Who Won The Masters In 2016
The 2016 Masters Tournament was the 80th edition of the Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.Danny Willett won his first major championship, three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending champion Jordan Spieth.[2] Spieth led the tournament from the first round and built a five-shot lead going to the back nine on Sunday, but lost six shots to par over the next three holes culminating in a quadruple-bogey on the 12th hole where he hit two balls into Rae's Creek.This was the final Masters appearance for former champion Tom Watson.The top 12 finishers and ties in the 2015 Masters Tournament.Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the FedEx Cup, between the 2015 Masters Tournament and the 2016 Masters Tournament.All players qualifying for the 2015 edition of The Tour Championship.Appearing in their first Masters were Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Fabián Gómez, Emiliano Grillo, Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, David Lingmerth, Troy Merritt, Cameron Smith, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and all six amateurs.Four of the amateurs (Bard, Chaplet, Cheng and Schmitz) were appearing in their first major.Jimmy Walker won the par 3 contest with a score of 19 (−8), a new tournament record.The players to record an ace were: Rickie Fowler, Zach Johnson, Smylie Kaufman, David Lingmerth, Gary Player, Webb Simpson, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and Walker.First round [ edit ].Defending champion Jordan Spieth shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead over Danny Lee and Shane Lowry.World number one Jason Day was 5-under-par through the front nine but shot 5-over-par on the back nine, including a triple-bogey on the 16th hole, to end at even-par.Second round [ edit ].Amateur Bryson DeChambeau got to within a shot of the lead but suffered a triple bogey at the last to finish at even-par.Amateurs: DeChambeau (E), Langasque (+3), Bard (+9), Schmitz (+12), Cheng (+13), Chaplet (+21).Third round [ edit ].Two-time champion Bernhard Langer, at age 58 attempting to become the oldest major champion, shot a round of 70 and tied Hideki Matsuyama for third, two shots back of Spieth.Final round [ edit ].[16] Jordan Spieth birdied his final four holes of the front-nine to open up a five-shot advantage.Willett, meanwhile, made birdie at 13 and 14 to take the lead.Lee Westwood chipped in for eagle at the 15th to get within one of Willett, but then made bogey on 16 while Willett made birdie.Willett made par on the last two holes to post a round of 67 and five-under for the tournament.Smylie Kaufman began the round a shot out of the lead but shot 81 (+9) and finished in 29th.Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur) (a) = amateur (c) = past champion.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 E E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −5 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 E E −1 E E E −1 −1 −3 −2 −2 −2 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E E −1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 E E E E +2 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −1 −1 E −1 −1 E +1 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E +1 E E +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +6 −2 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +5 +6 +7.
