2024 Masters

The 2024 Masters Tournament was the 88th edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of the men's four major golf championships held in 2024. The tournament was played from April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters and major, four strokes ahead of runner-up Ludvig Åberg, who was playing in his first major. Scheffler became the fourth-youngest two-time winner of the tournament and the second player, after Tiger Woods in 2001, to win both the Masters and The Players Championship in the same calendar year.

Course

The only change to the course for the 2024 tournament was the lengthening of the second hole by ten yards.

Field

Participation in the Masters Tournament is by invitation only, and the tournament has the smallest field of the major championships. There are a number of criteria by which invitations are awarded, including all past winners, recent major champions, leading finishers in the previous year's majors, leading players on the PGA Tour in the previous season, winners of full-point tournaments on the PGA Tour during the previous 12 months, leading players in the Official World Golf Ranking, and some leading amateurs.

Criteria

There were three changes to invitee criteria between the 2023 and 2024 tournaments. The first was to add the current NCAA Division I Men's Individual Champion a spot in the field, provided that he remains an amateur at the time of the tournament. In addition, Augusta National clarified that players who qualify for the Tour Championship must remain eligible to play in that event in order to qualify for the Masters. Also, with the PGA Tour returning to a calendar-year season schedule, Augusta National noted that winners of fall PGA Tour events would continue to qualify for the Masters.

The below list details the qualification criteria for the 2024 Masters Tournament and the players who have qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players qualified are indicated in parentheses.

1. All past winners of the Masters Tournament

*Fred Couples
*Sergio García
*Dustin Johnson
*Zach Johnson
*Hideki Matsuyama (17,19,20)
*Phil Mickelson (4,13)
*José María Olazábal
*Jon Rahm (2,13,15,18,19,20)
*Patrick Reed (13)
*Scottie Scheffler (5,13,14,16,17,18,19,20)
*Charl Schwartzel
* Adam Scott (19)
*Vijay Singh
*Jordan Spieth (13,18,19,20)
*Bubba Watson
*Mike Weir
*Danny Willett
*Tiger Woods

*''Past winners who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Ángel Cabrera, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Trevor Immelman, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller''

2. Recent winners of the U.S. Open (2019–2023)

*Wyndham Clark (14,17,18,19,20)
*Bryson DeChambeau (16)
*Matt Fitzpatrick (13,17,18,19,20)
*Gary Woodland

3. Recent winners of The Open Championship (2019–2023)

*Brian Harman (15,18,19,20)
*Shane Lowry (19,20)
*Collin Morikawa (4,13,17,18,19,20)
*Cameron Smith (5,14,19)

4. Recent winners of the PGA Championship (2019–2023)

*Brooks Koepka (13,16,19,20)
*Justin Thomas (19,20)

5. Recent winners of The Players Championship (2022–2024)

6. The winner of the gold medal at the Olympic Games

7. The winner and runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Amateur

* ''Nick Dunlap forfeited his invitation for winning the U.S. Amateur by turning professional, but qualified under category 17 by winning the 2024 American Express.''

* Neal Shipley (a)

8. The winner of the 2023 Amateur Championship
* Christo Lamprecht (a)

9. The winner of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
* Jasper Stubbs (a)

10. The winner of the 2024 Latin America Amateur Championship
* Santiago de la Fuente (a)

11. The winner of the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship
*Stewart Hagestad (a)

12. The winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's golf individual championship
*'' Fred Biondi forfeited his invitation by turning professional.''

13. The leading 12 players, and those tying for 12th place, from the 2023 Masters Tournament

*Russell Henley (18,19,20)
*Viktor Hovland (16,17,18,19,20)
*Xander Schauffele (18,19,20)
*Sahith Theegala (17,19,20)
*Cameron Young (19,20)

14. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2023 U.S. Open
*Rory McIlroy (17,18,19,20)

15. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2023 Open Championship

*Jason Day (17,18,19,20)
*Tom Kim (17,18,19,20)
*Sepp Straka (17,18,19,20)

16. The leading four players, and those tying for fourth place, in the 2023 PGA Championship

* Cameron Davis (19)
*Kurt Kitayama (19,20)

17. Winners of tournaments on the PGA Tour between the 2023 Masters Tournament and the 2024 Masters Tournament

*Ludvig Åberg (19,20)
*Akshay Bhatia
*Keegan Bradley (18,19,20)
*Nick Dunlap
*Austin Eckroat (20)
*Tony Finau (18,19,20)
*Rickie Fowler (18,19,20)
*Lucas Glover (18,19,20)
*Emiliano Grillo (18,19,20)
* Lee Hodges
*Stephan Jäger (20)
*Chris Kirk (20)
*Jake Knapp (20)
* Luke List
*Peter Malnati
*Grayson Murray
*Matthieu Pavon (20)
* Nick Taylor (18,20)
*Erik van Rooyen
*Camilo Villegas

18. All players who qualified for and were eligible for the 2023 Tour Championship

*Sam Burns (19,20)
*Patrick Cantlay (19,20)
*Corey Conners (19,20)
*Tommy Fleetwood (19,20)
*Tyrrell Hatton (19,20)
*Max Homa (19,20)
*Im Sung-jae (19,20)
*Kim Si-woo (19,20)
* Taylor Moore
*Adam Schenk (19)

19. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of December 31, 2023

*Eric Cole (20)
*Harris English (20)
*Ryan Fox (20)
*Adam Hadwin (20)
*Nicolai Højgaard (20)
*Min Woo Lee (20)
* Denny McCarthy
*Adrian Meronk
*J. T. Poston (20)
*Justin Rose
*Will Zalatoris (20)

20. The leading 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 1, 2024
*An Byeong-hun

21. Special invitations

* Ryo Hisatsune
*Joaquín Niemann
*Thorbjørn Olesen

Par-3 contest

''Wednesday, April 10''

Rickie Fowler won the par-3 contest with a score of 22 (−5). There were five holes-in-one recorded, by Sepp Straka, Luke List, Gary Woodland, Viktor Hovland, and Lucas Glover.

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, April 11, 2024''
''Friday, April 12, 2024''

Inclement weather delayed the start of the tournament until 10:30 am Eastern time. As a result, 27 players did not complete the first round on Thursday.

The 8th hole, a par 5, saw a record-breaking total of 53 par-breaking scores, including 50 birdies and 3 eagles, the highest ever recorded on this hole in Masters history.

Second round

''Friday, April 12, 2024''

By making the cut, Tiger Woods set the record for most consecutive cuts made at the Masters, at 24. Phil Mickelson made the cut for the 28th time, surpassing Raymond Floyd and Bernhard Langer to move into solo fourth place for most cuts made at the Masters, trailing only Jack Nicklaus (37), Fred Couples (31) and Gary Player (30).

Rookie Ludvig Åberg posted the lowest score of the round, a 69, and advanced to a solo 7th place.

Bryson DeChambeau, before making a birdie on the 13th hole, moved a large directional sign that was in his line of play.

Patrick Cantlay achieved two eagles on par 4s, marking only the fourth instance in history that a player has recorded two par-4 eagles in a single Masters Tournament, the last being Brandt Jobe in 2006.

The cut came at 150 (+6), with 60 players advancing to the weekend. Notables to miss the cut included 2015 champion Jordan Spieth, 2020 champion Dustin Johnson, reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Open champion Brian Harman, and World No. 6 Viktor Hovland. Two-time major champion Justin Thomas played his last four holes in seven-over to miss the cut by one shot.

Third round

''Saturday, April 13, 2024''

Scottie Scheffler, beginning the round in a three-way tie for the lead, chipped in for birdie on the first hole. After a double bogey on the 10th, Scheffler holed a 31-foot eagle putt on the par-five 13th, the only eagle recorded on that hole during the round. He also birdied the 15th and 18th to finish at seven under following a 71 (−1) to take a one-shot lead into the final round.

Collin Morikawa birdied his first three holes in a three-under round of 69 and finished at six under, one shot back of Scheffler. Max Homa, tied for the lead at the start of the round, didn't make a birdie in a one-over 73 and fell two back at 5 under. Bryson DeChambeau was also atop the leaderboard to begin the round but hit his third shot in the water on the 15th and made double bogey. He holed out for birdie on the 18th to finish at three under and four shots back of Scheffler. Ludvig Åberg, making his Masters and major championship debut, was four under on his round until a bogey at the 14th. He then left his third shot on the 15th short and three-putted from just off the green for another bogey. He shot 70 (–2) and ended up at four under.

Nicolai Højgaard moved into sole possession of the lead following a run of three straight birdies from holes 8 to 10, but he then made five straight bogeys including hitting into the water on both the 13th and 15th and finished at two under.

Tiger Woods carded a 10-over-par 82 for the third round, his highest score ever in a major championship.

No eagles were recorded on the par-5 15th hole through the first three rounds, marking only the second time in the past 50 years that No. 15 has failed to produce an eagle by this point in the tournament. Shane Lowry scored an eagle on the par-4 14th hole, marking the first eagle on this hole since Martin Kaymer in 2016.

Final round

''Sunday, April 14, 2024''

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a four-under 68 to win his second Masters title in the last three years by four shots over runner-up Ludvig Åberg.

Scheffler began the round with a one-shot lead and birdied the third hole to go two shots ahead. He then bogeyed the fourth after hitting his tee shot over the green. Max Homa birdied the second, his first birdie in 34 holes, to get within one of the lead, while Åberg hit his approach on the seventh to four feet and made birdie to also get within one of the lead.

Scheffler bogeyed the seventh to create a three-way tie with Åberg and Collin Morikawa at six under, while Homa joined the lead with a two-putt birdie at the par-five eighth. Both Scheffler and Morikawa birdied the eighth to get to seven under, while Åberg holed a 36-foot birdie putt on the ninth to again tie. Scheffler then hit his approach on the ninth to within a foot for another birdie to get to 8 under and again in sole possession of the lead going to the second nine.

All three challengers then fell from contention. Morikawa hit his second shot on the ninth into a greenside bunker and couldn't advance on his third, ending up with a double bogey to fall three shots behind. He found the water on his approach at the 11th and made another double bogey. Åberg also hit into the water on the 11th for a double bogey. Homa got back within one with a close approach to the 10th, but his tee shot on the 12th flew over the green into the bushes and he was forced to take a drop. He made a double bogey on the hole to fall three shots behind.

Scheffler birdied the 10th, his third birdie in a row, to get to nine under and open a two-shot lead. Despite a bogey on the 11th, Scheffler two-putted for birdie at the par-five 13th and hit his second shot on the 14th to within four feet for another birdie to reach 10 under. He then made a nine-foot birdie putt on the par-three 16th to get to 11 under. Pars on his final two holes allowed him to close out the tournament with a four-shot victory.

Åberg birdied the 13th and 14th to get back to seven under and finish four back of Scheffler in his Masters and major championship debut. Morikawa and Homa both finished at four under for the tournament, in a tie for third place along with Tommy Fleetwood.

Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''

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Notes

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