1994 Masters Tournament

The 1994 Masters Tournament was the 58th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1994 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 1994
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
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)[1]
Field86 players, 51 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fundUS$2.0 million
Winner's share$360,000
Champion
Spain José María Olazábal
279 (−9)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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José María Olazábal won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Lehman,[1][2][3] and became the sixth winner from Europe in the past seven Masters.[4][5] Olazábal was the second champion from Spain, following Seve Ballesteros, the winner in 1980 and 1983.

Larry Mize, the 1987 champion, led after each of the first two rounds,[6][7] and Lehman assumed the 54-hole lead with one of two 69s on Saturday; Olazábal had the other and was one stroke back, with Mize one behind in third.[8] Lehman, age 35, had yet to win on the PGA Tour.[9]

In the final round, Olazábal, Lehman, and Mize shared the lead entering the back nine.[4] Mize made three bogeys coming home and fell out of contention. Lehman bogeyed the par-3 12th to fall a stroke back, and at the par-5 15th hole, both Olazábal and Lehman had putts for eagle. Olazabal made his from 35 feet (11 m), but Lehman missed from fifteen (4.5 m), and the lead was two strokes.[3][4][5]

After pars at 16, Olazábal three-putted from off the 17th green for bogey, while Lehman missed a birdie from fifteen feet, and the lead was reduced to one at the final tee. Lehman's one-iron found the left fairway bunker, the approach shot was well short of the green, and he bogeyed; Olazábal put his approach into the gallery, but he scrambled for par and had a two-stroke victory.[3][4][5]

Fred Couples, the 1992 champion, did not enter due to back problems, withdrawing the previous Friday.[10] Olazábal won his second green jacket five years later in 1999. Lehman won his first tour event six weeks later at the Memorial,[11] and won a major at The Open Championship in 1996.

Course

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HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive400410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood4554
3Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea4855
5Magnolia435414Chinese Fir4054
6Juniper180315Firethorn5005
7Pampas360416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine535517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry435418Holly4054
Out3,46536In3,46036
Source:[1]Total6,92572

Field

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1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros (9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (12), Nick Faldo (3,11), Raymond Floyd (9,10), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (13), Sandy Lyle (9), Larry Mize (9,12,13), Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (12,13), Tom Watson (10,11), Ian Woosnam (9), Fuzzy Zoeller (9)

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (11), Lee Janzen (13), Tom Kite (13), Payne Stewart (4,9,10,13), Curtis Strange

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Mark Calcavecchia (9,13), Ian Baker-Finch, Greg Norman (11,12,13)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

John Daly (9), Wayne Grady, Nick Price (10,12,13)

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Danny Ellis (a), John Harris (a)

6. The Amateur champion

Iain Pyman (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Jeff Thomas (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1993 Masters

Chip Beck (13), Russ Cochran, Steve Elkington (13), Brad Faxon, Anders Forsbrand, Dan Forsman, Tom Lehman, Jeff Maggert (12,13), José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Corey Pavin (12,13), Scott Simpson (11,12,13), Jeff Sluman (10), Howard Twitty, Lanny Wadkins

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1993 U.S. Open

John Adams, David Edwards (12,13), Ernie Els, Fred Funk, Nolan Henke (11,12), Scott Hoch (11,12), Barry Lane, Craig Parry, Loren Roberts (12), Mike Standly

11. Top eight players and ties from 1993 PGA Championship

John Cook, Bob Estes, Dudley Hart, Vijay Singh (12,13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Fulton Allem (13), Jim Gallagher Jr. (13), Bill Glasson, David Frost (13), Jay Haas (13), John Huston (13), John Inman, Davis Love III (13), Andrew Magee, Billy Mayfair (13), Blaine McCallister, Jim McGovern (13), Johnny Miller, Brett Ogle, Grant Waite

13. Top 30 players from the 1993 PGA Tour money list

Rick Fehr, Gil Morgan

14. Special foreign invitation

Peter Baker, Hajime Meshiai, Colin Montgomerie, Masashi Ozaki, Costantino Rocca, Sam Torrance

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 7, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Larry Mize68−4
T2 Fulton Allem69−3
Tom Kite
T4 Seve Ballesteros70−2
Raymond Floyd
Tom Lehman
Greg Norman
Vijay Singh
Tom Watson
T10 Ian Baker-Finch71−1
Chip Beck
Russ Cochran
Brad Faxon
Hajime Meshiai
Corey Pavin
Gary Player

Source:[12]

Second round

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Friday, April 8, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Larry Mize68-71=139−5
T2 Dan Forsman74-66=140−4
Tom Lehman70-70=140
Greg Norman70-70=140
T5 Ernie Els74-67=141−3
Hale Irwin73-68=141
Tom Kite69-72=141
José María Olazábal74-67=141
Tom Watson70-71=141
T10 Ian Baker-Finch71-71=142−2
Chip Beck71-71=142
Jim McGovern72-70=142
Hajime Meshiai71-71=142

Amateurs: Harris (+4), Ellis (+6), Thomas (+12), Pyman (+17)

Third round

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Saturday, April 9, 1994

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tom Lehman70-70-69=209−7
2 José María Olazábal74-67-69=210−6
3 Larry Mize68-71-72=211−5
4 Tom Kite69-72-71=212−4
T5 Ian Baker-Finch71-71-71=213−3
Jim McGovern72-70-71=213
7 Tom Watson70-71-73=214−2
T8 Ernie Els74-67-74=215−1
Raymond Floyd70-74-71=215
Greg Norman70-70-75=215
Loren Roberts75-68-72=215

Final round

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Sunday, April 10, 1994

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 José María Olazábal74-67-69-69=279−9360,000
2 Tom Lehman70-70-69-72=281−7216,000
3 Larry Mize (c)68-71-72-71=282−6136,000
4 Tom Kite69-72-71-71=283−596,000
T5 Jay Haas72-72-72-69=285−373,000
Jim McGovern72-70-71-72=285
Loren Roberts75-68-72-70=285
T8 Ernie Els74-67-74-71=286−260,000
Corey Pavin71-72-73-70=286
T10 Ian Baker-Finch71-71-71-74=287−150,000
Raymond Floyd (c)70-74-71-72=287
John Huston72-72-74-69=287

Sources:[13][14]

Scorecard

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Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Olazábal−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−10−9−9
Lehman−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7
Mize−5−6−6−6−5−6−7−8−8−8−8−7−8−7−7−7−7−6
Kite−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4−4−5−4−5−5
HaasE−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−3
McGovern−3−3−1−1−2+1+1E−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−3−3
Roberts−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2E−1−2−3−3−3−3
Els−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−4−4−4−4−5−4−4−3−2−2−2
Pavin+1EEEEEE−1−1−2−2−1−2−2−1−1−2−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

Source:[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Olazabal masters arduous Augusta". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1994. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 19, 1994). "Olé! Olé!". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  3. ^ a b c Cherwa, John (April 11, 1994). "Olazabal completes his Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b c d Shapiro, Leonard (April 11, 1994). "Augusta gives reign to Spain". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Washington Post). p. C1.
  5. ^ a b c Parascenzo, Marino (April 11, 1994). "Olazabal masters Augusta". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D1.
  6. ^ Cherwa, John (April 9, 1994). "Mize tops tight Masters field". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  7. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 9, 1994). "Norman lurking, but Mize leads by 1". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D1.
  8. ^ Markus, Don (April 10, 1994). "Lehman aims to make first win a major". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Baltimore Sun). p. 1E.
  9. ^ Shapiro, Leonard (April 10, 1994). "Golf, in Lehman's terms". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Washington Post). p. C1.
  10. ^ "Couples to miss Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 2, 1994. p. 24.
  11. ^ "'Unbelievable' Lehman wins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. May 23, 1994. p. C3.
  12. ^ "1994 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  13. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  15. ^ "Historic Leaderboards: 1994 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
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