1981 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 9–12, 1981
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field82 players, 48 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$362,587
Winner's share$60,000
Champion
United States Tom Watson
280 (−8)
Location Map
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Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Location in Georgia

The 1981 Masters Tournament was the 45th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tom Watson won his second green jacket and fifth major title by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller.

Five-time champion Nicklaus shot a bogey-free 65 on Friday and led by four strokes after 36 holes,[2] but a 75 on Saturday put him a stroke behind Watson entering the final round. It was the fourth runner-up finish for Nicklaus at the Masters and the third for Miller.[3][4][5] Nicklaus won his sixth Masters five years later in 1986 at age 46.

Defending champion Seve Ballesteros shot 154 (+10) and missed the cut by six strokes;[2] he also missed the cut as defending champion in 1984. Lee Trevino, needing a green jacket to complete the career grand slam, also shot 154 with an ailing back.[2] His best finishes at Augusta were tenth place ties in 1975 and 1985.

Greg Norman, age 26, appeared in his first Masters and was fourth, the first of his eight top-five finishes at Augusta. He was runner-up three times, in 1986, 1987, and 1996.

This was the first Masters with bentgrass greens, which were formerly Bermuda and ryegrass.[6][7][8]

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,11), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,9,10), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,11), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,12)

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hubert Green (8,12), Hale Irwin (9,11,12), Andy North (8,9), Jerry Pate (8)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Johnny Miller (11)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

John Mahaffey (11,12), Dave Stockton, Lanny Wadkins (12)

5. 1980 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Jim Holtgrieve (7,a), Bob Lewis (a), Hal Sutton (6,7,a), Dick von Tacky (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Jay Sigel (7,a)

  • Mark O'Meara forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1980 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

Bob Tway (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1980 Masters Tournament

Andy Bean (10,11,12), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Ed Fiori, Gibby Gilbert, Jay Haas, Tom Kite (11,12), Billy Kratzert (11), Gil Morgan (9,10,12), Larry Nelson (11,12), Calvin Peete, Jack Renner, Jim Simons, J. C. Snead

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1980 U.S. Open

Keith Fergus, Joe Hager, Mark Hayes (12), Lon Hinkle (10), Joe Inman, Pat McGowan, Mike Morley, Mike Reid, Bill Rogers (10,11), Ed Sneed, Craig Stadler, Curtis Strange (10,11), Lee Trevino (10,11,12), Bobby Wadkins

10. Top eight players and ties from 1980 PGA Championship

Howard Twitty (11), Bobby Walzel

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

John Cook, Bob Gilder, Phil Hancock, Scott Hoch, Peter Jacobsen, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Mark Pfeil, Don Pooley, Scott Simpson, Mike Sullivan, Doug Tewell

12. Members of the U.S. 1979 Ryder Cup team

Lee Elder

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki (9), Bruce Devlin (9), Duncan Evans (6,a), David Graham (4,8,11), Dan Halldorson (11), Sandy Lyle, Jack Newton (8), Greg Norman, Norio Suzuki

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1981

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Lon Hinkle69−3
United States Johnny Miller
Australia Greg Norman
United States Curtis Strange
T5Japan Isao Aoki70−2
United States John Cook
Australia David Graham
United States Hubert Green
United States Jim Holtgrieve (a)
United States Jack Nicklaus
United States Jim Simons

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1981

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus70-65=135−9
T2United States Lon Hinkle69-70=139−5
United States Bruce Lietzke72-67=139
Australia Greg Norman69-70=139
United States Tom Watson71-68=139
T6Australia David Graham70-70=140−4
United States Hubert Green70-70=140
T8United States Jim Colbert73-68=141−3
United States John Cook70-71=141
United States Peter Jacobsen71-70=141
United States Johnny Miller69-72=141

Source:[10][11]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1981

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Watson71-68-70=209−7
2United States Jack Nicklaus70-65-75=210−6
3Australia Greg Norman69-70-72=211−5
T4United States Bruce Lietzke72-67-73=212−4
United States John Mahaffey72-71-69=212
T6United States John Cook70-71-72=213−3
United States Ben Crenshaw71-72-70=213
United States Lon Hinkle69-70-74=213
United States Peter Jacobsen71-70-72=213
T10United States Gay Brewer75-68-71=214−2
Australia David Graham70-70-74=214
United States Hubert Green70-70-74=214
United States Johnny Miller69-72-73=214
United States Jerry Pate71-72-71=214
United States Dave Stockton72-72-70=214
United States Lanny Wadkins72-71-71=214

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1981

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Tom Watson (c)71-68-70-71=280−860,000
T2United States Johnny Miller69-72-73-68=282−630,500
United States Jack Nicklaus (c)70-65-75-72=282
4Australia Greg Norman69-70-72-72=283−516,000
T5United States Tom Kite74-72-70-68=284−412,667
United States Jerry Pate71-72-71-70=284
7Australia David Graham70-70-74-71=285−311,167
T8United States Ben Crenshaw71-72-70-73=286−29,667
United States Raymond Floyd (c)75-71-71-69=286
United States John Mahaffey72-71-69-74=286

Sources:[13][14]

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Watson−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8
United States Miller−3−4−4−3−3−2−2−3−4−3−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−6
United States Nicklaus−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−4−5−6−6−6
Australia Norman−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
United States KiteEE−1−1EEEEEEE−1−2−2−3−3−4−4
United States Pate−2−3−4−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−1−2−2−3−3−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Masters Scores". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 13, 1981. p. 17.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nicklaus has 65, tops Masters". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 11, 1981. p. 1D.
  3. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (April 20, 1981). "True Grit at Augusta". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  4. 1 2 "Watson wins second Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 13, 1981. p. 17.
  5. ↑ Green, Bob (April 13, 1981). "Watson holds on for Masters win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "Masters sports bent grass furor". The Dispatch. (Lexington, North Carolina). Associated Press. April 8, 1981. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Nicklaus, Watson remain the ones to watch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1981. p. 37.
  8. ↑ Boswell, Thomas (April 7, 1982). "Everything normal at Augusta National". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 21.
  9. ↑ "Masters scores". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. April 10, 1981. p. 26.
  10. ↑ "Golf scoreboard: Masters". Pittsburgh Press. April 11, 1981. p. A9.
  11. ↑ "Golf: Masters leaders". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 11, 1981. p. 2D.
  12. ↑ "Golf: Masters leaders". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). April 12, 1981. p. 2D.
  13. ↑ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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