2020 Masters Tournament (10Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)
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2020 Masters Tournament (10th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Augusta, Georgia November 12-15, 2020 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Augusta National Golf Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,475 Purse: $11,500,000 ($2,070,000 winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, November 15, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 79. Wind SW 10-15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph. Final Leaderboard Dustin Johnson 65-70-65-68—268 (-20) Cameron Smith 67-68-69-69—273 (-15) Sungjae Im 66-70-68-69—273 (-15) Justin Thomas 66-69-71-70—276 (-12) Rory McIlroy 75-66-67-69—277 (-11) Dylan Frittelli 65-73-67-72—277 (-11) Things to Know • Dustin Johnson wins the Masters Tournament by five strokes, his second major championship title and 24th win on the PGA TOUR • Johnson moves into a tie with Gary Player for 26th on the all-time PGA TOUR wins list • At 20-under 268, Johnson sets Masters Tournament scoring record for 72 holes • Johnson has at least one win in each of his 14 PGA TOUR seasons, tying Tiger Woods for the third-longest streak to begin a career in TOUR history • Johnson becomes the eighth player (ninth instance) to win the Masters after finishing runner-up the year prior • For the first time in his major championship career, Johnson successfully converts 54-hole lead/co-lead to victory (now 1-for-5) • Johnson, the reigning FedExCup champion, moves to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings • Cameron Smith (67-68-69-69) becomes first player to record four scores in the 60s at the Masters Dustin Johnson (Winner/-20) Category With the win Age 36 (6/22/1984) FedExCup No. 1 OWGR No. 1 Major championship wins 2 Starts at the Masters 10 Wins at the Masters 1 Top-10s at the Masters 5 Career PGA TOUR starts 277 Career PGA TOUR wins 24 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 106 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 3 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 1 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 3 • At 20-under 268, sets Masters Tournament scoring record for 72 holes, breaking previous record of 270 (Tiger Woods/1997, Jordan Spieth/2015); also tied opening 54-hole scoring record (16-under 200) • Second career major championship title (2016 U.S. Open, 2020 Masters Tournament) • 24th career PGA TOUR victory; moves into a tie for 26th with Gary Player on the all-time PGA TOUR wins list • Extends his streak of consecutive seasons with a win to start his PGA TOUR career to 14, tying Tiger Woods for third-longest all-time (longest: 17, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer) • Records 11th consecutive under-par score at the Masters, breaking Tiger Woods’ record for longest streak in tournament history (Woods’ streak: R3/2000 – R4/2002) • First World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament since Tiger Woods in 2002 • First World No. 1 to win a major championship since Rory McIlroy at the 2014 PGA Championship • First World No. 1 to win on TOUR since he won the 2020 TOUR Championship • Eighth player (ninth instance) to win the Masters Tournament following a runner-up finish the year prior Year Winner Previous year 2020 Dustin Johnson T2 2015 Jordan Spieth T2 1984 Ben Crenshaw T2 1972 Jack Nicklaus T2 1970 Billy Casper T2 1965 Jack Nicklaus T2 1962 Arnold Palmer T2 1942 Byron Nelson 2nd 1939 Ralph Guldahl T2 • Improves to 1-for-5 when holding 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships Tournament Outright/co-lead Result 2020 Masters Tournament Solo (4) Won 2020 PGA Championship Solo (1) T2 2018 U.S. Open Tied 3rd 2015 U.S. Open Tied T2 2010 U.S. Open Solo (3) T8 • Seventh consecutive top-10 on TOUR, including six results of T2 or better: T2/PGA Championship, Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, P2/BMW Championship, Won/TOUR Championship, T6/U.S. Open, T2/Vivint Houston Open, Won/Masters Tournament • Fifth consecutive top-10 at the Masters (T6/2015, T4/2016, T10/2018, T2/2019, Won/2020; DNP/2017) • Reigning FedExCup champion Second-Round Lead Notes • Johnson is the 33rd 36-hole leader/co-leader to win the Masters and first since Patrick Reed in 2018 • Johnson is the third 36-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 2020-21, joining Hudson Swafford (Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship) and Martin Laird (Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • Johnson improves to 12-for-21 with the 36-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR • Johnson improves to 2-for-4 with the 36-hole lead/co-lead in major championships Third-Round Lead Notes • Johnson is the 47th 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the Masters and first since Patrick Reed in 2018 • Johnson is the third 54-hole leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 2020-21, joining Sergio Garcia (Sanderson Farms Championship) and Martin Laird (Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • Johnson improves to 11-for-22 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in 72-hole events on the PGA TOUR • Johnson improves to 1-for-5 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships Additional Player Notes • Cameron Smith (67-68-69-69) becomes first player in Masters Tournament history with four scores in the 60s • Sungjae Im (T2) becomes the third-youngest player to finish in the top five at the Masters; only Jordan Spieth (2014, 2015) and Tiger Woods (1997) did so at a younger age • Tiger Woods made a septuple-bogey-10 at the par-3 12th, the highest score of his PGA TOUR career on any hole (previous: 9, No. 3/R3/1997 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide); Woods then birdied five of his next six holes to finish T38 • 2019 U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree (T34) earns low amateur honors Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 10th (4.250) Par-5 2nd (4.489) R2: Par-4 18th (4.308) Par-5 2nd (4.422) R3: Par-4 18th (4.383) Par-5 2nd (4.533) R4: Par-4 5th (4.433) Par-5 2nd (4.433) Total: Par-4 5th (4.272) Par-5 2nd (4.467) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.478 35.935 71.413 -- R2: 35.844 36.022 71.811 71.610 R3: 36.117 35.650 71.767 71.649 R4: 36.167 36.000 72.167 71.752 Bogey-free rounds R1 (4): Paul Casey (65), Dustin Johnson (65), Webb Simpson (67), Tiger Woods (68) R2 (4): Rory McIlroy (66), Jon Rahm (66), C.T. Pan (66), Hideki Matsuyama (68) R3 (3): Dustin Johnson (65), Dylan Frittelli (67), Cameron Smith (69) R4 (0): None .