2006 Masters Tournament

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

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]

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

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

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	Country	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-72-70=212	–4
T2	Chad Campbell	United States	71-67-75=213	–3
	Fred Couples	United States	71-70-72=213
T4	Stephen Ames	Canada	74-70-70=214	–2
	Tim Clark	South Africa	70-72-72=214
	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	72-70-72=214
	Rocco Mediate	United States	68-73-73=214
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	67-74-73=214
	Tiger Woods	United States	72-71-71=214
T10	Retief Goosen	South Africa	70-73-72=215	–1
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	72-74-69=215

Sunday, April 9, 2006

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]

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

Final round

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+

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