1996 Masters Tournament Explained

1996 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 11–14, 1996
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:92 players, 44 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:US$2.5 million
Winners Share:$450,000
Champion: Nick Faldo
Score:276 (−12)
Previous:1995
Next:1997
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1996 Masters Tournament was the 60th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Nick Faldo won his third Masters and his sixth and final major title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman.[2] [3] Faldo overcame a six-stroke deficit going into the final day as Norman, leader after each of the first three rounds, faltered down the stretch once again at Augusta.[4] [5] The win was the seventh by a European in the previous nine Masters. The first win by an Australian at the Masters came seventeen years later when Adam Scott won in 2013.

In the first round, Norman shot the second-ever 63 at the Masters (Nick Price had the first 63, in the third round in 1986). Opening with six pars, Norman birdied nine of the final twelve holes.[6]

Faldo moved into second place with a 67 on Friday and stayed in second, though six shots behind, with a scrambling par on 18 late Saturday afternoon. The par meant that Faldo would be paired with Norman on Sunday which may have proved critical.

In the final round, Norman maintained a four shot lead through 7 holes, and then proceeded to lose five shots to par over the next five holes. Faldo picked up one birdie in that stretch to assume a two shot lead after Norman's tee shot on 12 found the water for a double-bogey. Any thoughts of Norman winning were dashed when his tee shot on the par three 16th also found the water. Faldo's 67 was the best round of the day while Norman's 78 was one of the worst rounds of the day, together yielding the greatest comeback/collapse in Masters history. In addition it tied the largest lead ever blown in a PGA Tour tournament. This record has yet to be broken.[7] [8] None of the five amateurs made the cut, including 20-year-old Tiger Woods, in his second Masters.[9] He returned as a professional the next year and won by 12 strokes.

Field

1. Masters championsTommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,12), Ben Crenshaw (9,12,13), Nick Faldo (3,9,13), Raymond Floyd (9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (11,12), Tom Watson (9), Ian Woosnam (9), Fuzzy Zoeller
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Ernie Els (11,12,13), Lee Janzen (9,10,12,13), Tom Kite, Corey Pavin (9,10,12,13), Payne Stewart (12,13)
3. The Open champions (last five years)Ian Baker-Finch, John Daly (4,12), Tom Lehman (10,12,13), Greg Norman (9,10,12,13), Nick Price (4,10,13)
4. PGA champions (last five years)Paul Azinger (9), Steve Elkington (9,11,12,13)
5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-upBuddy Marucci (a), Tiger Woods (a)
6. The Amateur championGordon Sherry (a)
7. U.S. Amateur Public Links championChris Wollmann (a)
8. U.S. Mid-Amateur championJerry Courville Jr. (a)
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1995 MastersDavid Edwards, Brad Faxon (11), David Frost, David Gilford, Jay Haas (10,11,13), Brian Henninger, Scott Hoch (12,13), John Huston, Hale Irwin, Davis Love III (10,12,13), Phil Mickelson (10,12,13), Colin Montgomerie (11), Kenny Perry (13), Loren Roberts (13), Curtis Strange, Duffy Waldorf (10,12)
10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1995 U.S. OpenBrad Bryant (12,13), Bill Glasson, Neal Lancaster, Jeff Maggert (11), Mark McCumber, Frank Nobilo, Mark Roe, Vijay Singh (12,13), Jeff Sluman (11), Steve Stricker, Bob Tway (12,13)
11. Top eight players and ties from 1995 PGA ChampionshipBob Estes, Justin Leonard (13), Steve Lowery, Mark O'Meara (12,13)
12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous MastersWoody Austin (13), Mark Brooks, Mark Calcavecchia (13), Ed Dougherty, Fred Funk (13), Jim Furyk, Jim Gallagher Jr. (13), Paul Goydos, Tim Herron, Billy Mayfair (13), Scott McCarron, Paul Stankowski, Hal Sutton, Ted Tryba, D. A. Weibring
13. Top 30 players from the 1995 PGA Tour money listDavid Duval, Scott Simpson, Kirk Triplett
14. Special foreign invitationMichael Campbell, Alex Čejka, Satoshi Higashi, Masashi Ozaki, Costantino Rocca, Sam Torrance

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1996

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Greg Norman63−9
2 Phil Mickelson65−7
T3 Scott Hoch67−5
Bob Tway
5 Lee Janzen68−4
T6 Nick Faldo69−3
Brad Faxon
David Gilford
Scott Simpson
Vijay Singh
Source:[1]

Scorecard

First round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
NormanEEEEEE−1−2−3−3−3−4−5−6−7−7−8−9
Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1996

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Greg Norman63-69=132−12
2 Nick Faldo69-67=136−8
T3 David Frost70-68=138−6
Phil Mickelson65-73=138
T5 Lee Janzen68-71=139−5
Bob Tway67-72=139
T7 Scott Hoch67-73=140−4
Scott McCarron70-70=140
Vijay Singh69-71=140
T10 Corey Pavin75-66=141−3
Ian Woosnam72-69=141
Source:[11]

Amateurs: Woods (+6), Sherry (+11), Wollmann (+14), Courville Jr. (+16), Marucci (+16)

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1996

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Greg Norman63-69-71=203−13
2 Nick Faldo69-67-73=209−7
3 Phil Mickelson65-73-72=210−6
T4 David Frost70-68-74=212−4
Scott McCarron70-70-72=212
Duffy Waldorf72-71-69=212
T7 Scott Hoch67-73-73=213−3
John Huston71-71-71=213
T9 David Duval73-72-69=214−2
Ernie Els71-71-72=214
Lee Janzenalign=center 68-71-75=214
Frank Nobiloalign=center 71-71-72=214
Corey Pavinalign=center 75-66-73=214
Vijay Singhalign=center 69-71-74=214
Ian Woosnamalign=center 72-69-73=214

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1996

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Nick Faldo (c) 69-67-73-67=276 −12 450,000
2 63-69-71-78=281 −7 270,000
3 65-73-72-72=282 −6 170,000
4 71-71-72-69=283 −5 120,000
T5 67-73-73-71=284 −4 95,000
72-71-69-72=284
T7 72-71-74-68=285 −3 77,933
71-73-72-69=285
75-66-73-71=285
T10 70-68-74-74=286 −2 65,000
70-70-72-74=286

Sources:[12] [13]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14 15161718
Par454343454443545344
Faldo −7−8−8−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−12
Norman −12−13−13−12−12−12−12−12−11−10−9−7−8−8−9−7−7−7
Mickelson −6−7−7−6−6−7−6−5−5−5−5−4−5−4−6−6−6−6
Nobilo −2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−3−4−5−4−5−5−5−6−6−5
Hoch −2−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−4−4−4−4−4
Waldorf −4−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−4
Frost −4−4−4−4−3−3−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−3−2
McCarron −4−4−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Masters Scoreboard. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. April 12, 1996. 8C .
  2. Master Strokes . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . April 22, 1996. 24.
  3. News: Choke artist . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . (Los Angeles Times) . Bonk . Thomas . April 15, 1996 . C1.
  4. News: Faldo in as Shark plunges. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. April 15, 1996. C1.
  5. News: On final day, Shark goes belly-up. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. D'Amato. Gary. April 15, 1996 . 1C .
  6. News: Norman's opening 63 'one of great rounds' . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . (Los Angeles Times) . Bonk . Thomas . April 12, 1996 . C1.
  7. Web site: Largest 54-hole lead lost in PGA Tour golf history. pga.com. en. 2019-11-19.
  8. News: The Masters 1996: Faldo triumphs as Norman blows six-shot lead - as it happened . 11 April 2020 . The Guardian . 7 May 2020.
  9. News: Tiger misses cut, but Nicklaus believes young star will purr . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Parascenzo. Marino. April 13, 1996. C2.
  10. Web site: History: hole-by-hole and stats: Greg Norman. Augusta.com. 1996 . May 18, 2013.
  11. News: Masters: Friday's scores . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 13, 1996 . C-2.
  12. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  13. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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