Texan Spieth, 21, leads talented herd wire to wire

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Lone star hero
Texan Spieth, 21, leads talented herd wire to wire
ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/STAFF
Jordan Spieth soaks in the applause as the winner of the 79th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. “This was my ultimate goal in my golf life,” Spieth said of the win.
Field can’t head off
record-setter Spieth
Dominant victory feels
like new day dawning
T
his scene plays out
every year. A green
jacket is presented.
History is recorded. Every
one of them is special in its
own way.
Every once in a while,
however, the Masters Tour­
na­ment provides something
transformational. It reveals
a champion of uncommon
worth. It evokes a sense of
wonder that a new era has
been opened.
Jordan Spieth is that
kind of champion. What the
21-year-old did the past four
days was that kind of performance.
In the immediate aftermath of his record-tying,
wire-to-wire victory, the size
of Spieth’s accomplishment
was a little beyond comprehension.
“This was arguably the
greatest day of my life,” he
said. “And to join the club
that is the green jackets and
to join Masters history and
put my name on that trophy and to have this jacket
forever, is something that I
can’t fathom right now.”
Spieth is five months
older than Tiger Woods was
in 1997 when he launched
his legend with a 12-stroke
romp and the same 18under total. Spieth’s victory
cannot match the social
significance of what Woods
achieved 18 years ago. But
the golf significance of the
young Texan’s triumph in
the sport’s most iconic event
is immeasurable.
“You just cannot see this
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kid not win many, many
majors,” Hall of Famer
Ernie Els said this
week.
There was a sense of
inevitability about Spieth
from the minute he walked
off the 18th green last year
after narrowly missing
a chance to become the
youngest Masters winner in
his Augusta National debut.
He spoke of bitter taste and
valuable lessons and the
things every Masters runnerup has said for 79 years.
Yet somehow you
believed Spieth was
different. You believed he
could return and do what
Greg Nor­man and David
Duval and many other
“sure things” never could.
Even a media crowd
conditioned to skepticism
voted nearly 30 percent that
Spieth would get it done
instead of Rory McIlroy
or other more-seasoned
champions.
More than that, Spieth
believed. He spent a year
watching Bubba Watson
wear the green jacket,
knowing it could have been
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Spieth hugs his father, Shawn Spieth, as his mother,
Chris, looks on after he won the Masters, making edits
to the tournament record books along the way.
Daily Assault on records
Jordan Spieth matched the 72-hole scoring record
Sunday at the Masters Tournament. Spieth flirted with
or broke scoring records during each round of the 2015
tournament.
Round pLAYER
Greg Norman
Jordan Spieth year
1996
2015
Jordan Spieth Ray Floyd
2015
1976
-14
-13
64-66
65-66
Jordan Spieth Ray Floyd
Tiger Woods
2015
1976
1997
-16
-15
-15
64-66-70
65-66-70
70-66-65
4
Tiger Woods
Jordan Spieth 1997
2015
-18
-18
70-65-66-69
64-66-70-70
1
2
3
Tournament record
tO pARScore
-9
63
-8
64
Jordan Spieth proved to
be one tough Texan to wrestle the lead from in the 79th
Masters Tournament, going
wire-to-wire to win at Augusta
National Golf Club in dominating fashion.
On the 20th anniversary of
the last Texan – Ben Crenshaw
– to win the Masters, Spieth
closed with 2-under-par 70 on
Sunday to win by four shots
and finish at 18-under-par 270,
matching Tiger Woods’ 18-yearold scoring record.
“I am so proud of my fellow (Texas) Longhorn, and it
will be a great honor to call
him a fellow Masters champion and welcome him to the
Masters Club next year,” said
Crenshaw, a two-time champion who played in his 44th and
final Masters earlier this week,
missing the cut.
Spieth played his final
practice round Wednesday
with Crenshaw, who encouraged Spieth after his round
Saturday before heading home
to Austin, Texas, on Sunday
morning. Then came a text
from Crenshaw before Spieth
teed off Sunday.
“He said, ‘Stay patient, this
is going to be yours, you’ve got
this thing and you’re playing
great. Just keep your head
down and stay focused,’ ”
Spieth said.
On the way to victory, the
21-year-old Spieth became
the second-youngest Masters
champion (behind Woods, who
Finishing
strong
Rory McIlroy
shoots 6-under
for a career-best
12-under for
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Spieth
64-66-70-70–270 (1)
FOURTH ROUND
Eagles
0
Birdies
6
Bogeys
4
Double bogeys
0
On the par-5s
-3
On the par-4s
E
On the par-3s
+1
Total putts
28
Three-putt greens
1
Driving distance
285
was 21 in 1997) and broke the
record for low 36- and 54-hole
scores while finishing with a
record 28 birdies, three more
than Phil Mickelson when he
set the record in 2001.
“This was my ultimate goal
in my golf life,” Spieth said of
winning the Masters. “To accomplish this at 21 – I didn’t
expect that.”
At the outdoor green jacket ceremony, Spieth said that
he didn’t want to take off the
jacket for a while and that he
would “probably sleep in it
tonight.”
Later, in his news conference, he said “this was arguably the greatest day of my
life. To join the club that is
the green jackets and to join
Masters history and put my
name on that trophy and to
have this jacket forever, is
something that I can’t fathom
right now.”
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Just short
Four good
rounds weren’t
enough for Justin
Rose to beat
red-hot Jordan
Spieth
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Sunday in review
in good company
birdie man
the 60s
Jordan Spieth won the Masters to become
the fourth player since 1900 to win three times
with at least one major before age 22.
He joins Tiger Woods, Gene Sarazen and
Tom Creavy as players who accomplished that
feat.
Spieth is the second youngest player to win
at Augusta National. He is 21 years, 8 months
and 16 days old. Woods was 21 years, 3 months,
14 days old when he won the Masters in 1997.
Spieth shattered
the record for most
birdies in the Masters
with 28. Phil Mickelson
held the previous record with 25 in 2001.
Woods set the
record for most by a
champion with 24 in
2005.
With ideal scoring conditions, 15 players shot in
the 60s in Sunday’s final round:
66: Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama
67: Hunter Mahan, Ian Poulter, Jamie Donaldson,
Rickie Fowler
68: Paul Casey, Mark O’Meara, Henrik Stenson, Zach
Johnson, Steve Stricker, Keegan Bradley
69: Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Ryan Moore
– John Boyette, sports editor
15 Par530 5yards
Shot of the day
JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF
First round
easiest of the day
Average score: 4.236
Eagles........ 5 Bogeys....... 2
Birdies......34 D. bogeys... 0
Pars..........14 Other.......... 0
Jordan Spieth threatened Augusta
National’s course record of 63, but settled
for an impressive 8-under-par 64 to take a
three-shot lead over Jason Day, Ernie Els,
Charley Hoffman and Justin Rose.
Phil Mickelson
Mickelson was well behind Jordan Spieth when he reached the par-5 15th, but
that didn’t mean he was going to give up. After finding the bunker on his second shot,
Mickelson added another feat to his Augusta highlight reel when he holed the third
shot for an eagle. It helped him tie for second with Justin Rose.
How the holes played
Hardest of day
Ranking holes by difficulty
Below are the average scores for all 18 holes
at Augusta National, showing Sunday’s scores,
tournament scores and averages for the history of the
tournament.
MICHAEL HOLAHAN/STAFF
Second round
Golfers from Texas seized the spotlight
as Austin’s Ben Crenshaw played his 44th
and final Masters. Spieth, a Dallas native,
shot 66 and broke the tournament record for
low first 36 holes.
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
12
Par 3
155 yards
SARA CORCE/STAFF
Third Round
Spieth kept up his assault on the Masters
record book with 70, which broke the 54hole scoring record held by Raymond Floyd
and Tiger Woods. Rose birdied five of the
last six holes to remain in striking distance.
Round 4 totals
Average score: 3.182
Eagles........ 0 Bogeys....... 7
Birdies......11 D. bogeys... 5
Pars..........31 Other.......... 1
History
4.23 (6)
4.79 (16)
4.08 (14)
3.28 (4)
4.26 (5)
3.13 (13)
4.15 (11)
4.83 (15)
4.14 (12)
4.31 (1)
4.29 (2)
3.28 (3)
4.79 (17)
4.17 (8)
4.78 (18)
3.15 (9)
4.15 (10)
4.22 (7)
Round 4Tournament
4.109 (8)
4.230 (4)
4.527 (15)
4.618 (16)
4.073 (10)
3.951 (14)
3.145 (3)
3.296 (2)
4.145 (4)
4.145 (8)
3.127 (5)
3.086 (11)
4.091 (9)
4.240 (3)
4.527 (16)
4.655 (15)
4.182 (2)
4.086 (10)
4.055 (11)
4.168 (6)
4.127 (6)
4.326 (1)
3.182 (1)
3.125 (9)
4.436 (17)
4.546 (18)
3.818 (14)
4.082 (12)
4.236 (18)
4.599 (17)
2.945 (13)
3.020 (13)
4.127 (7)
4.155 (7)
4.055 (12)
4.211 (5)
SARA CORCE/STAFF
Phil Mickelson reacts to chipping in for
eagle on No. 15 during the final round.
Sunday’s eagles
Hole 2: Paul Casey, Bubba Watson
Hole 8: Zach Johnson
Hole 13: Hideki Matsuyama, Rickie
Fowler, Tiger Woods, Webb Simpson,
Ryan Palmer, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba
Watson, Matt Kuchar
Hole 15: Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson,
Russell Henley, Bernd Wiesberger, Chris
Kirk
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate hole difficulty in relation to its
par. 1 is the hardest and 18 is the easiest.
= hardest
= easiest
Wild card: paul casey
Eagles
After a disappointing third round, Paul Casey bounced
back with 68 in Sunday’s final round. He offset three
bogeys on the front nine with an eagle at the second hole
and birdies at Nos. 8, 11, 13, 16 and 18.
Birdies
for the tournament:
Round 1 Round 2
7
17
Bogeys
Round 3 Round 4
6
16
Double bogeys
Other
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 36 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 36
5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 36 4 3 3 4 4 5 2 4 3 32
champions moment
ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/STAFF
Fourth round
Spieth completed a wire-to-wire victory
and tied the Masters 72-hole scoring record
of 18-under-par 270 set by Woods in 1997. He
won by four shots over Phil Mickelson and
Rose.
JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF
Mark O’Meara shot 68 twice during this year’s Masters
Tournament. He hadn’t shot under 70 since 2001.
When Mark O’Meara won the
Masters Tourna­ment in 1998, a
58-year-old Jack Nick­laus shot 68
to turn back time. This week, the
now 58-year-old O’Meara did the
same – twice.
After carding 68 Friday to
make the cut for the first time
since 2005, he shot 4-under again
Sunday to finish 2-under for the
tournament. He hadn’t shot under
70 in the tournament since 2001.
It was a memorable 14-year
return to the red, especially after
Saturday’s 5-over round.
“It was a good day,” O’Meara
said. “I was disappointed in my
77, but I hung in there. I drove it
well (Satur­day), I just didn’t hit
my irons as well. When you miss
a bunch of greens, it’s not easy to
get the ball up and down around
here at Augusta National. At 58,
your short game’s not as good as it
was when you were 25.”
O’Meara overcame a double
bogey on No. 3 and bogey at No.
11 by notching seven birdies.
The last time he had at least two
rounds of 68 or bet­ter was when
he won the green jacket in 1998.
“Overall, I’m super excited about
my week,” he said.
– Wayne Staats, staff writer
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practice rounds
Monday: Tiger Woods showed up for a
practice round late in the afternoon with
Mark O’Meara.
Tuesday: The annual Champions Dinner
for past winners was held, and tributes were
given to 1970 champion Billy Casper, who
died earlier this year.
Wednesday: Kevin Streelman won the
Par-3 Contest in a playoff with Camilo
Villegas. Club Chairman Billy Payne
announced that two grafts and a seedling
from Ike’s Tree, which was destroyed by a
2014 ice storm, were preserved.
Round 4 leaders
AMen Corner 11 12 13
H. Matsuyama 3 3 3
Hunter Mahan 4 2 4
Rory McIlroy
3 3 4
Webb Simpson 4 3 3
Six others played in at -2
Pace of
play
3:55
Average for
field
-3
-2
-2
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Par 5s
2 8 13 15
Phil Mickelson4 4 4 3
Bubba Watson3 5 3 4
Webb Simpson4 4 3 4
Paul Casey 3 4 4 5
Six others played them at -4
Driving distance
Jason Day ................... 326
Jimmy Walker . ........318.5
Bubba Watson .........315.5
Hunter Mahan ............ 312
Angel Cabrera .........311.5
Patrick Reed ............... 311
Sergio Garcia ...........309.5
-5
-5
-5
-4
Driving accuracy
Sergio Garcia ..... 13/14
Danny Willett ..... 13/14
Mark O’Meara ... 13/14
Greens in regulation
Rory McIlroy ............. 17
3 players tied at 15
Par 4s
1
Dustin Johnson4
Rory McIlroy 4
H. Matsuyama 4
Bill Haas
4
Steve Stricker 3
Putting
Dustin Johnson...... 1.33
Jonas Blixt.............. 1.33
Jamie Donaldson...1.33
Thongchai Jaidee...1.33
H. Matsuyama...... .1.39
Mark O’Meara....... .1.39
Steve Stricker........ .1.39
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
7
3
3
4
4
3
9 10 11 14 17
4 4 3 4 4
4 4 3 4 4
4 3 3 4 4
4 4 3 4 4
4 4 5 4 3
18
3
3
3
3
3
-3
-3
-3
-2
-2
By the numbers
70.90
Average score
Total pars........................................580
Total birdies.................................. 220
Total eagles...................................... 17
Total bogeys.................................. 155
Total double bogeys or higher....... 18
Total hree-putts............................... 34
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winners
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Horton
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1935
Gene
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Horton
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1937
Byron
Nelson
1938
Henry
Picard
1939
Ralph
Guldahl
1940
Jimmy
Demaret
1941
Craig
Wood
1942
Byron
Nelson
1946
Herman
Keiser
1947
Jimmy
Demaret
McIlroy closes
strong for best
Masters finish
By Wayne Staats
Staff Writer
ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/STAFF
Tiger Woods lines up a par putt on No. 1. Despite a two-month absence from golf, he played the week at 5-under.
Woods considers week a success
By Chris Gay
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Staff Writer
Tiger Woods returned to tournament golf last week with all sorts of
uncertainties.
But after a week’s worth of fistbumping children, fist-pumping
the air and repairing himself after
Sunday’s bizarre injury, he considered
the Masters Tournament a success.
The four-time green jacket winner
posted rounds of 73-69-68-73 for a tie
for 17th place in his return after a twomonth absence from golf after suffering injuries and short-game woes.
“It was mostly positives,” the
39-year-old Woods said. “Considering
where I was at Torrey and Phoenix, to
make the complete swing change and
rectify all the faults and come here to
a major championship and contend,
I’m proud of that part of it. Just wish
I could have made a few more timely
putts and moved up that board.”
Midweek, Woods played in the
Par-3 Contest for the first time since
2004. He strolled the course with his
girlfriend, Lindsey Vonn, along with
his daughter, Sam, and son, Charlie,
as his caddies. On Twitter afterward,
he said:
“I’ll always have memories of
my pop at Augusta and now Sam &
Charlie. An amazing day.”
In the tournament, Woods got off
to a slow start Thursday but bounced
back the next two rounds. After making a birdie putt at No. 13 in the third
round, Woods unleashed one of his
classic fist pumps.
In the final round, he struggled
Tiger
Woods
73-69-68-73–283 (T17)
FOURTH ROUND
Eagles
Birdies
Bogeys
Double bogeys
On the par-5s
On the par-4s
On the par-3s
Total putts
Three-putt greens
Driving distance
Sara Corce/Staff
Woods reacts to a hurt hand on
No. 9. “A bone kind of popped out
and the joint kind of went out of
place, but I put it back in,” he said.
with his game and suffered a wrist
injury when he hit a tree root hidden
underneath the pine straw right of
No. 9 fairway. He said afterward he
repaired the injury on the course.
“A bone kind of popped out and
the joint kind of went out of place, but
I put it back in,” he said. “It hurt. It
definitely hurt. I didn’t know there
was a tree root there. I drove my hand
or drove the club straight into it. It
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2
5
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+4
+1
29
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didn’t move. But my body kept moving.
I told the guys in there that there was
a little joint that popped out and I was
able to somehow put it back in, which
didn’t feel very good, but at least it
got back in and I could move my hand
again.”
His game was in disarray in the
final round – well before the injury.
He hit just two fairways, the first at
No. 13. With the poor driving, he hit
just seven greens in regulation. Still,
he managed to post 73.
After his round, Woods didn’t
say when he’d play again, but he
left Augusta feeling better about his
game.
“I have a little time off, and go back
to the drawing board, work on it again,
and refine what I’m doing,” he said. “I
really like what I’m doing. I got my distance back, and everything is good.”
Reach Chris Gay at (706) 823-3645
or [email protected].
Field takes down 24-year-old eagle record
By David Lee
Staff Writer
The sound heard between Sun­day
afternoon roars at Augusta National
Golf Club was the clinking of crystal
being shipped out in record fashion.
The 2015 Masters Tourna­ment
field set a record for eagles with 47,
obliterating the previous high of 37 in
1991. This year’s total was 30 entering
the fourth round, and the record was
passed early in the day.
Greens were described as “receptive” throughout the week, allowing
players to stop long irons closer to
holes on par-5s. Pin positions also affected the number of eagles, as Friday
and Sunday had double-digit totals
while Thursday and Saturday combined for only 13.
There were 17 each on Friday and
Sun­day.
“The course has been somewhat
receptive the first three days,” Rickie
Fowler said late Sunday after an
eagle on No. 13. “It’s starting to firm
up some now. You can get some good
shots and end up with not a whole lot
left for eagle. There’s a lot that can
happen out there.”
Much did happen on the par-5s, especially for one golfer Friday. Dustin
Johnson carded three eagles in the
second round to set a Masters singleround record.
The long hitter had eagles on Nos.
2, 8 and 15 for a total of eight in six
Masters appearances.
Those who make eagle are award-
MICHAEL HOLAHAN/STAFF
Tiger Woods reacts after making eagle on No. 13 during the final round.
Players made 47 eagles this week, topping the previous high of 37.
ed a pair of crystal glasses, and where
they are placed is often a point of
interest. Trophy cases are popular
spots, while Johnson said he keeps
them in his office.
Cameron Tringale, playing in his
first Masters, made his eagle on No.
13 on Friday.
“To get an eagle, crystal is pretty
sweet,” he said. “It’s something I’ll
have forever. I don’t know where I’ll
put it yet, but I’ll find a nice little spot
for it.”
Defending champion Bub­ba Wat­
son carded two eagles in the fourth
round on Nos. 2 and 13. Among Sun­
day’s contenders who had eagles this
week, Charley Hoffman got one on
No. 15 on Thursday to propel him to
an opening-round 67. Phil Mickelson
did it on No. 8 on Thursday and added
one Sunday when he holed his bunker
shot at No. 15.
Three others came on hole-outs.
Sang­moon Bae holed out from 165
yards on par-4 No. 14 on Sunday,
Morgan Hoff­mann did the same from
123 yards on No. 3 on Saturday, and
Thongchai Jaidee did it from 98 yards
on No. 3 on Friday.
No matter how it’s accomplished,
recording an eagle and what goes with
it is something the players cherish.
“It’s one of the first things you
think about after making an eagle.
It’s pretty special,” Fowler said.
Reach David Lee at (706) 823-3216
or [email protected].
His score could have been
enough to secure the career
Grand Slam in many other
years. Instead, Rory McIlroy will
have to settle for a career-best
12-under, fourth-place finish at
the Masters.
After he made the turn
Friday, McIlroy shot 15-under.
For the tournament, his 12under score would have been
enough the previous three years
to win the green jacket.
He shot 6-under 66 Sunday.
“I wish I would have finished off a little bit better. But,
yeah, happy with how I played
over the last couple of days,”
McIlroy said. “So, happy with
how I finished, just obviously
left myself with a bit too much to
do after 27 holes of this tournament, and that’s what really cost
me.”
Though McIlroy was 10 shots
back of Jordan Spieth entering
Sunday, he still had a chance to
post his best Masters finish.
Rory was 6-under as late as
the sixth hole before he played
the final 12 holes in 6-under.
Entering the week, McIlroy
had never played a Masters
without at least one over-par
round. He changed that this
week.
His previous best finish
was a tie for eighth in 2014 and
a 4-under score in 2011. He
crushed those marks this year
as five players finished at 11-
-12 Rory
McIlroy
71-71-68-66–276 (4)
FOURTH ROUND
Eagles
0
Birdies
6
Bogeys
0
Double bogeys
0
On the par-5s
-3
On the par-4s
-3
On the par-3s
E
Total putts
31
Three-putt greens
0
Driving distance
305.5
under or better.
The world’s top-ranked player has now completed six consecutive under-par rounds at
Augusta National Golf Club.
McIlroy played Sunday with
Tiger Woods, a superstar pairing
that just happened to be in the
third-to-last group. They started
Sunday both 6-under and tied
for fifth before McIlroy surged
to close.
He birdied half of the final
12 holes to get his best Masters
finish in his seventh start.
“I prepared really, really
well for this tournament. I came
in feeling good,” McIlroy said. “I
got it in red numbers. Just the
start on Friday was really what
killed me. But as you’ve seen
over the last 45 holes, again,
there I’m playing very nicely.
It’s just a matter of putting it all
together.”
Reach Wayne Staats at (706) 823-3425
or [email protected].
JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF
Rory McIlroy tees off on No. 4, part of his string of pars to open
Sunday’s final round before he birdied half of the final 12 holes.
What they’re writing
They came at the kid in
waves, the world’s best golfers
grabbing and clutching for four
sweltering days, swarming him
with green jackets and Claret
Jugs and Wanamaker Trophies
and glares. Jordan Spieth took
their punches, all of them,
sticking out his 21-year-old chin
from the top of the Masters leaderboard and absorbing every
bit of Tiger’s teeth, Rory’s resilience, Lefty’s left. ... The debutante ball that began Thursday
ended in a Sunday night waltz
for the ages. He wore white
pants that didn’t get dirty. He
wore a boyish expression that
never changed. He was Tiger
without the bleeps. He was
Rory without the fold. The golf
world now has its future on
Spieth dial.
– Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times
When it comes to kids these
days, you can’t always be sure
what they know of history.
How it teases, how it taunts,
how it can climb up on your
shoulders, whispering in your
backswing. Or waits you out
instead, patiently, like a buzzard on a branch. Taken in that
vein, Jordan Spieth seemed
perfectly oblivious to the perils
of the last four days. Nobody
in the glorious history of the
Masters ever had a week like
the Jesuit graduate just laid out
at Augusta National, breaking
records every day, shrugging
off pressure, keeping a safe distance from the long shadow cast
by the likes of Phil Mickelson.
– Kevin Sherrington,
The Dallas Morning News
Before he took a single one
of his record-low-tying 270
strokes, Jordan Spieth threw a
gauntlet right in front of himself. He said early in the week
that he wanted to be in the hunt
Sunday, “to see what I’m made
of.” Now, it is plain to see for
Spieth and the rest of the world
that he is made of the right
stuff.
– Mark Herrmann, Newsday
It’s risky to project a sport’s
next star, let alone professional
athletics’ next dominant figure.
But Spieth checks all the boxes.
His golf is perfect. His humility,
perspective and respect for everybody around him is beyond
the norm for any person, let
alone a rich and famous one.
During the green jacket ceremony, he even thanked Augusta
National’s “food and beverage
staff.” And it all seems genuine.
When the next world golf rankings coming out, Spieth will be
ranked No. 2 to Rory McIlroy,
but everybody will believe
Spieth is the guy to beat. He
talks to the ball, and the ball
listens.
– Jeff Schultz, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
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Snead
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Demaret
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Jack
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Doug
Ford
1958
Arnold
Palmer
‘Exceptional’ day
eludes Mickelson
By Brent maycock
Morris News Service
Phil Mickelson knew exactly what he had to do to try
to track down Jordan Spieth
in Sunday’s final round of the
Masters.
“I needed to do something
spectacular,” said Mickelson,
who began the day five shots
off the lead in search of his
fourth green jacket.
What Mickelson got was
merely pretty good, shooting 3-under 69, which ranks
among his best final rounds
ever at Augusta. But pretty
good wasn’t going to cut it.
Not when Spieth proved
unflappable, capping his
wire-to-wire win with a
2-under 70 that tied Tiger
Woods’ tournament scoring record at 18-under 270.
Instead, Mickelson tied for
second – his 10th runner-up
finish at a major – finishing
at 14-under 274 along with
Justin Rose.
“It was a solid round,”
Mickelson said. “But it wasn’t
exceptional, which is what I
needed to do today.”
Though it was Mickelson’s
second-best performance at
Augusta National, topped
only by the 16-under 272 during his 2010 victory, he never
was able to put any serious
pressure on the 21-year-old
Spieth. Mickelson came only
as close as the final four-shot
margin and never was able
to string together birdies to
gain momentum.
His front-nine birdies of
both par-5s were offset by
a bogey from the fairway
bunker on No. 5 and a threeputt for bogey on No. 9. Even
when he gained a little steam
on the back, making birdies
at Nos. 10 and 13 before holing a bunker shot for eagle on
the 15th, Spieth was waiting
with an answer in the group
behind him.
“I thought my best chance
was if I was in the group in
front of him and could get
out to a quick start and make
some birdies and have them
have to follow suit,” Mickelson said. “But I didn’t birdie
(No.) 1 and they did. They
also birdied two or three, so
you knew they were under
par and getting some momentum. Birdieing a few holes
early like that just gives you a
little confidence the round is
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Justin Rose shot 2-under-par 70 to finish 14-under, his best four-round total at the Masters by nine shots in 10 tries.
Rose’s best falls short this time
By David lee
Justin Rose did what he felt was required to don a green jacket Sunday,
but this was not a normal year at the
Masters Tournament.
Rose shot 2-under-par 70 to finish 14under at Augusta National Golf Club, his
best four-round total at the Masters by
nine shots in 10 career tournaments.
“Normally, that gets it done,” Rose
said. “I haven’t put four good rounds
together, and that’s what I managed to
do this year.”
He accomplished the task of performing well over four days, shooting
two rounds of 67 and two rounds of 70.
He still finished four shots back in a tie
for second behind champion Jordan
Spieth, the 21-year-old, wire-to-wire
winner who never faltered under pressure.
“He’s been in contention every
single round it feels like since I can
remember,” said Rose, 34. “Definitely
the last four tournaments he’s played,
and he’s just so comfortable with the
lead. Awesome composure. Every time
I thought maybe there was a chink in
the armor, he’d come out and hole an
8-foot putt.”
Rose challenged Spieth in the final
pairing with consecutive birdies on the
first two holes to get within three shots.
Bogeys on Nos. 6 and 9, and failing to
birdie No. 8, hurt the Englishman’s
67 AgAin: Ian Poulter fired his second consecutive 67 to move to 9-under par and a tie
for sixth, his best showing at Augusta.
The Englishman had just one bogey
Sunday, on No. 10. After opening with rounds
of 73-72, Poulter was pleased with his performance on the weekend.
“I hit lots of greens in regulation over the
weekend, 32 greens in regulation, which is
comfortably better than the field,” he said.
67-70-67-70–274 (T2)
FOUrtH rOUnD
Eagles
Birdies
Bogeys
Double bogeys
On the par-5s
On the par-4s
On the par-3s
Putts
Three-putt greens
Driving distance
CHRiS THELEn/STAFF
Rose hits from the rough on the No. 7
fairway. The tree made him hold back
on follow-through, but he made par.
chances of catching a calm Spieth.
Rose chipped to 7 feet for birdie on
the eighth hole but missed, while Spieth
birdied for a four-shot lead. A three-putt
bogey on the ninth sent Rose reeling, and
despite three consecutive birdies between Nos. 13 and 15, he never got closer
than four strokes on the second nine.
“I hadn’t got off to particularly good
starts on Friday and Saturday,” Rose
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said. “I felt like I was playing well.
Really, the key moments for me were
not getting it up and down from the right
side of No. 8 and three-putting No. 9.”
Rose’s 14-under bested every winning total dating to 2011, and it was the
highest finish of his Masters career. It
was also his third top-10 finish in a decade worth of appearances.
Despite not getting the job done,
Rose said he leaves with good vibes.
“Playing in the final group in a major
championship, especially the Masters,
is something that you’re either ready
for or you’re not,” he said. “I was really
happy with the way I felt today on the
golf course, how composed I was and
how in control of my emotions I was.”
Reach David Lee at (706) 823-3216
or [email protected].
Johnson wins praise from Great One
Fowler ends top-5 run
but happy with finish
cAsey recOvers: Paul Casey opened with a
bogey Sunday but made eagle at No. 2 and
closed with four birdies on the final nine. He
finished with 68 to tie for sixth.
In his ninth Masters, Casey had his best
total at 9-under. The highlight of the round
came at No. 2, where he nearly made an albatross as his second shot nestled up just 2
feet from the hole.
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rose
Staff Writer
FrOm tHe nOteBOOk
pUtt pressUre: After being in the final pairing Saturday, Charley Hoffman shot 2-over-par
74 to finish 8-under in a tie for ninth.
Hoffman, 38, blamed a putter that faltered
over the weekend for not making a move toward champion Jordan Spieth. After rounds
in the 60s, he shot 71 Saturday before carding
four bogeys and two birdies Sunday.
“I can obviously hit it good enough to contend at a major now,” he said. “I know I’m a
good putter. I just have to figure out how the
body reacts to pressure.”
1960
Arnold
Palmer
1961
Gary
Player
1962
Arnold
Palmer
1963
Jack
Nicklaus
1964
Arnold
Palmer
1965
Jack
Nicklaus
1966
Jack
Nicklaus
1967
Gay
Brewer
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70-68-67-69–274 (T2)
rOOm tO grOw: Rickie Fowler’s run of topfive finishes in the majors came to an end this
week, but the young star got a boost of confidence with a round of 5-under-par 67 Sunday.
He finished in a tie for 12th at 6-under par.
Fowler had a chance for his lowest round
in the Masters, but his approach missed short
and left of the 18th green, and he barely
missed his par putt.
He had five birdies, an eagle, and two bogeys Sunday to equal his best Masters’ score.
“I played really well the last 42 holes or so,”
said Fowler, 26. “I just need to do that for 72
and I would possibly be wearing a jacket.”
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Art
Wall Jr.
Spieth
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mickelson
going to go smoothly and you
don’t have to press or force
the issue.
“I thought that made
for an uphill battle. … He
played extremely solid golf
and didn’t make those mistakes. If he made a mistake,
it was a bogey and he usually
followed it up with a birdie.
And that’s what you need to
do to win major championships.”
The bogey on No. 9 was
particularly costly. After
making a routine birdie on
No. 8, Mickelson gave himself a birdie chance, albeit a
lengthy one of 35 feet, on the
ninth. But he blew the putt 7
feet past the hole and couldn’t
make the comebacker.
Instead of making the
turn at 2-under for the day,
Mickelson was back to even
par. He then hit his approach
on No. 10 to 3 feet for birdie,
gained another stroke with a
two-putt birdie on No. 13 and
followed a bogey on No. 14 by
holing out from the right bunker on No. 15 for an eagle.
He parred his way home
but left No. 18 knowing he
had missed out on a big opportunity.
“I thought 14 of the 18
holes were the easiest birdie
pins out there, and the other
four were still susceptible,”
said Mickelson, who now has
15 top-10 finishes in 23 Masters appearances. “It was set
up for an exceptional round
and unfortunately, I didn’t
do it.
“The fact is, I would have
taken 14-under at the start
of the week. I would have
been happy with that. I’ve
played really well to shoot
14-under, and I just simply
got outplayed by a young
player who played some incredible golf.”
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By wayne staats
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Johnson
Staff Writer
AnDREW DAviS TuCKER/STAFF
Noncompeting marker Jeff Knox stretches
as he walks off the 14th tee. Knox shot
77 as he played with Thongchai Jaidee.
mAHAn mOves: Hunter Mahan’s second-best
Masters round of 67 vaulted him into a tie
for ninth at 8-under. Mahan teed off Sunday
at 3-under but shot 32 on the back nine to
put himself on the leaderboard. He breezed
through the weekend, going 68-67, to make up
for 75 on Friday.
knOx repeAts: Augusta’s Jeff Knox shot
his second consecutive 5-over-par 77 while
serving as the club’s noncompeting marker
Sunday. Knox, 52, was in the first group with
Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee, who shot 72.
A marker is required when there is an
odd number of players in the field after the
cut. On Saturday, Knox was paired with Steve
Stricker, who had 73.
Knox, who has served as the club’s marker since 2002, is not allowed to speak to the
media after his rounds. But his wife, who followed him, said he shot 77 on Sunday.
is it Over? Steve Stricker hopes his 50th
round in the Masters on Sunday wasn’t his last.
If it is, the 12-time PGA Tour winner went out
in style. He closed with 4-under 68 after three
consecutive 73s to finish at 1-under 287.
Stricker, 48, who qualified this year by being
in the top 50 in the world ranking at the end
of 2014, plays a limited schedule these days.
Last year, he made 11 starts on the PGA Tour.
This was the first start of the season for
Stricker, who had surgery for a bulging disc
in his back Dec. 24.
“It could be,” Stricker said when asked
about Sunday being his final Masters round.
“I’ve got some work to do to get back here.”
– From staff reports
With a simple blue shirt,
shorts, sandals and sunglasses, The Great One could have
passed for anyone.
Not surprisingly, hockey great Wayne Gretzky,
along with his family, spent
Sunday’s final round following Dustin Johnson.
Gretzky’s daughter Paulina
is Johnson’s fiancée, and the
couple welcomed their first
child, Tatum, in January.
Gretzky seemed to still
be in awe of Johnson’s threeeagle Friday.
“It’s a tough tournament,
but it’s a great place to play,”
Gretzky said. “I just love the
way he’s handled himself.
He’s playing hard, playing
well. To make three eagles
in one day, I don’t care where
it is, or who you are, that’s
something special.”
Johnson shot 3-under-par
69 Sunday to tie for sixth at
9-under. His previous best
Masters finish was a tie for
13th in 2013.Sunday’s round
featured three consecutive
birdies at Nos. 6, 7 and 8, and
he added birdies at Nos. 11,
13 and 18. A double bogey
at the 16th kept him from an
even higher finish.
“I played pretty solid
overall,” Johnson said. “I felt
like I chipped and putted it
pretty good this week.”
Johnson had a six-month
absence from the PGA Tour
for “personal challenges,”
though he denied reports he
was suspended after a third
failed drug test. The Tour
also denied that Johnson was
suspended. In an ESPN.com
story, Johnson said his problems came from too much
70-67-73-69–279 (T6)
FOUrtH rOUnD
Eagles
Birdies
Bogeys
Double bogeys
On the par-5s
On the par-4s
On the par-3s
Putts
Three-putt greens
Driving distance
CHRiS THELEn/STAFF
Dustin Johnson’s father-inlaw-to-be – hockey great
Wayne Gretzky – has been
following his play all week.
drinking.
According to a Golf.com
story, Johnson lost 20 pounds
and then added muscle during his time away.
Johnson also played many
rounds with Gretzky. But
with Johnson now in season,
Gretzky said the rounds won’t
be happening as frequently.
However, with a trip to the
Bahamas ahead, there could
be some in the near future.
“It’s a pretty hard week –
mentally draining,” Gretzky
said. “They all want to do
well and want to compete
hard, so it’s stressful. It’s
probably like playing a
Stanley Cup Finals round,
you know? You’re mentally
exhausted. We’ll see how he’s
feeling, if wants to hang by
the beach or play a little bit
of golf.”
In some ways, Gretzky has
been a mentor, being there if
Johnson asks for advice.
“I really don’t know a lot
about golf, so I don’t try to
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get into his head,” Gretzky
said. “I’m not the sort of guy
that sits down, says, ‘Here’s
what I think.’ We have a nice
relationship. If he asks me a
question about something,
I’ll give him my honest opinion. But all in all, he really is
a wonderful young man.
“It doesn’t matter who
you are as parents, you want
your daughter to be with
somebody who’s a really nice
person. We’re very proud of
the fact that Paulina’s with
a really tremendous young
man. We enjoy being around
his family, and we enjoy coming here. He’s just been a real
blessing for everyone.”
Gretzky became a grandfather with Tatum’s birth.
In keeping with the Gretzky
tradition, the boy’s first name
begins with T – Gretzky’s
three sons’ names all begin
with the letter.
“Paulina really wanted
that. Dustin was hoping for
a different name, and I said,
‘Dustin, don’t waste your
breath. You don’t have a
chance,’ ” Gretzky said with
a smile.
Reach Wayne Staats at (706) 823-3425
or [email protected].
His next goal, he said, is to
overtake Rory McIlroy as the
world’s No. 1­ranked player.
Spieth’s win moved him from
No. 4 in the world to No. 2.
“I’m still chasing that – it’s
going to be very difficult,”
Spieth said.
After Spieth rolled in
a birdie on the 10th hole
to go up by six shots, all
that was unknown was
whether he would break
Woods’ scoring record and
who would finish second.
Spieth needed to play his
final eight holes in 1­under
to break Woods’ record of 18­
under 270. He covered those
holes in even par, with his
birdie on No. 15 making him
the first in Masters history to
reach 19­under. A bogey on
the final hole dropped him
back into sharing the record.
Three­time Masters win­
ner Mickelson (69 on Sunday)
and former U.S. Open cham­
pion Justin Rose (70) tied for
second place at 14­under.
Their scores of 274 would
have won the three previous
Masters.
“The fact is, I would have
taken 14­under at the start of
the week,” Mickelson said. “I
would have been happy with
that. I’ve played really well to
shoot 14­under and I just sim­
ply got outplayed by a young
player who just played some
incredible golf.”
Rose, who played in the
JON-MiCHAEl SUlliVAN/STAFF
Bubba Watson helps Jordan Spieth into the green jacket at the outdoor ceremony. Spieth
said he didn’t want to take off the jacket and would “probably sleep in it tonight.”
final pairing with Spieth, saw
first hand what Mickelson
was talking about.
“Playing with Jordan, he’s
going to sort of fly the flag, I
think, for golf for quite a
while,” Rose said. “People
were getting excited about
that out there, you could tell.”
Spieth is only the fifth
player to go wire­to­wire
to win the Masters, and the
first since Raymond Floyd in
1976. Woods never did in any
of his four victories.
“I think it’s fantastic,”
Woods said of Spieth’s play.
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1965: Jack Nicklaus, 271.
Nicklaus shattered Hogan’s
mark thanks to his record-tying
64 in the third round.
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1953:
Ben
Hogan,
274
1939:
Ralph
Guldahl,
279
cent months for Spieth, who
won the Australian Open in
November, the Hero World
Challenge in December and
the Valspar Championship in
late March. He now has three
victories on the PGA Tour,
with his first one coming at
the John Deere Classic in
2013 when he was 19.
Spieth is on a hot streak
that is hard to fathom. He is
51 under par in his past four
tournaments, two of which he
won. He tied for second in the
other two, losing in a playoff
last week in Houston.
“He was upset that we lost
in Houston,” said Spieth’s
caddie, Michael Greller. “It
definitely made him hun­
grier this week. He doesn’t
play for second or top­10s. He
plays to win.”
Spieth said it wasn’t just
losing last week at Houston
that drove him this week. So
did his runner­up finish in
the 2014 Masters when he led
by two shots with 11 holes to
play and ended up second to
Bubba Watson.
“It was the combination of
the two,” Spieth said. “I was
already hungry from last year
having already had an oppor­
tunity and watched it slip
away and watched Bubba
win and everything that came
with Bubba being the Masters
champion, and the announce­
ments of it, going on the
shows and whatever, I knew I
had a chance to win that tour­
nament. So you get reminded
of it all the time because when
you’re Masters champion, it’s
a different legacy. And so that
definitely left me hungry.”
Greller agreed.
“He’s just fiery; he’s
got that killer instinct,” he
said of Spieth. “You want to
play against the best at the
Masters, and fortunately he
was able to close the deal.”
Spieth gave a lot of credit
to Greller, who he said “kept
me strong,” telling him at the
outdoor green jacket ceremo­
ny that “you’re the reason the
dream came true.”
Greller had some help
from Crenshaw’s caddie, Carl
Jackson, who stayed around
after Crenshaw missed the
1969
George
Archer
All-time
winners
cut. Jackson, who was on
Crenshaw’s bag for 38 years
before sitting this one out
because of tender ribs, met
with Greller each morning
to go over the pin locations.
Greller said it was like meet­
ing with Michael Jordan be­
fore the NBA Finals.
“I told him to be careful
of the sucker pins; there are
several of them out there,”
Jackson said Sunday, refer­
ring to the final round pin po­
sitions. “I told him to focus.”
Said Spieth: “Michael and
I owe a lot to Ben and Carl
for creating this opportunity
for us.”
Jackson said Greller’s
“done a great job. Mike lis­
tens and he takes it to heart.”
The biggest drama Sunday
came on the 18th when Spieth
was trying to break the tour­
nament record. Needing to
make par, he hit his drive in
the right rough and his sec­
ond shot ended just short
of the green. With two­time
champion Watson watching
behind the green in his green
jacket, he chipped to within
5 feet of the hole, but missed
the putt to the right, then
tapped in for bogey.
“I’ll never forget watching
the front of the hole as the last
tap in went in the front edge,”
Spieth said. “There was no
need for crazy celebrations.
At that point I was just re­
ally, really pleased with the
whole week, being out on
top, being able to stay on top
and to conquer my favorite
tournament in the world.”
Reach David Westin at (706) 823-3224
or [email protected].
On his way to a green jacket, Jordan Spieth matched the 72-hole scoring record at Augusta National Golf Club
set in 1997 by Tiger Woods. Here is a look at when the record has been broken at the Masters Tournament:
1948:
Claude
Harmon,
279
1934:
Horton
Smith,
284
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“He’s doing all the things he
needs to do.”
McIlroy, who was seeking
his third consecutive major
championship title and the
career Grand Slam, closed
with 66 and finished fourth
at 276. It was his best finish
in seven Masters starts.
Woods, who hadn’t played
in nine weeks because of
problems with his game and
his back, had a final­round
73 despite injuring his hand
on the ninth hole. He tied for
17th.
It was the fourth win in re­
1968
Bob
Goalby
1970
1975
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1980
1997: Tiger Woods, 270. Woods
obliterated several marks, including
the 72-hole scoring standard, after
a poor start in the first round.
1985
1990
1976: Raymond Floyd, 271. Floyd
dominated the par-5s with his
5-wood and played them in 14-underpar to match Nicklaus’ record.
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2000
2005
2010
2015
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2015: Jordan Spieth, 270. Spieth became
the first player to reach 19-under in Masters
history, but a bogey on the final hole left him
tied with Woods for lowest 72-hole score.
Sources: Augusta National, Augusta Chronicle archives
Young champ inspires juniors
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By meg mirshak
Staff Writer
Jordan Spieth had a
young crowd of golfers watch­
ing every swing and perhaps
dreaming one day they, too,
might celebrate on the 18th
green at Augusta National
Golf Club.
Spieth, 21, became the
second­youngest golfer to
win the Masters Tournament.
Tiger Woods was five months
younger when he won the
green jacket in 1997.
Junior golfers such as
16­year­old Tyler Jolly hope
Spieth’s victory will encour­
age more youths to discover
the game. Spieth’s early ca­
reer success has been a hot
topic at First Tee of Augusta,
where Jolly, a student at
the Academy of Richmond
County, practices golf.
“He’s showing us that golf
is a game that you should
play. Golf is a game that will
get you ready for life when
you are trying to make better
decisions,” Jolly said Sunday.
“We all know that when you
are on the golf course you
have to make decisions right
then and there.”
As Spieth walked up the
18th fairway with a four­
stroke lead, children were
hoisted on shoulders to try
to get a glimpse of the final
putt. A group of teenage girls
giggled and fanned them­
selves, saying they wanted to
see Spieth a final time before
leaving the course.
Two­time Masters cham­
CHRiS THElEN/STAFF
Young fans reach out to Jordan Spieth as he walks down
No. 6 during the final round. “A young guy like that
obviously grows the game and gets people involved,”
two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson said of Spieth.
pion Bubba Watson said
Spieth’s influence on the
game began last year when
he finished second in the
tournament. His victory will
only motivate more children
to pick up a golf club, he
said.
“A young guy like that
obviously grows the game
and gets people involved,”
Watson said.
Watson said Spieth exem­
plifies the goals of the Drive,
Chip and Putt Championship,
an effort to promote golf
that brings junior golfers
to Augusta National on the
Sunday before the Masters.
“That’s going to get more
people involved and more
young kids wanting to come
out here,” he said. “Then
later on, they want to com­
pete in the big tournament
like Jordan’s doing.”
Thomas Christensen, 13,
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said
he will hit the links more
often after Spieth’s win. He
said it was encouraging to
see a golfer just 8 years older
win the Masters.
“It just makes me think
that I can do it, too, about
his age,” Christensen said.
“It just makes me want to
try harder and go to the golf
course more.”
I s a b e l l e R o y, 1 0 , o f
Greenville, S.C., has played
golf for about three years. She
wants to emulate the skills
Spieth displayed Sunday.
“He’s focused and self­
motivated,” Isabelle said,
adding: “I know that things
are possible to achieve.”
Reach Meg Mirshak at (706) 823-3228
or [email protected].
him.
“I knew I had a chance
to win that tournament,”
Spieth said of 2014, when
he led Watson with 11 holes
to go but let it slip. “So you
get reminded of it all the
time because when you’re
Masters champion, it’s a dif­
ferent legacy. And so that
definitely left me hungry.”
“He wanted so badly
to come back right away
after last year,” said Shawn
Spieth, his father.
The numbers – as crazy
as they are – almost don’t
do Spieth’s performance
justice. His 64 was the low­
est first round by a Masters
champion. His 14­under
was the lowest 36­hole total.
His 16­under was the lowest
54­hole score. His 18­under
tied Woods’ all­time mark.
He was the first player in
Masters history to post a red
“19” on the scoreboards.
His 28 birdies were three
more than Phil Mickelson’s
record in 2001.
Yet Spieth three­putted
officially three times, plus
twice more from the fringes.
But every time he wobbled,
he bounced back. Nobody
got closer than three strokes
to him since the first round.
His peers filed out one after
another repeating the same
refrain – “He doesn’t have a
weakness.”
“Jordan didn’t help any
of us trying to catch him,”
said Mickelson, whose 14­
Jordan Spieth held
the lead after each
round and became the
fifth wire-to-wire winner
at the Masters. Only
golfers who held the
outright lead after each
round are considered
wire-to-wire champions
at Augusta National.
Craig Wood
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Raymond Floyd
Jordan Spieth
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under would have won all
but five previous Masters.
“I’ve played really well to
shoot 14­under, and I just
simply got outplayed by
a young player who just
played some incredible
golf.”
Spieth won at 21 years,
8 months and 16 days old
and has played eight career
Masters rounds – leading
after five of them. Eighteen
years ago, Jack Nicklaus
predicted that Woods would
win more green jackets
than he and Arnold Palmer
combined (10). Considering
his record thus far, it’s not a
stretch to think Spieth might
win more than Woods and
Mickelson combined (seven
so far).
Spieth is already think­
ing ahead to the next step.
“I want to be like Bubba.
I want to win two Masters,”
he said. “I’m excited for
the opportunity ahead this
year to be the reigning
Masters champion. I know
Eagles lift Matsuyama to fifth in fourth Masters
By wayne staats
Staff Writer
Four years ago, Hideki Mat­
suyama won the Silver Cup as the low
amateur at the Masters Tournament.
On Sunday, he left with a top­five
finish in his fourth trip to Augusta
National.
As the only amateur to make the
cut in 2011, Matsuyama’s 1­under
tournament easily won hardware. But
he never had a Masters like this one,
when he shot four under­par rounds,
including 6­under 66 on Sunday to
tie Rory McIlroy for the best fourth
round. The impressive day took him
to 11­under for the tournament.
“That was my goal, to shoot in the
60s and finish strong, and I did that,”
the 23­year­old from Sendai, Japan,
said through a translator. “But I’m
still a long way behind Jordan Spieth.
With that said, I have a lot of work to
do still.”
On Sunday, Matsuyama picked up
his third eagle for the tournament on
the par­5 13th. He fired his second
shot from the pine straw and onto the
green for a 14­foot eagle putt.
Matsuyama also made eagle on
No. 2 on Friday and on the eighth
hole Saturday.
“I really played well this week. I’m
happy with the way I played, so I have
no complaints,” Matsuyama said.
“It is a dream come true to always
play at the Masters here at Augusta
National. I’m happy that I played
well, but that was a long way back – I
didn’t have a chance. So hopefully I’ll
have a chance to win some day.”
Reach Wayne Staats at (706) 823-3425
or [email protected].
that’s going to carry a heavy
weight with it.”
Spieth seems well­
equipped for it. He’s mature
beyond his years, with a
14­year­old special needs
sister, Ellie, who is the light
of his life and his most hum­
bling influence. Ellie was
born with a neurological
disorder that places her on
the autism spectrum. He
speaks about her with tre­
mendous love and respect.
“It puts everything in
perspective in life,” his fa­
ther said.
Spieth looked forward to
speaking with his sister, who
stayed home with family
friends.
“I’m sure she was watch­
ing and was excited when
she saw how happy I was
with (our) family there at the
end,” Spieth said. “Probably
got a little jealous at that
point. But she’s just going to
be happy that I won. … She
was out there in Houston
(last week) and after each
round, she said, ‘Jordan, did
you win? Did you win?’ And
I said, ‘Not yet … not yet
… no.’ I can tell her I won
now.”
In a way, we all won. Golf
won. Spieth has been a ris­
ing star since he was a teen­
ager. Now he’s a Masters
champion before his college
teammates at Texas have
completed what would have
been his senior season.
“This is as great as it gets
in our sport,” Spieth said.
And compared to most,
this was as great as it gets at
the Masters.
Reach Scott Michaux at (706) 823-3219
or [email protected].
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matsuyama
71-70-70-66–277 (5)
FOUrtH rOUnD
Eagles
1
Birdies
4
Bogeys
0
Double bogeys
0
On the par-5s
-3
On the par-4s
-3
On the par-3s
E
Total putts
25
Three-putt greens
0
Driving distance
288
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Sixteen sign on for ’16
The top 12 finishers and ties earn invitations for the 2016 Masters Tournament.
A change in the qualification standards was announced in 2013. Previously, the top
16 and ties were automatic invitees to the year’s first major at Augusta National
Golf Club.
Phil Mickelson
70-68-67-69–274 (-14, T2)
Ian Poulter
73-72-67-67–279 (-9, T6)
Rickie Fowler
73-72-70-67–282 (-6, T12)
Justin Rose
67-70-67-70–274 (-14, T2)
Dustin Johnson
70-67-73-69–279 (-9, T6)
Ryan Moore
74-66-73-69–282 (-6, T12)
Rory McIlroy
Jordan Spieth
Hideki Matsuyama
71-71-68-66–276 (-12, 4)
71-70-70-66–277 (-11, 5)
Hunter Mahan
Zach Johnson
75-70-68-67–280 (-8, T9)
72-72-68-68–280 (-8, T9)
Bill Haas
Kevin Streelman
69-71-72-70–282 (-6, T12)
70-70-70-72–282 (-6, T12)
Staff Writer
Patrick Reed played near­
ly all of Sunday’s round with­
out a 3-wood, but he managed
to match his lowest round of
the tournament.
On the par-5 second, Reed
broke the club’s face, saying,
“That’s the first time it’s ever
happened to me.”
“When I hit my drive, it
felt like there was no golf
ball,” he said. “Then I looked
down and the entire face of
my 3-wood was caved in. I lit­
erally have a hole in my golf
club.”
The Augusta State prod­
uct still salvaged 70. Reed
played the first nine in 34,
making birdie on Nos. 2 and
7, before shooting 36 on his
final nine.
Reed finished the week
at 2-under.
“I had a solid day and an
OK week,” he said. “I know
what I need to work on, and
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Patrick Reed drives off the No. 4 tee during the final round
of his second Masters Tournament. The club face on his
3-wood broke on the second hole. Reed tied for 22nd.
“I didn’t make many putts
yesterday. With that being
said, I left myself above the
hole so much (Saturday) and
that really made me putt de­
fensively. I couldn’t get ag­
gressive at anything.”
After Sunday’s round,
Reed’s focus remained on
the 3-wood incident.
“Any iron would have
been fine to break,” he said.
“But trying to play this place
without a 3-wood is so tough.
Just think about No. 8 – it’s
driver, 3-wood easy on the
2007 champion Johnson shoots Masters low
By Nathan Dominitz
Morris News Service
Since Zach Johnson won
the Masters in 2007, he had
made just four of seven cuts
in Augusta and never fin­
ished at par or better.
Even when he earned a
green jacket, he finished at
1-over – his best score in 10
tries.
That all changed in the
past four days. Johnson fin­
ished at a career-best 8-under
and tied for ninth.
“I knew it was a matter of
time,” said Johnson, 39, a res­
ident of St. Simons Island, Ga.
“I’m comfortable with these
greens. I’m comfortable with
these reads. It’s one thing to
see it. It’s one thing to under­
stand the speed and what the
grain takes it and where ev­
erything goes, but it’s another
thing to execute it.
“This week, the last 45
holes, it was really, really
good,” he said. “The confi­
dence was there. The reads
were there. I was starting it
on line, even the ones that
missed.”
That wasn’t the feeling
early Friday, when he went
4-over on the front nine with
a birdie, three bogeys and a
double bogey. He turned that
around with 4-under on the
second nine with four bird­
ies.
A 68 on Saturday – match­
ing his best round at Augusta
Na­tional in 2008 – was fol­
lowed by another 6 8 on
Sun­day. He opened with a
nine-footer for par at No. 1,
birdied No. 2 with an eightfooter and posted an eagle at
the par-5 No. 8.
Johnson said he’s never
felt comfortable at that hole
and didn’t know where his
approach landed until he
found it on the green, 23 feet
from the pin.
Kevin Na
74-66-70-72–282 (-6, T12)
Staff Writer
70-72-74-70–286 (T22)
that’s consistency with the
putter and off the tee. My
drives got me in so much
trouble this week, especially
my driver. You can miss fair­
ways out here, you can miss
every fairway, but you have to
miss it in the right spots.”
Asked about the biggest
difference between Satur­
day’s 74 and his final round,
Reed needed only one word.
“Putting,” he said Sunday.
Charley Hoffman
67-68-71-74–280 (-8, T9)
By Doug Stutsman
Patrick
Reed
FOURTH ROUND
Eagles
0
Birdies
4
Bogeys
2
Double bogeys
0
On the par-5s
-3
On the par-4s
+1
On the par-3s
E
Total putts
30
Three-putt greens
0
Driving distance
311
Paul Casey
69-68-74-68–279 (-9, T6)
‘Stand 12’ drink stands
alone as Masters original
Reed salvages round
without use of 3-wood
By Doug Stutsman
64-66-70-70–270 (-18, WIN)
“That’s a putt I’m just try­
ing to get within a 3-foot ra­
dius,” he said.
Three birdies and two
bogeys on the second nine
brought his tournament to
a close.
“I know what I shot, but I
think there’s more in there,”
he said. “I just got to keep
waiting for it, because pa­
tience and perseverance
are what’s going to take me
further.”
green, but I had no chance
without it. On five, I usually
hit 3-wood off the tee, same
on Nos. 3, 10 and 13. There
were so many holes today
where I just had to wing it.”
His typical Sunday
red shirt stayed in the
closet. Instead, he wore
white with blue and black
stripes on the sleeves.
“(On Saturday) I wore black
on black and was dying,” he
said. “So I decided to wear
the blue, black and white
today for Augusta State.”
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Zach
Johnson
72-72-68-68–280 (T9)
FOURTH ROUND
Eagles
1
Birdies
4
Bogeys
2
Double bogeys
0
On the par-5s
-4
On the par-4s
+1
On the par-3s
-1
Total putts
27
Three-putt greens
0
Driving distance
301
The Masters Tournament
is known worldwide as a tra­
dition unlike any other. Now,
it has a creation unlike any
other.
Perched on every counter
in the concession stand be­
hind the No. 12 tee box sits
a drink that’s half pink, half
blue, with a dab of fizz on top.
It’s been coined Stand 12.
“It’s our invention,” said
Jasmine Kilgore, who works
at the concession stand. “Not
only is it pretty like the Mas­
ters, but it tastes good, too.”
Kilgore said the concoc­
tion came about when she
put pink lemonade, blue
sports drink and Sprite in
a clear Mas­t ers cup. The
pink stayed on the bottom,
the blue rose to the top and
Stand 12 was born.
“I tell you what, our pa­
trons love it,” said Alethea
Freeman, who works along­
side Kilgore. “It’s our most
popular drink. It’s hard to ex­
plain exactly what it tastes
like, but I promise you it’s
good.”
Kell Hinson, 12, tasted the
TODD BENNETT/STAFF
The Stand 12, sold at the
No. 12 concession stand,
is a mix of pink lemonade,
sports drink and Sprite.
drink Sunday as he walked
through the concession line.
“Oh my gosh,” he said. “It
tastes just like a snow cone.
I love it.”
The drink is sold only
at the No. 12 stand, Kilgore
said. When patrons buy one,
stand employees tell them to
spread the word.
“We want to make it
famous,” Freeman said.
“Hopefully, by next year all
the patrons will be placing
an order.”
Reach Doug Stutsman at (706) 823-3341
or [email protected].
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ROUND 4 Results: Hole by hole 1991
Ian
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◯ Birdies □ Bogeys
◇ Eagles  Other ▽Double-bogeys
Hole
Par
1
4
yards 445
2
5
3
4
4
3
5
4
6
3
7
4
8
5
575
350
240
455
180
450
570
9
4
460
10
4
11
4
12
3
13
5
14
4
15
5
16
3
17
4
495
505
155
510
440
530
170
440
statistics
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Note: (Numbers) indicate player’s rank
18
4
Par
scores
465
1 Jordan Spieth 3 5 ◯
3 3 □
5 3 □
5 ◯
4 4 35 ◯
3 4 □
4 ◯
4 4 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 35
◯
T2 Phil Mickelson 4 ◯
4 4
3 □
5 3
4 ◯
4 □
5 36 ◯
3 4
3 ◯
4 □
5 ◇
3 3
4
4 33
T2 Justin Rose
3 ◯
4 4
3
4 □
4 4
5 □
5 36 4
4
3 ◯
4 ◯
3 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 34
◯
4 Rory McIlroy
4
5
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
34
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
3
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
32
5 Hideki Matsuyama
4
5
4
3
4
3
4 ◯
4 4 35 ◯
3 ◯
3 3 ◇
3 4
5
3
4 ◯
3 31
T6 Paul Casey
5 ◇
3 4 □
4 4
3
4 ◯
4 □
5 36 4 ◯
3 3 ◯
4 4
5 ◯
2 4 ◯
3 32
□
T6 Ian Poulter
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
4
33
5
4
2
5
3
4
3
4
4
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
34
□
T6 Dustin Johnson 4
5
4
3
4 ◯
2 ◯
3 ◯
4 4 33 4 ◯
3 □
4 ◯
4 4
5
5 4 ◯
3 36
T9 Hunter Mahan 4 ◯
4 4 ◯
2 □
5 □
4 4 ◯
4 4 35 4
4 ◯
2 ◯
4 4 ◯
4 ◯
2 4
4 32
T9 Zach Johnson 4 ◯
4 4
3
4
3
4 ◇
3 4 33 □
5 ◯
3 ◯
2 5
4 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 35
T9 Charley Hoffman 5
5
4
3
4
3
5
5
4
38
4
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
◯
◯
□ □ □
□ 36
T12 Rickie Fowler
3
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
33
4
4
4
3
3
5
2 4
5 34
◯
◯
◯
◯
◇
◯
□
□
T12 Ryan Moore
4
4
5
3
4
3
3
4
4
34
3
4
3
4
4
5
3
5
4
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
□ 35
□
T12 Bill Haas
4
4
5
3
3
5
4
5
4
37
4
3
3
5
4
4 3
4
3 33
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
□
T12 Kevin Streelman 4
4 □
5 3
4
3
4
5
4 36 4
4
3
5
4
5
4
3
4
◯
◯
□ 36
T12 Kevin Na
5
5
4
3
5
4
4
4
5
39
4
4
2
5
3
4
3
3 □
5 33
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
□ □ □
□
T17 Sergio Garcia 4
5
3 ◯
2 4
3
4
5
4 34 4
4
3
6
4
4
3
4
4
◯
◯
□
36
T17 Tiger Woods
4
5
4
4
4
3
5
4
4
37
5
4
3
3
5
4
3
4
5 36
◯
◯
◇
□
□
□
□ □
T19 Henrik Stenson 4
4 4
3
4
2 4
5
4 34 □
5 4
3
4 ◯
3 ◇
3 □
4 4
4 34
◯
◯
◯
T19 Louis Oosthuizen 4
5
5 □
4 4
3
4
4 ◯
3 36 4
4
5 ◯
4 ◯
3 5
3
4
4 36
◯
□
21 Russell Henley 4
4 4
3
6 3
5
5
3
37
4
5
2
6
3
3
2
5
4
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
◇
□
□
□
□ 34
T22 Mark O’Meara 3 ◯
4 6 3
3 3
4
5
4 35 4
5
2
4
4
4
3
4
3 33
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
□ T22 Keegan Bradley 5
4
3
2
4
3
3
4
4
32
4
4
3
4
4
6
3
4
4
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
◯
□ □ 36
T22 Patrick Reed
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
5
4
34
4
4
3
4
5 ◯
4 3
5 4 36
◯
◯
◯
□
□
T22 Bernd Wiesberger
4
6
4
5
4
3
4
5
4
39
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
◯
◯
◇
□
32
T22 Angel Cabrera 4
5
4
3
4 □
4 □
5 5
4 38 4 □
5 ◯
2 ◯
4 4 ◯
4 ◯
2 4 □
5 34
T22 Ernie Els
5 ◯
4 4
3
4
3
4
5
4 36 4
4
3
5
4 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 36
□
◯
T28 Steve Stricker 3 5 □
5 ◯
2 4 ◯
2 ◯
3 5
4 33 4 □
5 3 □
6 4 ◯
4 3 ◯
3 ◯
3 35
T28 Morgan Hoffmann
4
5
4 □
4 4 ◯
2 4 ◯
4 4 35 4 □
5 3
5 ◯
3 ◯
4 3
4
4 35
T28 Webb Simpson 4 ◯
4 □
5 3
4
3 □
5 ◯
4 □
5 37 4
4
3 ◇
3 4 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 34
◯
T28 Jason Day
3 □
6 4 □
4 □
5 3 □
5 5
4 39 □
5 4
3 □
6 ◯
3 5 ◯
2 4
4 36
◯
◯
T28 Jonas Blixt
4
5
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
38
4
4
3
4
4
5
4
4
5
□
□ □ 37
□ □
T33 Jamie Donaldson
4
5 ◯
3 ◯
2 4
3 □
5 ◯
4 4 34 4 □
5 □
4 ◯
4 ◯
3 ◯
4 ◯
2 4 ◯
3 33
◯
◯
◯
T33 Ryan Palmer
4
4
5
3
4
3
4
5
5
37
4
4
3
3
4
4
2
5
5
◇
□ □ 34
□ □
◯
◯
◯
◯
T33 Chris Kirk
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
5
4
36
4
5
2
6
4
3
2
5 35
◇
□ □
□
□
4 □
T33 Sang-Moon Bae 4 □
6 4
3
4
3 □
5 ◯
4 4 37 4
4
3
5 ◇
2 ◯
4 3 □
5 4 34
T33 Brooks Koepka 4
5
4
3
4
3 □
5 5
4 37 4
4
3 ◯
4 4 ◯
4 3 □
5 4 35
◯
T38 Jimmy Walker 3 5 ◯
3 ◯
2 4
3
4
5 □
5 34 4
4 ◯
2 ◯
4 4
5
3 □
5 □
5 36
T38 Danny Willett 4 ◯
4 4
3 □
5 3
4
5
4 36 4
4
5 ◯
4 4 ◯
4 3
4 ◯
3 35
◯
◯
◯
T38 John Senden
5
4
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
36
4
4
3
7
4
4
3
4
3
□ 36
◯
◯
◯
•
◯
◯
◯
T38 Seung-Yul Noh 5
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
35
4
4
4
8
4
4
2
5
3
□ □
□
□
38
◯
◯
•
◯
◯
T38 Adam Scott
5
4
3
3
4
3
4
5
5
36
4
4
7
5
4
4
3
4
3
□ □
38
◯
T38 Bubba Watson 5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
38
4
5
5
3
4
4
3
4
4
◇
◇
□
□ □ □ □
36
◯
◯
◯
T38 Cameron Tringale
5
4
4
4
6
3
3
5
4
38
4
4
3
5
4
4
3
4 □
5 36
□ □
T38 Charl Schwartzel 4 ◯
4 4
3
4 □
4 6 □
6 4 39 6 6 ◯
2 ◇
3 ◯
3 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 36
T46 Matt Kuchar
4 □
6 4 □
4 ◯
3 □
4 4 ◯
4 4 37 4
4
3 ◇
3 4
5 □
4 4
4 35
T46 Lee Westwood 4 □
6 ◯
3 □
4 4 □
4 □
5 5 ◯
3 38 4 □
5 3
5
4 ◯
4 3
4
4 36
48 Geoff Ogilvy
5 ◯
4 4
3
4
3 □
5 ◯
4 □
5 37 4
4
3
5
4 □
6 3
4
4 37
□
T49 Anirban Lahiri 4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
4 36 4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
4 36
T49 Jason Dufner 5 5 ◯
3 3
4 □
4 4
5
4 37 4
4 □
4 ◯
4 ◯
3 ◯
4 3 □
5 □
5 36
□
51 Erik Compton 4
5
4
3
4 □
4 ◯
3 ◯
4 □
5 36 4
4
5 ◯
4 □
5 ◯
4 □
4 □
5 ◯
3 38
T52 Darren Clarke 4 ◯
4 4
3 □
5 ◯
2 6 ◯
4 4 36 4 □
5 ◯
2 5
4 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 36
4
5 □
5 3 ◯
3 3
4 ◯
4 4 35 4
4 □
4 5 □
5 ◯
4 3
4 □
5 38
T52 Graeme McDowell
54 Vijay Singh
4
5
4
3 □
5 3
4
5
4 37 □
5 4
3 ◯
4 ◯
3 5 ◯
2 4
4 34
55 Thongchai Jaidee
4 ◯
4 □
5 □
4 4
3 ◯
3 5 □
5 37 ◯
3 4
5 ◯
4 4
5
3
4 ◯
3 35
▽
All-time
winners
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70-68-67-69-274-14
67-70-67-70-274-14
71-71-68-66-276-12
71-70-70-66-277-11
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73-72-67-67-279 -9
70-67-73-69-279 -9
75-70-68-67-280 -8
72-72-68-68-280 -8
67-68-71-74-280 -8
73-72-70-67-282 -6
74-66-73-69-282 -6
69-71-72-70-282 -6
70-70-70-72-282 -6
74-66-70-72-282 -6
68-74-71-70-283 -5
73-69-68-73-283 -5
73-73-70-68-284 -4
72-69-71-72-284 -4
68-74-72-71-285 -3
73-68-77-68-286 -2
71-72-75-68-286 -2
70-72-74-70-286 -2
75-70-70-71-286 -2
72-69-73-72-286 -2
67-72-75-72-286 -2
73-73-73-68-287 -1
73-72-72-70-287 -1
69-75-72-71-287 -1
67-74-71-75-287 -1
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74-71-76-67-288 0
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74-71-72-71-288 0
74-71-71-72-288 0
73-72-74-70-289 1
71-71-76-71-289 1
71-74-72-72-289 1
70-74-72-73-289 1
72-69-74-74-289 1
71-71-73-74-289 1
71-75-69-74-289 1
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72-74-72-72-290 2
73-73-70-74-290 2
74-70-73-74-291 3
71-75-74-72-292 4
74-71-74-73-292 4
73-72-74-74-293 5
74-71-77-72-294 6
71-74-76-73-294 6
75-70-79-71-295 7
75-70-80-72-297 9
Driving
Distance SCORING
Accuracy Greens Putting
285.00 (52) 9/14 (T25)
12 (T12)
1.56 (T23)
305.00 (T14) 7/14 (T44)
11 (T22)
1.50 (T14)
293.00 (T35) 11/14 (T8)
13 (T6)
1.67 (T39)
305.50 (T12) 10/14 (T15)
17 (1)
1.72 (T48)
288.00 (T44) 9/14 (T25)
12 (T12)
1.39 (T5)
286.50 (48) 10/14 (T15) 11 (T22)
1.56 (T23)
294.00 (34) 12/14 (T4)
15 (T2)
1.61 (T33)
297.00 (30) 7/14 (T44)
10 (T36)
1.33 (T1)
312.00 (4)
11/14 (T8)
13 (T6)
1.56 (T23)
301.00 (T19) 11/14 (T8)
12 (T12)
1.50 (T14)
298.00 (29) 8/14 (T34)
10 (T36)
1.78 (52)
286.00 (T49) 7/14 (T44)
12 (T12)
1.44 (T9)
300.00 (T22) 12/14 (T4)
9 (T44)
1.44 (T9)
298.50 (T26) 11/14 (T8)
11 (T22)
1.50 (T14)
290.50 (40) 11/14 (T8)
10 (T36)
1.56 (T23)
287.00 (47) 8/14 (T34)
11 (T22)
1.67 (T39)
13/14 (T1)
14 (5)
1.67 (T39)
302.00 (18) 2/14 (55)
7 (T52)
1.61 (T33)
284.50 (53) 12/14 (T4)
15 (T2)
1.67 (T39)
298.50 (T26) 8/14 (T34)
13 (T6)
1.67 (T39)
304.50 (T16) 8/14 (T34)
9 (T44)
1.44 (T9)
288.00 (T44) 13/14 (T1)
11 (T22)
1.39 (T5)
299.50 (24) 11/14 (T8)
12 (T12)
1.56 (T23)
309.50 (7)
311.00 (6)
7/14 (T44)
13 (T6)
1.67 (T39)
292.00 (39) 8/14 (T34)
11 (T22)
1.61 (T33)
311.50 (5)
10 (T36)
1.44 (T9)
296.00 (31) 10/14 (T15)
9 (T44)
1.50 (T14)
305.00 (T14) 9/14 (T25)
12 (T12)
1.39 (T5)
283.50 (54) 8/14 (T34)
11 (T22)
1.56 (T23)
298.50 (T26) 10/14 (T15) 12 (T12)
1.72 (T48)
326.00 (1)
3/14 (54)
8/14 (T34)
8 (T50)
1.67 (T39)
292.50 (T37) 5/14 (T52)
5 (T54)
1.33 (T1)
295.50 (T32) 5/14 (T52)
11 (T22)
1.33 (T1)
292.50 (T37) 9/14 (T25)
10 (T36)
1.50 (T14)
276.50 (55) 12/14 (T4)
12 (T12)
1.67 (T39)
307.00 (T9) 10/14 (T15) 11 (T22)
1.50 (T14)
305.50 (T12) 9/14 (T25)
11 (T22)
1.72 (T48)
318.50 (2)
9/14 (T25)
11 (T22)
1.56 (T23)
293.00 (T35) 13/14 (T1)
13 (T6)
1.61 (T33)
295.50 (T32) 10/14 (T15)
13 (T6)
1.67 (T39)
307.00 (T9) 9/14 (T25)
9 (T44)
1.50 (T14)
308.50 (8)
7/14 (T44)
9 (T44)
1.50 (T14)
315.50 (3)
8/14 (T34)
9 (T44)
1.61 (T33)
300.00 (T22) 9/14 (T25)
5 (T54)
1.39 (T5)
301.00 (T19) 7/14 (T44)
12 (T12)
1.83 (T53)
287.50 (46) 10/14 (T15)
8 (T50)
1.50 (T14)
301.00 (T19) 10/14 (T15) 11 (T22)
1.72 (T48)
286.00 (T49) 9/14 (T25)
12 (T12)
1.83 (T53)
307.00 (T9) 11/14 (T8)
15 (T2)
1.83 (T53)
304.50 (T16) 8/14 (T34)
7 (T52)
1.44 (T9)
299.00 (25) 8/14 (T34)
10 (T36)
1.61 (T33)
290.00 (T41) 7/14 (T44)
11 (T22)
1.56 (T23)
290.00 (T41) 10/14 (T15) 10 (T36)
1.56 (T23)
285.50 (51) 10/14 (T15) 11 (T22)
1.56 (T23)
288.50 (43) 6/14 (51)
1.33 (T1)
10 (T36)
Prize Money
1
T2
T2
4
5
T6
T6
T6
T9
T9
T9
T12
T12
T12
T12
Jordan Spieth Phil Mickelson Justin Rose Rory McIlroy
Hideki Matsuyama Paul Casey Dustin Johnson Ian Poulter Charley Hoffman Zach Johnson Hunter Mahan Rickie Fowler Bill Haas Ryan Moore Kevin Na $1,800,000
$880,000
$880,000
$480,000
$400,000
$335,000
$335,000
$335,000
$270,000
$270,000
$270,000
$196,000
$196,000
$196,000
$196,000
T12
T17
T17
T19
T19
21
T22
T22
T22
T22
T22
T22
T28
T28
T28
Kevin Streelman Sergio Garcia Tiger Woods Louis Oosthuizen Henrik Stenson Russell Henley Keegan Bradley Angel Cabrera Ernie Els Mark O’Meara Patrick Reed Bernd Wiesberger
Jonas Blixt Jason Day Morgan Hoffmann $196,000
$155,000
$155,000
$135,000
$135,000
$120,000
$92,833
$92,833
$92,833
$92,833
$92,833
$92,833
$68,000
$68,000
$68,000
T28
T28
T33
T33
T33
T33
T33
T38
T38
T38
T38
T38
T38
T38
T38
Webb Simpson Steve Stricker Sangmoon Bae Jamie Donaldson Chris Kirk Brooks Koepka Ryan Palmer Seung-Yul Noh Charl Schwartzel Adam Scott John Senden Cameron Tringale Jimmy Walker Bubba Watson Danny Willett
$68,000
$68,000
$54,000
$54,000
$54,000
$54,000
$54,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
$40,000
T46
T46
48
T49
T49
51
T52
T52
54
55
Matt Kuchar Lee Westwood Geoff Ogilvy Jason Dufner Anirban Lahiri
Erik Compton Darren Clarke
Graeme McDowell Vijay Singh Thongchai Jaidee
$30,000
$30,000
$27,400
$25,600
$25,600
$24,600
$23,800
$23,800
$23,200
$23,000
Note: All golfers who did not make the cut receive
$10,000; amateurs receive no prize money.
Masters 2015
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All-time
winners
1992
Fred
Couples
1993
Bernhard
Langer
1994
Jose Maria
Olazabal
1995
Ben
Crenshaw
1996
Nick
Faldo
1997
Tiger
Woods
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1998
Mark
O’Meara
1999
Jose Maria
Olazabal
2000
Vijay
Singh
2001
Tiger
Woods
2002
Tiger
Woods
2003
Mike
Weir
JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF
The gallery cheers for Masters Tournament champion Jordan Spieth and his multiple-record-breaking performance. The 21-year-old is the first wire-to-wire champion since 1976.
l
2004
Phil
Mickelson
2005
Tiger
Woods
2006
Phil
Mickelson
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2007
Zach
Johnson
2008
Trevor
Immelman
2009
Angel
Cabrera
2010
Phil
Mickelson
2011
Charl
Schwartzel
2012
Bubba
Watson
2013
Adam
Scott
2014
Bubba
Watson
All-time
winners
2015
Jordan
Spieth
MASTERS TRADITIONS | GREEN JACKETS
A prize fit for a champion
MICHAEL HOLAHAN/STAFF
Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson (left) helps Jordan Spieth into his own green jacket as the newest member of the Masters Club of champions at Augusta National Golf Club.
By John Boyette l Sports Editor
Green jacket seen as ultimate trophy
The green jacket is the ultimate symbol of
success at the Masters Tournament.
A golfer wearing the single-breasted,
single-vent garment has achieved something
special: a victory at Augusta National Golf
Club.
Augusta National members began wearing the jackets in 1937. The idea was to have
them be easily identifiable so they could answer questions from patrons.
Brooks Uniform Co. in New York made
the original jackets, which featured heavy
wool material.
Those soon gave way to a lightweight version that could be custom-ordered from the
club’s pro shop.
The jacket today features the Augusta
National logo on the left chest pocket and
the brass buttons. Since 1967, the jackets
have been made by Hamilton Tailoring Co.
of Cincinnati.
The first green jacket was awarded to a
winner when Sam Snead won the tournament
for the first time in 1949.
Now, tradition dictates that the defending
champion help the new winner into his green
jacket at the presentation ceremony held
after the final round. That posed an interesting dilemma in 1966, when Jack Nicklaus
became the tournament’s first repeat winner.
How would he get his green coat?
The issue was put to rest when Bobby
Jones spoke.
“Cliff (Roberts) and I have discussed the
problem, and have decided you will just have
to put the coat on yourself,” Jones said.
For Nicklaus, who had established another Masters precedent, it was no problem
at all.
“He didn’t seem to mind it a bit,” Jim
Martin wrote in The Augusta Chronicle.
Subsequent repeat winners Nick Faldo
and Tiger Woods each had help from the
chairman at the time.
Spoils of victory
In addition to the green jacket, the champion receives a sterling silver replica of
the Masters trophy and a gold medal.
GREEN JACKET
Adam Scott helps Bubba Watson into
his jacket in 2014, a tradition since 1949.
MASTERS TROPHY
The winner’s name is engraved on the
trophy, which remains at the club.
file/staff
Other Hardware
Don’t take it home with you
The green jacket is reserved for Augusta National
members and golfers who
win the Masters. Jackets are
kept on club grounds, and
taking them off the premises
is forbidden.
The exception is for the
winner, who can take it home
and return it to the club the
following year.
Gary Player, who became
the tournament’s first international winner in 1961, said
he didn’t know that.
After losing a playoff in
1962 to Arnold Palmer, he
packed the jacket and took it
to his home in South Africa.
That led to a call from
club Chairman Clifford
Roberts, who was a stickler
for rules.
“I didn’t know you were
supposed to leave it there,”
Player said. “Next thing you
know, there was a call from
Mr. Roberts.”
Double eagle
Large crystal bowl
Hole-in-one
Large crystal bowl
File
Gary Player receives the green jacket from Tommy Aaron
as Clifford Roberts watches at the 1974 Masters.
According to Player, here’s
how the exchange went:
“‘Gary, have you got the
jacket?’
“I said, ‘Yes, I do.’
“He said, ‘Well, no one
ever takes the jacket away
from here.’
“And I said, ‘Well, Mr.
Roberts, if you want it, why
don’t you come and fetch
it?’ ”
Roberts, who didn’t lose
many arguments, agreed to a
compromise.
“He kind of chuckled and
said don’t wear it in public,”
Player said.
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Day’s low score
Crystal vase
Low amateur
Silver cup
Eagle
Pair of crystal
highball glasses
other trophies
Runner-up
Silver medal, silver salver
Amateur Runner-up
Silver medal
Par-3 Contest winner
Crystal pedestal bowl
Par-3 hole-in-one
Crystal vase
Par-3 nearest to flagstick
Crystal pitcher
Double eagle
Large crystal bowl
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From the notebook
fans’ corner
through the lens
Watch the birdie: A blue heron
swooped into a landing spot on No.
16, giving Mike Thallemer and Sam
Tucker, both of Nash­ville, Tenn., a
chance to watch wildlife between
tee shots.
“First time, I’ve ever seen that
(on a golf course),” Tucker said.
“We were trying to watch the golf.”
The 16th hole has been a popular spot for wildlife sightings this
week. The blue heron has been
flying overhead several mornings,
but Sunday was the first time it
was seen landing, security and gallery guards said.
Thallemer and Tucker watched
the heron pose on the edge of the
hole before walking to the water’s
edge and dipping its beak in to
snatch food. The heron flew away
toward a line of pine trees, so the
pair turned their attention to a
turtle resting on the bank as Jamie
Donaldson and Graeme McDowell
walked to the green.
A family tradition: Tom Pulley, of
Dallas, brought his son, William,
to the final round of the Masters
Tour­na­ment to begin what he
hopes will be decades of memories at Augusta National Golf Club.
William, 8, used a junior pass to
walk the grounds with his father.
The junior pass is a complimentary ticket for children younger
than 16 who are accompanied by
the Masters badge holder.
“I started when I was 8. This is
my 46th Masters,” Pulley said.
His wife attended Sunday, and
his 10-year-old son, Thomas, was
able to come earlier in the week.
“It gives us an opportunity as a
patron to use a badge for another
family member,” Pulley said of the
program.
William said he almost fell over
at No. 6 reaching out to fist-bump
Matt Kuchar.
On his badge holder, he had
three junior patron commemorative pins given to him at the gate.
Two were for his visits Saturday
and Sunday, and the third was
from his brother’s turn at the
course.
Fellow Texan: University of
Texas fan Chance Steward, of Fort
Worth, was eager to get home to
celebrate Jordan Spieth’s success
at the Masters.
“There will be a lot of fanfare
and a lot of recognition,” Steward
said. “He’s pretty well received,
anyway.”
Steward’s son is a student at the
University of Texas, where Spieth
played golf before turning pro in
2012. Steward, who wore a Long­
horns hat, said he could sense the
camaraderie among Texas fans
rooting for Spieth.
“It’s been a lot of positive support for him (here) and back home,
too,” he said.
– Meg Mirshak, staff writer
junior patron
of the day
Jack Wallace
Age: 8
Hometown:
Nashville,
Tenn.
Visit to the
Masters:
First
Favorite
golfer:
Brandt
Snedeker
Feature he would add to the
course: A candy store
Food he would add to the
concessions menu: Tacos
ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/STAFF
Kevin Na blows off the green around his ball on No. 1. Playing in his fifth Masters, Na shot 6-under and tied for 12th for the second time.
JON-MICHAEL SULLIVAN/STAFF
Zach Johnson walks down No. 4 during Sunday’s final round. The
2007 winner finished at a career-best 8-under and tied for ninth.
shots of the day See the editors’ picks of Sunday’s
best photos at augusta.com/photos.
SARA CORCE/STAFF
Tiger Woods prepares to hit from the sand for bogey on No. 4 as his
caddie Joe LaCava waits. Woods shot 1-over Sunday to end 5-under.
crowdsourced
The talk on Twitter: Follow us at @AUG_Masters
Ernie Els @TheBig_Easy:
“Congrats @JordanSpieth great
golf all week. Enjoy it! #masters2015”
“The Augusta National Marching
Band is busily rehearsing “The
Eyes of Texas.” They haven’t
had to play it since Crenshaw in
1995.”
Ian Poulter @IanJamesPoulter:
“Great weekend of golf. Happy
with my weekend performance.
Big congrats to @JordanSpieth
green jacket. Impressive golf.”
Justin Rose @JustinRose99:
“Amazing experience today.
Sunday at Augusta is something
to enjoy. Congrats to Jordan!
Phenomenal performance. -14
I’ll take next year! Thanks for the
support everyone.”
Niall Horan @NiallOfficial:
“so happy to have been there
this week, supporting my bros
@JustinRose99 @IanJamesPoulter
and @McIlroyRory! Congrats on a
great week lads!”
Brooks Koepka @BKoepka:
“Con­grats to my buddy @Jordan
Spieth on the win! Unbelievable
play this week and well deserved
win!”
Sergio Garcia @TheSergioGar­
cia: “AWESOME @Jordan Spieth!
Very much deserved 1st major!
Great player and great guy!”
Chris Gay/Staff
A patron shares their fourth-round excitement in a “paper tweet.”
“Huge thank you to everyone
at augusta national for really
looking after us this week, it was a
week we won’t forget and hope to
do again.”
Annika Sorenstam @ANNIKA
59: “Congrats to @Jor­danSpieth
wow !! @TheMasters”
Dan Jenkins @danjenkinsgd:
Hunter Mahan @HunterMahan:
“After shooting 75, I’m pretty
happy to play -11 after that. Spieth
was too good this week. Great guy,
great player happy for him!”
Lee Westwood @WestwoodLee:
“Well done @JordanSpieth”
Sara Corce/Staff
Patrons eager to stake out a prime viewing position enter Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday morning before the action begins in the final round of the Masters Tournament.