# 2008 Masters Tournament

The 2008 Masters Tournament was the 72nd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods, a four-time champion. Immelman led or tied for the lead after every round.

## Field

The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships, with 94 players having earned invitations in 2008. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event but there is now a qualification process, although in theory the club could simply decline to invite a 'qualified' player. Here is a list of all players qualified to play in the 2008 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses:
1. Past Masters Champions Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Raymond Floyd, Zach Johnson (10,14,15,16,17,18), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (4,5,14,15,16,17,18), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,14,16,17,18), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (17,18), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
(Past champions not competing: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer. Palmer served as "honorary starter" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)
2. Last five U.S. Open Champions Ángel Cabrera (11,15,17,18), Michael Campbell, Jim Furyk (10,11,14,15,16,17,18), Retief Goosen (10,17,18), Geoff Ogilvy (14,15,16,17,18)
3. Last five Open Champions Ben Curtis, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (10,12,14,15,16,17,18)
4. Last five PGA Champions Shaun Micheel
5. Last two of The Players Champions Stephen Ames (17,18)
Winners of the Players Championship get three years of Masters invitations. With the Players having moved from March to May, beginning 2007, there will be only two such champions who have earned invitations to the Masters in both 2008 and 2009. In 2010 and after, once again three Players champions will have earned invitations to the Masters.
6. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Amateur Michael Thompson (a)
* (2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion Colt Knost turned professional, thereby forfeiting his invitations to the Masters, U.S. Open and The Open Championship.)
7. Winner of the 2007 The Amateur Championship Drew Weaver (a)
8. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Amateur Public Links See number 6
9. Winner of the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur Trip Kuehne (a)
10. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2007 Masters Tournament Stuart Appleby (17,18), Paul Casey (17,18), Tim Clark (14,16,17,18), Luke Donald (14,17,18), Jerry Kelly (11), Ian Poulter (17,18), Justin Rose (14,16,17,18), Rory Sabbatini (14,15,16,17,18), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (11,17)
11. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2007 U.S. Open Nick Dougherty (17), Niclas Fasth (17,18), Scott Verplank (14,15,16,17,18), Bubba Watson
12. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 Open Championship Ernie Els (13,14,15,16,17,18), Sergio García (14,16,17,18), Richard Green (17), Andrés Romero (15,17,18)
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2007 PGA Championship Woody Austin (14,15,16,17,18), Arron Oberholser (17,18), John Senden (18)
14. Top 30 leaders on the 2007 PGA Tour official money earnings list Robert Allenby (16,18), Aaron Baddeley (16,17,18), Mark Calcavecchia (16,17,18), K. J. Choi (15,16,17,18), Stewart Cink (16,17,18), Steve Flesch, Charles Howell III (16,17,18), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18), John Rollins (16), Adam Scott (16,17,18), Heath Slocum (16), Brandt Snedeker (15,16,17,18), Steve Stricker (15,16,17,18), Boo Weekley (15,16,17,18), Brett Wetterich (16,17)
15. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2007 Masters Tournament and the 2008 Masters Tournament Brian Bateman, Jonathan Byrd (16), Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Sean O'Hair (18), D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Nick Watney
16. All players qualifying for the 2007 rendition of The Tour Championship Camilo Villegas
17. Top 50 on the 2007 Official World Golf Rankings list Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen (18), Trevor Immelman (18), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18), Robert Karlsson (18), Shingo Katayama, Nick O'Hern (18), Henrik Stenson (18), Richard Sterne (18), Toru Taniguchi (18), Lee Westwood (18)
18. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list going into the tournament Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard
19. International invitees Liang Wenchong, Prayad Marksaeng, Jeev Milkha Singh

## Par 3 contest

The annual par 3 contest was held on Wednesday, April 9, and was won by Rory Sabbatini, runner-up in the 2007 Masters Tournament. He scored -5 (22) to finish ahead of Woody Austin and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. Four players hit a hole-in-one. Paul Azinger on the second hole, Charles Coody on the third, Fred Couples on the seventh and Wayne Grady on the ninth.

## Round summaries

The Masters Tournament is played over four days with an eighteen-hole round being played each day, for a total of 72 holes plus practice rounds and a par-three contest on the neighboring par-three course. Everyone outside the top 44 and ties or outside ten strokes of the leader will be “cut” after 36 holes.

### First round

Thursday, April 10, 2008
After an hour delay due to fog, Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman shot rounds of 68 (−4) to lead the field. For the players in the final few groups, the last holes were played in near darkness. Ian Poulter hit a hole in one on the 16th on the way to a 70. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 70 and four-time champion Tiger Woods shot an even-par 72. In all, 18 players shot sub-par rounds and the scoring average was 74.18.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Trevor Immelman | 68 | −4 |
| T1 | Justin Rose | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Brian Bateman | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Brandt Snedeker | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 69 | −3 |
| T6 | Stephen Ames | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Zach Johnson | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Robert Karlsson | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Ian Poulter | 70 | −2 |

### Second round

Friday, April 11, 2008
Immelman shot another round of 68 (−4) to lead the field by one stroke at 136 (−8). Steve Flesch had the low round of the day at 67 and tied for third. Defending champion Zach Johnson shot a 76 for a two-round total of 146 (+2), tied for 29th. Woods shot a 71 and tied for 13th. The cut, to the top 44 players and ties, was at 147 (+3) and 45 players made the cut. In all, 28 players shot sub-par rounds for the day and the scoring average was 73.51. For the tournament, 19 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.84. Prayad Marksaeng withdrew after nine holes with a back injury. Fred Couples missed his first cut at the Masters (by one stroke), ending a streak of 23 consecutive cuts made, a record he shares with Gary Player and Tiger Woods.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| 2 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| T3 | Steve Flesch | 72-67=139 | −5 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 71-68=139 | −5 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Stephen Ames | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Paul Casey | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T8 | Stewart Cink | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Arron Oberholser | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T8 | Mike Weir | 73-68=141 | −3 |
Amateurs: Kuehne (+6), Thompson (+10), Weaver (+12).

### Third round

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Immelman shot a three-under 69 to remain in the lead at 205 (−11). Snedeker remained second and Steve Flesch third after rounds of 70 and 69 respectively. Paul Casey was the highest placed European at 209 (−7), with Woods two shots behind him. Woods, Zach Johnson, and Boo Weekley had the low rounds of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, 13 players were under par and the scoring average was 72.58. For the tournament, 18 players were under par and the scoring average was 73.60.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 68-68-69=205 | −11 |
| 2 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-68-70=207 | −9 |
| 3 | Steve Flesch | 72-67-69=208 | −8 |
| 4 | Paul Casey | 71-69-69=209 | −7 |
| 5 | Tiger Woods | 72-71-68=211 | −5 |
| 6 | Stewart Cink | 72-69-71=212 | −4 |
| T7 | Retief Goosen | 71-71-72=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Pádraig Harrington | 74-71-69=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Zach Johnson | 70-76-68-214 | −2 |
| T7 | Robert Karlsson | 70-73-71=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 71-68-75=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Sean O'Hair | 72-71-71=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Ian Poulter | 70-69-75=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Andrés Romero | 72-72-70=214 | −2 |
| T7 | Boo Weekley | 72-74-68=214 | −2 |

### Final round

Sunday, April 13, 2008

#### Summary

Miguel Ángel Jiménez had the low round of the day at 68 (−4). For the round, four players were under par and the scoring average was 74.67. For the tournament, ten players were under par and the scoring average was 73.77.

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Trevor Immelman | 68-68-69-75=280 | −8 | 1,350,000 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods (c) | 72-71-68-72=283 | −5 | 810,000 |
| T3 | Stewart Cink | 72-69-71-72=284 | −4 | 435,000 |
| T3 | Brandt Snedeker | 69-68-70-77=284 | −4 | 435,000 |
| T5 | Steve Flesch | 72-67-69-78=286 | −2 | 273,750 |
| T5 | Pádraig Harrington | 74-71-69-72=286 | −2 | 273,750 |
| T5 | Phil Mickelson (c) | 71-68-75-72=286 | −2 | 273,750 |
| T8 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 77-70-72-68=287 | −1 | 217,500 |
| T8 | Robert Karlsson | 70-73-71-73=287 | −1 | 217,500 |
| T8 | Andrés Romero | 72-72-70-73=287 | −1 | 217,500 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Paul Casey | 71-69-69-79=288 | E | 172,500 |
| T11 | Nick Watney | 75-70-72-71=288 | E | 172,500 |
| T11 | Lee Westwood | 69-73-73-73=288 | E | 172,500 |
| T14 | Stuart Appleby | 76-70-72-71=289 | +1 | 135,000 |
| T14 | Sean O'Hair | 72-71-71-75=289 | +1 | 135,000 |
| T14 | Vijay Singh (c) | 72-71-72-74=289 | +1 | 135,000 |
| T17 | Retief Goosen | 71-71-72-76=290 | +2 | 112,500 |
| T17 | Henrik Stenson | 74-72-72-72=290 | +2 | 112,500 |
| T17 | Mike Weir (c) | 73-68-75-74=290 | +2 | 112,500 |
| T20 | Brian Bateman | 69-76-72-74=291 | +3 | 84,300 |
| T20 | Zach Johnson (c) | 70-76-68-77=291 | +3 | 84,300 |
| T20 | Justin Leonard | 72-74-72-73=291 | +3 | 84,300 |
| T20 | Bubba Watson | 74-71-73-73=291 | +3 | 84,300 |
| T20 | Boo Weekley | 72-74-68-77=291 | +3 | 84,300 |
| T25 | Stephen Ames | 70-70-77-75=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Ángel Cabrera | 73-72-73-74=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | J. B. Holmes | 73-70-73-76=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Arron Oberholser | 71-70-74-77=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Ian Poulter | 70-69-75-78=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Adam Scott | 75-71-70-76=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 71-74-72-75=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T25 | Richard Sterne | 73-72-73-74=292 | +4 | 54,844 |
| T33 | Nick Dougherty | 74-69-74-76=293 | +5 | 42,375 |
| T33 | Jim Furyk | 70-73-73-77=293 | +5 | 42,375 |
| T33 | Heath Slocum | 71-76-77-69=293 | +5 | 42,375 |
| T36 | Todd Hamilton | 74-73-75-73=295 | +7 | 36,875 |
| T36 | Justin Rose | 68-78-73-76=295 | +7 | 36,875 |
| T36 | Johnson Wagner | 72-74-74-75=295 | +7 | 36,875 |
| T39 | Niclas Fasth | 75-70-76-75=296 | +8 | 33,000 |
| T39 | Geoff Ogilvy | 75-71-76-74=296 | +8 | 33,000 |
| 41 | K. J. Choi | 72-75-78-73=298 | +10 | 30,750 |
| T42 | Robert Allenby | 72-74-72-81=299 | +11 | 28,500 |
| T42 | David Toms | 73-74-72-80=299 | +11 | 28,500 |
| 44 | Ian Woosnam (c) | 75-71-76-78=300 | +12 | 26,250 |
| 45 | Sandy Lyle (c) | 72-75-78-77=302 | +14 | 24,750 |
| CUT | Aaron Baddeley | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Michael Campbell | 77-71=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples (c) | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Luke Donald | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Ernie Els | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Sergio García | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Charles Howell III | 78-70=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Martin Kaymer | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Toru Taniguchi | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Brett Wetterich | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Hunter Mahan | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Nick O'Hern | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Mark O'Meara (c) | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler (c) | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Daniel Chopra | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Ben Curtis | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Trip Kuehne (a) | 78-72=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Shaun Micheel | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | John Rollins | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Steve Stricker | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tom Watson (c) | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bernhard Langer (c) | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | José María Olazábal (c) | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Senden | 80-71=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Vaughn Taylor | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Michael Thompson (a) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Woody Austin | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tim Clark | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw (c) | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Richard Green | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Shingo Katayama | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Peter Lonard | 71-81=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Calcavecchia | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Søren Hansen | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | D. J. Trahan | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Scott Verplank | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Raymond Floyd (c) | 80-74=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Liang Wenchong | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Anders Hansen | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Drew Weaver (a) | 76-80=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Steve Lowery | 81-76=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize (c) | 77-81=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 81-79=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Gary Player (c) | 83-78=161 | +17 | |
| WD | Prayad Marksaeng | 82 | +10 | |

#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Immelman | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Woods | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 |
| Cink | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Snedeker | −8 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Flesch | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 |
| Harrington | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Mickelson | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Casey | −7 | −7 | −8 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | +1 | E | E |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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## Media coverage

ESPN broadcast the first two rounds of the tournament for the first time. Previously, USA televised the first two rounds beginning in 1982. ESPN also carried the par-3 contest on Wednesday afternoon, the first time the competition had been televised. BBC broadcast the whole event in the United Kingdom, with coverage being shared among BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Red Button. In the United States, CBS Sports televised the third and fourth rounds, as they have every year beginning in 1956.