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Final-Round Leaderboard
Hideki Matsuyama 69-71-65-73—278 (-10)
Will Zalatoris 70-68-71-70—279 (-9)
Jordan Spieth 71-68-72-70—281 (-7)
Xander Schauffele 72-69-68-72—281 (-7)
Jon Rahm 72-72-72-66—282 (-6)
Marc Leishman 72-67-70-73—282 (-6)
Things to Know
- Hideki Matsuyama wins the Masters Tournament to become the first male major championship winner from Japan
- Matsuyama claims his first major championship title and sixth win overall on the PGA TOUR
- Matsuyama becomes just the eighth champion (nine instances) with an over-par final-round score
- The winner of the Masters has come out of the final pairing 26 out of the last 31 years
- Special Temporary Member/PGA TOUR Rookie Will Zalatoris finishes a career-best runner-up in bid to become the first player to win in Masters debut since 1979; only player with four under-par rounds during the week
- Zalatoris now has six top-10 and 11th top-25 finishes in 15 starts this season
- Jordan Spieth, the first player in Masters history to birdie No. 10 all four rounds, finishes inside the top three for the fifth time in eight appearances at the Masters
- Xander Schauffele’s triple bogey on No. 16 was his first in 1,042 holes in a major championship; finishes inside the top three for the second time at the Masters
- Jon Rahm accounts for just the second bogey-free round of the week with a 66; it was his 15th consecutive par-or-better score at Augusta National Golf Club (one shy of the record held by Tiger Woods)
- Players with top-10s at both Masters this season: Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Corey Conners, Cameron Smith
Hideki Matsuyama (after his victory)
| Category | Hideki Matsuyama |
| Age | 29 (February 25, 1992) |
| FedExCup | 7 |
| OWGR | 14 |
| Starts at the Masters | 10 |
| Wins at the Masters | 1 |
| Top-10s at the Masters | 3 |
| Career PGA TOUR starts | 187 |
| Career PGA TOUR wins | 6 |
| Career PGA TOUR top-10s | 48 |
| PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 | 17 |
| PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 | 1 |
| PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 | 2 |
Hideki Matsuyama (1st/-10)
- Becomes the first male major championship winner from Japan
- First international winner of the Masters since Sergio Garcia in 2017
- Becomes the third champion in the last five years to have previously earned low amateur honors: Matsuyama (2021/low amateur in 2011) Tiger Woods (2019/1995), Sergio Garcia (2017/1999); others to perform the feat include Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw and Phil Mickelson
- Victory comes in his 187th start on the PGA TOUR at the age of 29 years, 1 month, 17 days
- Collects 600 points and moves to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings
- Wins in his 87th start since his last win at the 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
- PGA TOUR wins (6): 2014 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open, 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2017 Waste Management Phoenix Open, 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, 2021 Masters Tournament
- Final-round 73 snaps streak of 10 consecutive par-or-better score at the Masters
- Becomes the eighth champion (nine instances) with an over-par final round score, joining Byron Nelson (1942), Herman Keiser (1946), Arnold Palmer (1958, 1962), Gary Player (1961), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Craig Stadler (1982) and Trevor Immelman (2008)
- Third-round 65 was one of two bogey-free rounds of the week (Jon Rahm/66/R4)
- Improves to 2-for-5 with the third-round lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR (won the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions and 2021 Masters Tournament)
- Wins in his 33rd major championship appearance; previous-best finish came at the 2017 U.S. Open (T2)
- Has finished inside the top 20 in six of his last seven starts at the Masters
Third-Round Lead Notes
- Matsuyama is the 48th 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the Masters (most recent: Dustin Johnson/2020)
- Matsuyama is the 12th 54-hole leader/co-leader to win in 2020-21, including 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson
Additional Player Notes
- Will Zalatoris finished second in attempt to become the first player to win in his debut Masters appearance since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979; was the only player with four under-par rounds for the week; last player to finish runner-up in debut appearance at the Masters was Sungjae Im (2020); has six top-10 and 11 top-25 finishes in 15 starts this season
- 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth finishes inside the top three for the fifth time in eight starts at the Masters (2014/T2, 2015/won, 2016/T2, 2018/3rd, 2021/T3); first player in Masters history to birdie the par-4 10th hole all four rounds
- Xander Schauffele (T3) had a triple bogey on the par-3 16th – his first in 1,042 holes in a major championship – en route to his second top-3 finish at the Masters (T2/2019, T3/2021); now has four top-3 finishes this season (2020 THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK/2nd, 2021 Farmers Insurance Open/T2, 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open/T2, 2021 Masters Tournament/T3)
- With a bogey-free 6-under 66 (just the second bogey-free round of the week), Jon Rahm picks up his fourth consecutive top-10 finish at the Masters (4/2018, T9/2019, T7/2020, T5/2021); now has 15 consecutive par-or-better rounds at the Masters, trailing Tiger Woods’ tournament record of 16 straight from 2007/R3-2011/R2
- Marc Leishman finished T5 in bid to join Adam Scott as Aussie winners of the Masters; third top-10 finish in nine starts at the Masters (T4/2013, 9th/2018, T5/2021)
- First- and second-round leader Justin Rose finished seventh for his sixth top-10 finish in 16 starts at the Masters; marks his 18th top-10 finish in his 67th major championship start, led by his 2013 U.S. Open victory
- 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed (T8) picks up his second consecutive top-10 finish at the Masters (T10/2020)
- Corey Conners (T8) picked up his second top-10 finish (T10/2020 Masters) in his ninth major championship start; week highlighted by an ace on the par-3 sixth hole in round three
- Cameron Smith picks up his third top-10 finish in his five starts at the Masters (T55/2016, T5/2018, T51/2019, T2/2020, T10/2021)
- Tony Finau picks up his third top-10 finish in four starts at the Masters (T10/2018, T5/2019, T38/2020, T10/2021)
Course Statistics
Toughest Hole Easiest Hole
R1: Par-4 11th (4.511) Par-5 2nd (4.705)
R2: Par-4 5th (4.460) Par-5 13th (4.494)
R3: Par-4 7th (4.556) Par-5 8th (4.389)
R4: Par-4 11th (4.426) Par-5 2nd (4.296)
Week: Par-4 5th (4.431) Par-5 2nd (4.551)
Scoring Averages
Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative
R1: 37.159 37.364 74.523 —
R2: 36.333 35.920 72.253 73.394
R3: 36.185 36.241 72.426 73.166
R4: 36.537 36.093 72.630 73.064
Bogey-free rounds
R1: None
R2: None
R3: Hideki Matsuyama (65)
R4: Jon Rahm (66)
