Dates | April 11–14, 1991 |
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Location | Augusta, Georgia |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,905 yards (6,314 m) |
Field | 87 players, 57 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Prize fund | $1,350,000 |
Winner's share | $243,000 |
Ian Woosnam | |
277 (−11) | |
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The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ian Woosnam won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up José María Olazábal.
Woosnam, Olazábal, and two-time champion Tom Watson, age 41, were all tied at −11 going into the 72nd hole. Olazábal, a group ahead of the final pairing of Woosnam and Watson, went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker and failed to hole a 45-foot (14 m) par putt. Watson, who had eagled both 13 and 15, missed the fairway right with his tee shot and then hit his second shot into a greenside bunker. He chipped out and three-putted for a double bogey. Woosnam then holed an 8-foot (2.4 m) par putt for the green jacket.
It was the fourth consecutive year that the Masters champion was from the United Kingdom, which had no winners prior to Sandy Lyle's victory in 1988. Through 2016, Woosnam is the only winner at Augusta from Wales.
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,9), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Ben Crenshaw (9,12), Nick Faldo (3,10), Raymond Floyd (2,9), Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,10,13), Jack Nicklaus (9), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (9), Craig Stadler (9,10), Tom Watson (9), Fuzzy Zoeller (9,10)