The 2009 Masters Tournament was the 73rd Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ángel Cabrera, age 39, won his second major title in a playoff over Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry. Cabrera became the first (and only) Masters champion from Argentina and South America.

This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Gary Player, and one-time champions Raymond Floyd and Fuzzy Zoeller.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4454 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood50543Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn53057Pampas450416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina44049Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,72536In3,71036Total7,43572

Field The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, and officially remains an invitation event, but there is now a qualification process. In theory, the club could simply decline to invite a qualified player. This is the list of all 96 players who qualified to play in the 2009 Masters Tournament.

1. Past Masters Champions Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman (10,14,16,17,18), Zach Johnson (15,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,10,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,15,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (14,16,17,18), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,11,14,15,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Ángel Cabrera (17), Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen (15,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,17,18)

3. Last five British Open Champions Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (4,10,12,13,14,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions

5. Last two of The Players Champions Sergio García (13,14,16,17,18)

6. Top two finishers in the 2008 U.S. Amateur Drew Kittleson (a), Danny Lee (a)

7. Winner of the 2008 Amateur Championship Reinier Saxton (a)

8. Winner of the 2008 U.S. Amateur Public Links Jack Newman (a)

9. Winner of the 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur Steve Wilson (a)

10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2008 Masters Tournament Stuart Appleby (14,16,17), Paul Casey (15,17,18), Stewart Cink (14,15,16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11,17,18), Robert Karlsson (11,17,18), Sean O'Hair (18), Andrés Romero (16,17,18), Brandt Snedeker, Nick Watney (15,18), Lee Westwood (11,17,18)

11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2008 U.S. Open Rocco Mediate, John Merrick, Carl Pettersson (14,15,16), D. J. Trahan (14,16)

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2008 British Open Championship Greg Norman, Ian Poulter (17,18), Henrik Stenson (13,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2008 PGA Championship Ben Curtis (14,16,17,18), Camilo Villegas (14,15,16,17,18)

14. Top 30 leaders on the 2008 PGA Tour Robert Allenby (16,17,18), Stephen Ames (17,18), Chad Campbell (16), K. J. Choi (16,17,18), Ken Duke (16), Ernie Els (16,17,18), Jim Furyk (16,17,18), Dudley Hart (16), Ryuji Imada (15,16), Anthony Kim (15,16,17,18), Justin Leonard (15,16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (16,17), Kenny Perry (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (16,17,18), Kevin Sutherland (16), Boo Weekley (15,17)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2008 Masters Tournament and the 2009 Masters Tournament Dustin Johnson (18), Pat Perez (18), Chez Reavie, Adam Scott (17,18), Y. E. Yang

16. All players qualifying for the 2008 edition of The Tour Championship Briny Baird, Tim Clark (17,18), Billy Mayfair, Bubba Watson

17. Top 50 on the final 2008 Official World Golf Rankings list Aaron Baddeley, Luke Donald (18), Ross Fisher (18), Søren Hansen, Shingo Katayama (18), Martin Kaymer (18), Søren Kjeldsen (18), Graeme McDowell (18), Rory McIlroy (18), Justin Rose (18), Rory Sabbatini (18), Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Richard Sterne, Lin Wen-tang, Oliver Wilson (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament Mathew Goggin, Prayad Marksaeng, Louis Oosthuizen, Álvaro Quirós

19. International invitees Ryo Ishikawa

Raymond Floyd, Greg Norman, Gary Player, and Fuzzy Zoeller were playing their final Masters event. Ryo Ishikawa, aged 17, became the youngest professional ever to appear in the Masters.

Par 3 contest The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 8. Tim Clark won with a score of -5 (22), two shots better than José María Olazábal and Jack Newman. Three players shot a hole-in-one: John Merrick on the second hole, Greg Norman on the sixth, and Clark on the ninth.

Round summaries The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an 18-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 was "cut" after two rounds.

First round Thursday, April 9, 2009

The first round weather conditions were sunny and calm. Chad Campbell, scored a 7 under par 65, which included five straight birdies in the first five holes. Campbell finished the day with a one stroke lead over Jim Furyk and Hunter Mahan. Larry Mize shot a five under par 67 to be two strokes behind. Mahan led the field in total birdies with 9 in the first round.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chad Campbell65−7T2 Jim Furyk66−6 Hunter MahanT4 Shingo Katayama67−5 Larry MizeT6 Aaron Baddeley68−4 Ángel Cabrera Tim Clark Todd Hamilton John Merrick Sean O'Hair Kenny Perry Mike Weir

Second round Friday, April 10, 2009

Campbell continued his strong play with a 2 under par 70 to remain in the lead at 135 (−9) with Kenny Perry, who shot a bogey-free 67. Raymond Floyd, 1976 champion, Fuzzy Zoeller, 1979 champion, and three-time winner Gary Player completed their final rounds at Augusta. Anthony Kim shot the day's low round with a 65, which included a new record for most birdies in a round with eleven.

The cut, the top 44 players and ties, was at 145 (+1), and fifty players advanced to the weekend. In all, 25 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.74. For the tournament, 32 players were under par, and the scoring average was 72.99.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Chad Campbell65-70=135−9 Kenny Perry68-67=1353 Ángel Cabrera68-68=136−84 Todd Hamilton68-70=138−65 Tim Clark68-71=139−5T6 Jim Furyk66-74=140−4 Sergio García73-67=140 Shingo Katayama67-73=140 Anthony Kim75-65=140 Rory Sabbatini73-67=140

Amateurs: Saxton (+3), Newman (+4), Kittleson (+6), Wilson (+10), Lee (+11).

Third round Saturday, April 11, 2009

Third round conditions were sunny, but with gusty winds that made scoring a bit tougher than the previous two days. Perry shot a two-under par 70 to remain in the lead at 205 (-11), with Ángel Cabrera who shot a 69. Campbell led for most of the day until a double bogey on the 16th hole and carded 72, two strokes back at 207. Jim Furyk finished another stroke back of Campbell. Five players shot the day's low round of 4 under par 68. Those players were: Jim Furyk -8, Steve Stricker -7, Sean O'Hair -4, Ian Poulter -4, and Steve Flesch -3.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Ángel Cabrera68-68-69=205−11 Kenny Perry68-67-70=2053 Chad Campbell65-70-72=207−94 Jim Furyk66-74-68=208−85 Steve Stricker72-69-68=209−7T6 Todd Hamilton68-70-72=210−6 Shingo Katayama67-73-70=210 Rory Sabbatini73-67-70=2109 Tim Clark68-71-72=211−5T10 Stephen Ames73-68-71=212−4 Anthony Kim75-65-72=212 Hunter Mahan66-75-71=212 Phil Mickelson73-68-71=212 Sean O'Hair68-76-68=212 Ian Poulter71-73-68=212 Nick Watney70-71-71=212 Lee Westwood70-72-70=212 Tiger Woods70-72-70=212

Final round Sunday, April 12, 2009

Summary

Phil Mickelson birdied six holes on the front nine to score 30, tying the front-nine tournament record held by Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, and K. J. Choi. Third round co-leader Perry, age 48, led for most of the day; after birdies at 15 and 16, he disappointingly finished with bogeys at 17 and 18. He fell into a three-way tie at 276 (−12) with Cabrera and Campbell, leading to a sudden-death playoff.

Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Ángel Cabrera 68-68-69-71=276 −12 Playoff Chad Campbell 65-70-72-69=276 Kenny Perry 68-67-70-71=2764 Shingo Katayama 67-73-70-68=278 −10 360,0005 Phil Mickelson (c) 73-68-71-67=279 −9 300,000T6 Steve Flesch 71-74-68-67=280 −8 242,813 John Merrick 68-74-72-66=280 Steve Stricker 72-69-68-71=280 Tiger Woods (c) 70-72-70-68=280T10 Jim Furyk 66-74-68-73=281 −7 187,500 Hunter Mahan 66-75-71-69=281 Sean O'Hair 68-76-68-69=281 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Tim Clark 68-71-72-71=282 −6 150,000 Camilo Villegas 73-69-71-69=282T15 Todd Hamilton 68-70-72-73=283 −5 131,250 Geoff Ogilvy 71-70-73-69=283T17 Aaron Baddeley 68-74-73-69=284 −4 116,250 Graeme McDowell 69-73-73-69=28419 Nick Watney 70-71-71-73=285 −3 105,000T20 Stephen Ames 73-68-71-74=286 −2 71,400 Paul Casey 72-72-73-69=286 Ryuji Imada 73-72-72-69=286 Trevor Immelman (c) 71-74-72-69=286 Anthony Kim 75-65-72-74=286 Sandy Lyle (c) 72-70-73-71=286 Rory McIlroy 72-73-71-70=286 Ian Poulter 71-73-68-74=286 Justin Rose 74-70-71-71=286 Rory Sabbatini 73-67-70-76=286T30 Stuart Appleby 72-73-71-71=287 −1 46,575 Ross Fisher 69-76-73-69=287 Dustin Johnson 72-70-72-73=287 Larry Mize (c) 67-76-72-72=287 Vijay Singh (c) 71-70-72-74=287T35 Ben Curtis 73-71-74-70=288 E 38,625 Ken Duke 71-72-73-72=288 Pádraig Harrington 69-73-73-73=288T38 Robert Allenby 73-72-72-72=289 +1 33,000 Luke Donald 73-71-72-73=289 Sergio García 73-67-75-74=289 Henrik Stenson 71-70-75-73=28942 Bubba Watson 72-72-73-73=290 +2 29,25043 Lee Westwood 70-72-70-79=291 +3 27,250T44 Dudley Hart 72-72-73-76=293 +5 25,500 D. J. Trahan 72-73-72-76=293T46 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-73-78-73=294 +6 21,850 Kevin Sutherland 69-76-77-72=294 Mike Weir (c) 68-75-79-72=294T49 Rocco Mediate 73-70-78-77=298 +10 19,200 Andrés Romero 69-75-77-77=298CUT Fred Couples (c) 73-73=146 +2 Ernie Els 75-71=146 Retief Goosen 75-71=146 José María Olazábal (c) 71-75=146 Adam Scott 71-75=146 Jeev Milkha Singh 71-75=146 Richard Sterne 72-74=146 Stewart Cink 69-78=147 +3 Robert Karlsson 73-74=147 Martin Kaymer 71-76=147 Søren Kjeldsen 76-71=147 Greg Norman 70-77=147 Reinier Saxton (a) 75-72=147 Yang Yong-eun 73-74=147 Briny Baird 73-75=148 +4 K. J. Choi 76-72=148 Søren Hansen 72-76=148 Justin Leonard 75-73=148 Jack Newman (a) 72-76=148 Oliver Wilson 73-75=148 Boo Weekley 73-76=149 +5 Ian Woosnam (c) 74-75=149 Ryo Ishikawa 73-77=150 +6 Zach Johnson (c) 70-80=150 Drew Kittleson (a) 78-72=150 Bernhard Langer (c) 70-80=150 Louis Oosthuizen 73-77=150 Brandt Snedeker 76-74=150 Mathew Goggin 74-77=151 +7 Lin Wen-tang 77-74=151 Mark O'Meara (c) 75-76=151 Chez Reavie 75-76=151 Craig Stadler (c) 77-74=151 Billy Mayfair 77-75=152 +8 Álvaro Quirós 78-75=153 +9 Prayad Marksaeng 70-84=154 +10 Pat Perez 75-79=154 Carl Pettersson 75-79=154 Steve Wilson (a) 79-75=154 Michael Campbell 80-75=155 +11 Danny Lee (a) 74-81=155 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 79-76=155 Ben Crenshaw (c) 73-83=156 +12 Tom Watson (c) 74-83=157 +13 Raymond Floyd (c) 79-79=158 +14 Gary Player (c) 78-83=161 +17

Scorecard