2007 Masters Tournament

2007 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–8, 2007
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	7,445 yards (6,808 m)
Field	96 players, 60 after cut
Cut	152 (+8)
Prize fund	$7,418,464 €5,423,535
Winner's share	$1,305,000 €975,770
Champion
Zach Johnson
289 (+1)
«2006 2008»

The 2007 Masters Tournament was the 71st Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Zach Johnson won his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, and Tiger Woods.^[1] Cool temperatures and gusty winds on the weekend resulted in high scores for the field; Johnson's 289 (+1) tied for the highest winning score ever.^[2]

Johnson's victory dispelled the notion that only long-hitters could win the Masters. He did not reach a single par five hole in two during the entire tournament, yet played the par fives better than anyone in the field with 11 birdies and no bogeys.

This was the final Masters appearance for two-time champion Seve Ballesteros.

Course

Field

The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships; only 97 players were invited to compete in the 2007 tournament. Officially, the Masters remains an invitational event, despite its qualification process. In theory, the club could decline to invite a 'qualified' player.

There were a record 50 'international' players in the field - the first time that the majority of the field was not American. The entire field is shown below; each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. Masters champions
Seve Ballesteros, Fred Couples (10), Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,14,15,17), Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,11,14,15,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,10,12,14,15,16,17), Fuzzy Zoeller

• Ian Woosnam withdrew before the tournament due to back problems.
• Tommy Aaron, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer did not play. After a few years hiatus, a custom was resurrected when Palmer served as the new "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Michael Campbell (15,17), Jim Furyk (11,12,14,15,17), Retief Goosen (10,14,15,17), Geoff Ogilvy (10,11,14,15,16,17)

3. The Open champions (last five years)
Ben Curtis (14), Ernie Els (12,14,15,17), Todd Hamilton

4. PGA champions (last five years)
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel (13)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)
Stephen Ames (10,14,15,17), Fred Funk

Due to rescheduling of the 2007 tournament from March to May (after the Masters), only the 2005 and 2006 champions were invited.

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
John Kelly (a), Richie Ramsay (a)

7. The Amateur champion
Julien Guerrier (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Casey Watabu (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Dave Womack (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2006 Masters
Ángel Cabrera (15,17), Chad Campbell (14,15,17), Stewart Cink (14,15,17), Tim Clark (14,15,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Billy Mayfair, Arron Oberholser (14,15,17), Rod Pampling (14,15,17), Scott Verplank (14)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2006 U.S. Open
Kenneth Ferrie, Pádraig Harrington (15,17), Colin Montgomerie (15,17), Nick O'Hern (15,17), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker (14,17)

12. Top four players and ties from the 2006 Open Championship
Chris DiMarco (15,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2006 PGA Championship
Luke Donald (14,15,17), Sergio García (15,17), Adam Scott (14,15,17)

14. Top 40 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money list
Stuart Appleby (15,17), K. J. Choi (15,17), Joe Durant (15,17), Lucas Glover (15,17), J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Trevor Immelman (15,17), Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly, Davis Love III (15,17), Troy Matteson, Tom Pernice, Jr., Carl Pettersson (15,17), Brett Quigley, Rory Sabbatini (15), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (15,17), Camilo Villegas, Brett Wetterich (15,17), Dean Wilson

15. Top 50 players from the final 2006 world ranking
Robert Allenby (16,17), Thomas Bjørn, Paul Casey (17), Darren Clarke, Ben Crane, Bradley Dredge, Johan Edfors, Niclas Fasth (17), David Howell (17), Robert Karlsson (17), Shingo Katayama (17), Ian Poulter (17), Jeev Milkha Singh (17), Henrik Stenson (16,17), Lee Westwood, Yang Yong-eun (17)

16. Top 10 players from the 2007 PGA Tour money list on March 26
Aaron Baddeley (17), Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III (17), John Rollins (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 26
Bart Bryant, Paul Goydos, Justin Rose

18. Special foreign invitation
Hideto Tanihara

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001, 2002, 2005	73	74	72	72	291	+3	T2
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	73	71	79	73	296	+8	T13
Mike Weir	Canada	2003	75	72	80	71	298	+10	T20
Phil Mickelson	United States	2004, 2006	76	73	73	77	299	+11	T24
Fred Couples	United States	1992	76	76	78	71	301	+13	T30
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	79	73	80	71	303	+15	43
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	74	75	78	77	304	+16	T44
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	74	73	79	79	305	+17	T49
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	76	74	84	75	309	+21	T55
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	74	78	79	82	313	+25	60

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	77	76	153	+9
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	75	78	153	+9
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	78	77	155	+11
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	77	80	157	+13
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	83	77	160	+16
Larry Mize	United States	1987	83	78	161	+17
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	86	80	166	+22
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991				WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Billy Mayfair and Ian Poulter were the first competitors to tee off in the 2007 Masters. Both posted scores that were over par. Poulter posted a 75 (+3) and Mayfair a 76 (+4). The course proved to be playing tough, as many big names faltered on the opening day; Ernie Els finished with a 78 (+6), and defending champion Phil Mickelson looked set to get the same score, but two late birdies salvaged a poor round at 76 (+4). World number two Jim Furyk managed a 75 to keep himself in contention. Gary Player, playing in his 50th Masters, could only manage an 83 (+11); two-time winner Seve Ballesteros was at 86 (+14). Tim Clark, the 2006 runner-up, produced a wonderful shot on the 18th hole. At even par, he pulled his second shot to the left of the green and chose to putt. His ball went all the way round the green before it dropped for a birdie and 71. The leaders after the first round were Justin Rose and Brett Wetterich at 69. Rose set a new lowest putts record, needing just twenty. One of the reasons for this was his superb chipping which included a holed bunker shot on the 5th to pick up his second birdie after one at the 3rd. He then crisply rolled home another birdie at 14 to move to three-under par and made a fine save at the last having found a greenside bunker. Wetterich produced five birdies during his round. The chasing pack consisted of David Howell who eagled the 15th to post a two-under 70, and major winner David Toms. Behind them at 71, in addition to Clark, were Vaughn Taylor, Zach Johnson, Rich Beem, and J. J. Henry.^[4]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Justin Rose	England	69	–3
	Brett Wetterich	United States
T3	David Howell	England	70	–2
	David Toms	United States
T5	Rich Beem	United States	71	–1
	Tim Clark	South Africa
	J. J. Henry	United States
	Zach Johnson	United States
	Vaughn Taylor	United States
T10	Bart Bryant	United States	72	E
	Tim Herron	United States
	Davis Love III	United States
	Jeev Milkha Singh	India
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden

Second round

Friday, April 6, 2007

Only three were under par at the halfway point of the tournament. Wetterich and Clark held the 36-hole lead at 142 (-2). Clark was the only man in the field to shoot under par in both rounds (71-71). Taylor held solo third place a stroke back at 143. Despite only three being under par, several golfers were within striking distance. Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, was among a group of four at even par, and Pádraig Harrington was among a group of six at 145 (+1). The cut was at 152 (+8) and among those to miss it were notables Sergio García and Els. Fred Couples, the 1992 champion, parred the final hole to make the cut in his 23rd consecutive appearance to tie Gary Player's Masters record.^[5]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Tim Clark	South Africa	71-71=142	–2
	Brett Wetterich	United States	69-73=142
3	Vaughn Taylor	United States	71-72=143	–1
T4	Zach Johnson	United States	71-73=144	E
	Jerry Kelly	United States	75-69=144
	Justin Rose	England	69-75=144
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	73-71=144
T8	Stuart Appleby	Australia	75-70=145	+1
	Bradley Dredge	Wales	75-70=145
	Lucas Glover	United States	74-71=145
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	77-68=145
	David Howell	England	70-75=145
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	75-70=145

Amateurs: Kelly (+10) Ramsay (+12), Guerrier (+20), Watabu (+21), Womack (+21).

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 2007

The third round saw the worst playing conditions in many years at Augusta on an unseasonably cool day with wind gusts reaching 33 mph (53 km/h). The conditions were clearly a factor as no scores broke 70 for the round. Despite a one-over 73, Stuart Appleby took the 54-hole lead at 218 (+2). Four-time champion Tiger Woods was able to climb the leaderboard into a tie for second with an even par round. Rose shot 75 (+3) to settle into the tie for second with Woods. Retief Goosen was the only player to break par on Saturday with a two-under 70; he made the cut on the number at 152 (+8) on Friday. The final pair both shot in the 80s; Wetterich carded 83 (+11) and Clark an 80 (+8) to fall out of contention. After the third round, fourteen golfers were within four strokes of the lead.^[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stuart Appleby	Australia	75-70-73=218	+2
T2	Justin Rose	England	69-75-75=219	+3
	Tiger Woods	United States	73-74-72=219
T4	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	77-68-75=220	+4
	Zach Johnson	United States	71-73-76=220
	Vaughn Taylor	United States	71-72-77=220
7	Bradley Dredge	Wales	75-70-76=221	+5
T8	Tim Clark	South Africa	71-71-80=222	+6
	Luke Donald	England	73-74-75=222
	Jim Furyk	United States	75-71-76=222
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	76-76-70=222
	Jerry Kelly	United States	75-69-78=222
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	73-76-73=222
	Phil Mickelson	United States	76-73-73=222
	David Toms	United States	70-78-74=222

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Johnson completed a Cinderella story with a three-under 69 to claim his first major title. He captured the green jacket with three birdies over his final six holes, and became the third Masters champion to win the tournament with a score above par.^[2] The others were Sam Snead in 1954 and Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956, also at 289 (+1). Johnson matched the round of the day and was able to hold off a group of three, including Woods, that finished two strokes back. Woods lost a major for the first time in which he held the lead at some point in the final round. However, since he was a stroke behind Appleby coming into the day, his 12–0 record when leading or tied at the start of the final round of a major remained intact. Appleby started off with a double bogey and added another at #12; his 75 (+3) led to a tie for seventh. South Africans Goosen and Rory Sabbatini both shot 69 to finish in a tie for second with Woods. Defending champion Mickelson finished ten strokes back at 299 (+11), tied for 24th.^[1]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Zach Johnson	United States	71-73-76-69=289	+1	1,305,000
T2	Retief Goosen	South Africa	76-76-70-69=291	+3	541,333
	Rory Sabbatini	South Africa	73-76-73-69=291
	Tiger Woods	United States	73-74-72-72=291
T5	Jerry Kelly	United States	75-69-78-70=292	+4	275,500
	Justin Rose	England	69-75-75-73=292
T7	Stuart Appleby	Australia	75-70-73-75=293	+5	233,812
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	77-68-75-73=293
9	David Toms	United States	70-78-74-72=294	+6	210,250
T10	Paul Casey	England	79-68-77-71=295	+7	181,250
	Luke Donald	England	73-74-75-73=295
	Vaughn Taylor	United States	71-72-77-75=295

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
Johnson	+5	+4	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1
Goosen	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3
Sabbatini	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3
Woods	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3
Kelly	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7	+7	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4
Rose	+5	+4	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+4	+4
Appleby	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5
Harrington	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+6	+4	+4	+5	+6	+5	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[7]

Par 3 Contest

Mark O'Meara, 1998 champion, won the annual Par 3 contest, held on Wednesday, April 4.

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• About.com 2007 Masters
• Augusta.com – 2007 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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