The 2019 Masters Tournament was the 83rd edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships in 2019, held between April 11 and 14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tiger Woods won his fifth green jacket, and fifteenth major, by one stroke ahead of three runners-up. It left him one shy of Jack Nicklaus's record six Masters wins, and three short of his record eighteen major wins. At age 43, he became the eleventh oldest player to win a major, and the second oldest Masters winner, again only bettered by Nicklaus who won at age 46. It was 11 years after his last major win, the 2008 U.S. Open, and 14 years after his last Masters win, beating the previous record of 13 years held by Gary Player. Due to the high profile of Woods, and his storied fall from the top of the game due to personal issues and injuries, the victory generated a large amount of publicity around the world, and is regarded as one of the great comebacks in the history of sports.

Woods only emerged to lead the tournament in the final round, when Francesco Molinari, who had been leading the tournament, hit his ball into the water on the 12th hole and then again on the 15th after hitting a tree. It was the first time Woods won a major when not leading after the 54th hole.

Most of the media, and the Las Vegas bookmakers, placed Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, and Dustin Johnson the pre-tournament favorites. McIlroy, the only player to finish in the top ten in the previous five Masters, came into the tournament as the Players champion and with seven consecutive top-10 PGA Tour finishes, but could only finish tied for 21st. Two-time runner-up Rose came in as world number one, but missed the cut. Johnson, who came in as world number two, and had a dominant win in the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, finished tied for second.

A Masters record 65 players made the cut, including three amateurs. The leading amateur, and winner of the Silver Cup, was Norwegian Viktor Hovland who had qualified as the U.S. Amateur champion. He finished tied for 32nd at 3-under-par.

It was also the first time three players had shot 64 or better in a single round at the Masters, as Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, and Webb Simpson all shot 64 in the third round. This was partly attributed by the media to the soft conditions, lack of wind and accessible pin positions.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4454 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood50543Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea51055Magnolia495414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn53057Pampas450416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina44049Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,76536In3,71036Source:Total7,47572 The fifth hole (Magnolia) was lengthened by for this edition.

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, Fred Couples, Sergio García (17,18), Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Patrick Reed (11,12,16,17,18), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (14,17,18), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,3,11,17,18), Bubba Watson (11,15,16,17,18), Mike Weir, Danny Willett, Tiger Woods (14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam

Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Jack Burke Jr., Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller.

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Dustin Johnson (11,12,15,16,17,18), Martin Kaymer, Brooks Koepka (4,12,14,15,16,17,18)

3. Last five Open Champions Rory McIlroy (4,5,11,13,15,16,17,18), Francesco Molinari (13,15,16,17,18), Henrik Stenson (11,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions Jason Day (5,15,16,17,18), Justin Thomas (15,16,17,18), Jimmy Walker

5. Last four winners of The Players Championship Kim Si-woo, Webb Simpson (15,16,17,18)

6. Top two finishers in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Devon Bling (a), Viktor Hovland (a)

7. Winner of the 2018 Amateur Championship Jovan Rebula (a)

8. Winner of the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Takumi Kanaya (a)

9. Winner of the 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur Kevin O'Connell (a)

10. Winner of the 2019 Latin America Amateur Championship Álvaro Ortiz (a)

11. The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2018 Masters Tournament Tony Finau (16,17,18), Rickie Fowler (15,16,17,18), Charley Hoffman, Marc Leishman (15,16,17,18), Louis Oosthuizen (17,18), Jon Rahm (14,16,17,18), Justin Rose (13,15,16,17,18), Cameron Smith (16,17,18)

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2018 U.S. Open Tommy Fleetwood (16,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2018 Open Championship Kevin Kisner (15,17,18), Xander Schauffele (15,16,17,18)

14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2018 PGA Championship Stewart Cink

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2018 Masters Tournament and the 2019 Masters Tournament Keegan Bradley (16,17,18), Paul Casey (16,17,18), Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau (16,17,18), J. B. Holmes (18), Charles Howell III (18), Michael Kim, Satoshi Kodaira (17), Matt Kuchar (17,18), Andrew Landry, Adam Long, Keith Mitchell, Kevin Na (16,17), Brandt Snedeker (17,18), Kevin Tway, Aaron Wise (16)

16. All players qualifying for the 2018 edition of The Tour Championship Patrick Cantlay (17,18), Billy Horschel (17,18), Patton Kizzire, Hideki Matsuyama (17,18), Kyle Stanley (17,18), Gary Woodland (17,18)

17. Top 50 on the final 2018 Official World Golf Ranking list Kiradech Aphibarnrat (18), Lucas Bjerregaard (18), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (18), Matt Fitzpatrick (18), Branden Grace (18), Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton (18), Li Haotong (18), Alex Norén (18), Thorbjørn Olesen, Eddie Pepperell (18), Ian Poulter (18), Matt Wallace (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on April 1, 2019 Justin Harding, Shane Lowry

19. International invitees Shugo Imahira

Par 3 contest Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Matt Wallace won the par-3 contest on the third playoff hole against Sandy Lyle after both players finished with a score of 22 (−5). Wallace made a hole-in-one on the 8th hole, while three other aces were recorded by Mark O'Meara, Shane Lowry, and amateur Devon Bling. Wallace missed the 36-hole cut by five strokes.

Weather

Thursday: Partly cloudy. High of 84 °F/29 °C. Wind SE 10-15 mph.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. High of 84 °F/29 °C. Wind SSE 5-10 mph. Play was suspended at 5:05 p.m. due to dangerous weather and resumed at 5:34 p.m., a delay of 29 minutes.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy. High of 85 °F/29 °C. Wind SE 5-10 mph.

Sunday: Play began at 7:30 a.m. due to threat of thunderstorms. Cloudy with scattered showers. High of 80 °F/27 °C. Wind SSE 15-20 mph, with gusts to 25 mph.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 11, 2019

Bryson DeChambeau and reigning PGA Championship and U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka tied for the lead at 66 (−6). DeChambeau's round included six birdies in his final seven holes. One stroke behind was three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson with world number two Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulter two behind. Ten players were tied for 11th place at 70 (−2), including two of the pre-tournament favorites, Rickie Fowler and Tiger Woods. Defending champion Patrick Reed opened with 73 (+1).

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Bryson DeChambeau 66 −6 Brooks Koepka3 Phil Mickelson 67 −5T4 Dustin Johnson 68 −4 Ian PoulterT6 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69 −3 Justin Harding Kevin Kisner Jon Rahm Adam Scott

Second round Friday, April 12, 2019

Five players, all major champions, shared the lead at the end of the second day. First-round co-leader Brooks Koepka struggled early with two bogeys and a double, but recovered with three birdies to score 71 (−1). Jason Day and Francesco Molinari both scored 67 (−5), while Louis Oosthuizen shot the second best round of the day, 66 (−6). 2013 champion Adam Scott shot a 68 (−4) that included an eagle on the par-5 15th. In the group one back were Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, and Xander Schauffele, the last of whom shot a 65 (−7), the lowest round of the first two days. Woods, seeking his first major since the 2008 U.S. Open, made two front-nine bogeys in a round of 68 (−4). The other first round co-leader, Bryson DeChambeau, struggled with a 75 (+3) while Phil Mickelson followed up his opening round 67 (−5) with a 73 (+1).

There was a 29-minute delay during the afternoon because of thunderstorms in the area. Players remained on the course during the delay. The Masters has a "10 shot rule" whereby all players within 10 shots of the leaders make the 36-hole cut. With the leaders on 137 (−7) the cut was at 147 (+3). 65 players made the cut, the most since the cut was introduced in 1957. Four amateurs made the cut, the most since 1999. World number one Justin Rose was among the players to miss the cut, his first missed cut in his 14th appearance. Also missing the cut was 1991 Masters Champion Ian Woosnam, who announced his retirement as an active Masters competitor shortly after completion of play.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jason Day 70-67=137 −7 Brooks Koepka 66-71=137 Francesco Molinari 70-67=137 Louis Oosthuizen 71-66=137 Adam Scott 69-68=137T6 Justin Harding 69-69=138 −6 Dustin Johnson 68-70=138 Xander Schauffele 73-65=138 Tiger Woods 70-68=138T10 Ian Poulter 68-71=139 −5 Jon Rahm 69-70=139 Amateurs: Hovland (−1), Ortiz (E), Bling (+3), Kanaya (+3), O'Connell (+4), Rebula (+8)

Third round Saturday, April 13, 2019

Francesco Molinari, part of a five-way tie for the lead at the start of the round, made four straight birdies from holes 12 to 15 on his way to a round of 66 (−6) and a two-shot lead after 54 holes. Tony Finau began his round with three straight birdies and made an eagle at the par-5 8th hole, tying the Masters record with 30 on the front-nine. He ended up with a round of 64 (−8), one off the course record, to jump into a tie for second. Four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods was one-over through 5 holes before birdieing 6 to 8, and after three more birdies on the back-nine shot 67 (−5) to join Finau at 11 under par.

Webb Simpson and Patrick Cantlay also shot 64, the first time in Masters history three rounds of 64 or better were shot on the same day. The field combined to shoot 80-under for the round, the lowest in tournament history.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Francesco Molinari 70-67-66=203 −13T2 Tony Finau 71-70-64=205 −11 Tiger Woods 70-68-67=2054 Brooks Koepka 66-71-69=206 −10T5 Ian Poulter 68-71-68=207 −9 Webb Simpson 72-71-64=207T7 Justin Harding 69-69-70=208 −8 Dustin Johnson 68-70-70=208 Matt Kuchar 71-69-68=208 Louis Oosthuizen 71-66-71=208 Xander Schauffele 73-65-70=208 Amateurs: Hovland (−2), Kanaya (−1), Ortiz (+1), Bling (+2)

Final round Sunday, April 14, 2019

Summary

Due to the threat of thunderstorms forecast for the final day, the players were grouped into threesomes with tee times at 7:30 a.m. EDT off the first and tenth tees; the leaders teed off at 9:20 a.m.