1991 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1991
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
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field87 players, 57 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$1.35 million
Winner's share$243,000
Champion
Wales Ian Woosnam
277 (−11)
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The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ian Woosnam won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up José María Olazábal.[2][3]

Woosnam, Olazábal, and two-time champion Tom Watson, age 41, were all tied at −11 going into the 72nd hole. Olazábal, a group ahead of the final pairing of Woosnam and Watson, went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker and failed to hole a 45-foot (14 m) par putt. Watson, who had eagled both 13 and 15,[4] missed the fairway right with his tee shot and then hit his second shot into a greenside bunker. He chipped out and three-putted for a double bogey.[5] Woosnam then holed an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt for the green jacket.[6][7][8]

It was the fourth consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988. Through 2017, Woosnam is the only winner at Augusta from Wales. Olazábal later won two Masters, in 1994 and 1999.

Phil Mickelson, a 20-year-old junior at Arizona State, was the low amateur at 290 (+2) and tied for 46th place.

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Nick Faldo (3,10), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,10,13), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (9), Craig Stadler (9,10), Tom Watson (9,14), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)

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

Hale Irwin (12,13), Scott Simpson (9,10), Curtis Strange (9,14)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Mark Calcavecchia (9,13,14), Greg Norman (10,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Wayne Grady (13), Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (10), Bob Tway (12,13)

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

Phil Mickelson (a,12), Manny Zerman (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Rolf Muntz (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Michael Combs (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Jim Stuart (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1990 Masters

Bill Britton (11), Fred Couples (11,13,14), Donnie Hammond, Scott Hoch (10), John Huston (10,13), Steve Jones (10), Tom Kite (12,13,14), José María Olazábal (10,12), Masashi Ozaki, Ronan Rafferty, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (12,13,14)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1990 U.S. Open

Jim Benepe, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Mike Donald, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson (11,12,13)

11. Top eight players and ties from 1990 PGA Championship

Chip Beck (12,13,14), Billy Mayfair (13), Mark McNulty, Gil Morgan (12,13), Don Pooley, Loren Roberts (13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Paul Azinger (13,14), Jay Don Blake, Steve Elkington (13), David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr. (13), Morris Hatalsky, Nolan Henke, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi (13), Davis Love III (13), Andrew Magee, Rocco Mediate, Jodie Mudd (13), Mark O'Meara (13,14), Steve Pate, Corey Pavin (13), Ted Schulz, Joey Sindelar, Ian Woosnam

13. Top 30 players from the 1990 PGA Tour money list

John Cook, Ian Baker-Finch, Robert Gamez, Peter Jacobsen, Nick Price, Brian Tennyson

14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team

Ken Green, Mark McCumber

15. Special foreign invitation

Frankie Miñoza, Tsuneyuki Nakajima

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1991

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jim Gallagher Jr. 67 −5
United States Mark McCumber
United States Lanny Wadkins
T4 United States Fred Couples 68 −4
United States Jack Nicklaus
Spain José María Olazábal
Japan Masashi Ozaki
United States Tom Watson
T9 United States Mark Brooks 69 −3
United States Wayne Levi
United States Phil Mickelson (a)
United States Scott Simpson

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1991

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Watson 68-68=136 −8
T2 United States Mark Calcavecchia 70-68=138 −6
United States Mark McCumber 67-71=138
United States Lanny Wadkins 67-71=138
Wales Ian Woosnam 72-66=138
T6 United States Billy Ray Brown 74-65=139 −5
United States Raymond Floyd 71-68=139
Germany Bernhard Langer 71-68=139
Spain José María Olazábal 68-71=139
T10 United States Hale Irwin 70-70=140 −4
United States Jodie Mudd 70-70=140
United States Jack Nicklaus 68-72=140
United States Fuzzy Zoeller 70-70=140

Amateurs: Mickelson (−2), Zerman (−2), Stuart (+9), Combs (+11), Muntz (+11)

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1991

Place Player Score To par
1 Wales Ian Woosnam 72-66-67=205 −11
2 United States Tom Watson 68-68-70=206 −10
T3 Spain José María Olazábal 68-71-69=208 −8
United States Lanny Wadkins 67-71-70=208
5 United States Larry Mize 72-71-66=209 −7
T6 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 71-70-69=210 −6
United States Raymond Floyd 71-68-71=210
United States Andrew Magee 70-72-68=210
T9 United States Ben Crenshaw 70-73-68=211 −5
United States Peter Jacobsen 73-70-68=211
United States Mark McCumber 67-71-73=211
United States Jodie Mudd 70-70-71=211
United States Scott Simpson 69-73-69=211

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1991

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Wales Ian Woosnam 72-66-67-72=277 −11 243,000
2 Spain José María Olazábal 68-71-69-70=278 −10 145,800
T3 United States Ben Crenshaw (c) 70-73-68-68=279 −9 64,800
United States Steve Pate 72-73-69-65=279
United States Lanny Wadkins 67-71-70-71=279
United States Tom Watson (c) 68-68-70-73=279
T7 Australia Ian Baker-Finch 71-70-69-70=280 −8 42,100
United States Andrew Magee 70-72-68-70=280
United States Jodie Mudd 70-70-71-69=280
T10 United States Hale Irwin 70-70-75-66=281 −7 35,150
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 74-71-67-69=281

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard

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
Wales Woosnam −11 −12 −12 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11
Spain Olazábal −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9 −8 8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10
United States Crenshaw −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −9 −9 −9 −9
United States Pate −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9
United States Wadkins −8 −9 −9 −9 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9
United States Watson −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −7 −9 −9 −11 −11 −11 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[2] [dead link]

References

  1. ^ Juliano, Joe (April 13, 1991). "Augusta course shows Masters touch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
  2. ^ a b "Little Woosnam wins the big one". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 1-part 2. [dead link]
  3. ^ Denlinger, Ken (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam perseveres the most". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  4. ^ Eisenberg, John (April 15, 1991). "Maybe Watson was real story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Baltimore Sun). p. 3B.
  5. ^ "Watson's hopes die with double-bogey". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 4-part 2. [dead link]
  6. ^ GOLF; Woosnam Wins On 18th Green
  7. ^ Garrity, John (April 22, 1991). "Fight to the finish". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  8. ^ Juliano, Joe (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam's par masters a cruel 18th". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
  9. ^ Florence, Mal (April 13, 1991). "Watson wields master's touch". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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