2013 Masters Tournament

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/invitees_2013.html |title=Players – 2013 Tournament Invitees |publisher=Masters |access-date=December 4, 2012}} 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 6–10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.

Four players were appearing in their first major: Steven Fox, Michael Weaver, Guan Tianlang and T. J. Vogel. Thirteen others were appearing in their first Masters: Alan Dunbar, John Peterson, David Lynn, John Huh, Scott Piercy, Russell Henley, Ted Potter Jr., George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thaworn Wiratchant.{{cite web |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/04/06/4754709/masters-field-loaded-with-tiger.html |title=Masters field loaded with Tiger back in hunt |date=April 6, 2013 |first=Jimmy |last=Burch |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |access-date=April 17, 2013}}

1. Past Masters Champions

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• Ángel Cabrera
• Fred Couples (11)
• Ben Crenshaw
• Trevor Immelman
• Zach Johnson (15,16,17,18,19)
• Bernhard Langer
• Sandy Lyle
• Phil Mickelson (11,15,16,17,18,19)
• Larry Mize
• José María Olazábal
• Mark O'Meara
• Charl Schwartzel (18,19)
• Vijay Singh
• Craig Stadler
• Bubba Watson (11,15,17,18,19)
• Tom Watson
• Mike Weir
• Tiger Woods (2,13,15,16,17,18,19)
• Ian Woosnam

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• Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, 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

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• Lucas Glover
• Graeme McDowell (11,12,18,19)
• Rory McIlroy (4,14,15,16,17,18,19)
• Webb Simpson (12,15,17,18,19)

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3. Last five British Open Champions

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• Stewart Cink
• Ernie Els (13,15,17,18,19)
• Pádraig Harrington (4,11,12)
• Louis Oosthuizen (11,15,17,18,19)

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• Darren Clarke did not play due to a hamstring injury.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/22070471 |title=The Masters: Darren Clarke misses Augusta with injury |publisher=BBC Sport |date=April 8, 2013 |access-date=April 8, 2013}}

4. Last five PGA Champions

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• Keegan Bradley (14,15,16,17,18,19)
• Martin Kaymer (18,19)
• Yang Yong-eun

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5. Last three winners of The Players Championship

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• K. J. Choi (18)
• Tim Clark
• Matt Kuchar (11,15,16,17,18,19)

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6. Top two finishers in the 2012 U.S. Amateur

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• Steven Fox (a)
• Michael Weaver (a)

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7. Winner of the 2012 Amateur Championship

• Alan Dunbar (a)

8. Winner of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

• Guan Tianlang (a)

9. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links

• T. J. Vogel (a)

10. Winner of the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur

• Nathan Smith (a)

11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2012 Masters Tournament

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• Jim Furyk (12,15,17,18,19)
• Sergio García (15,16,17,18,19)
• Peter Hanson (18,19)
• Hunter Mahan (15,17,18,19)
• Kevin Na
• Ian Poulter (14,18,19)
• Justin Rose (14,15,17,18,19)
• Adam Scott (13,15,17,18,19)
• Lee Westwood (15,17,18,19)

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12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2012 U.S. Open

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• Jason Dufner (15,16,17,18,19)
• John Peterson
• Michael Thompson (16,19)
• David Toms (18)

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13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2012 British Open Championship

• Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18,19)

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2012 PGA Championship

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• David Lynn (18)
• Carl Pettersson (15,16,17,18,19)

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15. Top 30 leaders on the 2012 PGA Tour [https://web.archive.org/web/20081112233636/http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/info/?109 official money earnings list]

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• Ben Curtis (16)
• Luke Donald (17,18,19)
• Rickie Fowler (16,17,18,19)
• Robert Garrigus (17,18,19)
• John Huh (17)
• Dustin Johnson (16,17,18,19)
• Ryan Moore (17,18,19)
• Scott Piercy (16,17,18,19)
• Steve Stricker (17,18,19)
• Bo Van Pelt (17,18,19)
• Nick Watney (16,17,18,19)

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16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2012 Masters Tournament and the 2013 Masters Tournament

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• Brian Gay
• Russell Henley (19)
• Martin Laird
• Marc Leishman
• John Merrick
• D. A. Points
• Ted Potter Jr.
• Kevin Streelman

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17. All players qualifying for the 2012 edition of The Tour Championship

• John Senden (18,19)

18. Top 50 on the final 2012 Official World Golf Ranking list

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• Thomas Bjørn
• George Coetzee (19)
• Nicolas Colsaerts (19)
• Jason Day (19)
• Jamie Donaldson (19)
• Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (19)
• Hiroyuki Fujita
• Branden Grace (19)
• Bill Haas (19)
• Paul Lawrie (19)
• Matteo Manassero (19)
• Francesco Molinari (19)
• Thorbjørn Olesen (19)

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19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 31, 2013

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• Freddie Jacobson
• Henrik Stenson
• Richard Sterne

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20. International invitees{{cite news |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2013/01/11/ishikawa-masters.html |title=Ryo Ishikawa gets another Masters invitation |date=January 11, 2013 |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=January 11, 2013}}

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• Ryo Ishikawa
• Thaworn Wiratchant

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Thursday, April 11, 2013{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/apr/11/masters-golf-live-hole-by-hole-report |title=Masters 2013: round one – as it happened |date=April 11, 2013 |work=Guardian UK |access-date=April 12, 2013 }}

Friday, April 12, 2013{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/apr/12/masters-2013-round-two-live-scott-murray |title=Masters 2013: round two – as it happened |first=Scott |last=Murray |date=April 12, 2013 |work=Guardian UK |access-date=April 13, 2013 }}

For 2013 the minimum number of players making the cut was increased from 44 to 50 (plus ties). As previously, all players within 10 shots of the leader also make the cut.{{cite news |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2013/04/10/low-50--ties-to-make-cut-this-year.html |title=Low 50, ties to make cut this year |first=Mike |last=McAllister |date=April 10, 2013 |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=April 13, 2013}} 61 players made the cut, all those within 10 shots of the leader. Fourteen-year-old Guan Tianlang, playing in his first Masters, was the only amateur player to make the cut, despite being penalized a stroke for slow play.

Amateurs: Guan (+4), Vogel (+8), Weaver (+8), Smith (+11), Fox (+13), Dunbar (+16).

Note: Tiger Woods originally signed for a 71 which gave him 70-71=141 (−3). However, his second-round score was adjusted on Saturday morning to a 73 (see below).

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Prior to the third round, a controversy concerning Tiger Woods developed. After Friday's second round, Woods signed for a score of 71 (−1), which included a bogey at the par-5 15th hole. Woods' third shot had hit the pin and rebounded into the water hazard. He took a penalty stroke and appeared to take his drop at the same position from which he had played his third shot. In an interview following the round Woods stated that he had actually dropped the ball two yards further back from the pin than the original position. Based upon hearing the interview, tournament officials met with Woods Saturday morning and deemed the drop to have been in contravention of the rules. This could have meant disqualification, but instead Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty for the illegal drop. He therefore scored a triple-bogey 8 at the 15th and had an adjusted second round score of 73 (+1).{{cite web |title=Woods assessed two-stroke penalty |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2013/04/13/woods-assessed-two-stroke-penalty.html |publisher=PGA Tour |first=Brian |last=Wacker |date=April 13, 2013 |access-date=April 13, 2013}}{{cite web |title=The R&A and USGA revise decision regarding disqualification for incorrect score card |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2011/April/Rule-Revised-On-DQ-For-Incorrect-Card/ |publisher=USGA |access-date=April 13, 2013}}

Sunday, April 14, 2013

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In the final round, played in a cold and steady rain, third round co-leader Brandt Snedeker fell out of contention with a 75. Jason Day had the lead with three holes to go but bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes to finish in third place at 281 (−7). Adam Scott and Ángel Cabrera both birdied the 72nd hole to finish tied for the lead at 279 (−9).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/22147960 |title=Adam Scott beats Angel Cabrera in play-off |date=April 14, 2013 |work=BBC Sport |first=Rob |last=Hodgetts |access-date=April 15, 2013 }} Playing in the group ahead of the final twosome, Scott rolled in a 25-footer (8 m). Minutes later Cabrera matched Scott's birdie when he hit his approach shot to 3 feet (1 m) and made the putt to force a playoff.

The sudden-death playoff began at the 18th hole, where Scott and Cabrera both scrambled for par from just short of the green after their approach shots each landed on the front section of the green and backed just off the fringe, with Cabrera's chip nearly holing out. At the next hole, #10, both were in the fairway then on the green in regulation. Cabrera's lengthy putt just missed and he tapped in for par. With the opportunity to win and in fading light, Scott sank his {{convert|15|ft|adj=on}} birdie putt for the victory.{{cite news |last=Masters |first=James|title=Great Scott! Aussie Adam Scott wins Masters |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/sport/golf/masters-round-four/?hpt=hp_t1 |work=CNN |date=April 14, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Hayes |first=Mark |title=Adam Scott wins US Masters after play-off victory over Argentina's Angel Cabrera |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/adam-scott-wins-us-masters-after-play-off-victory-over-argentinas-angel-cabrera/story-e6frg6n6-1226620390603 |newspaper=The Australian |date=April 15, 2013}} It was Scott's first major championship and the only time an Australian has won the Masters,{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/apr/14/masters-golf-live-final-round-report |title= Masters 2013: final round – as it happened |first=Scott |last=Murray |date=April 14, 2013 |work=Guardian UK |access-date=April 15, 2013 }} after producing nine runners-up in the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/apr/15/adam-scott-angel-cabrera-masters |work=The Guardian |title=Adam Scott beats Angel Cabrera in thrilling Masters play-off |first=Ewan |last=Murray |access-date=April 15, 2013 |date=April 15, 2013}} Following his victory, he paid tribute to Greg Norman: "It was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that is Greg Norman".{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/sport/golf/scott-masters-golf/?hpt=hp_c3 |publisher=CNN |title = Scott ends years of pain for Australian golf at Masters |first=Peter |last=Shadbolt |access-date=April 15, 2013 |date=April 15, 2013}} Earlier that day, Norman said that if an Australian won the title "it would mean everything to [him]".{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/sports/golf/adam-scott-wins-playoff-becoming-first-australian-to-win-masters.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 15, 2013 |date=April 14, 2013 |title=Past Failures Vanish as Australian Wins Masters |first=Karen |last=Crouse }}{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/mastersaugusta/9995963/The-Masters-2013-Adam-Scotts-major-victory-proves-that-a-choke-can-make-not-break-a-golfing-career.html |title=Adam Scott's major victory proves that a choke can make, not break, a golfing career |first=Paul |last=Hayward |date=April 16, 2013 |work=Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 16, 2013 }}

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index_low.html |publisher=Masters.com |title=Leaderboard |access-date=March 15, 2013}}

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and ended on the 10th hole.

Playoff

Cumulative sudden-death playoff scores, relative to par

{{reflist}}

• {{official website|http://www.masters.com/}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130328084325/http://www.majorschampionships.com/masters.html Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site]
• [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013029/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
• [http://www.pga.com/masters/ Coverage from the PGA of America]
• [http://www.cbssports.com/golf/masters/live?ttag=ML13_goog_0134 Coverage from CBS Sports]
• [http://www.augusta.com/ Coverage by The Augusta Chronicle]

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