2020 Masters Tournament
The 2020 Masters Tournament will be the 84th edition of the Masters Tournament and was originally scheduled as the first of golf's four major championships to be held in 2020. Originally scheduled for April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On April 6, Augusta National announced the tournament would be held November 12–15.[2] On August 12, it was announced that the tournament would be held without spectators in attendance.[3]
 Front cover of the 2020 Masters Journal with original date window | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 12–15, 2020 |
| Location | Augusta, Georgia, U.S. 33.503°N 82.020°W |
| Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
| Tour(s) |
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| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,475 yards (6,835 m) |
| Field | 96 players |
| Location Map | |
  Augusta National Location in the United States  Augusta National Location in Georgia | |
Media
For the first time since 1963, there will not be any live coverage of the Masters on free to air television in the UK, with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports securing exclusive rights.[4]
When the tournament was postponed to November, it potentially caused a broadcast scheduling conflict as CBS also holds the rights to the National Football League.[5] The NFL accommodated CBS when it released its 2020 schedule on May 8, only scheduling 4:00 pm EST games on CBS. This allows the Masters to hold the final round similar to 2019 when the threat of inclement weather forced the final round to begin early and wrap up by 3:00 pm EST.[6]
Course
| 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: | Total | 7,475 | 72 | |||||
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.[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. Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.
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.
- 1. Past Masters Champions
Ángel Cabrera, Fred Couples, Sergio García (18,19), Trevor Immelman, 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)
- Past champions not expected to play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller.
- 2. Winners of the U.S. Open in the last five years
Brooks Koepka (4,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19), Dustin Johnson (12,15,17,18,19), Gary Woodland (13,16,17,18,19)
- 3. Winners of The Open Championship in the last five years
Shane Lowry (14,18,19), Francesco Molinari (12,18,19), Henrik Stenson (18,19)
- 4. Winners of the PGA Championship in the last five years
Jason Day (12,18), Justin Thomas (12,16,17,18,19), Jimmy Walker
- 5. Winners of The Players Championship in the last three years
Kim Si-woo, Rory McIlroy (16,17,18,19), Webb Simpson (12,16,17,18,19)
- 6. Gold medalist in the Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1]
- 7. Winner and runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Amateur
John Augenstein (a), Andy Ogletree (a)
- 8. Winner of the 2019 Amateur Championship
James Sugrue (a)
- 9. Winner of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Lin Yuxin (a)
- 10. Winner of the 2020 Latin America Amateur Championship
Abel Gallegos (a)
- 11. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Lukas Michel (a)
- 12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2019 Masters Tournament
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)
- 13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 U.S. Open
Chez Reavie (16,17,18,19), Justin Rose (17,18,19)
- 14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 Open Championship
Tommy Fleetwood (17,18,19), Lee Westwood (19)
- 15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2019 PGA Championship
Matt Wallace (18,19)
- 16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2019 Masters Tournament and March 9, 2020 [lower-alpha 2]
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), Joaquín Niemann, Pan Cheng-tsung, J. T. Poston, Cameron Smith (19), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Matthew Wolff
- 17. All players qualifying for the 2019 edition of The Tour Championship
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)
- 18. Top 50 on the final 2019 Official World Golf Ranking list
An Byeong-hun (19), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (19), Matthew 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)
- 19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 15, 2020
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Graeme McDowell, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler
- 20. International invitees
- Notes
- Invitations in this category are only issued for the Masters Tournament immediately following the Olympic Games; as such there was no qualifying invitee in 2020.
- Typically, the rule is between the Masters Tournaments. However, for 2020, it will be based on the last completed tournament before the PGA Tour was suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic on March 12, 2020. Winners of PGA Tour events that occur once the season resumes will be eligible for the 2021 tournament.
Nationalities in the field
| North America (47) | South America (4) | Europe (23) | Oceania (6) | Asia (9) | Africa (7) |
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Past champions expected in the field
References
- "2020 Masters Tournament Postponed". Masters.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- "2020 Masters Targeting November 9-15". masters.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- Morse, Ben (August 12, 2020). "2020 Masters to take place in November without fans". CNN. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- "Sky seals exclusive live Masters deal in blow to BBC". Sports Business. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "PGA's new schedule for 2020 is a welcome, major conflict between Masters, U.S. Open and NFL". Sporting News. April 6, 2020.
- "Brady's move to Tampa Bay posed late challenges for networks". USA Today. AP. May 8, 2020.
CBS will have the final round of The Masters on Nov. 15 (Week 10), but its three games will all begin after 4 p.m. EST. Last year's final round began early due to the threat of inclement weather and was wrapped up by 3 p.m. EDT.
- "2020 Masters Tournament Invitees" (PDF). Masters Tournament. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- "2020 Invitees". Masters Tournament. Retrieved June 15, 2020.