1996 Masters Tournament

1996 Masters Tournament
	Front cover of the 1996 Masters Journal
Tournament information
Dates	April 11–14, 1996
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Field	92 players, 44 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	US$2.5 million
Winner's share	$450,000
Champion
	Nick Faldo
	276 (−12)
Location map
	Augusta National Location in the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia
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DatesApril 11–14, 1996

LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W

CourseAugusta National Golf Club

Organized byAugusta National Golf Club

The 1996 Masters Tournament was the 60th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Nick Faldo won his third Masters and his sixth and final major title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman.^[2]^[3] Faldo overcame a six-stroke deficit going into the final day as Norman, leader after each of the first three rounds, faltered down the stretch once again at Augusta.^[4]^[5] The win was the seventh by a European in the previous nine Masters. The first win by an Australian at the Masters came seventeen years later when Adam Scott won in 2013.

In the first round, Norman shot the second-ever 63 at the Masters (Nick Price had the first 63, in the third round in 1986). Opening with six pars, Norman birdied nine of the final twelve holes.^[6]

Faldo moved into second place with a 67 on Friday and stayed in second, though six shots behind, with a scrambling par on 18 late Saturday afternoon. The par meant that Faldo would be paired with Norman on Sunday which may have proved critical.

In the final round, Norman maintained a four shot lead through 7 holes, and then proceeded to lose five shots to par over the next five holes. Faldo picked up one birdie in that stretch to assume a two shot lead after Norman's tee shot on 12 found the water for a double-bogey. Any thoughts of Norman winning were dashed when his tee shot on the par three 16th also found the water. Faldo's 67 was the best round of the day while Norman's 78 was one of the worst rounds of the day, together yielding the greatest comeback/collapse in Masters history. In addition it tied the largest lead ever blown in a PGA Tour tournament. This record has yet to be broken.^[7]^[8]

None of the five amateurs made the cut, including 20-year-old Tiger Woods, in his second Masters.^[9] He returned as a professional the next year and won by 12 strokes.

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	63	−9
2	Phil Mickelson	65	−7
T3	Scott Hoch	67	−5
T3	Bob Tway	67	−5
5	Lee Janzen	68	−4
T6	Nick Faldo	69	−3
	Brad Faxon
	David Gilford
	Scott Simpson
	Vijay Singh

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
Norman	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	63-69=132	−12
2	Nick Faldo	69-67=136	−8
T3	David Frost	70-68=138	−6
T3	Phil Mickelson	65-73=138	−6
T5	Lee Janzen	68-71=139	−5
T5	Bob Tway	67-72=139	−5
T7	Scott Hoch	67-73=140	−4
	Scott McCarron	70-70=140
	Vijay Singh	69-71=140
T10	Corey Pavin	75-66=141	−3
T10	Ian Woosnam	72-69=141	−3

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Greg Norman	63-69-71=203	−13
2	Nick Faldo	69-67-73=209	−7
3	Phil Mickelson	65-73-72=210	−6
T4	David Frost	70-68-74=212	−4
	Scott McCarron	70-70-72=212
	Duffy Waldorf	72-71-69=212
T7	Scott Hoch	67-73-73=213	−3
T7	John Huston	71-71-71=213	−3
T9	David Duval	73-72-69=214	−2
	Ernie Els	71-71-72=214
	Lee Janzen	68-71-75=214
	Frank Nobilo	71-71-72=214
	Corey Pavin	75-66-73=214
	Vijay Singh	69-71-74=214
	Ian Woosnam	72-69-73=214

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Nick Faldo (c)	69-67-73-67=276	−12	450,000
2	Greg Norman	63-69-71-78=281	−7	270,000
3	Phil Mickelson	65-73-72-72=282	−6	170,000
4	Frank Nobilo	71-71-72-69=283	−5	120,000
T5	Scott Hoch	67-73-73-71=284	−4	95,000
T5	Duffy Waldorf	72-71-69-72=284	−4	95,000
T7	Davis Love III	72-71-74-68=285	−3	77,933
	Jeff Maggert	71-73-72-69=285
	Corey Pavin	75-66-73-71=285
T10	David Frost	70-68-74-74=286	−2	65,000
T10	Scott McCarron	70-70-72-74=286	−2	65,000

1996 Masters Tournament

Round summaries

First round

Scorecard

Second round

Third round

Final round

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

References

External links

Related Articles

Tournament information
Front cover of the 1996 Masters Journal
Dates	April 11–14, 1996
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	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,925 yards (6,332 m)^[1]
Field	92 players, 44 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	US$2.5 million
Winner's share	$450,000
Champion
Nick Faldo
276 (−12)
Location map
Augusta National Location in the United States Show map of the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia Show map of Georgia
← 1995 1997 →

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
Faldo	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12
Norman	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−9	−7	−8	−8	−9	−7	−7	−7
Mickelson	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6
Nobilo	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5
Hoch	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Waldorf	−4	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
Frost	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2
McCarron	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2

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Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Ernie Els	71-71-72-73=287	−1	52,500
	Lee Janzen	68-71-75-73=287
	Bob Tway	67-72-76-72=287
T15	Mark Calcavecchia	71-73-71-73=288	E	43,750
T15	Fred Couples (c)	78-68-71-71=288	E	43,750
17	John Huston	71-71-71-76=289	+1	40,000
T18	Paul Azinger	70-74-76-70=290	+2	32,600
	David Duval	73-72-69-76=290
	Tom Lehman	75-70-72-73=290
	Mark O'Meara	72-71-75-72=290
	Nick Price	71-75-70-74=290
T23	Larry Mize (c)	75-71-77-68=291	+3	25,000
T23	Loren Roberts	71-73-72-75=291	+3	25,000
T25	Brad Faxon	69-77-72-74=292	+4	21,000
T25	Raymond Floyd (c)	70-74-77-71=292	+4	21,000
T27	Bob Estes	71-71-79-72=293	+5	18,900
T27	Justin Leonard	72-74-75-72=293	+5	18,900
T29	John Daly	71-74-71-78=294	+6	15,571
	Jim Furyk	75-70-78-71=294
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	70-76-77-71=294
	Hale Irwin	74-71-77-72=294
	Scott Simpson	69-76-76-73=294
	Craig Stadler (c)	73-72-71-78=294
	Ian Woosnam (c)	72-69-73-80=294
T36	Fred Funk	71-72-76-76=295	+7	12,333
	Jay Haas	70-73-75-77=295
	Bernhard Langer (c)	75-70-72-78=295
T39	Colin Montgomerie	72-74-75-75=296	+8	11,050
T39	Vijay Singh	69-71-74-82=296	+8	11,050
T41	Steve Lowery	71-74-75-77=297	+9	10,050
T41	Jack Nicklaus (c)	70-73-76-78=297	+9	10,050
43	Seve Ballesteros (c)	73-73-77-76=299	+11	9,300
44	Alex Čejka	73-71-78-80=302	+14	8,800
CUT	Tommy Aaron (c)	71-76=147	+3
	David Gilford	69-78=147
	Jeff Sluman	74-73=147
	Ted Tryba	72-75=147
	Tom Watson (c)	75-72=147
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	74-73=147