1996 Masters Tournament


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. 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. The win was the seventh by a European in the last 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. Opening with six pars, Norman birdied nine of the final twelve holes.
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.
None of the five amateurs made the cut, including 20-year-old Tiger Woods, in his second Masters. He returned as a professional the next year and won by twelve strokes.

Field

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

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, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman63−9
2Phil Mickelson65−7
T3Scott Hoch67−5
T3Bob Tway67−5
5Lee Janzen68−4
T6Nick Faldo69−3
T6Brad Faxon69−3
T6David Gilford69−3
T6Scott Simpson69−3
T6Vijay Singh69−3

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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

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Second round

Friday, April 12, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman63-69=132−12
2Nick Faldo69-67=136−8
T3David Frost70-68=138−6
T3Phil Mickelson65-73=138−6
T5Lee Janzen68-71=139−5
T5Bob Tway67-72=139−5
T7Scott Hoch67-73=140−4
T7Scott McCarron70-70=140−4
T7Vijay Singh69-71=140−4
T10Corey Pavin75-66=141−3
T10Ian Woosnam72-69=141−3

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Amateurs: Woods, Sherry, Wollmann, Courville, Jr., Marucci

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Greg Norman63-69-71=203−13
2Nick Faldo69-67-73=209−7
3Phil Mickelson65-73-72=210−6
T4David Frost70-68-74=212−4
T4Scott McCarron70-70-72=212−4
T4Duffy Waldorf72-71-69=212−4
T7Scott Hoch67-73-73=213−3
T7John Huston71-71-71=213−3
T9David Duval73-72-69=214−2
T9Ernie Els71-71-72=214−2
T9Lee Janzen68-71-75=214−2
T9Frank Nobilo71-71-72=214−2
T9Corey Pavin75-66-73=214−2
T9Vijay Singh69-71-74=214−2
T9Ian Woosnam72-69-73=214−2

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1996
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Nick Faldo69-67-73-67=276−12450,000
2Greg Norman63-69-71-78=281−7270,000
3Phil Mickelson65-73-72-72=282−6170,000
4Frank Nobilo71-71-72-69=283−5120,000
T5Scott Hoch67-73-73-71=284−495,000
T5Duffy Waldorf72-71-69-72=284−495,000
T7Davis Love III72-71-74-68=285−377,933
T7Jeff Maggert71-73-72-69=285−377,933
T7Corey Pavin75-66-73-71=285−377,933
T10David Frost70-68-74-74=286−265,000
T10Scott McCarron70-70-72-74=286−265,000

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Scorecard

Final round
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