2006 Masters Tournament Explained

2006 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 6–9, 2006
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Par:72
Field:90 players, 47 after cut
Cut:148 (+4)
Purse:US$7,000,000
Winners Share:$1,260,000
Champion: Phil Mickelson
Score:281 (−7)
Previous:2005
Next:2007
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 2006 Masters Tournament was the 70th Masters Tournament, played April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Prior to the tournament, the course was lengthened by [1] to, up from 7290yd in 2005. Phil Mickelson won the second of his three Masters and second consecutive major with a 281 (−7), two strokes ahead of runner-up Tim Clark.[2] [1] The purse was $7 million and the winner's share was $1.26 million.

This was the final Masters appearance for three-time champion Nick Faldo.

Course

See main article: Augusta National Golf Club.

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive455410Camellia4954
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood5054
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple240313Azalea5105
5Magnolia455414Chinese Fir4404
6Juniper180315Firethorn5305
7Pampas450416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina4404
9Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654
Out3,73536In3,71036
Source:[3] Total7,44572

Field

1. Masters champions
Charles Coody, Fred Couples (12,14,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,10,13,14,16,17), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (12,16,17), Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,11,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (10,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Michael Campbell (11,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Retief Goosen (10,14,16,17)

3. The Open champions (last five years)
Ben Curtis, David Duval, Ernie Els (16,17), Todd Hamilton

4. PGA champions (last five years)
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, David Toms (14,15,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)
Stephen Ames (15,17), Fred Funk (14,16,17), Adam Scott (14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Dillon Dougherty (a), Edoardo Molinari (a)

7. The Amateur champion
Brian McElhinney (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Clay Ogden (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Kevin Marsh (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2005 Masters
Chris DiMarco (14,16,17), Luke Donald (14,15,16,17), Mark Hensby (11,16), Tim Herron (14,16), David Howell (16,17), Trevor Immelman, Tom Lehman (16,17), Justin Leonard (14,16,17), Thomas Levet, Rod Pampling (16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2005 U.S. Open
Tim Clark (14,16,17), Sergio García (14,16,17), Davis Love III (13,14,16,17), Rocco Mediate

12. Top four players and ties from the 2005 Open Championship
Colin Montgomerie (16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2005 PGA Championship
Thomas Bjørn (16,17)

14. Top 40 players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list
Stuart Appleby (15,16,17), Jason Bohn, Olin Browne, Bart Bryant (16,17), Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell (15,16,17), K. J. Choi (16,17), Ben Crane (16,17), Lucas Glover, Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Charles Howell III, Brandt Jobe (16,17), Zach Johnson (17), Peter Lonard (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Billy Mayfair, Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy (15,16,17), Sean O'Hair (16,17), Carl Pettersson (17), Ted Purdy, Vaughn Taylor, Scott Verplank (16,17)

15. Top 10 players from the 2006 PGA Tour money list on March 27
Arron Oberholser (17), Rory Sabbatini (17)

16. Top 50 players from the final 2005 world ranking
Robert Allenby (17), Ángel Cabrera (17), Stewart Cink (17), Darren Clarke (17), John Daly, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Shingo Katayama (17), Paul McGinley (17), Nick O'Hern (17), Henrik Stenson (17), Lee Westwood (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 27

18. Special foreign invitation
Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Eighteen players broke par on the lengthened Augusta National. Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, shot a five-under 67 to take the first round lead by one stroke over Rocco Mediate. Arron Oberholser was next with a 69 for solo third place. Four others were at 70, including 2004 champion Phil Mickelson and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen. Defending champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72, despite a pair of three-putt bogeys and a double bogey on the par-5 15th hole.[4]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Vijay Singh67−5
2 Rocco Mediate68−4
3 Arron Oberholser69−3
T4 Tim Clark70−2
Retief Goosen
Phil Mickelson
Geoff Ogilvy
T8 Stuart Appleby71−1
Rich Beem
Chad Campbell
Fred Couples
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Curtis
Ernie Els
David Howell
Billy Mayfair
Nick O'Hern
Mike Weir

Second round

Friday, April 7, 2006

Chad Campbell, with just one top ten result at a major (runner-up at 2003 PGA Championship), led at the halfway point by three strokes at 138 (−6). His 67 (−5) on Friday was one of only three scores in the 60s. In a tie for second at 141 (−3) was Singh, Mediate, and 1992 champion Fred Couples. Mickelson shot even par for the round and was among a group tied for fifth at 142 (−2). The cut came at 148 (+4); among the notables to miss the cut was Chris DiMarco, the playoff runner-up to Woods in 2005.[5] This was 1971 champ Charles Coody's final entry as a competitor; after struggling in his opening round to an 89, he played very well (at age 68) in round 2, carding a 2-over par 74 for his last competitive round at Augusta.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Chad Campbell71-67=138−6
T2 Fred Couples71-70=141−3
Rocco Mediate68-73=141
Vijay Singh67-74=141
T5 Tim Clark70-72=142−2
Darren Clarke72-70=142
Ernie Els71-71=142
David Howell71-71=142
Phil Mickelson70-72=142
T10 Olin Browne74-69=143−1
Ben Crenshaw71-72=143
Retief Goosen70-73=143
Pádraig Harrington73-70=143
Billy Mayfair71-72=143
Nick O'Hern71-72=143
Tiger Woods72-71=143

Amateurs: McElhinney (+11), Molinari (+13), Ogden (+15), Dougherty (+16), Marsh (+16).

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 2006
Sunday, April 9, 2006

Thunderstorms postponed a good chunk of action in the third round, forcing it to be completed on Sunday morning.[6] Mickelson moved to the top of the leaderboard with a two-under 70 to 212 (−4). Second round leader Campbell shot 75 (+3) to fall into a tie for second with Couples, who shot even par for the round. Woods shot 71 for 214, two strokes back in a six-way tie for fourth, along with Singh and four others.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Phil Mickelson70-72-70=212−4
T2 Chad Campbell71-67-75=213−3
Fred Couples71-70-72=213
T4 Stephen Ames74-70-70=214−2
Tim Clark70-72-72=214
Darren Clarke72-70-72=214
Rocco Mediate68-73-73=214
Vijay Singh67-74-73=214
Tiger Woods72-71-71=214
T10 Retief Goosen70-73-72=215−1
Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-74-69=215

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 2006

Summary

Mickelson won his second consecutive major (2005 PGA Championship) and his second green jacket with a final round 69 for a two-stroke victory over Tim Clark. Mickelson's lone bogey was at the final hole, when he had victory all but assured. The win also gave him his third major in the last nine. Clark finished in solo second by holing-out from a green side bunker at the 72nd hole. Woods shot a two-under 70 to finish three strokes behind Mickelson in a five-way tie for third. Others finishing in third place were Couples, Goosen, Campbell, and José María Olazábal, the 1994 and 1999 champion, who shot the round of the tournament, a six-under 66.[1] [2] Sadly, Mediate fell out of contention after hitting three balls into the water and making a ten at the par-3 12th.[7]

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-72-70-69=281 −7 1,260,000
2 70-72-72-69=283 −5 756,000
T3 71-67-75-71=284 −4 315,700
Fred Couples (c) 71-70-72-71=284
70-73-72-69=284
José María Olazábal (c) 76-71-71-66=284
Tiger Woods (c) 72-71-71-70=284
T8 73-74-70-68=285 −3 210,000
Vijay Singh (c) 67-74-73-71=285
10 72-73-71-70=286 −2 189,000

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Mickelson−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−8−8−7
Clark−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−5
Campbell−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−4−3−2−3−4
Couples−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4
Goosen−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−3−4−4−4
Olazábal+2+1E−1−1E−1−2−2−2−1−1−2−3−5−4−4−4
Woods −2−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−3−4−3−4
Ames−2−2−2−1−1−1EEEEEEEE−1−1−1−1
Jiménez−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−2−3−3−3−2−1−1
Clarke−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1E+1+1+1+2+2+1+1+2+3
Mediate −1−1−1−1−1−2−3−4−4−4−3+4+4+5+5+5+5+6
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source:[8]

Par 3 Contest

Ben Crane won the annual Par 3 contest, which took place on Wednesday, April 5, with a four-under 23. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, made a curtain call at the event; Nicklaus was one-under and was in contention throughout the day. Pádraig Harrington, Clark, and Oberholser all aced the 135yd ninth hole.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Master Craftsman . Sports Illustrated . Shipnuck . Alan . April 17, 2006. June 2, 2013.
  2. News: Second coat of green . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dulac. Gerry. April 10, 2006 . D-1 .
  3. News: The Course . . . Associated Press . April 5, 2006 . 3-Masters . January 7, 2013.
  4. News: Off course . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Dulac . Gerry . April 7, 2006 . D-1.
  5. News: Backspin . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Dulac . Gerry . April 8, 2006 . D-1.
  6. News: Rain: It's par for the course . Lewiston Tribune . Thompson . Wright . (Kansas City Star) . April 9, 2006. B1.
  7. News: Augusta's cruel twists turn on Mediate . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Dulac . Gerry . April 10, 2006 . D-7.
  8. Web site: 2006 Masters leaderboard. Yahoo! Sports. June 2, 2013.

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