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:

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.)

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

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.Par 3 Contest

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, who had held the lead after the first round in the 2007 Masters, 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Trevor Immelman68−4 Justin RoseT3 Brian Bateman69−3 Brandt Snedeker Lee WestwoodT6 Stephen Ames 70−2 Jim Furyk Zach Johnson Robert Karlsson Ian Poulter

Second round Friday, April 11, 2008

Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Joint first round leader Rose shot a round of 78 (+6) to fall out of the top 10 entirely. 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 and Tiger Woods.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Trevor Immelman68-68=136−82 Brandt Snedeker69-68=137−7T3 Steve Flesch72-67=139−5 Phil Mickelson71-68=139 Ian Poulter70-69=139T6 Stephen Ames 70-70=140−4 Paul Casey71-69=140T8 Stewart Cink72-69=141−3 Arron Oberholser71-70=141 Mike Weir73-68=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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Trevor Immelman68-68-69=205−112 Brandt Snedeker69-68-70=207−93 Steve Flesch72-67-69=208−84 Paul Casey71-69-69=209−75 Tiger Woods72-71-68=211−56 Stewart Cink72-69-71=212−4T7 Retief Goosen71-71-72=214−2 Pádraig Harrington74-71-69=214 Zach Johnson70-76-68-214 Robert Karlsson70-73-71=214 Phil Mickelson71-68-75=214 Sean O'Hair72-71-71=214 Ian Poulter70-69-75=214 Andrés Romero72-72-70=214 Boo Weekley72-74-68=214

Final round Sunday, April 13, 2008

Summary

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.

Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Trevor Immelman 68-68-69-75=280 −8 1,350,0002 Tiger Woods (c) 72-71-68-72=283 −5 810,000T3 Stewart Cink 72-69-71-72=284 −4 435,000 Brandt Snedeker 69-68-70-77=284T5 Steve Flesch 72-67-69-78=286 −2 273,750 Pádraig Harrington 74-71-69-72=286 Phil Mickelson (c) 71-68-75-72=286T8 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 77-70-72-68=287 −1 217,500 Robert Karlsson 70-73-71-73=287 Andrés Romero 72-72-70-73=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Paul Casey 71-69-69-79=288 E 172,500 Nick Watney 75-70-72-71=288 Lee Westwood 69-73-73-73=288T14 Stuart Appleby 76-70-72-71=289 +1 135,000 Sean O'Hair 72-71-71-75=289 Vijay Singh (c) 72-71-72-74=289T17 Retief Goosen 71-71-72-76=290 +2 112,500 Henrik Stenson 74-72-72-72=290 Mike Weir (c) 73-68-75-74=290T20 Brian Bateman 69-76-72-74=291 +3 84,300 Zach Johnson (c) 70-76-68-77=291 Justin Leonard 72-74-72-73=291 Bubba Watson 74-71-73-73=291 Boo Weekley 72-74-68-77=291T25 Stephen Ames 70-70-77-75=292 +4 54,844 Ángel Cabrera 73-72-73-74=292 J. B. Holmes 73-70-73-76=292 Arron Oberholser 71-70-74-77=292 Ian Poulter 70-69-75-78=292 Adam Scott 75-71-70-76=292 Jeev Milkha Singh 71-74-72-75=292 Richard Sterne 73-72-73-74=292T33 Nick Dougherty 74-69-74-76=293 +5 42,375 Jim Furyk 70-73-73-77=293 Heath Slocum 71-76-77-69=293T36 Todd Hamilton 74-73-75-73=295 +7 36,875 Justin Rose 68-78-73-76=295 Johnson Wagner 72-74-74-75=295T39 Niclas Fasth 75-70-76-75=296 +8 33,000 Geoff Ogilvy 75-71-76-74=29641 K. J. Choi 72-75-78-73=298 +10 30,750T42 Robert Allenby 72-74-72-81=299 +11 28,500 David Toms 73-74-72-80=29944 Ian Woosnam (c) 75-71-76-78=300 +12 26,25045 Sandy Lyle (c) 72-75-78-77=302 +14 24,750CUT Aaron Baddeley 75-73=148 +4 Michael Campbell 77-71=148 Fred Couples (c) 76-72=148 Luke Donald 73-75=148 Ernie Els 74-74=148 Sergio García 76-72=148 Charles Howell III 78-70=148 Martin Kaymer 76-72=148 Toru Taniguchi 76-72=148 Brett Wetterich 73-75=148 Jonathan Byrd 75-74=149 +5 Jerry Kelly 72-77=149 Hunter Mahan 77-72=149 Nick O'Hern 74-75=149 Mark O'Meara (c) 71-78=149 Rory Sabbatini 75-74=149 Craig Stadler (c) 77-72=149 Daniel Chopra 72-78=150 +6 Ben Curtis 75-75=150 Trip Kuehne (a) 78-72=150 Shaun Micheel 76-74=150 John Rollins 77-73=150 Steve Stricker 73-77=150 Camilo Villegas 73-77=150 Tom Watson (c) 75-75=150 Bernhard Langer (c) 74-77=151 +7 José María Olazábal (c) 76-75=151 John Senden 80-71=151 Vaughn Taylor 75-76=151 Michael Thompson (a) 73-78=151 Woody Austin 79-73=152 +8 Tim Clark 77-75=152 Ben Crenshaw (c) 75-77=152 Richard Green 77-75=152 Shingo Katayama 79-73=152 Peter Lonard 71-81=152 Mark Calcavecchia 73-80=153 +9 Søren Hansen 75-78=153 D. J. Trahan 76-77=153 Scott Verplank 77-76=153 Raymond Floyd (c) 80-74=154 +10 Liang Wenchong 76-78=154 Anders Hansen 80-75=155 +11 Drew Weaver (a) 76-80=156 +12 Steve Lowery 81-76=157 +13 Larry Mize (c) 77-81=158 +14 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 81-79=160 +16 Gary Player (c) 83-78=161 +17WD Prayad Marksaeng 82 +10

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