1991 Masters Tournament

1991 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates April 11–14, 1991
Location Augusta, Georgia
Course(s) Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field 87 players, 57 after cut
Cut 146 (+2)
Prize fund $1.35 million
Winner's share $243,000
Champion
Wales Ian Woosnam
277 (−11)
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
Location in Georgia

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), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)

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

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

3. The Open champions (last five years)

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

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Wayne Grady (13), Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (10), Payne Stewart (11,12,13), 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), Donnie Hammond, Scott Hoch (10), John Huston (10,13), Steve Jones (10), Tom Kite (12,13), José María Olazábal (10,12), Masashi Ozaki, Ronan Rafferty, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (12,13)

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), 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), 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), 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. Special foreign invitation

Ken Green, Frankie Miñoza, Tommy Nakajima

Nationalities in the field

North America (67)South America (0)Europe (8)Oceania (4)Asia (3)Africa (5)
 United States (67) England (1) Australia (4) Japan (2) South Africa (3)
 Northern Ireland (1) Philippines (1) Zimbabwe (2)
 Scotland (1)
 Wales (1)
 Spain (2)
 Germany (1)
 Netherlands (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Ben Crenshaw United States198470736868279−9T3
Tom Watson United States1977, 198168687073279−9T3
Nick Faldo England1989, 199072736770282−6T12
Craig Stadler United States198270727169282−6T12
Fuzzy Zoeller United States197970707567282−6T12
Raymond Floyd United States197671687173283−5T17
Larry Mize United States198772716674283−5T17
Seve Ballesteros Spain1980, 198375706970284−4T22
Bernhard Langer Germany198571687474287−1T32
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 1966,
1984, 1975, 1986		68727276288ET35
Tommy Aaron United States197370747374291+3T49

Source:[3][9]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 19787275147+3
Billy Casper United States19707771148+4
Gay Brewer United States19677874152+8
Sandy Lyle Scotland19887776153+9
Charles Coody United States19717777154+10
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		7877155+11
George Archer United States196973WD
Doug Ford United States195790WD

Source:[9][10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1991

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Gallagher, Jr. United States67−5
Mark McCumber United States
Lanny Wadkins United States
T4Fred Couples United States68−4
Jack Nicklaus United States
José María Olazábal Spain
Masashi Ozaki Japan
Tom Watson United States
T9Mark Brooks United States69−3
Wayne Levi United States
Phil Mickelson (a) United States
Scott Simpson United States

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1991

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Watson United States68-68=136−8
T2Mark Calcavecchia United States70-68=138−6
Mark McCumber United States67-71=138
Lanny Wadkins United States67-71=138
Ian Woosnam Wales72-66=138
T6Billy Ray Brown United States74-65=139−5
Raymond Floyd United States71-68=139
Bernhard Langer Germany71-68=139
José María Olazábal Spain68-71=139
T10Hale Irwin United States70-70=140−4
Jodie Mudd United States70-70=140
Jack Nicklaus United States68-72=140
Fuzzy Zoeller United States70-70=140

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

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1991

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Woosnam Wales72-66-67=205−11
2Tom Watson United States68-68-70=206−10
T3José María Olazábal Spain68-71-69=208−8
Lanny Wadkins United States67-71-70=208
5Larry Mize United States72-71-66=209−7
T6Ian Baker-Finch Australia71-70-69=210−6
Raymond Floyd United States71-68-71=210
Andrew Magee United States70-72-68=210
T9Ben Crenshaw United States70-73-68=211−5
Peter Jacobsen United States73-70-68=211
Mark McCumber United States67-71-73=211
Jodie Mudd United States70-70-71=211
Scott Simpson United States69-73-69=211

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1991

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Ian Woosnam Wales72-66-67-72=277−11243,000
2José María Olazábal Spain68-71-69-70=278−10145,800
T3Ben Crenshaw United States70-73-68-68=279−964,800
Steve Pate United States72-73-69-65=279
Lanny Wadkins United States67-71-70-71=279
Tom Watson United States68-68-70-73=279
T7Ian Baker-Finch Australia71-70-69-70=280−842,100
Andrew Magee United States70-72-68-70=280
Jodie Mudd United States70-70-71-69=280
T10Hale Irwin United States70-70-75-66=281−735,150
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan74-71-67-69=281

Source:[3][9]

Amateurs: Mickelson (+2), Zerman (+11)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Wales Woosnam−11−12−12−11−12−11−11−11−12−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−11
Spain Olazábal−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−10−9−88−8−9−10−11−11−11−10
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]

References

  1. ↑ Juliano, Joe (April 13, 1991). "Augusta course shows Masters touch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
  2. 1 2 "Little Woosnam wins the big one". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 1-part 2.
  3. 1 2 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.
  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. 1 2 3 "1991 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ Florence, Mal (April 13, 1991). "Watson wields master's touch". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
Preceded by
1990 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1991 U.S. Open

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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