2018 Masters Tournament

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Jordan Spieth, the 2015 champion, birdied five consecutive holes on the back-nine to post a round of 66 (−6) and take the first round lead for the third time in four years.^[6] Playing a day after dislocating an ankle during the Par 3 Contest, Tony Finau finished two shots back, along with Matt Kuchar.^[7] Four-time champion Tiger Woods, playing the Masters for the first time in three years, was three-over after a bogey on the 12th but rebounded with two birdies to finish with 73 (+1).^[8] Defending champion Sergio García hit five consecutive balls onto the green which rolled back into the water on the par-5 15th and carded a one-putt 13, the highest score on that hole in Masters history, and tied for the worst in history on any hole.^[9] He birdied the next hole; his 81 (+9) put him in a tie for 85th place.^[10][11]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	66	−6
T2	Tony Finau	68	−4
	Matt Kuchar
T4	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69	−3
	Adam Hadwin
	Charley Hoffman
	Li Haotong
	Rory McIlroy
	Patrick Reed
	Henrik Stenson

Source:^[12][13]

Friday, April 6, 2018

Playing in the afternoon, Patrick Reed made nine birdies to go along with three bogies on his way to a 66 (−6). He had three separate streaks of three birdies to take a two shot lead over Marc Leishman. Leishman, playing with Tiger Woods, eagled the par-5 15th to shoot a 67 (−5). Henrik Stenson was four back of Reed after a solid 70 (−2).^[14] First-round leader Jordan Spieth fell back with a 74 (+2) to end the day at −4 overall along with Rory McIlroy. Woods, looking for his first win since 2013, made the cut with a 75 (+3). Doug Ghim was the only amateur that made the cut.^[15]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Patrick Reed	69-66=135	−9
2	Marc Leishman	70-67=137	−7
3	Henrik Stenson	69-70=139	−5
T4	Rory McIlroy	69-71=140	−4
	Jordan Spieth	66-74=140
T6	Dustin Johnson	73-68=141	−3
	Justin Thomas	74-67=141
T8	Tony Finau	68-74=142	−2
	Rickie Fowler	70-72=142
	Charley Hoffman	69-73=142
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-71=142
	Justin Rose	72-70=142
	Bubba Watson	73-69=142

Amateurs: Ghim (+4), Niemann (+9), Redman (+9), Lin (+15), Parziale (+16), Ellis (+22)

Source:^[12][13]

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Patrick Reed recorded four birdies and two eagles on his way to a round of 67 and a three-shot lead heading to the final round. Reed was even on his round before three straight birdies on holes 8–10. At the par-5 13th, he hit his approach to 14 feet and made the putt for an eagle. Then on the 15th he chipped in from just off the green for another eagle.^[16] Rory McIlroy began the round five shots out of the lead but erased the deficit with a score of 31 on the first nine. He made three birdies in a four-hole stretch then chipped in for eagle at the par-5 8th to get into a share of the lead. Falling as much as five shots behind Reed on the second nine, McIlroy rebounded with birdies on the 15th and 18th to post a bogey-free round of 65 and cut Reed's advantage down to three.^[17] Rickie Fowler and Jon Rahm both shot bogey-free rounds of 65 (−7) and were five and six shots behind, respectively. It was the first time in Masters history three players shot as low as 65 in the same round. The scoring average was 71.26, the lowest third round average since 1986.^[18] Marc Leishman began the day in the final pairing and two shots out of the lead but failed to make a birdie in a one-over round of 73.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Patrick Reed	69-66-67=202	−14
2	Rory McIlroy	69-71-65=205	−11
3	Rickie Fowler	70-72-65=207	−9
4	Jon Rahm	75-68-65=208	−8
5	Henrik Stenson	69-70-70=209	−7
T6	Tommy Fleetwood	72-72-66=210	−6
	Marc Leishman	70-67-73=210
	Bubba Watson	73-69-68=210
T9	Jordan Spieth	66-74-71=211	−5
	Justin Thomas	74-67-70=211

Source:^[12][13]

Sunday, April 8, 2018

External videos
Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Patrick Reed's one-under round of 71 was enough to hold off charges from Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth for his first major championship. Reed began the day three shots ahead of Rory McIlroy but bogeyed the 1st and failed to make birdie on the par-5 2nd. McIlroy had a four-foot (1.2 m) eagle putt on the same hole that would have tied Reed but missed, settling for birdie to cut the deficit to one. Reed regained his advantage with a birdie on the 3rd hole while McIlroy made bogey. McIlroy made two more bogeys on the first nine, while Reed recovered from a bogey at 7 with a birdie on the 8th to take a four-shot lead to the second nine.

Jordan Spieth began the round nine shots behind Reed but mounted a charge to get back into contention. He birdied his first two holes and added three more birdies on the first nine. At the par-3 12th, where in 2016 he made a quadruple-bogey that cost him the title, he made a 27-foot (8 m) putt for birdie from just off the green. He made another birdie on the 13th after narrowly missing an eagle putt, two-putted for birdie on the par-5 15th, then made a 33-footer for birdie on the 16th to get to nine-under for the round and tie Reed. On the 18th, however, Spieth's drive hit a tree and he was unable to save par, settling for a round of 64 (−8).^[19]

At the same time, Rickie Fowler was making a challenge to Reed's lead. He began five shots behind and was one-over on his round thru seven, but made six birdies on his last 11 holes.^[20] At the 18th, he holed a 7-footer for birdie to post a round of 67 (−5) and get within one.^[21]

Reed, meanwhile, made bogey on the 11th but made a 22-foot (7 m) putt for birdie at the 12th. On the 13th, his approach to the par-5 came up short but hung up in the rough instead of falling into the water, but he was unable to get up-and-down for birdie.^[22] At the 14th, he hit his approach to eight feet and made the birdie putt, and was able to save par from over the green on 15. Reed faced an eighty-foot (24 m) putt on the 17th which hit the cup and rolled five feet away, then saved par. With a one-shot lead heading to the last, Reed faced a 25-foot (7.5 m) downhill putt which he hit to four feet. Reed converted to win by one shot over Fowler and two over Spieth.^[23] Jon Rahm got to within two of the lead before hitting his approach at 15 into the water and making bogey, finishing alone in fourth place. McIlroy settled for a two-over round of 74 and tied for fifth, six shots behind Reed.^[24] Final round scoring average was 70.49, believed to be the lowest single round scoring average in the history of the Masters.

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Patrick Reed	69-66-67-71=273	−15	1,980,000
2	Rickie Fowler	70-72-65-67=274	−14	1,188,000
3	Jordan Spieth (c)	66-74-71-64=275	−13	748,000
4	Jon Rahm	75-68-65-69=277	−11	528,000
T5	Rory McIlroy	69-71-65-74=279	−9	386,375
	Cameron Smith	71-72-70-66=279
	Henrik Stenson	69-70-70-70=279
	Bubba Watson (c)	73-69-68-69=279
9	Marc Leishman	70-67-73-70=280	−8	319,000
T10	Tony Finau	68-74-73-66=281	−7	286,000
	Dustin Johnson	73-68-71-69=281

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Charley Hoffman	69-73-73-67=282	−6	231,000
	Louis Oosthuizen	71-71-71-69=282
	Justin Rose	72-70-71-69=282
T15	Paul Casey	74-75-69-65=283	−5	192,500
	Russell Henley	73-72-71-67=283
T17	Tommy Fleetwood	72-72-66-74=284	−4	170,500
	Justin Thomas	74-67-70-73=284
19	Hideki Matsuyama	73-71-72-69=285	−3	154,000
T20	Jason Day	75-71-69-71=286	−2	128,150
	Francesco Molinari	72-74-70-70=286
	Webb Simpson	76-73-70-67=286
	Jimmy Walker	73-71-71-71=286
T24	Branden Grace	73-73-74-67=287	−1	93,775
	Adam Hadwin	69-75-72-71=287
	Kim Si-woo	75-73-68-71=287
	Bernd Wiesberger	70-73-72-72=287
T28	Kevin Kisner	72-75-69-72=288	E	76,450
	Satoshi Kodaira	71-74-71-72=288
	Matt Kuchar	68-75-72-73=288
	Ryan Moore	74-72-72-70=288
T32	Daniel Berger	73-74-71-71=289	+1	63,663
	Li Haotong	69-76-72-72=289
	Adam Scott (c)	75-73-70-71=289
	Tiger Woods (c)	73-75-72-69=289
T36	Zach Johnson (c)	70-74-74-72=290	+2	55,275
	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-79-74-67=290
T38	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	69-76-74-72=291	+3	46,200
	Fred Couples (c)	72-74-73-72=291
	Bryson DeChambeau	74-74-72-71=291
	Matt Fitzpatrick	75-74-67-75=291
	Bernhard Langer (c)	74-74-71-72=291
	Jhonattan Vegas	77-69-72-73=291
T44	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	79-70-72-71=292	+4	35,200
	Brian Harman	73-74-76-69=292
	Tyrrell Hatton	74-75-73-70=292
	Ian Poulter	74-75-74-69=292
48	Martin Kaymer	74-73-74-73=294	+6	30,140
49	Vijay Singh (c)	71-74-79-71=295	+7	28,600
T50	Doug Ghim (a)	72-76-74-74=296	+8	0
	Xander Schauffele	71-78-72-75=296		27,720
52	Kyle Stanley	72-74-75-76=297	+9	27,060
53	Chez Reavie	76-71-75-76=298	+10	26,400
CUT	Jason Dufner	73-77=150	+6
	Sandy Lyle (c)	74-76=150
	José María Olazábal (c)	74-76=150
	Charl Schwartzel (c)	72-78=150
	Patrick Cantlay	75-76=151	+7
	Dylan Frittelli	77-74=151
	Thomas Pieters	73-78=151
	Ted Potter Jr.	73-78=151
	Shubhankar Sharma	77-74=151
	Brendan Steele	76-75=151
	Danny Willett (c)	75-76=151
	Wesley Bryan	74-78=152	+8
	Ross Fisher	78-74=152
	Patton Kizzire	76-76=152
	Pat Perez	73-79=152
	Kevin Chappell	77-76=153	+9
	Yuta Ikeda	76-77=153
	Trevor Immelman (c)	78-75=153
	Joaquín Niemann (a)	76-77=153
	Alex Norén	74-79=153
	Doc Redman (a)	76-77=153
	Austin Cook	74-80=154	+10
	Yūsaku Miyazato	77-77=154
	Gary Woodland	78-76=154
	Billy Horschel	76-79=155	+11
	Mike Weir (c)	76-79=155
	Ian Woosnam (c)	79-76=155
	Larry Mize (c)	76-80=156	+12
	Ángel Cabrera (c)	76-83=159	+15
	Sergio García (c)	81-78=159
	Lin Yuxin (a)	79-80=159
	Mark O'Meara (c)	78-81=159
	Matt Parziale (a)	81-79=160	+16
	Harry Ellis (a)	86-80=166	+22

Sources:^[25][26]

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
Reed	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
Fowler	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14
Spieth	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−13
Rahm	−8	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11
McIlroy	−11	−12	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Smith	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9
Stenson	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9
Watson	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[12][13]

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Coverage from the PGA of America