1981 Masters Tournament: Watson's 2nd Win
Tom Watson won the 1981 Masters for his second Green Jacket. It was the 45th time the tournament was played.
Winner: Tom Watson, 280
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 9-12, 1981
Leader after first round: Johnny Miller, Curtis Strange, Lon Hinkle and Greg Norman, 69
Leader after second round: Jack Nicklaus, 135
Leader after third round: Tom Watson, 209
Notable Notes: Tom Watson outlasted Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus to win The Masters for the second time.
Nicklaus led by four shots following the second round, but Watson took a 1-stroke edge into the final round after Nicklaus' Round 3 75. Miller made a late surge to get a share of second, and Nicklaus was never closer than two to Watson over the back nine.
Final Scores
| Tom Watson | 71-68-70-71—280 |
| Johnny Miller | 69-72-73-68—282 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 70-65-75-72—282 |
| Greg Norman | 69-70-72-72—283 |
| Tom Kite | 74-72-70-68—284 |
| Jerry Pate | 71-72-71-70—284 |
| David Graham | 70-70-74-71—285 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-70-73—286 |
| Raymond Floyd | 75-71-71-69—286 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-71-69-74—286 |
| George Archer | 74-70-72-71—287 |
| Hubert Green | 70-70-74-73—287 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 71-70-72-74—287 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 72-67-73-75—287 |
| Gay Brewer | 75-68-71-74—288 |
| Bob Gilder | 72-75-69-72—288 |
| Gary Player | 73-73-71-71—288 |
| Jim Simons | 70-75-71-72—288 |
| Don Pooley | 71-75-72-71—289 |
| Curtis Strange | 69-79-70-71—289 |
| John Cook | 70-71-72-77—290 |
| Gil Morgan | 74-73-70-73—290 |
| Calvin Peete | 75-70-71-74—290 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 72-71-71-76—290 |
| Jim Colbert | 73-68-74-76—291 |
| Hale Irwin | 73-74-70-74—291 |
| Wayne Levi | 72-71-73-75—291 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 71-71-76-74—292 |
| Lon Hinkle | 69-70-74-79—292 |
| Sandy Lyle | 73-70-76-73—292 |
| Bruce Devlin | 74-72-72-75—293 |
| Jay Haas | 75-71-72-75—293 |
| Jack Renner | 73-72-73-75—293 |
| David Stockton | 72-72-70-79—293 |
| a-Jay Sigel | 72-75-75-72—294 |
| Mike Sullivan | 72-74-74-74—294 |
| Keith Fergus | 76-72-75-72—295 |
| Scott Hoch | 73-70-75-77—295 |
| Bill Rogers | 76-72-75-72—295 |
| Charles Coody | 74-71-75-76—296 |
| a-Robert Lewis | 77-70-73-76—296 |
| Howard Twitty | 75-72-74-75—296 |
| Craig Stadler | 76-71-73-77—297 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 77-70-78-72—297 |
| Isao Aoki | 70-76-77-77—300 |
| Norio Suzuki | 74-74-75-77—300 |
| a-Jim Holtgrieve | 70-77-79-75—301 |
| Tommy Aaron | 77-71-76-79—303 |
