2004 Masters Tournament

2004 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 2004
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,290 yards (6,666 m)
Field	93 players, 44 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$6,000,000 €5,191,244
Winner's share	$1,170,000 €966,227
Champion
Phil Mickelson
279 (−9)
«2003 2005»

The 2004 Masters Tournament was the 68th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Phil Mickelson, 33, won his first major championship with a birdie on the final hole to win by one stroke over runner-up Ernie Els.^[1][2] The purse was $6.0 million and the winner's share was $1.17 million.

This was the 50th consecutive and final Masters appearance for four-time champion Arnold Palmer.

Playoff alteration

Prior to this Masters, the sudden-death playoff was changed to begin on the 18th hole and alternate with the 10th hole. This new starting point was first used the following year in 2005. When the playoff format was changed to sudden-death for 1976, it began at the 10th hole, then went to the 11th, and was first used in 1979.^[3] Prior to 1976, playoffs at Augusta were full 18-hole rounds on Monday, and the last was won by Billy Casper in 1970. The exception was the first playoff in 1935, which was 36 holes.

Course

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (10), Mark O'Meara (10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (10,12,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,11,14,15,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,12,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

• George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, and Byron Nelson did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Retief Goosen (10,14,16,17)

• Jim Furyk (10,11,14,16,17) did not play.

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Ben Curtis (12,16,17), Ernie Els (10,11,14,16,17), Paul Lawrie (10)

• David Duval did not play.

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Rich Beem (10,16), Shaun Micheel (12,14,16,17), David Toms (10,11,14,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

Davis Love III (10,12,14,15,16,17), Craig Perks, Adam Scott (15,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Nick Flanagan (a), Casey Wittenberg (a)

7. The Amateur champion

Gary Wolstenholme (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Brandt Snedeker (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Nathan Smith (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2003 Masters

Jonathan Byrd, Ángel Cabrera, K. J. Choi (14,16,17), Tim Clark (12), Jeff Maggert, Len Mattiace, Phil Mickelson (14,16,17), Scott Verplank (14,16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2003 U.S. Open

Fredrik Jacobson (16,17), Stephen Leaney (16,17), Kenny Perry (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Justin Rose

12. Top four players and ties from the 2003 Open Championship

Thomas Bjørn (16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2003 PGA Championship

Chad Campbell (14,15,16,17), Alex Čejka (16,17)

14. Top 40 players from the 2003 PGA Tour money list

Robert Allenby (16,17), Stuart Appleby (15,16,17)), Briny Baird, Stewart Cink (17), Chris DiMarco (16,17), Bob Estes (16), Brad Faxon (16,17), Steve Flesch (17), Fred Funk (16,17), Jay Haas (16,17), Tim Herron (16), Charles Howell III (16,17), Jonathan Kaye (15,16,17), Jerry Kelly (16,17), Justin Leonard (16,17), J. L. Lewis, Shigeki Maruyama (16,17), Rocco Mediate (16,17), Tim Petrovic, Chris Riley (16,17), John Rollins, Jeff Sluman, Kirk Triplett (17), Bob Tway (16,17)

15. Top 10 players from the 2004 PGA Tour money list on March 28

John Daly

16. Top 50 players from the final 2003 world ranking

Michael Campbell, Paul Casey (17), Darren Clarke (17), Sergio García (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), Toshimitsu Izawa, Peter Lonard (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Ian Poulter (17), Phillip Price, Eduardo Romero

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 28

Brian Davis, Todd Hamilton, Trevor Immelman, Craig Parry

18. Special foreign invitation

Zhang Lianwei

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	71	73	69	72	285	−3	T4
Fred Couples	United States	1992	73	69	74	70	286	−2	T6
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	75	73	69	69	286	−2	T6
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001, 2002	75	69	75	71	290	+2	T22
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	73	70	75	74	292	+4	T27
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	71	69	79	75	294	+6	30
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	72	74	75	76	297	+9	T37

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	74	75	149	+5
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	73	76	149	+5
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	74	75	149	+5
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	79	70	149	+5
Larry Mize	United States	1987	76	74	150	+6
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986	75	75	150	+6
Nick Faldo	England	1989, 1990, 1996	76	75	151	+7
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	76	75	151	+7
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	76	76	152	+8
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	79	81	160	+16
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	82	80	162	+18
Charles Coody	United States	1971	88	79	167	+23
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	84	84	168	+24
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	87	83	170	+26

Round-by-round results

First round

Thursday, April 8, 2004
Friday, April 9, 2004

23-year-old Englishman Justin Rose posted a five-under 67 to lead after the first round. Americans Chris DiMarco and Jay Haas shot 69 (−3) and two-time U.S. Open champion Ernie Els was among a group tied for fourth with 70 (−2). Among the seven players tied at 71 (−1) was two-time Masters champion, José María Olazábal. Phil Mickelson shot an even-par 72, and three-time Masters champion Tiger Woods shot a 75 (+3). The winner of the previous major (2003 PGA Championship), Shaun Micheel, was at even-par 72. Play was suspended for roughly two hours due to rain, so 18 players completed their opening round on Friday morning.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Justin Rose	England	67	−5
T2	Chris DiMarco	United States	69	−3
	Jay Haas	United States
T4	Alex Čejka	Germany	70	−2
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Chris Riley	United States
T8	K. J. Choi	South Korea	71	−1
	Charles Howell III	United States
	Bernhard Langer	Germany
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Phillip Price	Wales
	Kirk Triplett	United States

Second round

Friday, April 9, 2004

First round leader Rose put together another good round (71) to take the 36-hole lead at 138 (−6). Olazábal shot a 69 to close within two strokes of the lead in a tie for second with Alex Čejka, who shot 70. Mickelson, trying to remove the best player never to win a major championship label, moved into a share of fourth with a 69, alongside K. J. Choi. Davis Love III was one of two to shoot the round of the day with a 67 (−5), which moved him into a tie for sixth with Els, DiMarco, Charles Howell III, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Most notables made the cut at 148 (+4), but among those failing to advance were defending champion Mike Weir and Ben Curtis, the 2003 Open Champion.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Justin Rose	England	67-71=138	−6
T2	Alex Čejka	Germany	70-70=140	−4
	José María Olazábal	Spain	71-69=140
T4	K. J. Choi	South Korea	71-70=141	−3
	Phil Mickelson	United States	72-69=141
T6	Fred Couples	United States	73-69=142	−2
	Chris DiMarco	United States	69-73=142
	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-72=142
	Charles Howell III	United States	71-71=142
	Davis Love III	United States	75-67=142

Amateurs: Snedeker (+4), Wittenberg (+4), Smith (+6), Flanagan (+8), Wolstenholme (+9).

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 2004

Mickelson moved from fourth to a share of the 54-hole lead with a three-under 69, while the top three golfers after round two collapsed. Rose shot an 81, Olazábal a 79, and Čejka a 78. This collective meltdown by the top three allowed Mickelson and DiMarco to rise to the top. DiMarco finished tied for the 54-hole lead with a four-under 68. Paul Casey put together a 68 as well to move within two strokes of the co-leaders at the end of the day. Els continued his steady play with a one-under 71 to move into a three-way tie for fourth. Kirk Triplett and Fredrik Jacobson put themselves in contention at seventh and eighth, respectively.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Chris DiMarco	United States	69-73-68=210	−6
	Phil Mickelson	United States	72-69-69=210
3	Paul Casey	England	75-69-68=212	−4
T4	K.J. Choi	South Korea	71-70-72=213	−3
	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-72-71=213
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-73-69=213
7	Kirk Triplett	United States	71-74-69=214	−2
8	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	74-74-67=215	−1
T9	Stewart Cink	United States	74-73-69=216	E
	Fred Couples	United States	73-69-74=216
	Jay Haas	United States	69-75-72=216
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	74-74-68=216
	Davis Love III	United States	75-67-74=216
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	72-73-71=216

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 2004

In one of the most exciting back nines in Masters history, Mickelson dueled Els to claim his first major championship. Mickelson shot a final round 69, sealed with an 18-foot (5 m) birdie on the 18th green to win by a stroke. Playing two groups ahead of Mickelson, Els started the day at −3 and posted a 67 (−5). As Mickelson approached the final hole, Els' total of 280 (−8) appeared enough to at least get him into a playoff. Els stumbled out of the gate with two bogeys in his first five holes, but quickly regained his form. He collected two eagles on his round, at the par-5 8th and 13th holes. Els also connected on a birdie at the 15th to get him to −8. Seeing his first major possibly slip away with a 38 (+2) on his front nine, Mickelson had to match Els' fire on the back nine, and shot a bogey-free 31, with birdies on five of the final seven holes. Mickelson birdied the par-3 12th and par-5 13th. He briefly tied Els with his third consecutive birdie at the par-4 14th, then had a disappointing par on the par-5 15th. At the par-3 16th, Mickelson put his tee shot 20 feet (6 m) above the pin and holed the dramatic putt to tie for the lead. He remained tied heading to the final tee, and when his approach shot landed on the green, a winning putt was before him. As Mickelson sunk the putt, he jumped for joy as he won his first major title.^[1][2]

K. J. Choi finished third, which was his best major finish, with a final round 69 to total 282 (−6). Sergio García shot the round of the tournament with a 66 (−6) to tie for fourth with two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer. Four major champions, including two former Masters champions (Vijay Singh, Couples, Love, and Nick Price) were in the group who finished tied for sixth at 286 (−2). Woods' streak of not winning a major extended to seven with a disappointing 290 (+2), the same score tallied by first and second round leader Rose.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	72-69-69-69=279	−9	1,170,000
2	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-72-71-67=280	−8	702,000
3	K. J. Choi	South Korea	71-70-72-69=282	−6	442,000
T4	Sergio García	Spain	72-72-75-66=285	−3	286,000
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-73-69-72=285
T6	Paul Casey	England	75-69-68-74=286	−2	189,893
	Fred Couples	United States	73-69-74-70=286
	Chris DiMarco	United States	69-73-68-76=286
	Davis Love III	United States	75-67-74-70=286
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	72-73-71-70=286
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	75-73-69-69=286
	Kirk Triplett	United States	71-74-69-72=286

Amateurs: Wittenberg (E), Snedeker (+12).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Mickelson	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9
Els	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Choi	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
García	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	+1	−1	−2	−3	−3
Langer	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−3	−4	−3	−3
DiMarco	−6	−7	−6	−5	−5	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[1][4]

Quotes

• "Is it his time? YES! At long last!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as Mickelson sunk his birdie putt on the 18th hole to defeat Ernie Els and win the tournament.

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners
• About.com: 2004 Masters
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Full results
• Augusta.com – 2004 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020