Golf tournament
The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament , held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia . Tom Watson won his second green jacket and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller .
Five-time champion Nicklaus shot a bogey-free 65 on Friday and led by four strokes after 36 holes,[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] 1986 at age 46.
Defending champion Seve Ballesteros shot 154 (+10) and missed the cut by six strokes;[ 2] 1984 . Lee Trevino , needing a green jacket to complete the career grand slam , also shot 154 with an ailing back.[ 2] 1975 and 1985 .
Greg Norman , age 26, appeared in his first Masters and was fourth, the first of his eight top-five finishes at Augusta. He was runner-up three times, in 1986, 1987 , and 1996 .
This was the first Masters with bentgrass greens, which were formerly Bermuda and ryegrass .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Field
1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron , George Archer , Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer , Billy Casper , Charles Coody , Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford , Bob Goalby , Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,9,10), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (8), Sam Snead , Art Wall Jr. , Tom Watson (3,8,9,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hubert Green (8,12), Hale Irwin (9,11,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (8)
3. The Open champions (last five years) Johnny Miller (11)
4. PGA champions (last five years) John Mahaffey (11,12), Dave Stockton , Lanny Wadkins (12)
5. 1980 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Jim Holtgrieve (7,a), Bob Lewis (a), Hal Sutton (6,7,a), Dick von Tacky (a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Jay Sigel (7,a)
Mark O'Meara forfeited his exemption by turning professional.7. Members of the 1980 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Bob Tway (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1980 Masters Tournament Andy Bean (10,11,12), Jim Colbert , Ben Crenshaw (11), Ed Fiori , Gibby Gilbert , Jay Haas , Tom Kite (11,12), Billy Kratzert (11), Gil Morgan (9,10,12), Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete , Jack Renner , Jim Simons , J. C. Snead
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1980 U.S. Open Keith Fergus , Joe Hager , Mark Hayes (12), Lon Hinkle (10), Joe Inman , Pat McGowan , Mike Morley , Mike Reid , Bill Rogers (10,11), Ed Sneed , Craig Stadler , Curtis Strange (10,11), Lee Trevino (10,11,12), Bobby Wadkins
10. Top eight players and ties from 1980 PGA Championship Howard Twitty (11), Bobby Walzel
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters John Cook , Bob Gilder , Phil Hancock , Scott Hoch , Peter Jacobsen , Wayne Levi , Bruce Lietzke , Mark Pfeil , Don Pooley , Scott Simpson , Mike Sullivan , Doug Tewell
12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team Lee Elder
13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki (9), Bruce Devlin (9), Duncan Evans (6,a), David Graham (4,8,11), Dan Halldorson (11), Sandy Lyle , Jack Newton (8), Greg Norman , Norio Suzuki
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 9, 1981
Source: [ 9]
Second round
Friday, April 10, 1981
Source: [ 10] [ 11]
Third round
Saturday, April 11, 1981
Source: [ 12]
Final round
Sunday, April 12, 1981
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T11
George Archer (c)74-70-72-71=287
−1
7,333
Hubert Green 70-70-74-73=287
Peter Jacobsen 71-70-72-74=287
Bruce Lietzke 72-67-73-75=287
T15
Gay Brewer (c)75-68-71-74=288
E
5,500
Bob Gilder 72-75-69-72=288
Gary Player (c)73-73-71-71=288
Jim Simons 70-75-71-72=288
T19
Don Pooley 71-75-72-71=289
+1
4,500
Curtis Strange 69-79-70-71=289
T21
John Cook 70-71-72-77=290
+2
3,600
Gil Morgan 74-73-70-73=290
Calvin Peete 75-70-71-74=290
Lanny Wadkins 72-71-71-76=290
T25
Jim Colbert 73-68-74-76=291
+3
2,700
Hale Irwin 73-74-70-74=291
Wayne Levi 72-71-73-75=291
T28
Gibby Gilbert 71-71-76-74=292
+4
2,350
Lon Hinkle 69-70-74-79=292
Sandy Lyle 73-70-76-73=292
T31
Bruce Devlin 74-72-72-75=293
+5
2,013
Jay Haas 75-71-72-75=293
Jack Renner 73-72-73-75=293
Dave Stockton 72-72-70-79=293
T35
Jay Sigel (a)72-75-75-72=294
+6
0
Mike Sullivan 72-74-74-74=294
1,800
T37
Keith Fergus 76-72-75-72=295
+7
1,617
Scott Hoch 73-70-75-77=295
Bill Rogers 76-72-75-72=295
T40
Charles Coody (c)74-71-75-76=296
+8
1,500
Bob Lewis (a)77-70-73-76=296
0
Howard Twitty 75-72-74-75=296
1,500
T43
Craig Stadler 76-71-73-77=297
+9
1,500
Fuzzy Zoeller (c)77-70-78-72=297
T45
Isao Aoki 70-76-77-77=300
+12
1,500
Norio Suzuki 74-74-75-77=300
47
Jim Holtgrieve (a)70-77-79-75=301
+13
0
48
Tommy Aaron (c)77-71-76-79=303
+15
1,500
CUT
Andy Bean 75-74=149
+5
Ed Fiori 72-77=149
Dan Halldorson 76-73=149
Mark Pfeil 74-75=149
Scott Simpson 77-72=149
Bobby Wadkins 73-76=149
Lee Elder 77-73=150
+6
J. C. Snead 72-78=150
Mark Hayes 76-75=151
+7
Pat McGowan 73-78=151
Larry Nelson 78-73=151
Mike Reid 76-75=151
Bob Tway (a)75-76=151
Jack Newton 79-73=152
+8
Joe Inman 74-79=153
+9
Mike Morley 76-77=153
Arnold Palmer (c)75-78=153
Ed Sneed 81-72=153
Doug Tewell 79-74=153
Bobby Walzel 75-78=153
Seve Ballesteros (c)78-76=154
+10
Billy Casper (c)76-78=154
Joe Hager 81-73=154
Lee Trevino 77-77=154
Doug Ford (c)79-76=155
+11
Bob Goalby (c)80-75=155
Andy North 82-73=155
Sam Snead (c)77-78=155
Hal Sutton (a)80-75=155
Art Wall Jr. (c)76-79=155
Billy Kratzert 83-75=158
+14
Phil Hancock 82-77=159
+15
Duncan Evans (a)81-79=160
+16
Dick von Tacky (a)76-85=161
+17
Sources:[ 13] [ 14]
Scorecard
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
5
4
3
4
3
4
5
4
4
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
4
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−7
−8
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−3
−4
−4
−3
−3
−2
−2
−3
−4
−3
−3
−3
−4
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−4
−5
−6
−6
−6
−5
−5
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−3
−3
−3
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
E
E
−1
−1
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−4
−4
−2
−3
−4
−3
−3
−2
−2
−2
−2
−3
−3
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−4
−4
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: [ 4]
References
^ "Masters Scores" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. April 13, 1981. p. 17.^ a b c "Nicklaus has 65, tops Masters" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 11, 1981. p. 1D.^ Jenkins, Dan (April 20, 1981). "True Grit at Augusta" . Sports Illustrated . p. 34.^ a b "Watson wins second Masters" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). April 13, 1981. p. 17.^ Green, Bob (April 13, 1981). "Watson holds on for Masters win" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 13. ^ "Masters sports bent grass furor" . The Dispatch . (Lexington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 8, 1981. p. 13.^ "Nicklaus, Watson remain the ones to watch" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1981. p. 37.^ Boswell, Thomas (April 7, 1982). "Everything normal at Augusta National" . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama). p. 21.^ "Masters scores" . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. April 10, 1981. p. 26.^ "Golf scoreboard: Masters" . Pittsburgh Press . April 11, 1981. p. A9.^ "Golf: Masters leaders" . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina). April 11, 1981. p. 2D.^ "Golf: Masters leaders" . Sunday Star-News . (Wilmington, North Carolina). April 12, 1981. p. 2D.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
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