2009 Masters Tournament

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, and officially 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 all 96 players who qualified to play in the 2009 Masters Tournament.[2]

1. Past Masters Champions
Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman (10,14,16,17,18), Zach Johnson (15,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,10,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,15,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (14,16,17,18), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,11,14,15,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (17), Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen (15,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,17,18)

3. Last five British Open Champions
Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (4,10,12,13,14,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions

5. Last two of The Players Champions
Sergio García (13,14,16,17,18)

6. Top two finishers in the 2008 U.S. Amateur
Drew Kittleson (a), Danny Lee (a)

7. Winner of the 2008 Amateur Championship
Reinier Saxton (a)

8. Winner of the 2008 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Jack Newman (a)

9. Winner of the 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Steve Wilson (a)

10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2008 Masters Tournament
Stuart Appleby (14,16,17), Paul Casey (15,17,18), Stewart Cink (14,15,16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11,17,18), Robert Karlsson (11,17,18), Sean O'Hair (18), Andrés Romero (16,17,18), Brandt Snedeker, Nick Watney (15,18), Lee Westwood (11,17,18)

11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2008 U.S. Open
Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Carl Pettersson (14,15,16), D. J. Trahan (14,16)

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2008 British Open Championship
Greg Norman, Ian Poulter (17,18), Henrik Stenson (13,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2008 PGA Championship
Ben Curtis (14,16,17,18), Camilo Villegas (14,15,16,17,18)

14. Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour
Robert Allenby (16,17,18), Stephen Ames (17,18), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16,17,18), Ken Duke (16), Ernie Els (16,17,18), Jim Furyk (16,17,18), Dudley Hart (16), Ryuji Imada (15,16), Anthony Kim (15,16,17,18), Justin Leonard (15,16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (16,17), Kenny Perry (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (16,17,18), Kevin Sutherland (16), Boo Weekley (15,17)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2008 Masters Tournament and the 2009 Masters Tournament
Dustin Johnson (18), Pat Perez (18), Chez Reavie, Adam Scott (17,18), Y. E. Yang

16. All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship
Briny Baird, Tim Clark (17,18), Billy Mayfair, Bubba Watson

17. Top 50 on the final 2008 Official World Golf Rankings list
Aaron Baddeley, Luke Donald (18), Ross Fisher (18), Søren Hansen, Shingo Katayama (18), Martin Kaymer (18), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Graeme McDowell (18), Rory McIlroy (18), Justin Rose (18), Rory Sabbatini (18), Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Richard Sterne, Lin Wen-tang, Oliver Wilson (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament
Mathew Goggin, Prayad Marksaeng, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós

19. International invitees
Ryo Ishikawa

• Raymond Floyd, Greg Norman,[3] Gary Player,[4] and Fuzzy Zoeller were playing their final Masters event. Ryo Ishikawa, aged 17, became the youngest professional ever to appear in the Masters.

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006	73	68	71	67	279	−9	5
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001, 2002, 2005	70	72	70	68	280	−8	T6
Trevor Immelman	South Africa	2008	71	74	72	69	286	−2	T20
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	72	70	73	71	286	−2	T20
Larry Mize	United States	1987	67	76	72	72	287	−1	T30
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	71	70	72	74	287	−1	T30
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	68	75	79	72	294	+6	T46

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Fred Couples	United States	1992	73	73	146	+2
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	71	75	146	+2
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	74	75	149	+5
Zach Johnson	United States	2007	70	80	150	+6
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	70	80	150	+6
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	75	76	151	+7
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	77	74	151	+7
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	79	76	155	+11
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	73	83	156	+12
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	74	83	157	+13
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	79	79	158	+14
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	78	83	161	+17

Nationalities in the field

North America (43)	South America (3)	Europe (24)	Oceania (10)	Asia (8)	Africa (8)
Canada (2)	Argentina (2)	England (7)	Australia (7)	India (1)	South Africa (8)
United States (41)	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (2)	Fiji (1)	Japan (3)
		Scotland (1)	New Zealand (2)	South Korea (2)
		Wales (1)		Taiwan (1)
		Denmark (2)		Thailand (1)
		Spain (4)
		Germany (2)
		Netherlands (1)
		Sweden (3)
		Ireland (1)

The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 8. Tim Clark won with a score of -5 (22), two shots better than José María Olazábal and Jack Newman. Three players shot a hole-in-one: John Merrick on the second hole, Greg Norman on the sixth, and Clark on the ninth.[lower-alpha 1][6]

The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an 18-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader was "cut" after two rounds.

First round

The first round weather conditions were sunny and calm. Chad Campbell, scored a 7 under par 65, which included five straight birdies in the first five holes. Campbell finished the day with a one stroke lead over Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan. Larry Mize shot a five under par 67 to be two strokes behind. Mahan led the field in total birdies with 9 in the first round.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Chad Campbell	United States	65	−7
T2	Jim Furyk	United States	66	−6
	Hunter Mahan	United States
T4	Shingo Katayama	Japan	67	−5
	Larry Mize	United States
T6	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	68	−4
	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina
	Tim Clark	South Africa
	Todd Hamilton	United States
	John Merrick	United States
	Sean O'Hair	United States
	Kenny Perry	United States
	Mike Weir	Canada

Second round

Campbell continued his strong play with a 2 under par 70 to remain in the lead at 135 (−9) with Kenny Perry, who shot a bogey-free 67. Raymond Floyd, 1976 champion, Fuzzy Zoeller, 1979 champion, and three-time winner Gary Player completed their final rounds at Augusta. Anthony Kim shot the day's low round with a 65, which included a new record for most birdies in a round with eleven.

The cut, the top 44 players and ties, was at 145 (+1), and fifty players advanced to the weekend. In all, 25 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.74. For the tournament, 32 players were under par, and the scoring average was 72.99.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Chad Campbell	United States	65-70=135	−9
	Kenny Perry	United States	68-67=135
3	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-68=136	−8
4	Todd Hamilton	United States	68-70=138	−6
5	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71=139	−5
T6	Jim Furyk	United States	66-74=140	−4
	Sergio García	Spain	73-67=140
	Shingo Katayama	Japan	67-73=140
	Anthony Kim	United States	75-65=140
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	73-67=140

Amateurs: Saxton (+3), Newman (+4), Kittleson (+6), Wilson (+10), Lee (+11).

Third round

Third round conditions were sunny, but with gusty winds that made scoring a bit tougher than the previous two days. Perry shot a two-under par 70 to remain in the lead at 205 (-11), with Ángel Cabrera who shot a 69. Campbell led for most of the day until a double bogey on the 16th hole and carded 72, two strokes back at 207. Jim Furyk finished another stroke back of Campbell. Five players shot the day's low round of 4 under par 68. Those players were: Jim Furyk -8, Steve Stricker -7, Sean O'Hair -4, Ian Poulter -4, and Steve Flesch -3.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-68-69=205	−11
	Kenny Perry	United States	68-67-70=205
3	Chad Campbell	United States	65-70-72=207	−9
4	Jim Furyk	United States	66-74-68=208	−8
5	Steve Stricker	United States	72-69-68=209	−7
T6	Todd Hamilton	United States	68-70-72=210	−6
	Shingo Katayama	Japan	67-73-70=210
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	73-67-70=210
9	Tim Clark	South Africa	68-71-72=211	−5
T10	Stephen Ames	Canada	73-68-71=212	−4
	Anthony Kim	United States	75-65-72=212
	Hunter Mahan	United States	66-75-71=212
	Phil Mickelson	United States	73-68-71=212
	Sean O'Hair	United States	68-76-68=212
	Ian Poulter	England	71-73-68=212
	Nick Watney	United States	70-71-71=212
	Lee Westwood	England	70-72-70=212
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-72-70=212

Final round

Phil Mickelson birdied six holes on the front nine to score 30, tying the front-nine tournament record held by Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, and K. J. Choi. Third round co-leader Perry, age 48, led for most of the day; after birdies at 15 and 16, he disappointingly finished with bogeys at 17 and 18. He fell into a three-way tie at 276 (−12) with Cabrera and Campbell, leading to a sudden-death playoff.[1]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-68-69-71=276	−12	Playoff
	Chad Campbell	United States	65-70-72-69=276
	Kenny Perry	United States	68-67-70-71=276
4	Shingo Katayama	Japan	67-73-70-68=278	−10	360,000
5	Phil Mickelson	United States	73-68-71-67=279	−9	300,000
T6	John Merrick	United States	68-74-72-66=280	−8	242,813
	Steve Flesch	United States	71-74-68-67=280
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-72-70-68=280
	Steve Stricker	United States	72-69-68-71=280
T10	Hunter Mahan	United States	66-75-71-69=281	−7	187,500
	Sean O'Hair	United States	68-76-68-69=281
	Jim Furyk	United States	66-74-68-73=281

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
Cabrera	−11	−11	−12	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12
Perry	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−13	−12
Campbell	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12
Katayama	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10
Mickelson	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9
Flesch	−3	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8
Merrick	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8
Stricker	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8
Woods	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−9	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[7]

Playoff

The playoff began on the 18th hole and Campbell was eliminated after failing to get up and down from the right greenside bunker. Perry was just off the green to the right, chipped close, and tapped in for par. Cabrera scrambled after an errant tee shot and a recovery shot that ricocheted off a tree, fortuitously into the fairway. His third shot from 114 yards (104 m) ended 6 feet (1.8 m) away and he holed the par putt to extend the playoff.[1] The next hole was the 10th, and Perry failed to get up and down from left of the green; Cabrera two-putted from 15 feet (4.6 m) for par to become the first Argentinian to win the Masters.[1][8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	4-4	E	1,350,000
T2	Kenny Perry	United States	4-x	x	660,000
	Chad Campbell	United States	x	x

Rory McIlroy was involved in a controversial incident during the second round. In sixth place on the leaderboard with three holes left to play, McIlroy had double-bogeyed the 16th hole before hitting his approach shot into a bunker on the 18th hole. He failed with his first attempt to get the ball out of the bunker and kicked out at the sand, which could be an offense if it was deemed to be testing the condition of the hazard.[9] He finished his round at 4:15 p.m. local time and at 8:40 p.m. was called to the clubhouse to view footage of the incident. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing, as a player is allowed to smooth over the sand provided that it does nothing to improve the position of the ball with regard to the next shot.[10]

Also during the second round, while putting for birdie on the 15th green, Pádraig Harrington had stepped up to his ball and addressed it, but a gust of wind caused him to step away. The ball then moved, but since he had grounded his club previously, he was deemed to have caused it to move and was penalized one stroke. He sunk the putt and, with the penalty stroke added, scored a par 5 on the hole.[11]

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