2006 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Two years after winning his first Masters title, Phil Mickelson added another one at the 2006 tournament. This was the 70th Masters played.
Winner: Phil Mickelson, 281
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 6-9, 2006
Leader after first round: Vijay Singh, 67
Leader after second round: Chad Campbell, 138
Leader after third round: Phil Mickelson, 212
What Happened in the 2006 Masters Tournament
Phil Mickelson played steady, solid golf all week and closed with his best round of the tournament, a 69, to win the 2006 Masters. It was Mickelson's second Masters championship, and his second-straight win in a major (following his 2005 PGA Championship victory).Mickelson's opening 70 was three strokes behind first-day leader Vijay Singh (who wound up placing eighth). Chad Campbell took the second-round lead, with Mickelson four behind. Mickelson took a one-stroke lead after three rounds, ahead of Fred Couples and Campbell, with Tiger Woods and Tim Clark among those two strokes off the lead.
But Woods, Couples and Campbell were unable to mount charges in the final round. Instead, it was Clark who moved up the leaderboard with a 69 and finished in solo second, two strokes behind Mickelson. But Mickelson's victory was more secure than the final 2-stroke margin indicates, given that Clark closed with a hole-out birdie from the sand on the 18th.
Two-time Masters champ Jose Maria Olazabal did charge on Sunday with the best round of the day, a 66, but started too far back to catch Mickelson. Olazabal tied for third with Woods, Couples and Campbell, plus Retief Goosen, and it turned out to be Olazabal's last Top 10 finish in any of the majors.
Nick Faldo, winner of The Masters in 1989, 1990 and 1996, played the tournament for the last time this year and missed the cut. So did Charles Coody, winner of the 1971 Masters, in his final appearance.
2006 Masters Final Scores
| Phil Mickelson | 70-72-70-69—281 |
| Tim Clark | 70-72-72-69—283 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 76-71-71-66—284 |
| Retief Goosen | 70-73-72-69—284 |
| Tiger Woods | 72-71-71-70—284 |
| Fred Couples | 71-70-72-71—284 |
| Chad Campbell | 71-67-75-71—284 |
| Angel Cabrera | 73-74-70-68—285 |
| Vijay Singh | 67-74-73-71—285 |
| Stewart Cink | 72-73-71-70—286 |
| Mike Weir | 71-73-73-70—287 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 72-74-69-72—287 |
| Stephen Ames | 74-70-70-73—287 |
| Arron Oberholser | 69-75-73-71—288 |
| Billy Mayfair | 71-72-73-72—288 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 70-75-73-71—289 |
| Scott Verplank | 74-70-74-71—289 |
| Rod Pampling | 72-73-72-72—289 |
| Nick O'Hern | 71-72-76-71—290 |
| Stuart Appleby | 71-75-73-71—290 |
| David Howell | 71-71-76-72—290 |
| Robert Allenby | 73-73-74-71—291 |
| Davis Love III | 74-71-74-72—291 |
| Mark Hensby | 80-67-70-74—291 |
| Jim Furyk | 73-75-68-75—291 |
| Darren Clarke | 72-70-72-77—291 |
| Adam Scott | 72-74-75-71—292 |
| Carl Pettersson | 72-74-73-73—292 |
| Padraig Harrington | 73-70-75-74—292 |
| Shingo Katayama | 75-70-73-74—292 |
| Ernie Els | 71-71-74-76—292 |
| Brandt Jobe | 72-76-77-68—293 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 73-75-76-69—293 |
| Zach Johnson | 74-72-77-70—293 |
| Ted Purdy | 72-76-74-71—293 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 76-70-74-74—294 |
| Tim Herron | 76-71-71-76—294 |
| Rocco Mediate | 68-73-73-80—294 |
| Justin Leonard | 75-70-79-71—295 |
| Ben Curtis | 71-74-77-73—295 |
| Jason Bohn | 73-71-77-74—295 |
| Larry Mize | 75-72-77-72—296 |
| Luke Donald | 74-72-76-74—296 |
| Rich Beem | 71-73-73-79—296 |
| Olin Browne | 74-69-80-74—297 |
| Sergio Garcia | 72-74-79-73—298 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 71-72-78-79—300 |
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