2010 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 2010 Masters was the 74th playing of this major championship, and when Phil Mickelson won, it was his third Masters victory.
Winner: Phil Mickelson, 272
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 8-11, 2010
Leader after first round: Fred Couples, 66
Leader after second round: Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, 136
Leader after third round: Lee Westwood, 204
What Happened in the 2010 Masters Tournament
The big story at the start of the week of the 2010 Masters was Tiger Woods' return to competitive golf. The big story at the end of the week was Phil Mickelson winning his third Masters championship.Woods chose Augusta National as the site of his comeback after not playing for five months due to personal issues, including a stint in a rehab facility. During the five months away, he practiced only in the couple weeks immediately prior to The Masters. Given that, he played remarkably well, eventually finishing fourth with four consecutive rounds below par.
Fifty-year-old Fred Couples was the first-round leader, with Mickelson one behind. (Couples finished in sixth place, his last Top 10 finish in any of the majors.) Lee Westwood took the lead in the second round, and held it after the third, one stroke better than Mickelson.
Mickelson made up five strokes on the leader in a three-hole stretch of the third round, going eagle-eagle-birdie on holes 13 through 15. The second eagle was a hole-out with a wedge on the par-4 14th. Mickelson missed a third consecutive eagle by mere inches on the 15th hole.
In the final round, Westwood was up-and-down on the front nine, and Mickelson was wild off the tee in the middle part of the round. But Mickelson kept managing to escape from trouble — in fact, he went bogeyless in the final round — and moved into the lead with a birdie on the 12th hole.
On the par-5 13th, Mickelson hit a spectacular approach shot into the green, playing out of the trees and off pine needles to within four feet of the cup. He missed that eagle putt, but made birdie, then added another on the 15th hole.
Westwood kept things interesting by birdying the 17th hole to get back within two strokes, but Mickelson closed it out with another birdie on the final hole.
It was Mickelson's third win in The Masters, his fourth major championship victory overall.
Jack Nicklaus made his debut as an honorary starter this year, joining Arnold Palmer in hitting the ceremonial opening drives. A future honorary starter, 60-year-old Tom Watson, tied for 18th place, the last time he made the cut in The Masters.
2010 Masters Final Scores
| Phil Mickelson | 67-71-67-67—272 |
| Lee Westwood | 67-69-68-71—275 |
| Anthony Kim | 68-70-73-65—276 |
| K.J. Choi | 67-71-70-69—277 |
| Tiger Woods | 68-70-70-69—277 |
| Fred Couples | 66-75-68-70—279 |
| Nick Watney | 68-76-71-65—280 |
| Y.E. Yang | 67-72-72-70—281 |
| Hunter Mahan | 71-71-68-71—281 |
| Ian Poulter | 68-68-74-73—283 |
| Ricky Barnes | 68-70-72-73—283 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 72-75-72-66—285 |
| Jerry Kelly | 72-74-67-72—285 |
| Steve Marino | 71-73-69-73—286 |
| Ryan Moore | 72-73-73-68—286 |
| David Toms | 69-75-71-71—286 |
| Trevor Immelman | 69-73-72-72—286 |
| Angel Cabrera | 73-74-69-71—287 |
| Scott Verplank | 73-73-73-68—287 |
| Ernie Els | 71-73-75-68—287 |
| Adam Scott | 69-75-72-71—287 |
| Heath Slocum | 72-73-70-72—287 |
| Tom Watson | 67-74-73-73—287 |
| Ben Crane | 71-75-74-68—288 |
| Matt Kuchar | 70-73-74-71—288 |
| Bill Haas | 72-70-71-76—289 |
| Kenny Perry | 72-71-72-74—289 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 74-72-69-74—289 |
| Yuta Ikeda | 70-77-72-71—290 |
| Francesco Molinari | 70-74-75-72—291 |
| Jason Dufner | 75-72-75-69—291 |
| Steve Stricker | 73-73-74-71—291 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 69-76-72-74—291 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 70-71-75-75—291 |
| Sean O'Hair | 72-71-72-76—291 |
| a-Matteo Manassero | 71-76-73-72—292 |
| Lucas Glover | 76-71-71-74—292 |
| Retief Goosen | 74-71-76-73—294 |
| Dustin Johnson | 71-72-76-75—294 |
| Steve Flesch | 75-71-70-78—294 |
| Camilo Villegas | 74-72-71-77—294 |
| Zach Johnson | 70-74-76-75—295 |
| Robert Karlsson | 71-72-77-76—296 |
| Mike Weir | 71-72-76-77—296 |
| Robert Allenby | 72-75-78-73—298 |
| Chad Campbell | 79-68-80-71—298 |
| Sergio Garcia | 74-70-76-78—298 |
| Nathan Green | 72-75-80-75—302 |
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