2008 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 2008 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 2008
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,445 yards (6,808 m)
Field94 players, 45 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fundUS$7,500,000
Winner's share$1,350,000[1]
Champion
South Africa Trevor Immelman
280 (−8)
Location Map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

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:[2]

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)

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[4]

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.[5][6]

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 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 par
T1South Africa Trevor Immelman68−4
England Justin Rose
T3United States Brian Bateman69−3
United States Brandt Snedeker
England Lee Westwood
T6Canada Stephen Ames70−2
United States Jim Furyk
United States Zach Johnson
Sweden Robert Karlsson
England 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). 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 par
1South Africa Trevor Immelman68-68=136−8
2United States Brandt Snedeker69-68=137−7
T3United States Steve Flesch72-67=139−5
United States Phil Mickelson71-68=139
England Ian Poulter70-69=139
T6Canada Stephen Ames70-70=140−4
England Paul Casey71-69=140
T8United States Stewart Cink72-69=141−3
United States Arron Oberholser71-70=141
Canada 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 par
1South Africa Trevor Immelman68-68-69=205−11
2United States Brandt Snedeker69-68-70=207−9
3United States Steve Flesch72-67-69=208−8
4England Paul Casey71-69-69=209−7
5United States Tiger Woods72-71-68=211−5
6United States Stewart Cink72-69-71=212−4
T7South Africa Retief Goosen71-71-72=214−2
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington74-71-69=214
United States Zach Johnson70-76-68-214
Sweden Robert Karlsson70-73-71=214
United States Phil Mickelson71-68-75=214
United States Sean O'Hair72-71-71=214
England Ian Poulter70-69-75=214
Argentina Andrés Romero72-72-70=214
United States 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 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1South Africa Trevor Immelman68-68-69-75=280−81,350,000
2United States Tiger Woods (c)72-71-68-72=283−5810,000
T3United States Stewart Cink72-69-71-72=284−4435,000
United States Brandt Snedeker69-68-70-77=284
T5United States Steve Flesch72-67-69-78=286−2273,750
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington74-71-69-72=286
United States Phil Mickelson (c)71-68-75-72=286
T8Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez77-70-72-68=287−1217,500
Sweden Robert Karlsson70-73-71-73=287
Argentina Andrés Romero72-72-70-73=287

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
South Africa Immelman−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−9−10−10−10−8−8−8
United States Woods−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−5
United States Cink−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−3−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4
United States Snedeker−8−10−9−9−9−8−7−7−6−6−5−6−5−4−5−4−4−4
United States Flesch−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−8−6−6−5−4−3−2−2
Republic of Ireland Harrington−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2
United States Mickelson−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−2−3−3−2−2−2
England Casey−7−7−8−6−5−4−3−2−2−2−1−1−1EE+1EE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

Media coverage

ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Masters Final Scores and Earnings". sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ "2008 Tournament Invitees". masters.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Knost making pro debut at Valero Texas Open". mysanantonio.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Sabatini victorious in Par 3 contest". Setanta Sports. April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
  6. ↑ Par 3 Contest
  7. ↑ "2008 Masters Leaderboard". Yahoo! Sports. April 13, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  8. ↑ "TV Schedule". masters.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
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