Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 9–12, 1981 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1] |
Field | 82 players, 48 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | $362,587 |
Winner's share | $60,000 |
Champion | |
Tom Watson | |
280 (−8) | |
Location Map | |
Location in Georgia | |
The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second green jacket and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller.
Five-time champion Nicklaus shot a bogey-free 65 on Friday and led by four strokes after 36 holes,[2] but a 75 on Saturday put him a stroke behind Watson entering the final round. It was the fourth runner-up finish for Nicklaus at the Masters and the third for Miller.[3][4][5] Nicklaus won his sixth Masters five years later in 1986 at age 46.
Defending champion Seve Ballesteros shot 154 (+10) and missed the cut by six strokes;[2] he also missed the cut as defending champion in 1984. Lee Trevino, needing a green jacket to complete the career grand slam, also shot 154 with an ailing back.[2] His best finishes at Augusta were tenth place ties in 1975 and 1985.
Greg Norman, age 26, appeared in his first Masters and was fourth, the first of his eight top-five finishes at Augusta. He was runner-up three times, in 1986, 1987, and 1996.
This was the first Masters with bentgrass greens, which were formerly Bermuda and ryegrass.[6][7][8]
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,9,10), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)
Hubert Green (8,12), Hale Irwin (9,11,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (8)
Johnny Miller (11)
John Mahaffey (11,12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (12)
Jim Holtgrieve (7,a), Bob Lewis (a), Hal Sutton (6,7,a), Dick von Tacky (a)
Jay Sigel (7,a)
Bob Tway (a)
Andy Bean (10,11,12), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Ed Fiori, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Tom Kite (11,12), Billy Kratzert (11), Gil Morgan (9,10,12), Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete, Jack Renner, Jim Simons, J. C. Snead
Keith Fergus, Joe Hager, Mark Hayes (12), Lon Hinkle (10), Joe Inman, Pat McGowan, Mike Morley, Mike Reid, Bill Rogers (10,11), Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange (10,11), Lee Trevino (10,11,12), Bobby Wadkins
Howard Twitty (11), Bobby Walzel
John Cook, Bob Gilder, Phil Hancock, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Mark Pfeil, Don Pooley, Scott Simpson, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell
Isao Aoki (9), Bruce Devlin (9), Duncan Evans (6,a), David Graham (4,8,11), Dan Halldorson (11), Sandy Lyle, Jack Newton (8), Greg Norman, Norio Suzuki
Thursday, April 9, 1981
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | Lon Hinkle | 69 | −3 |
Johnny Miller | |||
Greg Norman | |||
Curtis Strange | |||
T5 | Isao Aoki | 70 | −2 |
John Cook | |||
David Graham | |||
Hubert Green | |||
Jim Holtgrieve (a) | |||
Jack Nicklaus | |||
Jim Simons |
Source:[9]
Friday, April 10, 1981
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-65=135 | −9 |
T2 | Lon Hinkle | 69-70=139 | −5 |
Bruce Lietzke | 72-67=139 | ||
Greg Norman | 69-70=139 | ||
Tom Watson | 71-68=139 | ||
T6 | David Graham | 70-70=140 | −4 |
Hubert Green | 70-70=140 | ||
T8 | Jim Colbert | 73-68=141 | −3 |
John Cook | 70-71=141 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | 71-70=141 | ||
Johnny Miller | 69-72=141 |
Saturday, April 11, 1981
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Tom Watson | 71-68-70=209 | −7 |
2 | Jack Nicklaus | 70-65-75=210 | −6 |
3 | Greg Norman | 69-70-72=211 | −5 |
T4 | Bruce Lietzke | 72-67-73=212 | −4 |
John Mahaffey | 72-71-69=212 | ||
T6 | John Cook | 70-71-72=213 | −3 |
Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-70=213 | ||
Lon Hinkle | 69-70-74=213 | ||
Peter Jacobsen | 71-70-72=213 | ||
T10 | Gay Brewer | 75-68-71=214 | −2 |
David Graham | 70-70-74=214 | ||
Hubert Green | 70-70-74=214 | ||
Johnny Miller | 69-72-73=214 | ||
Jerry Pate | 71-72-71=214 | ||
Dave Stockton | 72-72-70=214 | ||
Lanny Wadkins | 72-71-71=214 |
Source:[12]
Sunday, April 12, 1981
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | Tom Watson (c) | 71-68-70-71=280 | −8 | 60,000 |
T2 | Johnny Miller | 69-72-73-68=282 | −6 | 30,500 |
Jack Nicklaus (c) | 70-65-75-72=282 | |||
4 | Greg Norman | 69-70-72-72=283 | −5 | 16,000 |
T5 | Tom Kite | 74-72-70-68=284 | −4 | 12,667 |
Jerry Pate | 71-72-71-70=284 | |||
7 | David Graham | 70-70-74-71=285 | −3 | 11,167 |
T8 | Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-70-73=286 | −2 | 9,667 |
Raymond Floyd (c) | 75-71-71-69=286 | |||
John Mahaffey | 72-71-69-74=286 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T11 | George Archer (c) | 74-70-72-71=287 | −1 | 7,333 | |
Hubert Green | 70-70-74-73=287 | ||||
Peter Jacobsen | 71-70-72-74=287 | ||||
Bruce Lietzke | 72-67-73-75=287 | ||||
T15 | Gay Brewer (c) | 75-68-71-74=288 | E | 5,500 | |
Bob Gilder | 72-75-69-72=288 | ||||
Gary Player (c) | 73-73-71-71=288 | ||||
Jim Simons | 70-75-71-72=288 | ||||
T19 | Don Pooley | 71-75-72-71=289 | +1 | 4,500 | |
Curtis Strange | 69-79-70-71=289 | ||||
T21 | John Cook | 70-71-72-77=290 | +2 | 3,600 | |
Gil Morgan | 74-73-70-73=290 | ||||
Calvin Peete | 75-70-71-74=290 | ||||
Lanny Wadkins | 72-71-71-76=290 | ||||
T25 | Jim Colbert | 73-68-74-76=291 | +3 | 2,700 | |
Hale Irwin | 73-74-70-74=291 | ||||
Wayne Levi | 72-71-73-75=291 | ||||
T28 | Gibby Gilbert | 71-71-76-74=292 | +4 | 2,350 | |
Lon Hinkle | 69-70-74-79=292 | ||||
Sandy Lyle | 73-70-76-73=292 | ||||
T31 | Bruce Devlin | 74-72-72-75=293 | +5 | 2,013 | |
Jay Haas | 75-71-72-75=293 | ||||
Jack Renner | 73-72-73-75=293 | ||||
Dave Stockton | 72-72-70-79=293 | ||||
T35 | Jay Sigel (a) | 72-75-75-72=294 | +6 | 0 | |
Mike Sullivan | 72-74-74-74=294 | 1,800 | |||
T37 | Keith Fergus | 76-72-75-72=295 | +7 | 1,617 | |
Scott Hoch | 73-70-75-77=295 | ||||
Bill Rogers | 76-72-75-72=295 | ||||
T40 | Charles Coody (c) | 74-71-75-76=296 | +8 | 1,500 | |
Bob Lewis (a) | 77-70-73-76=296 | 0 | |||
Howard Twitty | 75-72-74-75=296 | 1,500 | |||
T43 | Craig Stadler | 76-71-73-77=297 | +9 | 1,500 | |
Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 77-70-78-72=297 | ||||
T45 | Isao Aoki | 70-76-77-77=300 | +12 | 1,500 | |
Norio Suzuki | 74-74-75-77=300 | ||||
47 | Jim Holtgrieve (a) | 70-77-79-75=301 | +13 | 0 | |
48 | Tommy Aaron (c) | 77-71-76-79=303 | +15 | 1,500 | |
CUT | Andy Bean | 75-74=149 | +5 | ||
Ed Fiori | 72-77=149 | ||||
Dan Halldorson | 76-73=149 | ||||
Mark Pfeil | 74-75=149 | ||||
Scott Simpson | 77-72=149 | ||||
Bobby Wadkins | 73-76=149 | ||||
Lee Elder | 77-73=150 | +6 | |||
J. C. Snead | 72-78=150 | ||||
Mark Hayes | 76-75=151 | +7 | |||
Pat McGowan | 73-78=151 | ||||
Larry Nelson | 78-73=151 | ||||
Mike Reid | 76-75=151 | ||||
Bob Tway (a) | 75-76=151 | ||||
Jack Newton | 79-73=152 | +8 | |||
Joe Inman | 74-79=153 | +9 | |||
Mike Morley | 76-77=153 | ||||
Arnold Palmer (c) | 75-78=153 | ||||
Ed Sneed | 81-72=153 | ||||
Doug Tewell | 79-74=153 | ||||
Bobby Walzel | 75-78=153 | ||||
Seve Ballesteros (c) | 78-76=154 | +10 | |||
Billy Casper (c) | 76-78=154 | ||||
Joe Hager | 81-73=154 | ||||
Lee Trevino | 77-77=154 | ||||
Doug Ford (c) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |||
Bob Goalby (c) | 80-75=155 | ||||
Andy North | 82-73=155 | ||||
Sam Snead (c) | 77-78=155 | ||||
Hal Sutton (a) | 80-75=155 | ||||
Art Wall Jr. (c) | 76-79=155 | ||||
Billy Kratzert | 83-75=158 | +14 | |||
Phil Hancock | 82-77=159 | +15 | |||
Duncan Evans (a) | 81-79=160 | +16 | |||
Dick von Tacky (a) | 76-85=161 | +17 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]