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1981 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1981 Masters Tournament
image	1981_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1981 Masters Guide
dates	April 9–12, 1981
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6905 yd
field	82 players, 48 after cut
cut	148 (+4)
purse	$362,587
winners_share	$60,000
champion	USA Tom Watson
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1980](1980-masters-tournament)
next	[1982](1982-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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, 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. 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; 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. 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.

Field

;1. Masters champions 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)

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hubert Green (8,12), Hale Irwin (9,11,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (8)

;3. The Open champions (last five years) Johnny Miller (11)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) John Mahaffey (11,12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (12)

;5. 1980 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Jim Holtgrieve (7,a), Bob Lewis (a), Hal Sutton (6,7,a), Dick von Tacky (a)

;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Jay Sigel (7,a)

Mark O'Meara forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;7. Members of the 1980 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Bob Tway (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1980 Masters Tournament 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

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1980 U.S. Open 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

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1980 PGA Championship Howard Twitty (11), Bobby Walzel

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters John Cook, Bob Gilder, Phil Hancock, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Mark Pfeil, Don Pooley, Scott Simpson, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell

;12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team Lee Elder

;13. Foreign invitations 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

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Lon Hinkle	69	−3
USA Johnny Miller
AUS Greg Norman
USA Curtis Strange
T5	JPN Isao Aoki	70	−2
USA John Cook
AUS David Graham
USA Hubert Green
USA Jim Holtgrieve (a)
USA Jack Nicklaus
USA Jim Simons

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	70-65=135	−9
T2	USA Lon Hinkle	69-70=139	−5
USA Bruce Lietzke	72-67=139
AUS Greg Norman	69-70=139
USA Tom Watson	71-68=139
T6	AUS David Graham	70-70=140	−4
USA Hubert Green	70-70=140
T8		USA Jim Colbert	73-68=141	−3
USA John Cook	70-71=141
USA Peter Jacobsen	71-70=141
USA Johnny Miller	69-72=141

Source:{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zWgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JV0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4688%2C4666036

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Watson	71-68-70=209	−7
2	USA Jack Nicklaus	70-65-75=210	−6
3	AUS Greg Norman	69-70-72=211	−5
T4	USA Bruce Lietzke	72-67-73=212	−4
USA John Mahaffey	72-71-69=212
T6	USA John Cook	70-71-72=213	−3
USA Ben Crenshaw	71-72-70=213
USA Lon Hinkle	69-70-74=213
USA Peter Jacobsen	71-70-72=213
T10	USA Gay Brewer	75-68-71=214	−2
AUS David Graham	70-70-74=214
USA Hubert Green	70-70-74=214
USA Johnny Miller	69-72-73=214
USA Jerry Pate	71-72-71=214
USA Dave Stockton	72-72-70=214
USA Lanny Wadkins	72-71-71=214

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Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1981

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Tom Watson (c)	71-68-70-71=280	−8	60,000
T2	USA Johnny Miller	69-72-73-68=282	−6	30,500
USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	70-65-75-72=282
4	AUS Greg Norman	69-70-72-72=283	−5	16,000
T5	USA Tom Kite	74-72-70-68=284	−4	12,667
USA Jerry Pate	71-72-71-70=284
7	AUS David Graham	70-70-74-71=285	−3	11,167
T8	USA Ben Crenshaw	71-72-70-73=286	−2	9,667
USA Raymond Floyd (c)	75-71-71-69=286
USA John Mahaffey	72-71-69-74=286

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA George Archer (c)	74-70-72-71=287	−1	7,333
USA Hubert Green	70-70-74-73=287
USA Peter Jacobsen	71-70-72-74=287
USA Bruce Lietzke	72-67-73-75=287
T15	USA Gay Brewer (c)	75-68-71-74=288	E	5,500
USA Bob Gilder	72-75-69-72=288
ZAF Gary Player (c)	73-73-71-71=288
USA Jim Simons	70-75-71-72=288
T19	USA Don Pooley	71-75-72-71=289	+1	4,500
USA Curtis Strange	69-79-70-71=289
T21	USA John Cook	70-71-72-77=290	+2	3,600
USA Gil Morgan	74-73-70-73=290
USA Calvin Peete	75-70-71-74=290
USA Lanny Wadkins	72-71-71-76=290
T25	USA Jim Colbert	73-68-74-76=291	+3	2,700
USA Hale Irwin	73-74-70-74=291
USA Wayne Levi	72-71-73-75=291
T28	USA Gibby Gilbert	71-71-76-74=292	+4	2,350
USA Lon Hinkle	69-70-74-79=292
SCO Sandy Lyle	73-70-76-73=292
T31	AUS Bruce Devlin	74-72-72-75=293	+5	2,013
USA Jay Haas	75-71-72-75=293
USA Jack Renner	73-72-73-75=293
USA Dave Stockton	72-72-70-79=293
T35	USA Jay Sigel (a)	72-75-75-72=294	+6	0
USA Mike Sullivan	72-74-74-74=294	1,800
T37	USA Keith Fergus	76-72-75-72=295	+7	1,617
USA Scott Hoch	73-70-75-77=295
USA Bill Rogers	76-72-75-72=295
T40	USA Charles Coody (c)	74-71-75-76=296	+8	1,500
USA Bob Lewis (a)	77-70-73-76=296	0
USA Howard Twitty	75-72-74-75=296	1,500
T43	USA Craig Stadler	76-71-73-77=297	+9	1,500
USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	77-70-78-72=297
T45	JPN Isao Aoki	70-76-77-77=300	+12	1,500
JPN Norio Suzuki	74-74-75-77=300
47	USA Jim Holtgrieve (a)	70-77-79-75=301	+13	0
48	USA Tommy Aaron (c)	77-71-76-79=303	+15	1,500
CUT	USA Andy Bean	75-74=149	+5
USA Ed Fiori	72-77=149
CAN Dan Halldorson	76-73=149
USA Mark Pfeil	74-75=149
USA Scott Simpson	77-72=149
USA Bobby Wadkins	73-76=149
USA Lee Elder	77-73=150	+6
USA J. C. Snead	72-78=150
USA Mark Hayes	76-75=151	+7
USA Pat McGowan	73-78=151
USA Larry Nelson	78-73=151
USA Mike Reid	76-75=151
USA Bob Tway (a)	75-76=151
AUS Jack Newton	79-73=152	+8
USA Joe Inman	74-79=153	+9
USA Mike Morley	76-77=153
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	75-78=153
USA Ed Sneed	81-72=153
USA Doug Tewell	79-74=153
USA Bobby Walzel	75-78=153
ESP Seve Ballesteros (c)	78-76=154	+10
USA Billy Casper (c)	76-78=154
USA Joe Hager	81-73=154
USA Lee Trevino	77-77=154
USA Doug Ford (c)	79-76=155	+11
USA Bob Goalby (c)	80-75=155
USA Andy North	82-73=155
USA Sam Snead (c)	77-78=155
USA Hal Sutton (a)	80-75=155
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	76-79=155
USA Billy Kratzert	83-75=158	+14
USA Phil Hancock	82-77=159	+15
WAL Duncan Evans (a)	81-79=160	+16
USA Dick von Tacky (a)	76-85=161	+17

Sources:

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
USA Watson	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Miller	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
USA Nicklaus	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6
AUS Norman	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Kite	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4
USA Pate	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:

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