2015 Masters Tournament

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. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses. Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6–11) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.^[4]

Robert Streb was the only professional in the field who was appearing in his first major. Twelve other professionals were appearing in their first Masters: Erik Compton, James Hahn, Brian Harman, Morgan Hoffmann, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Noh Seung-yul, Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale, Bernd Wiesberger and Danny Willett. Mikko Ilonen and Ben Martin were appearing in their first Masters as professionals. Each of the amateurs was appearing in his first major, apart from Bradley Neil who had played in the 2014 Open Championship.

Craig Stadler was absent for the first time since 1978. The 1982 champion, he had appeared in 38 Masters, including 36 consecutively.

Two-time champion Ben Crenshaw played in his 44th and final Masters.^[5]

1. Past Masters champions

• The following past champions did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus, Palmer, and Player served as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.

2. Last five U.S. Open champions

3. Last five Open Championship champions

4. Last five PGA Championship champions

5. Last three winners of The Players Championship

• Matt Kuchar (12,16,17,18,19)

6. Top two finishers in the 2014 U.S. Amateur

7. Winner of the 2014 Amateur Championship

• Bradley Neil (a)

8. Winner of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

• Antonio Murdaca (a)

9. Winner of the 2015 Latin America Amateur Championship

• Matías Domínguez (a)

10. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links

• Byron Meth (a)

11. Winner of the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur

• Scott Harvey (a)

12. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2014 Masters Tournament

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 U.S. Open

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 Open Championship

15. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2014 PGA Championship

16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2014 Masters Tournament and the 2015 Masters Tournament

• Tim Clark did not play due to elbow injury.^[6]

17. All players qualifying for the 2014 edition of The Tour Championship

18. Top 50 on the final 2014 Official World Golf Ranking list

• Marc Leishman withdrew for personal reasons.^[7]

19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 30, 2015

20. International invitees

• None

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Kevin Streelman won the par 3 contest on Wednesday in a playoff over Camilo Villegas, after both finished at 5-under par.^[8] Five holes-in-one were recorded, tying the record for most in one day first set in 2002. Villegas made two, while Jack Nicklaus hit his first ever hole-in-one at Augusta National. The others were recorded by Trevor Immelman and Matías Domínguez.^[9] Opting out in the previous ten years, Tiger Woods played in his first par 3 contest at the Masters since 2004.

First round

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Jordan Spieth recorded nine birdies on his way to a round of 64 (−8), one off the course record, and a three-shot lead.^[10] Spieth is the fourth player to open the Masters with a round of 64 or better, and the first since Greg Norman shot 63 in 1996.^[11] Rory McIlroy, looking for his third consecutive win in a major and the career grand slam, opened with a round of 71 (−1), as did defending champion Bubba Watson. Four-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first tournament since February, shot 73 (+1).^[12]

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	64	−8
T2	Jason Day	67	−5
	Ernie Els
	Charley Hoffman
	Justin Rose
T6	Sergio García	68	−4
	Russell Henley
T8	Paul Casey	69	−3
	Bill Haas
	Ryan Palmer
	Webb Simpson

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Second round

Friday, April 10, 2015

Jordan Spieth increased his lead to 5 shots after 36 holes with a bogey-free round of 66 (−6). His total of 130 established a new tournament record and tied the major championship record, while his 5-shot lead matched the Masters record for largest lead after two rounds.^[13] Dustin Johnson became the first player in Masters history to record three eagles in a round and moved into a tie for third place.^[14][15]

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	64-66=130	−14
2	Charley Hoffman	67-68=135	−9
T3	Paul Casey	69-68=137	−7
	Dustin Johnson	70-67=137
	Justin Rose	67-70=137
6	Phil Mickelson	70-68=138	−6
7	Ernie Els	67-72=139	−5
T8	Bill Haas	69-71=140	−4
	Ryan Moore	74-66=140
	Kevin Na	74-66=140
	Kevin Streelman	70-70=140

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Amateurs: Conners (+5), Meth (+6), Murdaca (+7), Domínguez (+8), Harvey (+13), Neil (+13), Yang (+15)

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Jordan Spieth established a new Masters record for lowest 54-hole score after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-shot lead after the third round. His total of 200 broke by one stroke the record previously held by Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Tiger Woods in 1997. Spieth got as low as 18-under during the round, tying Woods for lowest score in relation to par in tournament history, before a double bogey at the 17th.^[16] Justin Rose birdied five holes on the back nine, including four in a row, to equal the best round of the day with a 67 (−5) and move into second place. Phil Mickelson also shot 67 and moved into third place.^[17]

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	64-66-70=200	−16
2	Justin Rose	67-70-67=204	−12
3	Phil Mickelson	70-68-67=205	−11
4	Charley Hoffman	67-68-71=206	−10
T5	Dustin Johnson	70-67-73=210	−6
	Rory McIlroy	71-71-68=210
	Kevin Na	74-66-70=210
	Kevin Streelman	70-70-70=210
	Tiger Woods	73-69-68=210
T10	Paul Casey	69-68-74=211	−5
	Hideki Matsuyama	71-70-70=211

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Final round

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Summary

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Jordan Spieth equaled the tournament scoring record after a round of 70 (−2) gave him a four-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose and his first major championship.^[18] Beginning the round four and five shots behind, respectively, Rose and Mickelson were only able to get within three shots at any point in the round. Spieth's total of 270 tied Tiger Woods in 1997 for lowest score in Masters history, and he became the first wire-to-wire Masters champion since Raymond Floyd in 1976.^[19] He got as low as 19-under after a birdie at the 15th, the first in Masters history to do so, before missing an 8-foot par putt at the 18th that would have broken the record.^[20] For the week, he recorded 28 birdies, three more than the previous tournament record set by Mickelson in 2001.^[21][22][23]

Final leaderboard

Champion

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

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Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Jordan Spieth	64-66-70-70=270	−18	1,800,000
T2	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-68-67-69=274	−14	880,000
	Justin Rose	67-70-67-70=274
4	Rory McIlroy	71-71-68-66=276	−12	480,000
5	Hideki Matsuyama	71-70-70-66=277	−11	400,000
T6	Paul Casey	69-68-74-68=279	−9	335,000
	Dustin Johnson	70-67-73-69=279
	Ian Poulter	73-72-67-67=279
T9	Charley Hoffman	67-68-71-74=280	−8	270,000
	Zach Johnson (c)	72-72-68-68=280
	Hunter Mahan	75-70-68-67=280

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Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Rickie Fowler	73-72-70-67=282	−6	196,000
	Bill Haas	69-71-72-70=282
	Ryan Moore	74-66-73-69=282
	Kevin Na	74-66-70-72=282
	Kevin Streelman	70-70-70-72=282
T17	Sergio García	68-74-71-70=283	−5	155,000
	Tiger Woods (c)	73-69-68-73=283
T19	Louis Oosthuizen	72-69-71-72=284	−4	135,000
	Henrik Stenson	73-73-70-68=284
21	Russell Henley	68-74-72-71=285	−3	120,000
T22	Keegan Bradley	71-72-75-68=286	−2	92,833
	Ángel Cabrera (c)	72-69-73-72=286
	Ernie Els	67-72-75-72=286
	Mark O'Meara (c)	73-68-77-68=286
	Patrick Reed	70-72-74-70=286
	Bernd Wiesberger	75-70-70-71=286
T28	Jonas Blixt	72-70-70-75=287	−1	68,000
	Jason Day	67-74-71-75=287
	Morgan Hoffmann	73-72-72-70=287
	Webb Simpson	69-75-72-71=287
	Steve Stricker	73-73-73-68=287
T33	Bae Sang-moon	74-71-72-71=288	E	54,000
	Jamie Donaldson	74-71-76-67=288
	Chris Kirk	72-73-72-71=288
	Brooks Koepka	74-71-71-72=288
	Ryan Palmer	69-74-74-71=288
T38	Noh Seung-yul	70-74-72-73=289	+1	40,000
	Charl Schwartzel (c)	71-70-73-75=289
	Adam Scott (c)	72-69-74-74=289
	John Senden	71-74-72-72=289
	Cameron Tringale	71-75-69-74=289
	Jimmy Walker	73-72-74-70=289
	Bubba Watson (c)	71-71-73-74=289
	Danny Willett	71-71-76-71=289
T46	Matt Kuchar	72-74-72-72=290	+2	30,000
	Lee Westwood	73-73-70-74=290
48	Geoff Ogilvy	74-70-73-74=291	+3	27,400
T49	Jason Dufner	74-71-74-73=292	+4	25,600
	Anirban Lahiri	71-75-74-72=292
51	Erik Compton	73-72-74-74=293	+5	24,600
T52	Darren Clarke	74-71-77-72=294	+6	23,800
	Graeme McDowell	71-74-76-73=294
54	Vijay Singh (c)	75-70-79-71=295	+7	23,200
55	Thongchai Jaidee	75-70-80-72=297	+9	23,000
CUT	Luke Donald	75-72=147	+3
	Matt Every	73-74=147
	Jim Furyk	74-73=147
	Stephen Gallacher	71-76=147
	James Hahn	73-74=147
	J. B. Holmes	76-71=147
	Mikko Ilonen	74-73=147
	Bernhard Langer (c)	73-74=147
	Shane Lowry	75-72=147
	Brandt Snedeker	74-73=147
	Gary Woodland	71-76=147
	Branden Grace	75-73=148	+4
	Brian Harman	76-72=148
	Billy Horschel	70-78=148
	Joost Luiten	76-72=148
	Ben Martin	74-74=148
	Camilo Villegas	72-76=148
	Corey Conners (a)	80-69=149	+5
	Victor Dubuisson	74-75=149
	Pádraig Harrington	72-77=149
	Ian Woosnam (c)	75-74=149
	Sandy Lyle (c)	74-76=150	+6
	Byron Meth (a)	74-76=150
	José María Olazábal (c)	79-71=150
	Thomas Bjørn	72-79=151	+7
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	78-73=151
	Martin Kaymer	76-75=151
	Larry Mize (c)	78-73=151
	Antonio Murdaca (a)	78-73=151
	Kevin Stadler	77-74=151
	Brendon Todd	80-71=151
	Matías Domínguez (a)	76-76=152	+8
	Tom Watson (c)	71-81=152
	Fred Couples (c)	79-74=153	+9
	Trevor Immelman (c)	76-77=153
	Robert Streb	80-76=156	+12
	Ben Crane	79-78=157	+13
	Scott Harvey (a)	76-81=157
	Bradley Neil (a)	78-79=157
	Gunn Yang (a)	85-74=159	+15
	Mike Weir (c)	82-81=163	+19
	Ben Crenshaw (c)	91-85=176	+32

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Scorecard

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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
Spieth	−17	−17	−18	−18	−17	−17	−16	−17	−17	−18	−18	−17	−18	−18	−19	−19	−19	−18
Mickelson	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−14	−14	−14	−14
Rose	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−14
McIlroy	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12
Matsuyama	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Casey	−4	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9
Johnson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−9
Poulter	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9

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