2017 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 2017 Masters Tournament was the 81st time the tournament was played. The winner was a first-time major champ, and earned the victory in a playoff. Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose began the final round tied at 6-under. They ended the final round tied at 9-under. Garcia ended the sudden-death playoff quickly, making birdie to Rose's bogey on the first extra hole.
Winner: Sergio Garcia, 279
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 6-9, 2017
Leader after first round: Charley Hoffman, 65
Leader after second round: Charley Hoffman, Thomas Pieters, Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia, 140
Leader after third round: Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose, 210
What Happened in the 2017 Masters Tournament
Shaking off previous disappointments in majors, the baggage of being "the best golfer without a major," and a mid-back-nine slump, Sergio Garcia won the 2017 Masters Tournament in a playoff over Justin Rose.Based on Jordan Spieth's play in the second and third rounds — he looked great shooting 69-68 — many expected him to wind up the winner when he started the final round tied for fourth, two behind Garcia and Rose. Instead, he shot 75 and finished in a tie for 11th place. Spieth had more bogeys than birdies in the final round, plus, for the second year in a row in the final round, Spieth found water on the par-3 12th. This time, he made double bogey there.
Garcia opened the final round with a birdie and added another on the third hole. After bogeying the fifth, Rose reeled off consecutive birdies on holes 5-8. Rose then parred every hole from nine through 14.
Garcia, however, ran into trouble in that stretch — he bogeyed the 10th and 11th holes. And when Garcia's drive on the 13th dived left, across the hazard into an unplayable lie against the base of an azalea bush, it appeared Garcia's hopes might be dashed. Instead, he pulled off a fantastic par save on the hole.
Then Garcia birdied the 14th. And when Garcia eagled No. 15, and Rose birdied it, they were once again tied for the lead, and several strokes in front of the field. The back nine of the final round was mostly a two-man game between Rose and Garcia.
Rose birdied No. 16 and Garcia missed a short putt there, putting Rose one up. But Rose gave that stroke back with a bogey on No. 17, and the duo reached the 72nd hole tied.
Both had birdie putts, both missed, first Rose, then Garcia. So they went into a sudden-death playoff, starting with a replay of No. 18. And Rose was in trouble the entire length of the hole, first losing his drive right into the trees and pine straw. His path to the hole blocked by a large magnolia tree, Rose tried punching the ball under the branches. But he advanced the ball barely past Garcia's drive.
Garcia hit a terrific approach to the green, and when Rose holed out for a bogey 5, Garcia had two putts to win. He needed only one, rolling in the birdie putt for the 2017 green jacket and his first win in one of golf's major championships.
This was the 70th major Garcia played in as a pro, 74th overall, and those are the records for most majors played before winning your first. Garcia was also the first golfer to win a major using the claw putting grip.
The 2017 Masters was also significant for who wasn't there: Arnold Palmer. Palmer passed away the previous September, and it was the first Masters without Palmer's presence — as a player, an honorary starter, a Par-3 Contest participant or Champions Dinner attendee — since 1954.
Future Masters champ Jon Rahm made his Augusta National debut this year and tied for 27th.
2017 Masters Final Scores
| Sergio Garcia | 71-69-70-69—279 (3) |
| Justin Rose | 71-72-67-69—279 (5) |
| Charl Schwartzel | 74-72-68-68—282 |
| Matt Kuchar | 72-73-71-67—283 |
| Thomas Pieters | 72-68-75-68—283 |
| Paul Casey | 72-75-69-68—284 |
| Kevin Chappell | 71-76-70-68—285 |
| Rory McIlroy | 72-73-71-69—285 |
| Ryan Moore | 74-69-69-74—286 |
| Adam Scott | 75-69-69-73—286 |
| Rickie Fowler | 73-67-71-76—287 |
| Russell Henley | 71-76-71-69—287 |
| Brooks Koepka | 74-73-71-69—287 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 76-70-74-67—287 |
| Jordan Spieth | 75-69-68-75—287 |
| Martin Kaymer | 78-68-74-68—288 |
| Steve Stricker | 75-73-72-68—288 |
| Fred Couples | 73-70-74-72—289 |
| Pat Perez | 74-74-70-71—289 |
| Jimmy Walker | 76-71-70-72—289 |
| Lee Westwood | 70-77-68-74—289 |
| Jason Day | 74-76-69-71—290 |
| Charley Hoffman | 65-75-72-78—290 |
| William McGirt | 69-73-74-74—290 |
| Phil Mickelson | 71-73-74-72—290 |
| Justin Thomas | 73-76-71-70—290 |
| Daniel Berger | 77-73-72-69—291 |
| Branden Grace | 76-74-71-70—291 |
| Jon Rahm | 73-70-73-75—291 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 75-74-69-73—291 |
| Brendan Steele | 74-73-75-69—291 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 71-78-73-70—292 |
| Byeong-Hun An | 76-73-74-70—293 |
| Jason Dufner | 71-76-70-76—293 |
| Francesco Molinari | 78-72-71-72—293 |
| Bill Haas | 75-72-71-76—294 |
| Adam Hadwin | 75-74-75-70—294 |
| a-Stewart Hagestad | 74-73-74-73—294 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 72-73-71-78—294 |
| Brian Stuard | 77-70-74-73—294 |
| Ross Fisher | 76-74-74-71—295 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 77-71-76-71—295 |
| Kevin Kisner | 74-75-74-73—296 |
| Marc Leishman | 73-74-78-71—296 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 77-72-76-71—296 |
| a-Curtis Luck | 78-72-75-72—297 |
| Daniel Summerhays | 74-75-75-73—297 |
| James Hahn | 75-75-75-73—298 |
| Andy Sullivan | 71-78-76-73—298 |
| J.B. Holmes | 78-72-73-76—299 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 79-70-73-78—300 |
| Larry Mize | 74-76-79-76—305 |
| Ernie Els | 72-75-83-78—308 |
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