The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Prior to the tournament, the course was lengthened by to , up from in 2005. Phil Mickelson won the second of his three Masters and second consecutive major with a 281 (−7), two strokes ahead of runner-up Tim Clark. The purse was $7 million and the winner's share was $1.26 million.

This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Nick Faldo.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4554 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood50543Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn53057Pampas450416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina44049Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,73536In3,71036Source:Total7,44572

Field 1. Masters champions Charles Coody, Fred Couples (12,14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,10,13,14,16,17), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (12,16,17), Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Michael Campbell (11,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Retief Goosen (10,14,16,17)

3. The Open champions (last five years) Ben Curtis, David Duval, Ernie Els (16,17), Todd Hamilton

4. PGA champions (last five years) Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, David Toms (14,15,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years) Stephen Ames (15,17), Fred Funk (14,16,17), Adam Scott (14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a)

7. The Amateur champion Brian McElhinney (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Clay Ogden (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Kevin Marsh (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2005 Masters Chris DiMarco (14,16,17), Luke Donald (14,15,16,17), Mark Hensby (11,16), Tim Herron (14,16), David Howell (16,17), Trevor Immelman, Tom Lehman (16,17), Justin Leonard (14,16,17), Thomas Levet, Rod Pampling (16,17) Ryan Moore did not play, as he was recovering from wrist surgery.

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2005 U.S. Open Tim Clark (14,16,17), Sergio García (14,16,17), Davis Love III (13,14,16,17), Rocco Mediate

12. Top four players and ties from the 2005 Open Championship Colin Montgomerie (16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2005 PGA Championship Thomas Bjørn (16,17) Steve Elkington did not play due to a groin injury.

14. Top 40 players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list Stuart Appleby (15,16,17), Jason Bohn, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant (16,17), Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (15,16,17), K. J. Choi (16,17), Ben Crane (16,17), Lucas Glover, Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe (16,17), Zach Johnson (17), Peter Lonard (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Billy Mayfair, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy (15,16,17), Sean O'Hair (16,17), Carl Pettersson (17), Ted Purdy, Vaughn Taylor, Scott Verplank (16,17) Kenny Perry (16,17) did not play, as he was recovering from knee surgery.

15. Top 10 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money list on March 27 Arron Oberholser (17), Rory Sabbatini (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 2005 world ranking Robert Allenby (17), Ángel Cabrera (17), Stewart Cink (17), Darren Clarke (17), John Daly, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Shingo Katayama (17), Paul McGinley (17), Nick O'Hern (17), Henrik Stenson (17), Lee Westwood (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 27 All such players were eligible under higher categories.

18. Special foreign invitation Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 6, 2006

Eighteen players broke par on the lengthened Augusta National. Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, shot a five-under 67 to take the first round lead by one stroke over Rocco Mediate. Arron Oberholser was next with a 69 for solo third place. Four others were at 70, including 2004 champion Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen. Defending champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72, despite a pair of three-putt bogeys and a double bogey on the par-5 15th hole.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Vijay Singh67−52 Rocco Mediate68−43 Arron Oberholser69−3T4 Tim Clark70−2 Retief Goosen Phil Mickelson Geoff OgilvyT8 Stuart Appleby71−1 Rich Beem Chad Campbell Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Ben Curtis Ernie Els David Howell Billy Mayfair Nick O'Hern Mike Weir

Second round Friday, April 7, 2006

Chad Campbell, with just one top ten result at a major (runner-up at 2003 PGA Championship), led at the halfway point by three strokes at 138 (−6). His 67 (−5) on Friday was one of only three scores in the 60s. In a tie for second at 141 (−3) was Singh, Mediate, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Mickelson shot even par for the round and was among a group tied for fifth at 142 (−2). The cut came at 148 (+4); among the notables to miss the cut was Chris DiMarco, the playoff runner-up to Woods in 2005. This was 1971 champ Charles Coody's final entry as a competitor; after struggling in his opening round to an 89, he played very well (at age 68) in round 2, carding a 2-over par 74 for his last competitive round at Augusta.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chad Campbell71-67=138−6T2 Fred Couples71-70=141−3 Rocco Mediate68-73=141 Vijay Singh67-74=141T5 Tim Clark70-72=142−2 Darren Clarke72-70=142 Ernie Els71-71=142 David Howell71-71=142 Phil Mickelson70-72=142T10 Olin Browne74-69=143−1 Ben Crenshaw71-72=143 Retief Goosen70-73=143 Pádraig Harrington73-70=143 Billy Mayfair71-72=143 Nick O'Hern71-72=143 Tiger Woods72-71=143

Amateurs: McElhinney (+11), Molinari (+13), Ogden (+15), Dougherty (+16), Marsh (+16).

Third round Saturday, April 8, 2006 Sunday, April 9, 2006

Thunderstorms postponed a good chunk of action in the third round, forcing it to be completed on Sunday morning. Mickelson moved to the top of the leaderboard with a two-under 70 to 212 (−4). Second round leader Campbell shot 75 (+3) to fall into a tie for second with Couples, who shot even par for the round. Woods shot 71 for 214, two strokes back in a six-way tie for fourth, along with Singh and four others.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Phil Mickelson70-72-70=212−4T2 Chad Campbell71-67-75=213−3 Fred Couples71-70-72=213T4 Stephen Ames74-70-70=214−2 Tim Clark70-72-72=214 Darren Clarke72-70-72=214 Rocco Mediate68-73-73=214 Vijay Singh67-74-73=214 Tiger Woods72-71-71=214T10 Retief Goosen70-73-72=215−1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-74-69=215

Final round Sunday, April 9, 2006

Summary

Mickelson won his second consecutive major (2005 PGA Championship) and his second green jacket with a final round 69 for a two-stroke victory over Tim Clark. Mickelson's lone bogey was at the final hole, when he had victory all but assured. The win also gave him his third major in the last nine. Clark finished in solo second by holing-out from a green side bunker at the 72nd hole. Woods shot a two-under 70 to finish three strokes behind Mickelson in a five-way tie for third. Others finishing in third place were Couples, Goosen, Campbell, and José María Olazábal, the 1994 and 1999 champion, who shot the round of the tournament, a six-under 66. Sadly, Mediate fell out of contention after hitting three balls into the water and making a ten at the par-3 12th.

Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-72-70-69=281 −7 1,260,0002 Tim Clark 70-72-72-69=283 −5 756,000T3 Chad Campbell 71-67-75-71=284 −4 315,700 Fred Couples (c) 71-70-72-71=284 Retief Goosen 70-73-72-69=284 José María Olazábal (c) 76-71-71-66=284 Tiger Woods (c) 72-71-71-70=284T8 Ángel Cabrera 73-74-70-68=285 −3 210,000 Vijay Singh (c) 67-74-73-71=28510 Stewart Cink 72-73-71-70=286 −2 189,000 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Stephen Ames 74-70-70-73=287 −1 161,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-74-69-72=287 Mike Weir (c) 71-73-73-70=287T14 Billy Mayfair 71-72-73-72=288 E 129,500 Arron Oberholser 69-75-73-71=288T16 Geoff Ogilvy 70-75-73-71=289 +1 112,000 Rod Pampling 72-73-72-72=289 Scott Verplank 74-70-74-71=289T19 Stuart Appleby 71-75-73-71=290 +2 91,000 David Howell 71-71-76-72=290 Nick O'Hern 71-72-76-71=290T22 Robert Allenby 73-73-74-71=291 +3 67,200 Darren Clarke 72-70-72-77=291 Jim Furyk 73-75-68-75=291 Mark Hensby 80-67-70-74=291 Davis Love III 74-71-74-72=291T27 Ernie Els 71-71-74-76=292 +4 49,700 Pádraig Harrington 73-70-75-74=292 Shingo Katayama 75-70-73-74=292 Carl Pettersson 72-74-73-73=292 Adam Scott 72-74-75-71=292T32 Thomas Bjørn 73-75-76-69=293 +5 40,512 Brandt Jobe 72-76-77-68=293 Zach Johnson 74-72-77-70=293 Ted Purdy 72-76-74-71=293T36 Tim Herron 76-71-71-76=294 +6 34,416 Rocco Mediate 68-73-73-80=294 Rory Sabbatini 76-70-74-74=294T39 Jason Bohn 73-71-77-74=295 +7 30,100 Ben Curtis 71-74-77-73=295 Justin Leonard 75-70-79-71=295T42 Rich Beem 71-73-73-79=296 +8 25,900 Luke Donald 74-72-76-74=296 Larry Mize (c) 75-72-77-72=29645 Olin Browne 74-69-80-74=297 +9 23,10046 Sergio García 72-74-79-73=298 +10 21,70047 Ben Crenshaw (c) 71-72-78-79=300 +12 20,300CUT Bart Bryant 76-73=149 +5 Michael Campbell 75-74=149 Ben Crane 74-75=149 Thomas Levet 78-71=149 Colin Montgomerie 74-75=149 Vaughn Taylor 75-74=149 Ian Woosnam (c) 77-72=149 Chris DiMarco 76-74=150 +6 Todd Hamilton 74-76=150 Peter Lonard 76-74=150 David Toms 72-78=150 Lee Westwood 75-75=150 Lucas Glover 73-78=151 +7 Trevor Immelman 75-76=151 Tom Lehman 76-75=151 Joe Ogilvie 74-77=151 Henrik Stenson 77-74=151 K. J. Choi 76-76=152 +8 Raymond Floyd (c) 79-73=152 Shaun Micheel 82-70=152 Sean O'Hair 76-76=152 John Daly 74-79=153 +9 Nick Faldo (c) 79-74=153 Thongchai Jaidee 78-75=153 Bernhard Langer (c) 79-74=153 Shigeki Maruyama 79-75=154 +10 Mark O'Meara (c) 82-72=154 Tom Watson (c) 79-75=154 Brian McElhinney (a) 80-75=155 +11 Paul McGinley 78-77=155 Craig Stadler (c) 77-78=155 Mark Calcavecchia 80-76=156 +12 Fred Funk 76-81=157 +13 Edoardo Molinari (a) 80-77=157 David Duval 84-75=159 +15 Clay Ogden (a) 83-76=159 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 78-81=159 Dillon Dougherty (a) 82-78=160 +16 Kevin Marsh (a) 79-81=160 Gary Player (c) 79-81=160 Sandy Lyle (c) 80-81=161 +17 Charles Coody (c) 89-74=163 +19 Charles Howell III 80-84=164 +20

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Mickelson−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−8−7 Clark−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−5 Campbell−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−4−3−2−3−4 Couples−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4 Goosen−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−3−4−4−4 Olazábal+2+1E−1−1E−1−2−2−2−1−1−2−3−5−4−4−4 Woods −2−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−3−4−3−4 Ames−2−2−2−1−1−1EEEEEEEE−1−1−1−1 Jiménez−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−2−3−3−3−2−1−1 Clarke−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1E+1+1+1+2+2+1+1+2+3 Mediate −1−1−1−1−1−2−3−4−4−4−3+4+4+5+5+5+5+6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

Par 3 Contest Ben Crane won the annual Par 3 contest, which took place on Wednesday, April 5, with a four-under 23. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, made a curtain call at the event; Nicklaus was one-under and was in contention throughout the day. Pádraig Harrington, Clark, and Oberholser all aced the ninth hole.

References

External links Masters.com – past winners Coverage on the European Tour's official site Augusta.com – 2006 Masters leaderboard and scorecards