The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament and was played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first major championship of the 2011 season. South African Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 event by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day.
Eight players held a share of the lead in the last round including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. McIlroy had at least a share of the lead for the first three rounds and had a four stroke advantage going into Sunday's final round before shooting an 80 and finishing 10 strokes behind Schwartzel.
The 2011 Masters was Vijay Singh's 67th consecutive major championship and was Ben Crenshaw's 40th consecutive Masters appearance. The number one player in the world Martin Kaymer failed to make the cut, and Hideki Matsuyama was the only amateur in the field to play on the weekend.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus served as honorary starters on Thursday morning hitting ceremonial tee shots to open the tournament.
The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships.[6] Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field.[7] Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6-10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play. (http://en.wikipedia.org)
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