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.
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 par putt. Watson, who had eagled both 13 and 15, 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. Woosnam then holed an par putt for the green jacket.
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 and tied for 46th place.

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hale Irwin, Scott Simpson, Curtis Strange
;3. The Open champions
Mark Calcavecchia, Greg Norman
;4. PGA champions
Wayne Grady, Larry Nelson, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway
;5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Phil Mickelson, Manny Zerman
;6. The Amateur champion
Rolf Muntz
;7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Michael Combs
;8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Jim Stuart
;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1990 Masters
Bill Britton, Fred Couples, Donnie Hammond, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, José María Olazábal, Masashi Ozaki, Ronan Rafferty, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins
;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. Top eight players and ties from 1990 PGA Championship
Chip Beck, Billy Mayfair, Mark McNulty, Gil Morgan, Don Pooley, Loren Roberts
;12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Paul Azinger, Jay Don Blake, Steve Elkington, David Frost, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Morris Hatalsky, Nolan Henke, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi, Davis Love III, Andrew Magee, Rocco Mediate, Jodie Mudd, Mark O'Meara, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, 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, Tommy Nakajima

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Gallagher, Jr.67−5
T1Mark McCumber67−5
T1Lanny Wadkins67−5
T4Fred Couples68−4
T4Jack Nicklaus68−4
T4José María Olazábal68−4
T4Masashi Ozaki68−4
T4Tom Watson68−4
T9Mark Brooks69−3
T9Wayne Levi69−3
T9Phil Mickelson 69−3
T9Scott Simpson69−3

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Watson68-68=136−8
T2Mark Calcavecchia70-68=138−6
T2Mark McCumber67-71=138−6
T2Lanny Wadkins67-71=138−6
T2Ian Woosnam72-66=138−6
T6Billy Ray Brown74-65=139−5
T6Raymond Floyd71-68=139−5
T6Bernhard Langer71-68=139−5
T6José María Olazábal68-71=139−5
T10Hale Irwin70-70=140−4
T10Jodie Mudd70-70=140−4
T10Jack Nicklaus68-72=140−4
T10Fuzzy Zoeller70-70=140−4

Amateurs: Mickelson , Zerman , Stuart, Combs, Muntz

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Woosnam72-66-67=205−11
2Tom Watson68-68-70=206−10
T3José María Olazábal68-71-69=208−8
T3Lanny Wadkins67-71-70=208−8
5Larry Mize72-71-66=209−7
T6Ian Baker-Finch71-70-69=210−6
T6Raymond Floyd71-68-71=210−6
T6Andrew Magee70-72-68=210−6
T9Ben Crenshaw70-73-68=211−5
T9Peter Jacobsen73-70-68=211−5
T9Mark McCumber67-71-73=211−5
T9Jodie Mudd70-70-71=211−5
T9Scott Simpson69-73-69=211−5

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1991
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ian Woosnam72-66-67-72=277−11243,000
2José María Olazábal68-71-69-70=278−10145,800
T3Ben Crenshaw70-73-68-68=279−964,800
T3Steve Pate72-73-69-65=279−964,800
T3Lanny Wadkins67-71-70-71=279−964,800
T3Tom Watson68-68-70-73=279−964,800
T7Ian Baker-Finch71-70-69-70=280−842,100
T7Andrew Magee70-72-68-70=280−842,100
T7Jodie Mudd70-70-71-69=280−842,100
T10Hale Irwin70-70-75-66=281−735,150
T10Tsuneyuki Nakajima74-71-67-69=281−735,150

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Amateurs: Mickelson, Zerman

Scorecard

Final round
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
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