Category: 2020 Masters

Andy Ogletree ends dream Masters with low amateur honors

Andy Ogletree wrapped up his first Masters as low amateur by beating out John Augenstein, the only other amateur to make the cut at Augusta.

Andy Ogletree ended his Masters Tournament just like he started: in a trio with Tiger Woods. Only this time, he was in Butler Cabin, not on the course, and being joined by champion Dustin Johnson.

Ogletree wrapped up his first Masters as low amateur with an even-par 72 on Sunday to finish at 2-under 286 to beat out John Augenstein, the only other amateur to make the cut, by five strokes.

“It was an awesome week. I got to experience everything the amateurs get to experience. I got here early. I came down a few times before the tournament. I stayed in the Crow’s Nest,” Ogletree said.

“So kind of everything you’d want to do as an amateur, I’ve kind of accomplished.”

Ogletree’s first Masters began when he was out on the practice green ahead of Thursday’s first round. Woods, his idol, walked up to him and said, “What’s up, man? Let’s go do this,” Ogletree recalled in his interview in Butler Cabin.

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Playing alongside Woods, Ogletree said he let his nerves get to him early on. His tournament started 4 over through four holes. But he settled down and got back to playing his game, finishing his first round with a 73. He rebounded with rounds of 70-71 to make the cut.

On Sunday, Ogletree bogeyed his first two holes at 10 and 11. Despite the slow start, he recovered before finishing his first nine holes of the round, getting birdies on 15 and 16. He then birdied No. 2 and bogeyed No. 3 before shooting par the rest of the way.

Though it wasn’t a traditional April Masters, Ogletree said he got the full experience. Not just as an amateur, but as a competitor in the tournament. Following his Masters debut, Ogletree said he plans on turning pro “in the near future.”

“I’ve kind of done what I wanted to in amateur golf, and this just is the cherry on top for my amateur career, so I can’t wait to see what the future holds, but for now I’m just going to enjoy this moment,“ Ogletree said.

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Yes, 63-year-old Bernhard Langer outplayed Bryson DeChambeau at the Masters on Sunday

Langer played Augusta National Golf Club two strokes lower than the pre-tournament favorite on Sunday.

There were no patrons at the 2020 Masters Tournament, although Bernhard Langer occasionally felt like a spectator.

The 63-year-old played the weekend in groupings that included Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, and admitted to watching “in awe” of the two bombers. Langer finished the Masters at 3-under par.

“Every once in a while I had to tell myself, ‘Stop watching and play your game. Focus on what you want to do,’” Langer said. “I got to experience the longest guys in the world right now, and it’s quite amazing.”

Langer played Augusta National Golf Club two strokes lower than the pre-tournament favorite on Sunday, shooting 71 to DeChambeau’s 73. Langer relied on six hybrids and two 3-woods into par 4s on Sunday, while DeChambeau drove the par-4 third green.

Bryson three-putted No. 3 for par, and Langer matched that score.

“If I can make a few putts, I know I can shoot somewhere around par or even under,” Langer said. “That’s usually good enough to hang in there. If my putter goes bad, then I’m struggling.”

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Langer made history this November, surpassing Tommy Aaron as the oldest player to make the cut at the Masters. The two-time champion here has played the weekend in six of his last eight trips to Augusta National.

“I think I have a few more in there,” Langer said. “You never know. I know how to play this golf course and I have to play my angles and rely on my short game. With me it’s really all the putter.”

Langer opened this week with 68, his first round in the 60s since the final round of 2014. DeChambeau praised his playing partner and admitted to admiring the 63-year-old.

“Even though I’m bombing it by him, he’s still playing better than me,” DeChambeau said. “That’s the cool part about the game of golf. You can shoot a score whatever way you want, and he’s able to do it still at his age.”

DeChambeau added: “He’s an unbelievable iron player. He grinds over everything.”

The tour’s longest hitter, who led the field this week at 324.4 yards per drive, battled a mysterious illness that often left him dizzy on the course. The symptoms started Thursday night, he said, and didn’t go away the rest of the tournament. He even took a COVID-19 test during the tournament, which came back negative.

“I’ve got to fix whatever is going on up here,” he said, pointing to his head. “I have no idea. Just dizziness. It’s only when I go from down to up, so I can’t even like think and talk right now. But that’s just what happens, I go down and up and my brain gets all disoriented. I’ve got to fix that, and once I fix it I’ll be even better than now, and when something arising in the future, I’ll just keep trying to fix it.”

He said dizziness was better than it was on Friday, when he shot 74, but it never totally went away.

“But still, it’s tough. I’m hydrated, everything is fine,” he said. “It’s just about orientation. There was numerous times where I was over it and I just felt super uncomfortable. I couldn’t see anything. I couldn’t see the line. It was really weird. I missed a lot of putts (he had 29 putts) today.”

It left him feeling “60 percent” healthy and put a damper on chances of winning a second major in a row.

“Absolutely,” he said when asked about a missed chance to win the Masters, where his best finish had been a tie for 21st as an amateur in 2016.

“At the beginning of the week I felt like I could have a great chance to win the tournament if I just played my game,” he said. “Shoot, I made enough birdies this week and eagles to have a chance to win. There’s no doubt about that. I made way too many mistakes that I’ve got to talk about with my caddie and go, hey, how do we not make these mistakes anymore, how can we work better as a team to have that not happen.”

There was a highlight on Sunday for DeChambeau. On the par-5 13th hole, his 9-iron second shot – which would have been for double eagle had it gone in – just slipped past the hole. He tapped him for eagle.

“I thought it was (going in),” DeChambeau said. “I was so excited to hopefully get some of that crystal, but I was just happy I made eagle because I missed a five-footer on 8 the other day for eagle and that was a little frustrating, but at least I got something out of the week.”

DeChambeau said he won’t play again until the Tournament of Champions, which starts Jan. 7.

(Reporter Devid Westin contributed to this article)

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Brooks Koepka’s response to a top 10 Masters finish behind DJ? ‘Whoo, seventh.’

Brooks Koepka — whose performance level in majors is only matched by his bravado — wasn’t thrilled with his finish at the Augusta.

A top-10 finish and four straight rounds of 70 or less at Augusta National Golf Club would be enough to make most PGA Tour players ecstatic.

But when that player is Brooks Koepka —whose performance level in major tournaments is only matched by his bravado — that’s simply not good enough.

And especially when that finish was well behind Dustin Johnson, the player he was once close with but threw a jab at before the final round of the PGA Championship.

“Yeah, I’m not really excited right now. Whoo, seventh,” Koepka said after finishing T-7. “I don’t know what else to say to that. I’m not too happy. Yeah, I mean, it’s disappointing.”

While his former confidante Johnson was setting a new bar with a 20-under par finish and claimed his first green jacket, Koepka never seemed to clear himself from the morning fog that delayed Sunday’s start.

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Koepka was still on the fringes of striking distance at Augusta on Sunday, he entered the day at 8 under, eight shots behind Johnson, but the two-time U.S. Open and two-time PGA Championship winner would have needed a huge day to get back into contention once Johnson started strong.

He made birdie on No. 7, holing out a chip, but then gave the stroke back on the No. 11 when he tried to bump a short shot that got caught in the fringe.

He made a pair of birdies on the back nine, but they came on the par 5s and the effort on No. 13 was a missed opportunity — Koepka missed a short eagle putt.

Brooks Koepka waits for his shot on the 11th hole during the final round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National GC. Photo by Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

The lack of on-course electricity might have been a reason for his play — Koepka has often saved his best efforts for the loudest and most intense stages.

“Yeah, even at the PGA, it’s just very dull. It’s hard to. … there’s just not that atmosphere going. Hopefully soon, we can have them back,” Koepka said.

“I mean, the no fans thing is. …  I mean, it’s becoming, I guess, the norm, but it’s still very odd at this place to see it. You kind of miss the roars. I think that’s the one thing I miss the most is just kind of the excitement, the buzz that goes around.

“Even when you’re just kind of walking around on Tuesday,  you can almost feel it in the air at this place, and I kind of miss it.”

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As for witnessing Johnson make history, Koepka said he wasn’t surprised by the result, especially the way Augusta National was playing in the fall. Johnson and Koepka (and Xander Schauffele) tied for second in the 2019 Masters, a stroke behind winner Tiger Woods, but this year’s wet conditions played right into Johnson’s strengths.

“The course suited him down to the ground. He’s more of a picker of the ball. He doesn’t spin it that much with his irons. So the ball’s not going to be backing up, so he can get to a lot of the back pins a lot better,” Koepka said of DJ. “If you pick it like that, you can really, really control … you’re never going to rip it off the front of the green, where I feel like a lot of people, pretty much everybody struggled with that. Like I said, it just suited him.”

Famously, Koepka drew fire for a comment he made at the PGA Championship that was widely interpreted as dismissive of Johnson, who was leading the tournament, and of other players near the top of the leaderboard.

“A lot of the guys on the leaderboard, I don’t think have won, I guess DJ has only won one. I don’t know a lot of the other guys up there,” Koepka said.

But Koepka admitted this must have been a big moment for the South Carolina native.

“Yeah, obviously, he grew up — I mean, I’m taking a stab at it — probably an hour and a half from here, if I had to guess, maybe less. This is one you always want to win,” Koepka said of Johnson. “He’s been on a tear the last, what was it, Travelers? Did he win Travelers? Yeah, since Travelers, he’s been on a tear. Yeah, he’s been playing good. It almost feels like it’s coming, and it was this week.”

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How much money each golfer won at the 2020 Masters at Augusta National

Check out the prize money payout for all the players at the 2020 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

Dustin Johnson will drive down Magnolia Lane with a new green jacket, a sterling silver replica of the Masters Trophy, a gold medal and $2.07 million.

The world No. 1 claimed his second major title in dominant fashion, setting the Masters scoring record at 20 under. Johnson, who won the 2020 FedEx Cup and was the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year, won by five shots over Cameron Smith and Sungjae Im, who finished T-2 at 15 under. Justin Thomas came in fourth at 12 under, followed by Rory McIlroy and Dylan Frittelli, T-5 at 11 under.

Check out how much money Johnson and company are taking home from Augusta National Golf Club.

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Masters prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Dustin Johnson -20 $2,070,000
T2 Cameron Smith -15 $1,012,000
T2 Sungjae Im -15 $1,012,000
4 Justin Thomas -12 $552,000
T5 Rory McIlroy -11 $437,000
T5 Dylan Frittelli -11 $437,000
T7 C.T. Pan -10 $358,417
T7 Brooks Koepka -10 $358,417
T7 Jon Rahm -10 $358,417
T10 Webb Simpson -9 $287,500
T10 Corey Conners -9 $287,500
T10 Patrick Reed -9 $287,500
T13 Marc Leishman -8 $215,625
T13 Hideki Matsuyama -8 $215,625
T13 Kevin Na -8 $215,625
T13 Abraham Ancer -8 $215,625
T17 Xander Schauffele -7 $178,250
T17 Patrick Cantlay -7 $178,250
T19 Scottie Scheffler -6 $144,325
T19 Cameron Champ -6 $144,325
T19 Tommy Fleetwood -6 $144,325
T19 Sebastian Munoz -6 $144,325
T23 Louis Oosthuizen -5 $115,000
T23 Justin Rose -5 $115,000
T25 Danny Willett -4 $91,713
T25 Charl Schwartzel -4 $91,713
T25 Shane Lowry -4 $91,713
T25 Ian Poulter -4 $91,713
T29 Nick Taylor -3 $74,750
T29 Bernhard Langer -3 $74,750
T29 Sung Kang -3 $74,750
T29 Rickie Fowler -3 $74,750
T29 Chez Reavie -3 $74,750
T34 Adam Scott -2 $62,100
T34 Bryson DeChambeau -2 $62,100
T34 Si Woo Kim -2 $62,100
T34 Andy Ogletree (a) -2 —
T38 Lee Westwood -1 $50,600
T38 Billy Horschel -1 $50,600
T38 Tiger Woods -1 $50,600
T38 Paul Casey -1 $50,600
T38 Tony Finau -1 $50,600
T38 Christiaan Bezuidenhout -1 $50,600
T44 Shugo Imahira E $41,400
T44 Collin Morikawa E $41,400
T46 Matt Wallace 1 $33,672
T46 Charles Howell III 1 $33,672
T46 Matthew Fitzpatrick 1 $33,672
T46 Victor Perez 1 $33,672
T46 Jordan Spieth 1 $33,672
T51 Mike Weir 2 $28,003
T51 Jazz Janewattananond 2 $28,003
T51 Zach Johnson 2 $28,003
T51 Rafael Cabrera Bello 2 $28,003
T55 John Augenstein (a) 3 —
T55 Phil Mickelson 3 $26,680
57 Bubba Watson 4 $26,450
58 Bernd Wiesberger 6 $26,220
59 Brandt Snedeker 7 $25,990
60 Jimmy Walker 8 $25,760
– Adam Hadwin CUT $10,000
– Gary Woodland CUT $10,000
– Graeme McDowell CUT $10,000
– Byeong-Hun An CUT $10,000
– Max Homa CUT $10,000
– Andrew Putnam CUT $10,000
– Justin Harding CUT $10,000
– Kevin Kisner CUT $10,000
– Matthew Wolff CUT $10,000
– J.T. Poston CUT $10,000
– Francesco Molinari CUT $10,000
– Fred Couples CUT $10,000
– Sandy Lyle CUT $10,000
– Nate Lashley CUT $10,000
– Jose Maria Olazabal CUT $10,000
– Matt Kuchar CUT $10,000
– Henrik Stenson CUT $10,000
– Brendon Todd CUT $10,000
– Larry Mize CUT $10,000
– Lanto Griffin CUT $10,000
– Tyrrell Hatton CUT $10,000
– Jason Kokrak CUT $10,000
– Jason Day CUT $10,000
– Tyler Duncan CUT $10,000
– Lucas Glover CUT $10,000
– Andrew Landry CUT $10,000
– Erik van Rooyen WD $10,000
– Vijay Singh WD $10,000
– James Sugrue (a) CUT —
– Lukas Michel (a) CUT —
– Yuxin Lin (a) CUT —
– Abel Gallegos (a) CUT —

 

Masters: Rory McIlroy can’t overcome poor first round, finishes T-5

Another Masters has come and gone and Rory McIlroy’s quest to complete the career Grand Slam lingers on.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Another Masters has come and gone and Rory McIlroy’s quest to complete the career Grand Slam lingers on.

For a brief moment on the first nine, after he birdied the eighth hole to improve to 11 under and climb within four strokes of Dustin Johnson, McIlroy thought there was a glimmer of hope that he could achieve a comeback for the ages.

“But then the wind sort of got up as we hit the turn, and it just was hard to make birdies,” McIlroy said. “Dustin is just playing such solid golf. It was probably wishful thinking on my part.”

McIlroy, 31, rebounded from a poor first round at Augusta National to shoot 3-under 69 on Sunday and finish with a 72-hole aggregate of 11-under 277. That was good for a share of fifth place with Dylan Frittelli, and McIlroy’s third career top 5 at the Masters.

When McIlroy assesses what went wrong this time in his sixth attempt to complete the career Grand Slam, he’s going to remember the tee shot he snap-hooked into the woods at No. 13 that led to bogey and pulling his tee shot into the water at the par-3 16th on Friday morning. His swing looked out of sorts and it appeared that McIlroy might be headed for a short stay at Augusta.

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“I just got a little careful, a little tentative, a little ‘guidey,’ just didn’t trust my swing, didn’t commit to what I was doing, and again, this course more than any other can make you do that at times,” he said. “That was really what it was.”

McIlroy showed some of the grit he talked about in his pre-tournament interview, shooting a bogey-free 66 in the second round to make the cut and rallied to sniff contention, but ultimately he dug himself to big of a hole to overcome.

“I guess I need to take the positives, and played the last 54 really well and only made two bogeys in that 54-hole stretch, which is probably the best run of golf I’ve played here,” he said.

McIlroy’s winless drought in majors stretches to 22 since winning his fourth at the 2014 PGA Championship. He only has to wait five months for his next shot at Augusta National.

“I hope the course is much different in April than it is now. It’s very soft,” McIlroy said. “I feel like there’s a lot of shots I hit this week where I hit my number and it would spin back off a green or it just wouldn’t do what you expect it to do, so I’d love to get another shot at it in April and have the course play maybe more what we’re accustomed to.”

Masters Tournament 2020
Rory McIlroy looks over his putt on the 10th green during the final round of the 84th Masters at Augusta National GC. (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)

What does McIlroy think he needs to do in order to slip on the Green Jacket as Masters champions? He said he’s going to need to polish his iron game.

“It goes from wedges all the way through to the long irons,” he said. “I had two 5 irons from the fairway on 10 and 11 today, for example, and just didn’t hit great shots. There’s always stuff to work on, but definitely something to work on going into the off season that we have here, and try to come out a little better in 2021.”

McIlroy previously had said that he planned to take an extended break following the Masters that likely will last until the Genesis Invitational in February.

“I’m just going to be a man of leisure for a couple months,” he said. “It’s going to be nice. Lie by the pool a little bit, get back on the bike, get back on the Peloton. I’ve sort of given that a bit of a miss over the last few months. Yeah, just some stuff. Obviously, watch my daughter grow up a little bit and have fun with that.”

And likely replay his miserable start at the 84th Masters and draft a game plan for success in April.

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Justin Thomas finished fourth at the Masters, but still wishes the next one ‘started tomorrow’

As soon as Justin Thomas wrapped up his fourth-place finish at the Masters, he started thinking about the next one.

As soon as Justin Thomas wrapped up this Masters performance, he started thinking about the next one. Shortly after coming off the 18th green with a fourth-place finish — eight shots behind Dustin Johnson’s 20-under runaway – Thomas indicated he was ready for another chance.

“I wish the tournament in April started tomorrow,” he said. “I’ll just say that.”

Thomas, 27, posted rounds of 66-69-71-70 for his best Masters finish – both in relation to par and position on the leaderboard – in five career starts here. There’s a lot to be said for that but Thomas, the 2017 PGA Championship winner, was left wanting more.

“I mean, it was far from my best stuff,” he said when asked to reflect on the week as a whole. “So to finish fourth with that is a positive. I mean, I keep getting better. I’m very confident I’m going to win around this place at some point. I just don’t know when or if it will happen. I’m very comfortable. I just need to execute a little bit better.”

Truly, it looked like it might be Thomas’ week. His opening 66 moved him into contention and he played his way to 8 under by going 2 under through the first nine holes of his second round (which he started on No. 10). But from there, a double-bogey on the first hole derailed him and Thomas couldn’t get under 70 again.

“I didn’t hole anything the last three days, but I hit the ball beautifully yesterday,” he said. “Like I hit it really solid. I didn’t hit it really close to the hole a lot, but the shots that didn’t go where I wanted, they still were hit really well, and I felt like they were good shots.”

Thomas felt that with soft conditions, course knowledge didn’t come into play as much as it might in a normal year. Hitting the right spots was key, but perhaps there was less of a premium on placement than there will be in April.

Before leaving the Augusta grounds on Saturday night, Thomas indicated that he was aware of – and ready for – the chase he’d need to put on to catch Johnson, who was already four shots ahead of the next-closest player and six shots ahead of Thomas.

“It’s going to take something pretty special for me to have a chance tomorrow, but I know I can do it,” he said. “It’s just about doing it.”

Thomas started that effort a little late. He bogeyed the par-5 second hole out of the gate and didn’t make his first birdie until No. 8. He added another at No. 12, but by the time he eagled the 15th, it was too little, too late.

“I hit four great golf shots on 1 and made par,” he said. “Yeah, I mean, you just can’t bogey two in the scenario I was in. No, I didn’t hit the ball very well to start, and any time I had a birdie chance, I didn’t hit a very good iron shot. Then I found a little bit of rhythm on the back nine.”

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In first Masters, C.T. Pan tries all the sandwiches, posts top-10 finish

C.T. Pan took in all he could on his first trip to the Masters at Augusta National. That includes sampling all the sandwiches on the menu.

C.T. Pan took in all he could during his first trip to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

That included sampling all the sandwiches on the menu. But which one did he like best?

“After long debates with my wife, I want to say egg salad sandwich,” Pan said. “I’ve tried the pimento cheese, egg salad, the burger, the grouper sandwich, the fried chicken sandwich, all the sandwiches I could get. I tried them all.”

Pan won the 2019 RBC Heritage to earn a spot in this Masters. When he returned in June to the RBC to defend his title there, his wife Yingchun Lin worked as his caddie. At the Masters this week, he had Derrick Redd on the bag.

Pan said in addition to the famous Masters food, he and his wife found time to buy some souvenirs.

“My wife did all the shopping, honestly. I was just kind of walking and tried not to spend too much time there,” he said. “The more time I spend, the more money I spend, so I was trying to be smart there.”

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He was smart out on the course, too, especially on Sunday, when he closed his round with birdies on Nos. 13, 15, 16 and 17. He made par on the 18th to forge a T-7 finish with Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm.

The top 12 and ties get invites to the 2021 Masters, so Pan’s performance will bring him back in 141 days.

“I struggled the whole year, so this is definitely a big step up for me and a big confidence boost.”

Pan opened the 2021-22 season with back-to-back T-61 finishes. He posted a T-12 at the Sanderson Farms Championship but slid back with a T-52 finish in Las Vegas at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and a T-58 last week at the Vivint Houston Open.

This week, he shot 70-66-74-68 for his best performance since a T-3 finish at the 2019 Charles Schwab Challenge.

“As far as this being my first Masters, I enjoyed it very much. I love the food here. My wife and I, we just love all the dinners, all the sandwiches out here. It’s great. The course is playing tough, especially right now. I just want to thank Augusta National for everything.”

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Masters: Dustin Johnson dominates Augusta National, wins second major

Johnson went wire-to-wire, leading the event after each round at Augusta National.

After winning the FedEx Cup Playoffs in September — and playing some dominating golf along the way — Dustin Johnson told Golfweek in an exclusive interview that he still had plenty to work toward.

“I need to keep practicing and continue to get better. There are things I want to do with my career,” Johnson said. “I’d love a green jacket and a few more majors, doesn’t matter which ones they are.

“A green jacket would definitely be at the top of the list.”

Johnson can check that off his list after he finished off an impressive week in Augusta, winning the 2020 Masters going away. He went wire-to-wire, leading or sharing the lead after each round.

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After shooting 65-70-65 in the first three rounds, Johnson cruised on Sunday with a 68, finishing the tournament at a record-breaking 20 under par.

Cam Smith — who became the player in Masters history to shoot all four rounds in the 60s — and Sungjae Im tried to apply pressure on Johnson, but to no avail.

This marked the second career major for Johnson, who also won the 2016 U.S. Open.

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After terrifying 10, Tiger Woods fights back under par in Masters final round

After making a 10 on a par 3, Tiger Woods fought back down the stretch on Sunday to get back under par to end his 2020 Masters.

When it comes to Tiger Woods, there’s never a dull moment.

After an opening-round 68 on Thursday, it looked like he was a true contender to defend his Masters title this week at Augusta National Golf Club. As the rounds went on, and his opponents’ scores got lower, it became clear the 15-time major champion wouldn’t be winning a record-tying sixth green jacket.

He solidified that with a seven-shot swing on one hole, making a 10 on the par-3 12th after rinsing three balls in Rae’s Creek: One from the tee, one from the drop zone and one from the bunker behind the green.

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Woods fought back down the stretch, birdieing five of his final six holes to get back under par for the tournament with a 4-over 76 in Sunday’s final round. He walked off the course 16 shots behind leader Dustin Johnson.

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No, the 10 Tiger Woods posted on Augusta’s 12th hole is not highest ever

Tom Weiskopf holds the infamous record for the highest score ever recorded on the 12th hole at Augusta National for the Masters.

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Tiger Woods posted a 10 on the par-3 12th hole in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, the highest score he’s ever taken on one hole in his professional career.

But it’s not the worst score ever on Golden Bell, the diabolical middle hole of the three-hole stretch known as Amen Corner at Augusta National.

No, the worst score ever on the 12th is a 13 that Tom Weiskopf posted in 1980.

“I was really upset because it was stupidity,’’ Weiskopf told USA TODAY Sports in 2018 of his misadventure during which five balls ended up in the water.

In 2018, Sergio Garcia took a 13 on the 15th hole, joining Weiskopf and Tommy Nakajima as co-owners of the record for highest single-hole score recorded at the Masters. Nakajima’s 13 came on the 13th hole in 1978.

“I don’t like to be one of the three that is always going to be mentioned as making the highest score on any hole. But it sure doesn’t haunt me,” Weiskopf said.

Weiskopf, who won the 1973 British Open as well as 16 PGA Tour events, does have a funny story about his 13, when the gallery included his now-former wife along with good friend Tom Culver, who Weiskopf said was notorious for pulling out used golf balls on holes with water.

“My wife is in tears and the gallery was in shock,’’ Weiskopf said. “There was mostly dead silence. And Tom Culver says to my wife, ‘You don’t suppose he was using new balls every time, do you?’ “

Josh Peter of USA TODAY Sports contributed to this article.

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