2009 Masters Tournament

Front cover of the 2009 Masters Journal
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 2009
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course	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)
Field	96 players, 50 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	US$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,350,000
Champion
Ángel Cabrera
276 (−12), playoff
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The 2009 Masters Tournament was the 73rd Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ángel Cabrera, age 39, won his second major title in a playoff over Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry. Cabrera became the first (and only) Masters champion from Argentina and South America.^[1]

This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Gary Player, and one-time champions Raymond Floyd and Fuzzy Zoeller.

Course

Field

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.

Par 3 contest

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.^[a][6]

Round summaries

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

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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

Second round

Friday, April 10, 2009

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

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

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 2009

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

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Summary

External videos
Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

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]

Final leaderboard

Champion

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Tim Clark	68-71-72-71=282	−6	150,000
	Camilo Villegas	73-69-71-69=282
T15	Todd Hamilton	68-70-72-73=283	−5	131,250
	Geoff Ogilvy	71-70-73-69=283
T17	Aaron Baddeley	68-74-73-69=284	−4	116,250
	Graeme McDowell	69-73-73-69=284
19	Nick Watney	70-71-71-73=285	−3	105,000
T20	Stephen Ames	73-68-71-74=286	−2	71,400
	Paul Casey	72-72-73-69=286
	Ryuji Imada	73-72-72-69=286
	Trevor Immelman (c)	71-74-72-69=286
	Anthony Kim	75-65-72-74=286
	Sandy Lyle (c)	72-70-73-71=286
	Rory McIlroy	72-73-71-70=286
	Ian Poulter	71-73-68-74=286
	Justin Rose	74-70-71-71=286
	Rory Sabbatini	73-67-70-76=286
T30	Stuart Appleby	72-73-71-71=287	−1	46,575
	Ross Fisher	69-76-73-69=287
	Dustin Johnson	72-70-72-73=287
	Larry Mize (c)	67-76-72-72=287
	Vijay Singh (c)	71-70-72-74=287
T35	Ben Curtis	73-71-74-70=288	E	38,625
	Ken Duke	71-72-73-72=288
	Pádraig Harrington	69-73-73-73=288
T38	Robert Allenby	73-72-72-72=289	+1	33,000
	Luke Donald	73-71-72-73=289
	Sergio García	73-67-75-74=289
	Henrik Stenson	71-70-75-73=289
42	Bubba Watson	72-72-73-73=290	+2	29,250
43	Lee Westwood	70-72-70-79=291	+3	27,250
T44	Dudley Hart	72-72-73-76=293	+5	25,500
	D. J. Trahan	72-73-72-76=293
T46	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70-73-78-73=294	+6	21,850
	Kevin Sutherland	69-76-77-72=294
	Mike Weir (c)	68-75-79-72=294
T49	Rocco Mediate	73-70-78-77=298	+10	19,200
	Andrés Romero	69-75-77-77=298
CUT	Fred Couples (c)	73-73=146	+2
	Ernie Els	75-71=146
	Retief Goosen	75-71=146
	José María Olazábal (c)	71-75=146
	Adam Scott	71-75=146
	Jeev Milkha Singh	71-75=146
	Richard Sterne	72-74=146
	Stewart Cink	69-78=147	+3
	Robert Karlsson	73-74=147
	Martin Kaymer	71-76=147
	Søren Kjeldsen	76-71=147
	Greg Norman	70-77=147
	Reinier Saxton (a)	75-72=147
	Yang Yong-eun	73-74=147
	Briny Baird	73-75=148	+4
	K. J. Choi	76-72=148
	Søren Hansen	72-76=148
	Justin Leonard	75-73=148
	Jack Newman (a)	72-76=148
	Oliver Wilson	73-75=148
	Boo Weekley	73-76=149	+5
	Ian Woosnam (c)	74-75=149
	Ryo Ishikawa	73-77=150	+6
	Zach Johnson (c)	70-80=150
	Drew Kittleson (a)	78-72=150
	Bernhard Langer (c)	70-80=150
	Louis Oosthuizen	73-77=150
	Brandt Snedeker	76-74=150
	Mathew Goggin	74-77=151	+7
	Lin Wen-tang	77-74=151
	Mark O'Meara (c)	75-76=151
	Chez Reavie	75-76=151
	Craig Stadler (c)	77-74=151
	Billy Mayfair	77-75=152	+8
	Álvaro Quirós	78-75=153	+9
	Prayad Marksaeng	70-84=154	+10
	Pat Perez	75-79=154
	Carl Pettersson	75-79=154
	Steve Wilson (a)	79-75=154
	Michael Campbell	80-75=155	+11
	Danny Lee (a)	74-81=155
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	79-76=155
	Ben Crenshaw (c)	73-83=156	+12
	Tom Watson (c)	74-83=157	+13
	Raymond Floyd (c)	79-79=158	+14
	Gary Player (c)	78-83=161	+17

Scorecard

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	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ángel Cabrera	4-4	E	1,350,000
T2	Kenny Perry	4-x	x	660,000
	Chad Campbell	x	x

Controversies

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]

Notes

References

External links

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