the Masters tournament record, set byJordan Spieth in2015. He also became the first player in Masters history with two rounds of 65 or better in the same tournament.[17][18]
South Korea'sIm Sung-jae, making his Masters debut, birdied the 18th after getting a fortunate bounce off the mound to the left of the green to 14 feet. He joinedAbraham Ancer, another Masters rookie, andCameron Smith in a tie for second place at 12-under-par.[19]
Jon Rahm, tied for the lead at the start of the round, fell four shots back of Johnson playing the eighth hole before making double-bogey on the par-five, his third shot ricocheting off a tree trunk and into bushes from where he had to take a penalty drop. He had an even par round to finish seven strokes off the lead and tied for seventh place.[20]Justin Thomas was still within two shots of Johnson but made four bogeys on the back nine to drop six back.[21]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 65-70-65=200 | −16 |
| T2 | Abraham Ancer | 68-67-69=204 | −12 |
| Im Sung-jae | 66-70-68=204 | ||
| Cameron Smith | 67-68-69=204 | ||
| 5 |  Dylan Frittelli | 65-73-67=205 | −11 |
| 6 | Justin Thomas | 66-69-71=206 | −10 |
| T7 |  Sebastián Muñoz | 70-68-69=207 | −9 |
| Jon Rahm | 69-66-72=207 | ||
| Patrick Reed | 68-68-71=207 | ||
| T10 |  Tommy Fleetwood | 71-66-71=208 | −8 |
| Brooks Koepka | 70-69-69=208 | ||
| Hideki Matsuyama | 68-68-72=208 | ||
 Rory McIlroy | 75-66-67=208 |
Sunday, November 15, 2020
| External videos | |
|---|---|
 Full final round coverage on CBS onYouTube |
Dustin Johnson began the round with a four-shot lead before making consecutive bogeys at the fourth and fifth holes.Cameron Smith reduced the lead to one after making birdie at the ninth, hitting his approach shot from the pine straw to four feet.
Johnson, meanwhile, came back to birdie the sixth and two-putt for birdie on the par-five eighth after reaching the green in two, taking a two-shot lead into the back nine. He laid up on the par-five 13th but managed to get up-and-down for birdie, then made a six-foot birdie putt on the 14th. After again laying up on the 15th, Johnson chipped to seven feet for his third shot and made the birdie putt to become the first player in Masters history to reach 20-under. He made par on the final three holes to set a new Masters scoring record, breaking the old mark of 18-under set byTiger Woods in1997 andJordan Spieth in2015.[22][23]
Smith bogeyed the 11th after missing the green to the right and finished at 15-under, five behind Johnson and tied for second place.Im Sung-jae, making his Masters debut at the age of 22, birdied both par-fives on the back nine to join Smith at 15-under. Smith shot a three-under 69, becoming the first player in Masters history with four rounds in the 60s.[24][25] Johnson's five-shot margin of victory was the largest at the Masters since Woods won by 12 in 1997. He made only four bogeys in the tournament, the fewest ever by a Masters champion.[26][27]
Woods, the defending champion, made a 10 on the par-three 12th after hitting three balls into the water, the highest score on a hole in his career. But he came back to birdie five of his last six holes, including the last four in a row for the first time at the Masters, and finished in a tie for 38th place.[28]
Of the two amateurs who made the cut,Andy Ogletree finished at 2-under-par whileJohn Augenstein finished at 3-over-par.
For the second year in a row, a two-tee start was used, with players teeing off between 8:00 am and 9:39 am, using the 1st and 10th tees.
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (leading amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 65-70-65-68=268 | −20 | 2,070,000 |
| T2 | Im Sung-jae | 66-70-68-69=273 | −15 | 1,012,000 |
| Cameron Smith | 67-68-69-69=273 | |||
| 4 | Justin Thomas | 66-69-71-70=276 | −12 | 552,000 |
| T5 | Dylan Frittelli | 65-73-67-72=277 | −11 | 437,000 |
| Rory McIlroy | 75-66-67-69=277 | |||
| T7 | Brooks Koepka | 70-69-69-70=278 | −10 | 358,417 |
| Pan Cheng-tsung | 70-66-74-68=278 | |||
| Jon Rahm | 69-66-72-71=278 | |||
| T10 |  Corey Conners | 74-65-71-69=279 | −9 | 287,500 |
| Patrick Reed (c) | 68-68-71-72=279 | |||
| Webb Simpson | 67-73-71-68=279 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T13 | Abraham Ancer | 68-67-69-76=280 | −8 | 215,625 | |
| Marc Leishman | 70-72-70-68=280 | ||||
| Hideki Matsuyama | 68-68-72-72=280 | ||||
| Kevin Na | 73-68-69-70=280 | ||||
| T17 | Patrick Cantlay | 70-66-73-72=281 | −7 | 178,250 | |
| Xander Schauffele | 67-73-71-70=281 | ||||
| T19 | Cameron Champ | 68-74-68-72=282 | −6 | 144,325 | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 71-66-71-74=282 | ||||
| Sebastián Muñoz | 70-68-69-75=282 | ||||
| Scottie Scheffler | 71-68-72-71=282 | ||||
| T23 | Louis Oosthuizen | 68-70-75-70=283 | −5 | 115,000 | |
| Justin Rose | 67-70-76-70=283 | ||||
| T25 |  Shane Lowry | 74-69-68-73=284 | −4 | 91,713 | |
| Ian Poulter | 72-71-71-70=284 | ||||
| Charl Schwartzel (c) | 73-71-69-71=284 | ||||
| Danny Willett (c) | 71-66-74-73=284 | ||||
| T29 | Rickie Fowler | 70-70-75-70=285 | −3 | 74,750 | |
| Kang Sung-hoon | 75-69-71-70=285 | ||||
 Bernhard Langer (c) | 68-73-73-71=285 | ||||
| Chez Reavie | 71-72-72-70=285 | ||||
| Nick Taylor | 72-72-69-72=285 | ||||
| T34 | Bryson DeChambeau | 70-74-69-73=286 | −2 | 62,100 | |
| Kim Si-woo | 70-71-73-72=286 | ||||
| Andy Ogletree (a) | 73-70-71-72=286 | 0 | |||
| Adam Scott (c) | 70-72-71-73=286 | 62,100 | |||
| T38 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 69-73-74-71=287 | −1 | 50,600 | |
| Paul Casey | 65-74-71-77=287 | ||||
| Tony Finau | 69-75-71-72=287 | ||||
| Billy Horschel | 70-70-72-75=287 | ||||
| Lee Westwood | 68-74-71-74=287 | ||||
| Tiger Woods (c) | 68-71-72-76=287 | ||||
| T44 | Shugo Imahira | 72-70-72-74=288 | E | 41,400 | |
| Collin Morikawa | 70-74-70-74=288 | ||||
| T46 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 74-70-73-72=289 | +1 | 33,672 | |
| Charles Howell III | 71-70-74-74=289 | ||||
 Victor Perez | 70-71-76-72=289 | ||||
| Jordan Spieth (c) | 74-70-73-72=289 | ||||
| Matt Wallace | 69-73-70-77=289 | ||||
| T51 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 73-71-74-72=290 | +2 | 28,003 | |
 Jazz Janewattananond | 69-71-75-75=290 | ||||
| Zach Johnson (c) | 73-71-73-73=290 | ||||
| Mike Weir (c) | 71-72-71-76=290 | ||||
| T55 | John Augenstein (a) | 69-72-75-75=291 | +3 | 0 | |
| Phil Mickelson (c) | 69-70-79-73=291 | 26,680 | |||
| 57 | Bubba Watson (c) | 74-69-71-78=292 | +4 | 26,450 | |
| 58 |  Bernd Wiesberger | 71-72-78-73=294 | +6 | 26,220 | |
| 59 | Brandt Snedeker | 71-71-79-74=295 | +7 | 25,990 | |
| 60 | Jimmy Walker | 71-73-76-76=296 | +8 | 25,760 | |
| CUT | An Byeong-hun | 72-73=145 | +1 | ||
| Adam Hadwin | 74-71=145 | ||||
| Max Homa | 70-75=145 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | 70-75=145 | ||||
| Graeme McDowell | 72-73=145 | ||||
| Andrew Putnam | 73-72=145 | ||||
 Henrik Stenson | 71-74=145 | ||||
| Gary Woodland | 72-73=145 | ||||
| Justin Harding | 75-71=146 | +2 | |||
| Brendon Todd | 73-73=146 | ||||
| Lanto Griffin | 74-73=147 | +3 | |||
| Tyrrell Hatton | 73-74=147 | ||||
| Kevin Kisner | 71-76=147 | ||||
| Larry Mize (c) | 70-77=147 | ||||
| Matthew Wolff | 70-77=147 | ||||
| Jason Day | 70-78=148 | +4 | |||
| Tyler Duncan | 77-71=148 | ||||
| Jason Kokrak | 71-77=148 | ||||
| J. T. Poston | 73-75=148 | ||||
| James Sugrue (a) | 77-71=148 | ||||
| Fred Couples (c) | 77-73=150 | +6 | |||
| Lukas Michel (a) | 76-74=150 | ||||
 Francesco Molinari | 72-78=150 | ||||
| Lucas Glover | 77-74=151 | +7 | |||
| Nate Lashley | 75-76=151 | ||||
 Sandy Lyle (c) | 78-73=151 | ||||
 Lin Yuxin (a) | 79-73=152 | +8 | |||
| José María Olazábal (c) | 78-80=158 | +14 | |||
 Abel Gallegos (a) | 79-81=160 | +16 | |||
| Andrew Landry | 78-82=160 | ||||
| WD |  Vijay Singh (c) | 75 | +3 | ||
| Erik van Rooyen | 76 | +4 | |||
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Johnson | −16 | −16 | −17 | −16 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −17 | −18 | −19 | −20 | −20 | −20 | −20 |
| Im | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| Smith | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| Thomas | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 |
| Frittelli | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| McIlroy | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Koepka | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
| Pan | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 |
| Rahm | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 |
| Ancer | −12 | −12 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[6]
This was the 65th consecutive Masters to air onCBS Sports, which began coverage in 1956. Cable coverage aired onESPN. To ensure that play would conclude before the earlier sunset, and to accommodate CBS'scoverage of the NFL, the final round was scheduled so that coverage would begin at 10:00 a.m. ET (similarly to the previous year's final round, which was moved up due to the threat of storms) and conclude around 2:30 p.m. ET. To accommodate the tournament, CBS was only assigned late-afternoon NFL games (4:05 p.m. ET kickoff) for that week's games. Furthermore, CBS'sSEC football game on Saturday, normally a 3:30 p.m. ET game, was scheduled for a 6:00 p.m. ET kickoff so that it could air as a lead-out for third round coverage.[29][30][31] It was reported that in the event that the final round did overrun past 4:00 p.m. ET, coverage could be shifted to ESPN's sister broadcast networkABC and simulcast onCBS Sports Network, but that this was highly unlikely.[32]
The SEC game was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in one of the participating teams, leading to CBS scheduling only its pre-game showCollege Football Today (largely to recap the day's games) after the conclusion of coverage, and giving the rest of the game's broadcast window back to affiliates and its regular Saturday-night network programming.[33]
To cross-promote the tournament, ESPN broadcastCollege GameDay on-location from Augusta National's par 3 course on November 14.[34]
For the first time since 1963, there was no live coverage of the Masters on free to air television in the UK, with pay television broadcasterSky Sports securing exclusive rights.[35] Extended highlights were however shown free to air by BBC Sport with what turned out to be the last major tournament covered by veteran commentatorPeter Alliss who died less than a month later in December 2020.
Facing competition from early-afternoon NFL games onFox, the final round was seen by 5.59 million viewers in the United States according to theNielsen ratings — making it the least watched final round at the Masters since 1957.[36]
