1991 Masters Tournament

The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ian Woosnam won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up José María Olazábal.[2][3]

1991 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1991
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field87 players, 57 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fundUS$1.35 million
Winner's share$243,000
Champion
Ian Woosnam
277 (−11)
Location map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Woosnam, Olazábal, and two-time champion Tom Watson, age 41, were all tied at −11 going into the 72nd hole. Olazábal, a group ahead of the final pairing of Woosnam and Watson, went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker and failed to hole a 45-foot (14 m) par putt. Watson, who had eagled both 13 and 15,[4] missed the fairway right with his tee shot and then hit his second shot into a greenside bunker. He chipped out and three-putted for a double bogey.[5] Woosnam then holed an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt for the green jacket.[6][7][8]

It was the fourth consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988. Through 2017, Woosnam is the only winner at Augusta from Wales. Olazábal later won two Masters, in 1994 and 1999.

Phil Mickelson, a 20-year-old junior at Arizona State, was the low amateur at 290 (+2) and tied for 46th place.

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Nick Faldo (3,10), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,10,13), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (9), Craig Stadler (9,10), Tom Watson (9,14), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)

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

Hale Irwin (12,13), Scott Simpson (9,10), Curtis Strange (9,14)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Mark Calcavecchia (9,13,14), Greg Norman (10,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Wayne Grady (13), Larry Nelson (10), Jeff Sluman (10), Bob Tway (12,13)

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Phil Mickelson (a,12), Manny Zerman (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Rolf Muntz (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Michael Combs (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Jim Stuart (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1990 Masters

Bill Britton (11), Fred Couples (11,13,14), Donnie Hammond, Scott Hoch (10), John Huston (10,13), Steve Jones (10), Tom Kite (12,13,14), José María Olazábal (10,12), Masashi Ozaki, Ronan Rafferty, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (12,13,14)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1990 U.S. Open

Jim Benepe, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Mike Donald, John Inman, Tom Sieckmann, Tim Simpson (11,12,13)

11. Top eight players and ties from 1990 PGA Championship

Chip Beck (12,13,14), Billy Mayfair (13), Mark McNulty, Gil Morgan (12,13), Don Pooley, Loren Roberts (13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Paul Azinger (13,14), Jay Don Blake, Steve Elkington (13), David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr. (13), Morris Hatalsky, Nolan Henke, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi (13), Davis Love III (13), Andrew Magee, Rocco Mediate, Jodie Mudd (13), Mark O'Meara (13,14), Steve Pate, Corey Pavin (13), Ted Schulz, Joey Sindelar, Ian Woosnam

13. Top 30 players from the 1990 PGA Tour money list

John Cook, Ian Baker-Finch, Robert Gamez, Peter Jacobsen, Nick Price, Brian Tennyson

14. Members of the U.S. 1989 Ryder Cup team

Ken Green, Mark McCumber

15. Special foreign invitation

Frankie Miñoza, Tsuneyuki Nakajima

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Jim Gallagher Jr.67−5
Mark McCumber
Lanny Wadkins
T4 Fred Couples68−4
Jack Nicklaus
José María Olazábal
Masashi Ozaki
Tom Watson
T9 Mark Brooks69−3
Wayne Levi
Phil Mickelson (a)
Scott Simpson

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tom Watson68-68=136−8
T2 Mark Calcavecchia70-68=138−6
Mark McCumber67-71=138
Lanny Wadkins67-71=138
Ian Woosnam72-66=138
T6 Billy Ray Brown74-65=139−5
Raymond Floyd71-68=139
Bernhard Langer71-68=139
José María Olazábal68-71=139
T10 Hale Irwin70-70=140−4
Jodie Mudd70-70=140
Jack Nicklaus68-72=140
Fuzzy Zoeller70-70=140

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

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Ian Woosnam72-66-67=205−11
2 Tom Watson68-68-70=206−10
T3 José María Olazábal68-71-69=208−8
Lanny Wadkins67-71-70=208
5 Larry Mize72-71-66=209−7
T6 Ian Baker-Finch71-70-69=210−6
Raymond Floyd71-68-71=210
Andrew Magee70-72-68=210
T9 Ben Crenshaw70-73-68=211−5
Peter Jacobsen73-70-68=211
Mark McCumber67-71-73=211
Jodie Mudd70-70-71=211
Scott Simpson69-73-69=211

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1991

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Ian Woosnam72-66-67-72=277−11243,000
2 José María Olazábal68-71-69-70=278−10145,800
T3 Ben Crenshaw (c)70-73-68-68=279−964,800
Steve Pate72-73-69-65=279
Lanny Wadkins67-71-70-71=279
Tom Watson (c)68-68-70-73=279
T7 Ian Baker-Finch71-70-69-70=280−842,100
Andrew Magee70-72-68-70=280
Jodie Mudd70-70-71-69=280
T10 Hale Irwin70-70-75-66=281−735,150
Tsuneyuki Nakajima74-71-67-69=281

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Woosnam−11−12−12−11−12−11−11−11−12−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−11
Olazábal−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−10−9−88−8−9−10−11−11−11−10
Crenshaw−5−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−9−9−9−9
Pate−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−9−9
Wadkins−8−9−9−9−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−9
Watson−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−7−9−9−11−11−11−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[2]

References
  1. Juliano, Joe (April 13, 1991). "Augusta course shows Masters touch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
  2. "Little Woosnam wins the big one". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 1-part 2.
  3. Denlinger, Ken (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam perseveres the most". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
  4. Eisenberg, John (April 15, 1991). "Maybe Watson was real story". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Baltimore Sun). p. 3B.
  5. "Watson's hopes die with double-bogey". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 15, 1991. p. 4-part 2.
  6. GOLF; Woosnam Wins On 18th Green
  7. Garrity, John (April 22, 1991). "Fight to the finish". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  8. Juliano, Joe (April 15, 1991). "Woosnam's par masters a cruel 18th". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Knight-Ridder. p. B1.
  9. Florence, Mal (April 13, 1991). "Watson wields master's touch". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1D.
  10. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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