2008 Masters Tournament

2008 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 2008
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	7,445 yards (6,808 m)
Field	94 players, 45 after cut
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$7,500,000 €4,783,274
Winner's share	$1,350,000[1] €857,958
Champion
Trevor Immelman
280 (−8)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Augusta 

Location in Georgia

The 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immelman led or tied for the lead after every round.

Field

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:^[2]

1. Past Masters Champions
Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

(Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18)

3. Last five Open Champions
Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions
Shaun Micheel

5. Last two of The Players Champions
Stephen Ames (17,18)

Winners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters.

6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Amateur
Michael Thompson (a)

• (2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Colt Knost turned professional, thereby forfeiting his invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.^[3])

7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur Championship
Drew Weaver (a)

8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links
See number 6

9. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Trip Kuehne (a)

10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters Tournament
Stuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17)

11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. Open
Nick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open Championship
Ernie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andrés Romero (15,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship
Woody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18)

14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour official money earnings list
Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters Tournament
Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney

16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour Championship
Camilo Villegas

17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings list
Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament
Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard

19. International invitees
Liang Wenchong, Prayad Marksaeng, Jeev Milkha Singh^[4]

Nationalities in the field

North America (47)	South America (3)	Europe (20)	Oceania (11)	Asia (6)	Africa (7)
Canada (2)	Argentina (2)	England (6)	Australia (9)	China (1)	South Africa (7)
United States (45)	Colombia (1)	Scotland (1)	Fiji (1)	India (1)
		Wales (1)	New Zealand (1)	Japan (2)
		Denmark (2)		South Korea (1)
		Spain (3)		Thailand (1)
		Germany (2)
		Sweden (4)
		Ireland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001, 2002, 2005	72	71	68	72	283	−5	2
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006	71	68	75	72	286	−2	T5
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	72	71	72	74	289	+1	T14
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	73	68	75	74	290	+2	T17
Zach Johnson	United States	2007	70	76	68	77	291	+3	T20
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	75	71	76	78	300	+12	44
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	72	75	78	77	302	+14	45

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Fred Couples	United States	1992	76	72	148	+4
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	71	78	149	+5
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	77	72	149	+5
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	75	75	150	+6
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	74	77	151	+7
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	76	75	151	+7
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1983, 1995	75	77	152	+8
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	80	74	154	+10
Larry Mize	United States	1987	77	81	158	+14
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	81	79	160	+16
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	83	78	161	+17

Par 3 contest

The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.^[5][6]

Round summaries

The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-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 will be “cut” after 36 holes.

First round

Thursday, April 10, 2008

After an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (−4) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68	−4
	Justin Rose	England
T3	Brian Bateman	United States	69	−3
	Brandt Snedeker	United States
	Lee Westwood	England
T6	Stephen Ames	Canada	70	−2
	Jim Furyk	United States
	Zach Johnson	United States
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden
	Ian Poulter	England

Second round

Friday, April 11, 2008

Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51. For the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-68=136	−8
2	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-68=137	−7
T3	Steve Flesch	United States	72-67=139	−5
	Phil Mickelson	United States	71-68=139
	Ian Poulter	England	70-69=139
T6	Stephen Ames	Canada	70-70=140	−4
	Paul Casey	England	71-69=140
T8	Stewart Cink	United States	72-69=141	−3
	Arron Oberholser	United States	71-70=141
	Mike Weir	Canada	73-68=141

Amateurs: Kuehne (+6), Thompson (+10), Weaver (+12).

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Immelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (−11). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (−7), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-68-69=205	−11
2	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-68-70=207	−9
3	Steve Flesch	United States	72-67-69=208	−8
4	Paul Casey	England	71-69-69=209	−7
5	Tiger Woods	United States	72-71-68=211	−5
6	Stewart Cink	United States	72-69-71=212	−4
T7	Retief Goosen	South Africa	71-71-72=214	−2
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	74-71-69=214
	Zach Johnson	United States	70-76-68-214
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	70-73-71=214
	Phil Mickelson	United States	71-68-75=214
	Sean O'Hair	United States	72-71-71=214
	Ian Poulter	England	70-69-75=214
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	72-72-70=214
	Boo Weekley	United States	72-74-68=214

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Miguel Ángel Jiménez had the low round of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, four players were under par and the scoring average was 74.67. For the tournament, ten players were under par and the scoring average was 73.77.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-68-69-75=280	−8	1,350,000
2	Tiger Woods	United States	72-71-68-72=283	−5	810,000
T3	Stewart Cink	United States	72-69-71-72=284	−4	435,000
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-68-70-77=284
T5	Steve Flesch	United States	72-67-69-78=286	−2	273,750
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	74-71-69-72=286
	Phil Mickelson	United States	71-68-75-72=286
T8	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	77-70-72-68=287	−1	217,500
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	70-73-71-73=287
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	72-72-70-73=287

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
Immelman	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−8
Woods	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5
Cink	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Snedeker	−8	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4
Flesch	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2
Harrington	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Mickelson	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
Casey	−7	−7	−8	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[7]

Media coverage

ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.^[8]

References

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 2008 Masters Tournament
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Augusta.com – 2008 Masters leaderboard and scorecards