1991 Masters Tournament

The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ian Woosnam won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up José María Olazábal.[2][3]

1991 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 11–14, 1991
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field	87 players, 57 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$1.35 million
Winner's share	$243,000
Champion
Ian Woosnam
277 (−11)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Augusta 

Location in Georgia

Woosnam, Olazábal, and two-time champion Tom Watson, age 41, were all tied at −11 going into the 72nd hole. Olazábal, a group ahead of the final pairing of Woosnam and Watson, went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker and failed to hole a 45-foot (14 m) par putt. Watson, who had eagled both 13 and 15,[4] missed the fairway right with his tee shot and then hit his second shot into a greenside bunker. He chipped out and three-putted for a double bogey.[5] Woosnam then holed an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt for the green jacket.[6][7][8]

It was the fourth consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988. Through 2017, Woosnam is the only winner at Augusta from Wales. Olazábal later won two Masters, in 1994 and 1999.

Phil Mickelson, a 20-year-old junior at Arizona State, was the low amateur at 290 (+2) and tied for 46th place.

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Nick Faldo (3,10), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,10,13), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (9), Craig Stadler (9,10), Tom Watson (9,14), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)

• Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall, Jr. did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (12,13), Scott Simpson (9,10), Curtis Strange (9,14)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Mark Calcavecchia (9,13,14), Greg Norman (10,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Wayne Grady (13), Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (10), Bob Tway (12,13)

• Payne Stewart (11,12,13,14) was injured and did not play

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Phil Mickelson (a,12), Manny Zerman (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Rolf Muntz (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Michael Combs (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Jim Stuart (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1990 Masters

Bill Britton (11), Fred Couples (11,13,14), Donnie Hammond, Scott Hoch (10), John Huston (10,13), Steve Jones (10), Tom Kite (12,13,14), José María Olazábal (10,12), Masashi Ozaki, Ronan Rafferty, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (12,13,14)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1990 U.S. Open

Jim Benepe, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Mike Donald, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson (11,12,13)

11. Top eight players and ties from 1990 PGA Championship

Chip Beck (12,13,14), Billy Mayfair (13), Mark McNulty, Gil Morgan (12,13), Don Pooley, Loren Roberts (13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Paul Azinger (13,14), Jay Don Blake, Steve Elkington (13), David Frost, Jim Gallagher, Jr. (13), Morris Hatalsky, Nolan Henke, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi (13), Davis Love III (13), Andrew Magee, Rocco Mediate, Jodie Mudd (13), Mark O'Meara (13,14), Steve Pate, Corey Pavin (13), Ted Schulz, Joey Sindelar, Ian Woosnam

• Peter Persons, the winner of the Chattanooga Classic was not invited.

13. Top 30 players from the 1990 PGA Tour money list

John Cook, Ian Baker-Finch, Robert Gamez, Peter Jacobsen, Nick Price, Brian Tennyson

14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team

Ken Green, Mark McCumber

15. Special foreign invitation

Frankie Miñoza, Tommy Nakajima

Nationalities in the field

North America (67)	South America (0)	Europe (8)	Oceania (4)	Asia (3)	Africa (5)
United States (67)		England (1)	Australia (4)	Japan (2)	South Africa (3)
		Northern Ireland (1)		Philippines (1)	Zimbabwe (2)
		Scotland (1)
		Wales (1)
		Spain (2)
		Germany (1)
		Netherlands (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984	70	73	68	68	279	−9	T3
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	68	68	70	73	279	−9	T3
Nick Faldo	England	1989, 1990	72	73	67	70	282	−6	T12
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	70	72	71	69	282	−6	T12
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	70	70	75	67	282	−6	T12
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	71	68	71	73	283	−5	T17
Larry Mize	United States	1987	72	71	66	74	283	−5	T17
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	75	70	69	70	284	−4	T22
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985	71	68	74	74	287	−1	T32
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1975, 1986	68	72	72	76	288	E	T35
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	70	74	73	74	291	+3	T49

Source:[3][9]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	72	75	147	+3
Billy Casper	United States	1970	77	71	148	+4
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	78	74	152	+8
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	77	76	153	+9
Charles Coody	United States	1971	77	77	154	+10
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	78	77	155	+11
George Archer	United States	1969	73		WD
Doug Ford	United States	1957	90		WD

Source:[9][10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1991

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	United States	67	−5
	Mark McCumber	United States
	Lanny Wadkins	United States
T4	Fred Couples	United States	68	−4
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Masashi Ozaki	Japan
	Tom Watson	United States
T9	Mark Brooks	United States	69	−3
	Wayne Levi	United States
	Phil Mickelson (a)	United States
	Scott Simpson	United States

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1991

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Watson	United States	68-68=136	−8
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	70-68=138	−6
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-71=138
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	67-71=138
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-66=138
T6	Billy Ray Brown	United States	74-65=139	−5
	Raymond Floyd	United States	71-68=139
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-68=139
	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-71=139
T10	Hale Irwin	United States	70-70=140	−4
	Jodie Mudd	United States	70-70=140
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68-72=140
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	70-70=140

Amateurs: Mickelson (−2), Zerman (−2), Stuart (+9), Combs (+11), Muntz (+11)

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1991

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-66-67=205	−11
2	Tom Watson	United States	68-68-70=206	−10
T3	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-71-69=208	−8
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	67-71-70=208
5	Larry Mize	United States	72-71-66=209	−7
T6	Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	71-70-69=210	−6
	Raymond Floyd	United States	71-68-71=210
	Andrew Magee	United States	70-72-68=210
T9	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-73-68=211	−5
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	73-70-68=211
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-71-73=211
	Jodie Mudd	United States	70-70-71=211
	Scott Simpson	United States	69-73-69=211

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1991

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-66-67-72=277	−11	243,000
2	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-71-69-70=278	−10	145,800
T3	Ben Crenshaw	United States	70-73-68-68=279	−9	64,800
	Steve Pate	United States	72-73-69-65=279
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	67-71-70-71=279
	Tom Watson	United States	68-68-70-73=279
T7	Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	71-70-69-70=280	−8	42,100
	Andrew Magee	United States	70-72-68-70=280
	Jodie Mudd	United States	70-70-71-69=280
T10	Hale Irwin	United States	70-70-75-66=281	−7	35,150
	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	74-71-67-69=281

Source:[3][9]

Amateurs: Mickelson (+2), Zerman (+11)

Scorecard

Final round

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
Woosnam	−11	−12	−12	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Olazábal	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−8	8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10
Crenshaw	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−9	−9
Pate	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9
Wadkins	−8	−9	−9	−9	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9
Watson	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−7	−9	−9	−11	−11	−11	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[2]

References

1. Juliano, Joe (April 13, 1991). "Augusta course shows Masters touch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
2. "Little Woosnam wins the big one". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 1-part 2.
3. Denlinger, Ken (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam perseveres the most". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
4. Eisenberg, John (April 15, 1991). "Maybe Watson was real story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Baltimore Sun). p. 3B.
5. "Watson's hopes die with double-bogey". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 4-part 2.
6. GOLF; Woosnam Wins On 18th Green
7. Garrity, John (April 22, 1991). "Fight to the finish". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
8. Juliano, Joe (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam's par masters a cruel 18th". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
9. "1991 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
10. Florence, Mal (April 13, 1991). "Watson wields master's touch". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1991 Masters Tournament
• Augusta.com – 1991 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Preceded by 1990 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1991 U.S. Open