2010 Masters Tournament

The 2010 Masters Tournament was the 74th Masters Tournament, played April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Phil Mickelson won his third Masters and fourth major title, three shots ahead of runner-up Lee Westwood.[2]

2010 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 2010
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,435 yards (6,799 m)[1]
Field	96 players (48 after cut)
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$7,500,000 €5,595,094
Winner's share	$1,350,000 €1,002,905
Champion
Phil Mickelson
272 (−16)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Augusta 

Location in Georgia

Field

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is now a qualification process. In theory, the club could simply decline to invite a qualified player. This is the list of the 96 players who played in the 2010 Masters Tournament.[3] Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Past Masters Champions
Ángel Cabrera (2,11,15,17,18,19), Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,11,12,15,16,17,18,19), Larry Mize, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh (18,19), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (13), Mike Weir (15,17,18,19), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19), Ian Woosnam

(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd,[4] Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal,[5] Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Fuzzy Zoeller). Nicklaus joined Palmer as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Michael Campbell, Lucas Glover (12,15,17,18,19), Geoff Ogilvy (11,15,16,17,18,19)

3. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink (13,15,17,18,19), Pádraig Harrington (4,15,17,18,19)

4. Last five PGA Champions
Y. E. Yang (14,15,16,17,18,19)

5. Last three of The Players Champions
Sergio García (18,19), Henrik Stenson (18,19)

6. Top two finishers in the 2009 U.S. Amateur
An Byeong-hun (a), Ben Martin (a)

7. Winner of the 2009 Amateur Championship
Matteo Manassero (a)

8. Winner of the 2009 Asian Amateur
Han Chang-won (a)

9. Winner of the 2009 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Brad Benjamin (a)

10. Winner of the 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Nathan Smith (a)

11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2009 Masters Tournament
Chad Campbell, Tim Clark (15,18,19), Steve Flesch, Jim Furyk (15,16,17,18,19), Todd Hamilton, Shingo Katayama, Hunter Mahan (12,15,16,17,18,19), John Merrick, Sean O'Hair (15,16,17,18,19), Kenny Perry (15,16,17,18,19), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18,19), Camilo Villegas (16,18,19)

12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2009 U.S. Open
Ricky Barnes, David Duval, Ross Fisher (18,19), Søren Hansen (18,19)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2009 British Open Championship
Lee Westwood (14,18,19), Chris Wood

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2009 PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy (18,19)

15. Top 30 leaders on the 2009 PGA Tour official money earnings list
Paul Casey (18,19), Brian Gay (16,17,18), Retief Goosen (17,18,19), Dustin Johnson (16,17,19), Jerry Kelly (16,17), Matt Kuchar (19), Justin Leonard (18), Kevin Na (17,19), Ian Poulter (16,18,19), John Rollins, Rory Sabbatini (16), John Senden (17), David Toms (17,18), Nick Watney (17,18,19)

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2009 Masters Tournament and the 2010 Masters Tournament
Ben Crane, Ernie Els (17,18,19), Nathan Green, Bill Haas, Anthony Kim (18,19), Ryan Moore, Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum (17)

17. All players qualifying for the 2009 edition of The Tour Championship
Luke Donald (18,19), Jason Dufner, Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, Scott Verplank

18. Top 50 on the final 2009 Official World Golf Rankings list
Robert Allenby (19), Ben Curtis, Simon Dyson, Anders Hansen, Yuta Ikeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (19), Robert Karlsson (19), Martin Kaymer (19), Søren Kjeldsen, Graeme McDowell (19), Edoardo Molinari (19), Francesco Molinari (19), Adam Scott, Oliver Wilson (19)
(Michael Sim (19) withdrew prior to the tournament with a shoulder injury)[6]

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament
K. J. Choi, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós, Charl Schwartzel, Thongchai Jaidee

20. International invitees
None

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006	67	71	67	67	272	−16	1st
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001, 2002, 2005	68	70	70	69	277	−11	T4
Fred Couples	United States	1992	66	75	68	70	279	−9	6th
Trevor Immelman	South Africa	2008	69	73	72	72	286	−2	T14
Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	2009	73	74	69	71	287	−1	T18
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	67	74	73	73	287	−1	T18
Zach Johnson	United States	2007	70	74	76	75	295	+7	42
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	71	72	76	77	296	+8	T43

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Larry Mize	United States	1987	76	72	148	+4
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	75	74	149	+5
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	71	78	149	+5
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	76	78	154	+10
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	77	78	155	+11
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	69	86	155	+11
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	79	78	157	+13
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	81	83	164	+20

Nationalities in the field

North America (45)	South America (2)	Europe (26)	Oceania (8)	Asia (8)	Africa (7)
Canada (1)	Argentina (1)	England (8)	Australia (6)	Japan (3)	South Africa (7)
United States (44)	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (2)	Fiji (1)	South Korea (4)
		Scotland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Thailand (1)
		Wales (1)
		Denmark (3)
		Spain (3)
		Germany (2)
		Italy (3)
		Sweden (2)
		Ireland (1)

Par 3 Contest

Louis Oosthuizen won the contest with a 6 under par 21. There were 2 holes in one during the contest, both on the 9th hole, achieved by Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk.[7] McDowell went on to win the U.S. Open, Oosthuizen went on to win The Open Championship, and Furyk went on to win the 2010 FedEx Cup.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 2010

The day started very sunny, but clouds began accumulating later in the morning and thunderstorms were expected in the afternoon; however, the weather remained fair. The much anticipated return of Tiger Woods came on Thursday, who shot a 4-under 68. This was a good opening for Woods, who had never before shot a first round in the 60s at the Masters.[8] But the story of the day was the two Champions Tour players, 60-year-old Tom Watson and 50-year-old Fred Couples, who shot 67 and 66 respectively. Major champions Phil Mickelson and Y.E. Yang were one stroke back of leader Couples along with Lee Westwood, K.J. Choi, and Watson.[8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Fred Couples	United States	66	−6
T2	K. J. Choi	South Korea	67	−5
	Phil Mickelson	United States
	Tom Watson	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
	Y. E. Yang	South Korea
T7	Ricky Barnes	United States	68	−4
	Anthony Kim	United States
	Ian Poulter	England
	Nick Watney	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, April 9, 2010

Phil Mickelson shot a 1-under 71 despite missing a 1-foot putt on Hole 5. Fred Couples and Tom Watson both fell back after solid opening rounds. Englishmen Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter shared the lead heading into the weekend.[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ian Poulter	England	68-68=136	−8
	Lee Westwood	England	67-69=136
T3	Ricky Barnes	United States	68-70=138	−6
	K. J. Choi	South Korea	67-71=138
	Anthony Kim	United States	68-70=138
	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-71=138
	Tiger Woods	United States	68-70=138
8	Y. E. Yang	South Korea	67-72=139	−5
T9	Fred Couples	United States	66-75=141	−3
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	70-71=141
	Tom Watson	United States	67-74=141

Amateurs: Manassero (+3), Smith (+5), Benjamin (+6), An (+11), Han (+11), Martin (+11).

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Lee Westwood continued his solid play in the third round to stay in the lead. Phil Mickelson shot a 67, including a dramatic eagle-eagle-birdie on 13, 14 and 15, to move into second place, three strokes clear of the rest of the field.[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Westwood	England	67-69-68=204	−12
2	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-71-67=205	−11
T3	K. J. Choi	South Korea	67-71-70=208	−8
	Tiger Woods	United States	68-70-70=208
5	Fred Couples	United States	66-75-68=209	−7
T6	Ricky Barnes	United States	68-70-72=210	−6
	Hunter Mahan	United States	71-71-68=210
	Ian Poulter	England	68-68-74=210
T9	Anthony Kim	United States	68-70-73=211	−5
	Y. E. Yang	South Korea	67-72-72=211

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Fred Couples mounted an early charge up the leaderboard with two birdies in his first three holes, but he quickly cooled off and ended up in sixth place. Overnight leader Lee Westwood started erratically, while Phil Mickelson parred his first seven holes. K.J. Choi was briefly tied for the lead at -12 with a birdie at 10 but he eventually fell back to a tie for fourth with playing partner Tiger Woods (they were paired together for all four rounds of the tournament). Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Kim shot a blistering 65, including a -5 run over four holes; he finished third. But down the stretch, Mickelson pulled away from Westwood with a bogey-free round of 67 to win the tournament.[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-71-67-67=272	−16	1,350,000
2	Lee Westwood	England	67-69-68-71=275	−13	810,000
3	Anthony Kim	United States	68-70-73-65=276	−12	510,000
T4	K. J. Choi	South Korea	67-71-70-69=277	−11	330,000
	Tiger Woods	United States	68-70-70-69=277
6	Fred Couples	United States	66-75-68-70=279	−9	270,000
7	Nick Watney	United States	68-76-71-65=280	−8	251,250
T8	Hunter Mahan	United States	71-71-68-71=281	−7	225,000
	Y. E. Yang	South Korea	67-72-72-70=281
T10	Ricky Barnes	United States	68-70-72-73=283	−5	195,000
	Ian Poulter	England	68-68-74-73=283

Amateurs: Manassero (+4).

• Final bulletin - 2010 prize money[12]

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
Mickelson	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16
Westwood	−11	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13
Kim	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−11	−12	−12	−12
Choi	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Woods	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−7	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−8	−10	−10	−10	−11
Couples	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−7	−8	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9
Watney	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[13]

References

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage from the PGA of America
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

Preceded by 2009 PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2010 U.S. Open