2008 Masters Tournament

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:[2]

1. Past Masters Champions
Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

(Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)

2. Last five U.S. Open Champions
Ángel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18)

3. Last five Open Champions
Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18)

4. Last five PGA Champions
Shaun Micheel

5. Last two of The Players Champions
Stephen Ames (17,18)

Winners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters.

6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Amateur
Michael Thompson (a)

• (2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Colt Knost turned professional, thereby forfeiting his invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.[3])

7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur Championship
Drew Weaver (a)

8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links
See number 6

9. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Trip Kuehne (a)

10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters Tournament
Stuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17)

11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. Open
Nick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson

12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open Championship
Ernie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andrés Romero (15,17,18)

13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship
Woody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18)

14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour official money earnings list
Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17)

15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters Tournament
Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney

16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour Championship
Camilo Villegas

17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings list
Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18)

18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament
Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard

19. International invitees
Liang Wenchong, Prayad Marksaeng, Jeev Milkha Singh[4]

The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.[5][6]

The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader will be “cut” after 36 holes.

First round

Thursday, April 10, 2008

After an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (−4) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Trevor Immelman	68	−4
	Justin Rose
T3	Brian Bateman	69	−3
	Brandt Snedeker
	Lee Westwood
T6	Stephen Ames	70	−2
	Jim Furyk
	Zach Johnson
	Robert Karlsson
	Ian Poulter

Second round

Friday, April 11, 2008

Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51. For the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player and Tiger Woods.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Trevor Immelman	68-68=136	−8
2	Brandt Snedeker	69-68=137	−7
T3	Steve Flesch	72-67=139	−5
	Phil Mickelson	71-68=139
	Ian Poulter	70-69=139
T6	Stephen Ames	70-70=140	−4
	Paul Casey	71-69=140
T8	Stewart Cink	72-69=141	−3
	Arron Oberholser	71-70=141
	Mike Weir	73-68=141

Amateurs: Kuehne (+6), Thompson (+10), Weaver (+12).

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Immelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (−11). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (−7), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Trevor Immelman	68-68-69=205	−11
2	Brandt Snedeker	69-68-70=207	−9
3	Steve Flesch	72-67-69=208	−8
4	Paul Casey	71-69-69=209	−7
5	Tiger Woods	72-71-68=211	−5
6	Stewart Cink	72-69-71=212	−4
T7	Retief Goosen	71-71-72=214	−2
	Pádraig Harrington	74-71-69=214
	Zach Johnson	70-76-68-214
	Robert Karlsson	70-73-71=214
	Phil Mickelson	71-68-75=214
	Sean O'Hair	72-71-71=214
	Ian Poulter	70-69-75=214
	Andrés Romero	72-72-70=214
	Boo Weekley	72-74-68=214

Final leaderboard

Champion

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Trevor Immelman	68-68-69-75=280	−8	1,350,000
2	Tiger Woods (c)	72-71-68-72=283	−5	810,000
T3	Stewart Cink	72-69-71-72=284	−4	435,000
	Brandt Snedeker	69-68-70-77=284
T5	Steve Flesch	72-67-69-78=286	−2	273,750
	Pádraig Harrington	74-71-69-72=286
	Phil Mickelson (c)	71-68-75-72=286
T8	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	77-70-72-68=287	−1	217,500
	Robert Karlsson	70-73-71-73=287
	Andrés Romero	72-72-70-73=287

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Paul Casey	71-69-69-79=288	E	172,500
	Nick Watney	75-70-72-71=288
	Lee Westwood	69-73-73-73=288
T14	Stuart Appleby	76-70-72-71=289	+1	135,000
	Sean O'Hair	72-71-71-75=289
	Vijay Singh (c)	72-71-72-74=289
T17	Retief Goosen	71-71-72-76=290	+2	112,500
	Henrik Stenson	74-72-72-72=290
	Mike Weir (c)	73-68-75-74=290
T20	Brian Bateman	69-76-72-74=291	+3	84,300
	Zach Johnson (c)	70-76-68-77=291
	Justin Leonard	72-74-72-73=291
	Bubba Watson	74-71-73-73=291
	Boo Weekley	72-74-68-77=291
T25	Stephen Ames	70-70-77-75=292	+4	54,844
	Ángel Cabrera	73-72-73-74=292
	J. B. Holmes	73-70-73-76=292
	Arron Oberholser	71-70-74-77=292
	Ian Poulter	70-69-75-78=292
	Adam Scott	75-71-70-76=292
	Jeev Milkha Singh	71-74-72-75=292
	Richard Sterne	73-72-73-74=292
T33	Nick Dougherty	74-69-74-76=293	+5	42,375
	Jim Furyk	70-73-73-77=293
	Heath Slocum	71-76-77-69=293
T36	Todd Hamilton	74-73-75-73=295	+7	36,875
	Justin Rose	68-78-73-76=295
	Johnson Wagner	72-74-74-75=295
T39	Niclas Fasth	75-70-76-75=296	+8	33,000
	Geoff Ogilvy	75-71-76-74=296
41	K. J. Choi	72-75-78-73=298	+10	30,750
T42	Robert Allenby	72-74-72-81=299	+11	28,500
	David Toms	73-74-72-80=299
44	Ian Woosnam (c)	75-71-76-78=300	+12	26,250
45	Sandy Lyle (c)	72-75-78-77=302	+14	24,750
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	75-73=148	+4
	Michael Campbell	77-71=148
	Fred Couples (c)	76-72=148
	Luke Donald	73-75=148
	Ernie Els	74-74=148
	Sergio García	76-72=148
	Charles Howell III	78-70=148
	Martin Kaymer	76-72=148
	Toru Taniguchi	76-72=148
	Brett Wetterich	73-75=148
	Jonathan Byrd	75-74=149	+5
	Jerry Kelly	72-77=149
	Hunter Mahan	77-72=149
	Nick O'Hern	74-75=149
	Mark O'Meara (c)	71-78=149
	Rory Sabbatini	75-74=149
	Craig Stadler (c)	77-72=149
	Daniel Chopra	72-78=150	+6
	Ben Curtis	75-75=150
	Trip Kuehne (a)	78-72=150
	Shaun Micheel	76-74=150
	John Rollins	77-73=150
	Steve Stricker	73-77=150
	Camilo Villegas	73-77=150
	Tom Watson (c)	75-75=150
	Bernhard Langer (c)	74-77=151	+7
	José María Olazábal (c)	76-75=151
	John Senden	80-71=151
	Vaughn Taylor	75-76=151
	Michael Thompson (a)	73-78=151
	Woody Austin	79-73=152	+8
	Tim Clark	77-75=152
	Ben Crenshaw (c)	75-77=152
	Richard Green	77-75=152
	Shingo Katayama	79-73=152
	Peter Lonard	71-81=152
	Mark Calcavecchia	73-80=153	+9
	Søren Hansen	75-78=153
	D. J. Trahan	76-77=153
	Scott Verplank	77-76=153
	Raymond Floyd (c)	80-74=154	+10
	Liang Wenchong	76-78=154
	Anders Hansen	80-75=155	+11
	Drew Weaver (a)	76-80=156	+12
	Steve Lowery	81-76=157	+13
	Larry Mize (c)	77-81=158	+14
	Fuzzy Zoeller (c)	81-79=160	+16
	Gary Player (c)	83-78=161	+17
WD	Prayad Marksaeng	82	+10

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
Immelman	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−8	−8	−8
Woods	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5
Cink	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Snedeker	−8	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4
Flesch	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2
Harrington	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Mickelson	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
Casey	−7	−7	−8	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[7]

ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.[8]

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Augusta.com – 2008 Masters leaderboard and scorecards