2006 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 2006
Location	Augusta, 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 by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,445 yards (6,808 m)[1]
Field	90 players, 47 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	US$7,000,000
Winner's share	$1,260,000
Champion
Phil Mickelson
281 (−7)
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The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Prior to the tournament, the course was lengthened by 155 yards (142 m)^[2] to 7,445 yards (6,808 m), up from 7,290 yards (6,666 m) in 2005. Phil Mickelson won the second of his three Masters and second consecutive major with a 281 (−7), two strokes ahead of runner-up Tim Clark.^[3][2] The purse was $7 million and the winner's share was $1.26 million.

This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Nick Faldo.

Course

Field

1. Masters champions
Charles Coody, Fred Couples (12,14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,10,13,14,16,17), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (12,16,17), Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

• Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer did not play.

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

3. The Open champions (last five years)
Ben Curtis, David Duval, Ernie Els (16,17), Todd Hamilton

4. PGA champions (last five years)
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, David Toms (14,15,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)
Stephen Ames (15,17), Fred Funk (14,16,17), Adam Scott (14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a)

7. The Amateur champion
Brian McElhinney (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Clay Ogden (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Kevin Marsh (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2005 Masters
Chris DiMarco (14,16,17), Luke Donald (14,15,16,17), Mark Hensby (11,16), Tim Herron (14,16), David Howell (16,17), Trevor Immelman, Tom Lehman (16,17), Justin Leonard (14,16,17), Thomas Levet, Rod Pampling (16,17)

• Ryan Moore did not play, as he was recovering from wrist surgery.

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2005 U.S. Open
Tim Clark (14,16,17), Sergio García (14,16,17), Davis Love III (13,14,16,17), Rocco Mediate

12. Top four players and ties from the 2005 Open Championship
Colin Montgomerie (16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2005 PGA Championship
Thomas Bjørn (16,17)

• Steve Elkington did not play due to a groin injury.

14. Top 40 players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list
Stuart Appleby (15,16,17), Jason Bohn, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant (16,17), Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (15,16,17), K. J. Choi (16,17), Ben Crane (16,17), Lucas Glover, Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe (16,17), Zach Johnson (17), Peter Lonard (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Billy Mayfair, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy (15,16,17), Sean O'Hair (16,17), Carl Pettersson (17), Ted Purdy, Vaughn Taylor, Scott Verplank (16,17)

• Kenny Perry (16,17) did not play, as he was recovering from knee surgery.

15. Top 10 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money list on March 27
Arron Oberholser (17), Rory Sabbatini (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 2005 world ranking
Robert Allenby (17), Ángel Cabrera (17), Stewart Cink (17), Darren Clarke (17), John Daly, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Shingo Katayama (17), Paul McGinley (17), Nick O'Hern (17), Henrik Stenson (17), Lee Westwood (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 27

• All such players were eligible under higher categories.

18. Special foreign invitation
Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Eighteen players broke par on the lengthened Augusta National. Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, shot a five-under 67 to take the first round lead by one stroke over Rocco Mediate. Arron Oberholser was next with a 69 for solo third place. Four others were at 70, including 2004 champion Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen. Defending champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72, despite a pair of three-putt bogeys and a double bogey on the par-5 15th hole.^[4]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Vijay Singh	67	−5
2	Rocco Mediate	68	−4
3	Arron Oberholser	69	−3
T4	Tim Clark	70	−2
	Retief Goosen
	Phil Mickelson
	Geoff Ogilvy
T8	Stuart Appleby	71	−1
	Rich Beem
	Chad Campbell
	Fred Couples
	Ben Crenshaw
	Ben Curtis
	Ernie Els
	David Howell
	Billy Mayfair
	Nick O'Hern
	Mike Weir

Second round

Friday, April 7, 2006

Chad Campbell, with just one top ten result at a major (runner-up at 2003 PGA Championship), led at the halfway point by three strokes at 138 (−6). His 67 (−5) on Friday was one of only three scores in the 60s. In a tie for second at 141 (−3) was Singh, Mediate, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Mickelson shot even par for the round and was among a group tied for fifth at 142 (−2). The cut came at 148 (+4); among the notables to miss the cut was Chris DiMarco, the playoff runner-up to Woods in 2005.^[5] This was 1971 champ Charles Coody's final entry as a competitor; after struggling in his opening round to an 89, he played very well (at age 68) in round 2, carding a 2-over par 74 for his last competitive round at Augusta.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chad Campbell	71-67=138	−6
T2	Fred Couples	71-70=141	−3
	Rocco Mediate	68-73=141
	Vijay Singh	67-74=141
T5	Tim Clark	70-72=142	−2
	Darren Clarke	72-70=142
	Ernie Els	71-71=142
	David Howell	71-71=142
	Phil Mickelson	70-72=142
T10	Olin Browne	74-69=143	−1
	Ben Crenshaw	71-72=143
	Retief Goosen	70-73=143
	Pádraig Harrington	73-70=143
	Billy Mayfair	71-72=143
	Nick O'Hern	71-72=143
	Tiger Woods	72-71=143

Amateurs: McElhinney (+11), Molinari (+13), Ogden (+15), Dougherty (+16), Marsh (+16).

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 2006
Sunday, April 9, 2006

Thunderstorms postponed a good chunk of action in the third round, forcing it to be completed on Sunday morning.^[6] Mickelson moved to the top of the leaderboard with a two-under 70 to 212 (−4). Second round leader Campbell shot 75 (+3) to fall into a tie for second with Couples, who shot even par for the round. Woods shot 71 for 214, two strokes back in a six-way tie for fourth, along with Singh and four others.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	70-72-70=212	−4
T2	Chad Campbell	71-67-75=213	−3
	Fred Couples	71-70-72=213
T4	Stephen Ames	74-70-70=214	−2
	Tim Clark	70-72-72=214
	Darren Clarke	72-70-72=214
	Rocco Mediate	68-73-73=214
	Vijay Singh	67-74-73=214
	Tiger Woods	72-71-71=214
T10	Retief Goosen	70-73-72=215	−1
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	72-74-69=215

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 2006

Summary

Mickelson won his second consecutive major (2005 PGA Championship) and his second green jacket with a final round 69 for a two-stroke victory over Tim Clark. Mickelson's lone bogey was at the final hole, when he had victory all but assured. The win also gave him his third major in the last nine. Clark finished in solo second by holing-out from a green side bunker at the 72nd hole. Woods shot a two-under 70 to finish three strokes behind Mickelson in a five-way tie for third. Others finishing in third place were Couples, Goosen, Campbell, and José María Olazábal, the 1994 and 1999 champion, who shot the round of the tournament, a six-under 66.^[2][3] Sadly, Mediate fell out of contention after hitting three balls into the water and making a ten at the par-3 12th.^[7]

Final leaderboard

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Phil Mickelson (c)	70-72-70-69=281	−7	1,260,000
2	Tim Clark	70-72-72-69=283	−5	756,000
T3	Chad Campbell	71-67-75-71=284	−4	315,700
	Fred Couples (c)	71-70-72-71=284
	Retief Goosen	70-73-72-69=284
	José María Olazábal (c)	76-71-71-66=284
	Tiger Woods (c)	72-71-71-70=284
T8	Ángel Cabrera	73-74-70-68=285	−3	210,000
	Vijay Singh (c)	67-74-73-71=285
10	Stewart Cink	72-73-71-70=286	−2	189,000

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Stephen Ames	74-70-70-73=287	−1	161,000
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	72-74-69-72=287
	Mike Weir (c)	71-73-73-70=287
T14	Billy Mayfair	71-72-73-72=288	E	129,500
	Arron Oberholser	69-75-73-71=288
T16	Geoff Ogilvy	70-75-73-71=289	+1	112,000
	Rod Pampling	72-73-72-72=289
	Scott Verplank	74-70-74-71=289
T19	Stuart Appleby	71-75-73-71=290	+2	91,000
	David Howell	71-71-76-72=290
	Nick O'Hern	71-72-76-71=290
T22	Robert Allenby	73-73-74-71=291	+3	67,200
	Darren Clarke	72-70-72-77=291
	Jim Furyk	73-75-68-75=291
	Mark Hensby	80-67-70-74=291
	Davis Love III	74-71-74-72=291
T27	Ernie Els	71-71-74-76=292	+4	49,700
	Pádraig Harrington	73-70-75-74=292
	Shingo Katayama	75-70-73-74=292
	Carl Pettersson	72-74-73-73=292
	Adam Scott	72-74-75-71=292
T32	Thomas Bjørn	73-75-76-69=293	+5	40,512
	Brandt Jobe	72-76-77-68=293
	Zach Johnson	74-72-77-70=293
	Ted Purdy	72-76-74-71=293
T36	Tim Herron	76-71-71-76=294	+6	34,416
	Rocco Mediate	68-73-73-80=294
	Rory Sabbatini	76-70-74-74=294
T39	Jason Bohn	73-71-77-74=295	+7	30,100
	Ben Curtis	71-74-77-73=295
	Justin Leonard	75-70-79-71=295
T42	Rich Beem	71-73-73-79=296	+8	25,900
	Luke Donald	74-72-76-74=296
	Larry Mize (c)	75-72-77-72=296
45	Olin Browne	74-69-80-74=297	+9	23,100
46	Sergio García	72-74-79-73=298	+10	21,700
47	Ben Crenshaw (c)	71-72-78-79=300	+12	20,300
CUT	Bart Bryant	76-73=149	+5
	Michael Campbell	75-74=149
	Ben Crane	74-75=149
	Thomas Levet	78-71=149
	Colin Montgomerie	74-75=149
	Vaughn Taylor	75-74=149
	Ian Woosnam (c)	77-72=149
	Chris DiMarco	76-74=150	+6
	Todd Hamilton	74-76=150
	Peter Lonard	76-74=150
	David Toms	72-78=150
	Lee Westwood	75-75=150
	Lucas Glover	73-78=151	+7
	Trevor Immelman	75-76=151
	Tom Lehman	76-75=151
	Joe Ogilvie	74-77=151
	Henrik Stenson	77-74=151
	K. J. Choi	76-76=152	+8
	Raymond Floyd (c)	79-73=152
	Shaun Micheel	82-70=152
	Sean O'Hair	76-76=152
	John Daly	74-79=153	+9
	Nick Faldo (c)	79-74=153
	Thongchai Jaidee	78-75=153
	Bernhard Langer (c)	79-74=153
	Shigeki Maruyama	79-75=154	+10
	Mark O'Meara (c)	82-72=154
	Tom Watson (c)	79-75=154
	Brian McElhinney (a)	80-75=155	+11
	Paul McGinley	78-77=155
	Craig Stadler (c)	77-78=155
	Mark Calcavecchia	80-76=156	+12
	Fred Funk	76-81=157	+13
	Edoardo Molinari (a)	80-77=157
	David Duval	84-75=159	+15
	Clay Ogden (a)	83-76=159
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	78-81=159
	Dillon Dougherty (a)	82-78=160	+16
	Kevin Marsh (a)	79-81=160
	Gary Player (c)	79-81=160
	Sandy Lyle (c)	80-81=161	+17
	Charles Coody (c)	89-74=163	+19
	Charles Howell III	80-84=164	+20

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
Mickelson	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7
Clark	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5
Campbell	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−3	−4
Couples	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Goosen	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4
Olazábal	+2	+1	E	−1	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−5	−4	−4	−4
Woods	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−4
Ames	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1
Jiménez	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1
Clarke	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+3
Mediate	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[8]

Par 3 Contest

Ben Crane won the annual Par 3 contest, which took place on Wednesday, April 5, with a four-under 23. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, made a curtain call at the event; Nicklaus was one-under and was in contention throughout the day. Pádraig Harrington, Clark, and Oberholser all aced the 135-yard (123 m) ninth hole.