2022 Masters Tournament – April 4-10- Augusta National GC, Georgia
Par 72 • 7,510 yards
Purse TBA
Winner TBA + 600 FedExCup pts.
91 players • 72-hole stroke play
Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama
by Fatiha Betscher
TOURNAMENT STORYLINES
Game-time decision:
82-time PGA TOUR winner and five-time Masters Tournament champion Tiger Woods announced
that he will make a “game-time decision” on whether he can return to competition this week. Woods suffered significant
injuries to his right leg and ankle in a February 2021 car accident and has not competed on the PGA TOUR since the 2020 Masters.
The 508 days between the final round of the 2020 Masters and first round of the 2022 Masters would be the
second-longest span between competitive rounds of Woods’ PGA TOUR career.
Longest breaks from PGA TOUR competition of Tiger Woods’ career are –
522 days between from 2015 Wyndham Championship (R4) 2017 to 206 Farmers Insurance Open (R1)
508 days from 2020 Masters Tournament (R4) 2022 Masters Tournament (R1)
362 days from 2017 Farmers Insurance Open (R2) 2018 Farmers Insurance Open (R1)
On top of the world –
Scottie Scheffler enters the Masters Tournament holding the top spot in both the FedExCup standings and Official World Golf Ranking. Scheffler has wins in three of his last five starts and is the first player to win three times in a PGA TOUR season prior to the Masters since Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas in the 2016-17 season.
Players to enter the Masters Tournament as FedExCup leader and World No. 1 include –
2022 Scottie Scheffler TBD
2017 Dustin Johnson DNP
2013 Tiger Woods T4
2008 Tiger Woods 2nd
Mr. Consistency:
World No. 2 Jon Rahm has four consecutive top-10s at the Masters Tournament, the longest active streak. Rahm, who won the 2021 U.S. Open, also has the longest active streak of top-10s in major championships (5).
Most consecutive top-10s at the Masters Most consecutive top-10s in major championships –
4 Jon Rahm 5 Jon Rahm
2 Corey Conners, Cameron Smith 3 Koepka, Morikawa, Oosthuizen, Scheffler
Grand Slam Club –
Two-time FedExCup Champion Rory McIlroycan become the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam with a win this week, joining Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen.
Two in a row –
Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama can become the first player to win the Masters back-to-back since Tiger Woods in 2001 and
2002. Matsuyama is one of four players with multiple titles on TOUR this season (ZOZO Championship, Sony Open in Hawaii).
TOP RANKED PLAYERS IN THE 2022 MATERS FIELD –
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
Age 25
OWGR No. 1
FedExCup No. 1
Starts Wins Top-10s
Masters Tournament 2 0 0
PGA TOUR season 12 3 6
PGA TOUR career 75 3 21
– Third player (fourth instance) to hold the No. 1 position in the FedExCup standings and OWGR entering the Masters
– Top-20 in all six majors he has played in since joining the TOUR in the 2019-20 season (best: T4, 2020 PGA Championship)
JON RAHM
Age 27
OWGR No. 2
FedExCup No. 17
Starts Wins Top-10s
Masters Tournament 5 0 4
PGA TOUR season 9 0 4
PGA TOUR career 121 6 59
– Four consecutive top-10s at the Masters (longest active streak)
– Five consecutive top-10s in majors (longest active streak)
– Earned first major championship title at the 2021 U.S. Open (most recent win on TOUR)
COLLIN MORIKAWA
Age 25
OWGR No. 3
FedExCup No. 13
Starts Wins Top-10s
Masters Tournament 2 0 0
PGA TOUR season 7 0 5
PGA TOUR career 62 5 23
– Last player to win a major in three consecutive seasons: Brooks Koepka (2017, 2018, 2019)
– Last player to win consecutive majors: Jordan Spieth (Masters, U.S. Open in 2015)
VIKTOR HOVLAND
Age 24
OWGR No. 4
FedExCup No. 7
Starts Wins Top-10s
Masters Tournament 2 0 0
PGA TOUR season 10 1 4
PGA TOUR career 64 3 15
– No top-10s in eight starts in majors (best: T12, 2019 U.S. Open and 2021 Open Championship)
– Low amateur at the 2019 Masters (T32)
– One win this season (World Wide Technology Championship)
PAST MASTERS WINNERS (Past 20)
2021 Hideki Matsuyama
2020 Dustin Johnson
2019 Tiger Woods
2018 Patrick Reed
2017 Sergio Garcia
2016 Danny Willett
2015 Jordan Spieth
2014 Bubba Watson
2013 Adam Scott
2012 Bubba Watson
2011 Charl Schwartzel
2010 Phil Mickelson
2009 Ángel Cabrera
2008 Trevor Immelman
2007 Zach Johnson
2006 Phil Mickelson
2005 Tiger Woods
2004 Phil Mickelson
2003 Mike Weir
2002 Tiger Woods
2021 MASTERS FINAL LEADERBOARD
1 Hideki Matsuyama 69 71 65 73 278 (-10)
2 Will Zalatoris 70 68 71 70 279 (-9)
T3 Xander Schauffele 72 69 68 72 281 (-7)
T3 Jordan Spieth 71 68 72 70 281 (-7)
T5 Marc Leishman 72 67 70 73 282 (-6)
T5 Jon Rahm 72 72 72 66 282 (-6)
7 Justin Rose 65 72 72 74 283 (-5)
T8 Corey Conners 73 69 68 74 284 (-4)
T8 Patrick Reed 70 75 70 69 284 (-4)
MASTERS TOURNAMENT SCORING RECORDS
Category Value Player Year
Low 18-hole score 63 2 players; Greg Norman (1st round) 1996 & Nick Price (3rd round) 1996
Low 36-hole score 130 Jordan Spieth 2015
Low 54-hole score 200 2 players; most recent: Dustin Johnson 2020
Low 72-hole score 268 Dustin Johnson 2020
Holes-in-one 33 Most recent: Corey Conners 2021 (R3)
Largest 18-hole lead 4 3 players; most recent: Justin Rose 2021
Largest 36-hole lead 5 4 players; most recent: Jordan Spieth 2015
Largest 54-hole lead 9 Tiger Woods 1997
Best come-from-behind win 8 Jack Burke, Jr. 1956
Largest margin of victory 12 Tiger Woods 1997
Playoffs 15 Most recent: Sergio Garcia def. Justin Rose 2017
Wire-to-wire winners 4 Most recent: Jordan Spieth 2015
- Thanks to PGA Tour.
