The 2014 Masters Tournament was the 78th edition of the Masters Tournament, the first of golf's four major championships in 2014. It was held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Bubba Watson won his second Masters, three shots ahead of runners-up Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth; defending champion Adam Scott tied for fourteenth place.
After world number one Tiger Woods withdrew, three entered Augusta with a chance to leave with the top ranking. Adam Scott needed a two-way tie for third, Henrik Stenson a two-way tie for second, and Jason Day a win. The trio finished T-14, T-14, and T-20, respectively, so Woods remained number one.
Course
HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4454 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood50543Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn53057Pampas450416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina44049Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,72536In3,71036Source:Total7,43572
Field 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. 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.
1. Past Masters Champions
Ángel Cabrera (11) Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Trevor Immelman Zach Johnson (15,16,17,18) Bernhard Langer Sandy Lyle Phil Mickelson (3,12,13,15,16,17,18) Larry Mize José María Olazábal Mark O'Meara Charl Schwartzel (16,17,18) Adam Scott (11,13,15,16,17,18) Vijay Singh Craig Stadler Bubba Watson (15,17,18) Tom Watson Mike Weir Ian Woosnam
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. Tiger Woods (5,11,15,16,17,18) did not play due to back surgery.
2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Lucas Glover Graeme McDowell (15,17,18) Rory McIlroy (4,17,18) Justin Rose (12,15,16,17,18) Webb Simpson (15,16,17,18)
3. Last five British Open Champions
Stewart Cink Darren Clarke Ernie Els (12,17,18) Louis Oosthuizen (17,18)
4. Last five PGA Champions
Keegan Bradley (16,17,18) Jason Dufner (12,14,15,16,17,18) Martin Kaymer (17) Yang Yong-eun
5. Last three winners of The Players Championship
K. J. Choi Matt Kuchar (11,15,16,17,18)
6. Top two finishers in the 2013 U.S. Amateur
Matt Fitzpatrick (a) Oliver Goss (a)
7. Winner of the 2013 British Amateur Championship Garrick Porteous (a)
8. Winner of the 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Lee Chang-woo (a)
9. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links Jordan Niebrugge (a)
10. Winner of the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur Mike McCoy (a)
11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2013 Masters Tournament
Tim Clark Jason Day (12,15,16,17,18) Sergio García (16,17,18) John Huh Marc Leishman Thorbjørn Olesen Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18) Lee Westwood (13,17,18)
12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 U.S. Open
Billy Horschel (15,16,17,18) Hunter Mahan (16,17,18)
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 British Open Championship
Ian Poulter (17,18) Henrik Stenson (14,15,16,17,18)
14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2013 PGA Championship
Jonas Blixt (15,17) Jim Furyk (16,17,18)
15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2013 Masters Tournament and the 2014 Masters Tournament
Bae Sang-moon Steven Bowditch Ken Duke Harris English (18) Derek Ernst Matt Every (18) Bill Haas (16,17,18) Russell Henley (18) Dustin Johnson (16,17,18) Matt Jones Chris Kirk Ryan Moore (17,18) Patrick Reed (18) John Senden Jordan Spieth (16,17,18) Kevin Stadler Scott Stallings Jimmy Walker (17,18) Boo Weekley (16)
16. All players qualifying for the 2013 edition of The Tour Championship
Roberto Castro Brendon de Jonge Graham DeLaet (17,18) Luke Donald (17,18) D. A. Points Kevin Streelman (17,18) Steve Stricker (17,18) Nick Watney (17,18) Gary Woodland (18)
17. Top 50 on the final 2013 Official World Golf Ranking list
Thomas Bjørn (18) Jamie Donaldson (18) Victor Dubuisson (18) Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (18) Rickie Fowler (18) Branden Grace Peter Hanson Thongchai Jaidee (18) Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18) Joost Luiten (18) David Lynn Matteo Manassero Hideki Matsuyama (18) Francesco Molinari (18)
18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 31, 2014 Stephen Gallacher
19. International invitees None
Five players were appearing in their first major: Patrick Reed, Oliver Goss, Lee Chang-woo, Jordan Niebrugge and Mike McCoy. A further 19 were appearing in their first Masters: Jonas Blixt, Steven Bowditch, Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Victor Dubuisson, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Matt Every, Matt Fitzpatrick, Stephen Gallacher, Billy Horschel, Matt Jones, Chris Kirk, Joost Luiten, Garrick Porteous, Jordan Spieth, Kevin Stadler and Jimmy Walker. The total of 24 Masters debutants was a record, beating the 23 in 1935.
Craig Stadler and Kevin Stadler were the 12th father and son to play in the Masters, but the first to play in the same year.
Tiger Woods had played in 19 consecutive Masters (1995–2013). Also absent was Pádraig Harrington who had appeared in the previous 14 Masters, and in every major in the last eight years.
Round summaries
First round Thursday, April 10, 2014
Bill Haas led by a stroke after a 68 on the first day, one shot ahead of Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson, and defending champion Adam Scott. There were 18 players, including Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Fred Couples and Rickie Fowler, within three shots of the lead after the first round. The weather conditions were near-perfect: clear and calm with temperatures in the mid-70s (24 °C).
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bill Haas 68 −4T2 Louis Oosthuizen 69 −3 Adam Scott Bubba WatsonT5 Jonas Blixt 70 −2 K. J. Choi Marc Leishman Brandt Snedeker Kevin Stadler Jimmy Walker Gary Woodland
Second round Friday, April 11, 2014
2012 champion Bubba Watson recorded five consecutive birdies on holes 12–16 on his way to a round of 68 (−4) and a three-shot lead after 36 holes. Watson was the only player from the top-10 after the first round to match or better his score in the second round. Joining Watson for the low round of the day (68) were Thomas Bjørn, Jim Furyk and John Senden. Three-time champion Phil Mickelson shot 73 (+1) and missed the cut at the Masters for the first time since 1997.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bubba Watson 69-68=137 −72 John Senden 72-68=140 −4T3 Thomas Bjørn 73-68=141 −3 Jonas Blixt 70-71=141 Adam Scott 69-72=141 Jordan Spieth 71-70=141T7 Fred Couples 71-71=142 −2 Jim Furyk 74-68=142 Jimmy Walker 70-72=142T10 Jamie Donaldson 73-70=143 −1 Stephen Gallacher 71-72=143 Russell Henley 73-70=143 Kevin Stadler 70-73=143 Kevin Streelman 72-71=143
Amateurs: Goss (+3), Fitzpatrick (+5), Lee (+9), Niebrugge (+11), Porteous (+12), McCoy (+17).
Third round Saturday, April 12, 2014
Second round leader Bubba Watson fell back to the field with a two-over-par 74. Jordan Spieth shot another round of 70 to tie Watson for first place at five-under-par. Miguel Ángel Jiménez shot the lowest round of the day, 66 (−6), to move into a tie for fifth place.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jordan Spieth 71-70-70=211 −5 Bubba Watson 69-68-74=211T3 Jonas Blixt 70-71-71=212 −4 Matt Kuchar 73-71-68=212T5 Rickie Fowler 71-75-67=213 −3 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-76-66=213T7 Thomas Bjørn 73-68-73=214 −2 Jim Furyk 74-68-72=214 Lee Westwood 73-71-70=214T10 Fred Couples 71-71-73=215 −1 Justin Rose 76-70-69=215 John Senden 72-68-75=215 Kevin Stadler 70-73-72=215
Final round Sunday, April 13, 2014
Summary
Bubba Watson shot a 69 in the final round to win the Masters for the second time in three years. Jordan Spieth had taken the lead after a birdie on the second hole, and expanded his lead to 2 shots following a Watson bogey on the third. Spieth held the outright lead until the eighth hole, when Watson scored a birdie to Spieth's bogey. Another Watson birdie and Spieth bogey on the ninth hole gave Watson a two-shot lead, which he never relinquished and won going away, finishing three shots ahead of both Spieth and Swedish golfer Jonas Blixt. Blixt was the only player in the field to post four sub-par rounds. Joost Luiten shot the low round of the day, 67 (−5).
Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Bubba Watson (c) 69-68-74-69=280 −8 1,620,000T2 Jonas Blixt 70-71-71-71=283 −5 792,000 Jordan Spieth 71-70-70-72=2834 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-76-66-71=284 −4 432,000T5 Rickie Fowler 71-75-67-73=286 −2 342,000 Matt Kuchar 73-71-68-74=2867 Lee Westwood 73-71-70-73=287 −1 301,500T8 Thomas Bjørn 73-68-73-74=288 E 234,000 Bernhard Langer (c) 72-74-73-69=288 Rory McIlroy 71-77-71-69=288 John Senden 72-68-75-73=288 Kevin Stadler 70-73-72-73=288 Jimmy Walker 70-72-76-70=288 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 Stewart Cink 73-72-76-68=289 +1 148,500 Jamie Donaldson 73-70-76-70=289 Jim Furyk 74-68-72-75=289 Justin Rose 76-70-69-74=289 Adam Scott (c) 69-72-76-72=289 Henrik Stenson 73-72-74-70=289T20 Fred Couples (c) 71-71-73-75=290 +2 101,160 Jason Day 75-73-70-72=290 Bill Haas 68-78-74-70=290 Chris Kirk 75-72-71-72=290 Ian Poulter 76-70-70-74=29025 Louis Oosthuizen 69-75-75-72=291 +3 79,200T26 Steven Bowditch 74-72-74-72=292 +4 66,600 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 75-69-74-74=292 Joost Luiten 75-73-77-67=292 Hunter Mahan 74-72-74-72=292 Gary Woodland 70-77-69-76=292T31 Russell Henley 73-70-75-75=293 +5 55,800 Martin Kaymer 75-72-73-73=293 Steve Stricker 72-73-73-75=293T34 K. J. Choi 70-75-78-71=294 +6 48,600 Stephen Gallacher 71-72-81-70=294 José María Olazábal (c) 74-74-73-73=294T37 Brendon de Jonge 74-72-76-73=295 +7 40,500 Billy Horschel 75-72-75-73=295 Thongchai Jaidee 73-74-75-73=295 Vijay Singh (c) 75-71-74-75=295 Brandt Snedeker 70-74-80-71=295T42 Lucas Glover 75-69-77-75=296 +8 34,200 Kevin Streelman 72-71-74-79=296T44 Darren Clarke 74-74-73-76=297 +9 27,972 Sandy Lyle (c) 76-72-76-73=297 Thorbjørn Olesen 74-72-76-75=297 Nick Watney 72-75-76-74=297 Mike Weir (c) 73-72-79-73=29749 Oliver Goss (a) 76-71-76-75=298 +10 050 Francesco Molinari 71-76-76-76=299 +11 23,40051 Larry Mize (c) 74-72-79-79=304 +16 22,680CUT Bae Sang-moon 72-77=149 +5 Luke Donald 79-70=149 Victor Dubuisson 74-75=149 Ernie Els 75-74=149 Matt Fitzpatrick (a) 76-73=149 Sergio García 74-75=149 Marc Leishman 70-79=149 Phil Mickelson (c) 76-73=149 Ryan Moore 77-72=149 Charl Schwartzel (c) 73-76=149 Webb Simpson 74-75=149 Harris English 74-76=150 +6 Zach Johnson (c) 78-72=150 Graeme McDowell 72-78=150 D. A. Points 78-72=150 Ian Woosnam (c) 77-73=150 Ken Duke 75-76=151 +7 John Huh 75-76=151 Dustin Johnson 77-74=151 Hideki Matsuyama 80-71=151 Ángel Cabrera (c) 78-74=152 +8 Graham DeLaet 80-72=152 Derek Ernst 76-76=152 Matt Jones 74-78=152 David Lynn 78-74=152 Matteo Manassero 71-81=152 Mark O'Meara (c) 75-77=152 Patrick Reed 73-79=152 Keegan Bradley 75-78=153 +9 Roberto Castro 73-80=153 Branden Grace 84-69=153 Trevor Immelman (c) 79-74=153 Lee Chang-woo (a) 80-73=153 Jason Dufner 80-74=154 +10 Yang Yong-eun 77-77=154 Matt Every 77-78=155 +11 Jordan Niebrugge (a) 81-74=155 Scott Stallings 75-80=155 Garrick Porteous (a) 76-80=156 +12 Boo Weekley 73-83=156 Tim Clark 79-78=157 +13 Peter Hanson 78-81=159 +15 Craig Stadler (c) 82-77=159 Tom Watson (c) 78-81=159 Mike McCoy (a) 78-83=161 +17 Ben Crenshaw (c) 83-85=168 +24