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2008 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 2008

Field	Value
name	2008 Masters Tournament
image	Masters_Tournament_Journal_2008_cover.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 2008 Masters Journal
dates	April 10–13, 2008
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par	72
yardage	7445 yd
field	94 players, 45 after cut
cut	147 (+3)
purse	US$7,500,000
winners_share	$1,350,000
champion	ZAF Trevor Immelman
score	280 (−8)
previous	[2007](2007-masters-tournament)
next	[2009](2009-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

European Tour Japan Golf Tour The 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immelman led or tied for the lead after every round.

Field

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:

1. Past Masters Champions

Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

(Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions

Ángel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18)

3. Last five Open Champions

Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions

Shaun Micheel

5. Last two of The Players Champions

Stephen Ames (17,18)

Winners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters.

6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Amateur

Michael Thompson (a)

(2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Colt Knost turned professional, thereby forfeiting his invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.)

7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur Championship

Drew Weaver (a)

8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links

See number 6

9. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur

Trip Kuehne (a)

10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters Tournament

Stuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17)

11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. Open

Nick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open Championship

Ernie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andrés Romero (15,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship

Woody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18)

14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour official money earnings list

Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters Tournament

Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney

16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour Championship

Camilo Villegas

17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings list

Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament

Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard

19. International invitees

Liang Wenchong, Prayad Marksaeng, Jeev Milkha Singh

Par 3 contest

The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.

Round summaries

The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader will be “cut” after 36 holes.

First round

Thursday, April 10, 2008

After an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose, who had held the lead after the first round in the 2007 Masters, and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (−4) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ZAF Trevor Immelman	68	−4
ENG Justin Rose
T3	USA Brian Bateman	69	−3
USA Brandt Snedeker
ENG Lee Westwood
T6	CAN Stephen Ames	70	−2
USA Jim Furyk
USA Zach Johnson
SWE Robert Karlsson
ENG Ian Poulter

Second round

Friday, April 11, 2008

Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Joint first round leader Rose shot a round of 78 (+6) to fall out of the top 10 entirely. Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51. For the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player and Tiger Woods.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Trevor Immelman	68-68=136	−8
2	USA Brandt Snedeker	69-68=137	−7
T3	USA Steve Flesch	72-67=139	−5
USA Phil Mickelson	71-68=139
ENG Ian Poulter	70-69=139
T6	CAN Stephen Ames	70-70=140	−4
ENG Paul Casey	71-69=140
T8	USA Stewart Cink	72-69=141	−3
USA Arron Oberholser	71-70=141
CAN Mike Weir	73-68=141

Amateurs: Kuehne (+6), Thompson (+10), Weaver (+12).

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Immelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (−11). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (−7), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Trevor Immelman	68-68-69=205	−11
2	USA Brandt Snedeker	69-68-70=207	−9
3	USA Steve Flesch	72-67-69=208	−8
4	ENG Paul Casey	71-69-69=209	−7
5	USA Tiger Woods	72-71-68=211	−5
6	USA Stewart Cink	72-69-71=212	−4
T7	ZAF Retief Goosen	71-71-72=214	−2
IRL Pádraig Harrington	74-71-69=214
USA Zach Johnson	70-76-68-214
SWE Robert Karlsson	70-73-71=214
USA Phil Mickelson	71-68-75=214
USA Sean O'Hair	72-71-71=214
ENG Ian Poulter	70-69-75=214
ARG Andrés Romero	72-72-70=214
USA Boo Weekley	72-74-68=214

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Summary

Miguel Ángel Jiménez had the low round of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, four players were under par and the scoring average was 74.67. For the tournament, ten players were under par and the scoring average was 73.77.

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	ZAF Trevor Immelman	68-68-69-75=280	−8	1,350,000
2	USA Tiger Woods (c)	72-71-68-72=283	−5	810,000
T3	USA Stewart Cink	72-69-71-72=284	−4	435,000
USA Brandt Snedeker	69-68-70-77=284
T5	USA Steve Flesch	72-67-69-78=286	−2	273,750
IRL Pádraig Harrington	74-71-69-72=286
USA Phil Mickelson (c)	71-68-75-72=286
T8	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez	77-70-72-68=287	−1	217,500
SWE Robert Karlsson	70-73-71-73=287
ARG Andrés Romero	72-72-70-73=287

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	ENG Paul Casey	71-69-69-79=288	E	172,500
USA Nick Watney	75-70-72-71=288
ENG Lee Westwood	69-73-73-73=288
T14	AUS Stuart Appleby	76-70-72-71=289	+1	135,000
USA Sean O'Hair	72-71-71-75=289
FJI Vijay Singh (c)	72-71-72-74=289
T17	ZAF Retief Goosen	71-71-72-76=290	+2	112,500
SWE Henrik Stenson	74-72-72-72=290
CAN Mike Weir (c)	73-68-75-74=290
T20	USA Brian Bateman	69-76-72-74=291	+3	84,300
USA Zach Johnson (c)	70-76-68-77=291
USA Justin Leonard	72-74-72-73=291
USA Bubba Watson	74-71-73-73=291
USA Boo Weekley	72-74-68-77=291
T25	CAN Stephen Ames	70-70-77-75=292	+4	54,844
ARG Ángel Cabrera	73-72-73-74=292
USA J. B. Holmes	73-70-73-76=292
USA Arron Oberholser	71-70-74-77=292
ENG Ian Poulter	70-69-75-78=292
AUS Adam Scott	75-71-70-76=292
IND Jeev Milkha Singh	71-74-72-75=292
ZAF Richard Sterne	73-72-73-74=292
T33	ENG Nick Dougherty	74-69-74-76=293	+5	42,375
USA Jim Furyk	70-73-73-77=293
USA Heath Slocum	71-76-77-69=293
T36	USA Todd Hamilton	74-73-75-73=295	+7	36,875
ENG Justin Rose	68-78-73-76=295
USA Johnson Wagner	72-74-74-75=295
T39	SWE Niclas Fasth	75-70-76-75=296	+8	33,000
AUS Geoff Ogilvy	75-71-76-74=296
41	KOR K. J. Choi	72-75-78-73=298	+10	30,750
T42	AUS Robert Allenby	72-74-72-81=299	+11	28,500
USA David Toms	73-74-72-80=299
44	WAL Ian Woosnam (c)	75-71-76-78=300	+12	26,250
45	SCO Sandy Lyle (c)	72-75-78-77=302	+14	24,750
CUT	AUS Aaron Baddeley	75-73=148	+4
NZL Michael Campbell	77-71=148
USA Fred Couples (c)	76-72=148
ENG Luke Donald	73-75=148
ZAF Ernie Els	74-74=148
ESP Sergio García	76-72=148
USA Charles Howell III	78-70=148
DEU Martin Kaymer	76-72=148
JPN Toru Taniguchi	76-72=148
USA Brett Wetterich	73-75=148
USA Jonathan Byrd	75-74=149	+5
USA Jerry Kelly	72-77=149
USA Hunter Mahan	77-72=149
AUS Nick O'Hern	74-75=149
USA Mark O'Meara (c)	71-78=149
ZAF Rory Sabbatini	75-74=149
USA Craig Stadler (c)	77-72=149
SWE Daniel Chopra	72-78=150	+6
USA Ben Curtis	75-75=150
USA Trip Kuehne (a)	78-72=150
USA Shaun Micheel	76-74=150
USA John Rollins	77-73=150
USA Steve Stricker	73-77=150
COL Camilo Villegas	73-77=150
USA Tom Watson (c)	75-75=150
DEU Bernhard Langer (c)	74-77=151	+7
ESP José María Olazábal (c)	76-75=151
AUS John Senden	80-71=151
USA Vaughn Taylor	75-76=151
USA Michael Thompson (a)	73-78=151
USA Woody Austin	79-73=152	+8
ZAF Tim Clark	77-75=152
USA Ben Crenshaw (c)	75-77=152
AUS Richard Green	77-75=152
JPN Shingo Katayama	79-73=152
AUS Peter Lonard	71-81=152
USA Mark Calcavecchia	73-80=153	+9
DNK Søren Hansen	75-78=153
USA D. J. Trahan	76-77=153
USA Scott Verplank	77-76=153
USA Raymond Floyd (c)	80-74=154	+10
CHN Liang Wenchong	76-78=154
DNK Anders Hansen	80-75=155	+11
USA Drew Weaver (a)	76-80=156	+12
USA Steve Lowery	81-76=157	+13
USA Larry Mize (c)	77-81=158	+14
USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	81-79=160	+16
ZAF Gary Player (c)	83-78=161	+17
WD	THA Prayad Marksaeng	82	+10

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
ZAF Immelman	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−8
USA Woods	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5
USA Cink	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
USA Snedeker	−8	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4
USA Flesch	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2
IRL Harrington	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
USA Mickelson	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
ENG Casey	−7	−7	−8	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ -- |} Source:

Media coverage

ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.

References

"2008 Masters Final Scores and Earnings".
"2008 Tournament Invitees". masters.org.
"Knost making pro debut at Valero Texas Open".
"Augusta National invites three Asian standouts to play in Masters". PGA Tour.
(April 10, 2008). "Sabatini victorious in Par 3 contest". Setanta Sports.
[http://www.masters.org/en_US/news/articles/2008-04-09/200804091207779732328.html Par 3 Contest]
(April 13, 2008). "2008 Masters Leaderboard". Yahoo! Sports.
"TV Schedule". masters.org.

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