2018 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 2018 Masters Tournament was the 82nd time the tournament was played. Patrick Reed held a one-stroke lead over Rory McIlroy as the final round began. But it was Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth who challenged. Reed shot 71, and that was good enough to hold them off for a one-stroke victory.
Winner: Patrick Reed, 273
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 5-8, 2018
Leader after first round: Jordan Spieth, 66
Leader after second round: Patrick Reed, 135
Leader after third round: Patrick Reed, 202
What Happened in the 2018 Masters Tournament
Patrick Reed won his first major championship at the 2018 Masters Tournament, making a three-foot-long, par-saving putt on the final green to claim a one-stroke victory. Reed, who shot 71 in the final round and finished at 15-under, survived a rally by runner-up Rickie Fowler and a furious charge by third-place finisher Jordan Spieth.The 2018 Masters was the 17th major championship Reed had played in to this point, and just his second Top 10 finish in a major. But Reed was coming off a second-place finish in the previous major played, the 2017 PGA Championship.
Reed opened the tournament with a round of 69, which left him three shots off Spieth's lead. But in the second round Spieth scored 74 while Reed moved out to a two-stroke lead with a 66. Reed's third-round score of 67 included two eagles on the back nine at Augusta National Golf Club. After that performance, he led the tournament by three shots over second-place Rory McIlroy.
Fowler stood third, five shots behind Reed, following a third-round 65, while Spieth shot 71 in Round 3 and fell nine strokes off the pace, seemingly out of it.
As Reed and McIlroy played their first few holes as the final pairing of the final round, it appeared that Reed might wilt while McIlroy made a move. McIlroy got within a stroke after two, but it was mostly downhill for McIlroy after that. He wound up shooting 74 and finished tied for fifth, six behind Reed.
Reed steadied and played a solid if unspectacular final round. Two of his rivals, though, played terrific final rounds. Speith, the 2015 Masters champion, made five birdies on the front nine and four more on the back nine. Following a birdie on his 16th hole, Spieth moved to 14-under and into a tie with Reed in first place. After a par at 17, though, Spieth bogeyed the last and posted 13-under.
Fowler, meanwhile, was having an excellent round of his own, although not as spectacular as Spieth's 64. Fowler shot 67, and with a birdie on the final hole he passed Spieth and posted 14-under.
A birdie on the 14th hole gave Reed back the lead at 15-under, and he parred in from there to finish at 15-under and win the Green Jacket.
The scoring average in the final round was 70.49, which was the lowest in Masters history to this point. Jon Rahm finished fourth, his first career Top 5 or Top 10 finish in any of the majors. Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson tied for fifth, his last Top 10 finish in any major. Past champion Mark O'Meara missed the cut in his final start in any of the majors.
Defending champion Sergio Garcia also missed the cut, but he did tie a Masters record — one he didn't want. In the first round, on the par-5 15th hole, Garcia made a score of 13. The tied the Masters record for highest single-hole score.
2018 Masters Final Scores
| Patrick Reed | 69-66-67-71—273 |
| Rickie Fowler | 70-72-65-67—274 |
| Jordan Spieth | 66-74-71-64—275 |
| Jon Rahm | 75-68-65-69—277 |
| Rory McIlroy | 69-71-65-74—279 |
| Cameron Smith | 71-72-70-66—279 |
| Henrik Stenson | 69-70-70-70—279 |
| Bubba Watson | 73-69-68-69—279 |
| Marc Leishman | 70-67-73-70—280 |
| Tony Finau | 68-74-73-66—281 |
| Dustin Johnson | 73-68-71-69—281 |
| Charley Hoffman | 69-73-73-67—282 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 71-71-71-69—282 |
| Justin Rose | 72-70-71-69—282 |
| Paul Casey | 74-75-69-65—283 |
| Russell Henley | 73-72-71-67—283 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 72-72-66-74—284 |
| Justin Thomas | 74-67-70-73—284 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 73-71-72-69—285 |
| Jason Day | 75-71-69-71—286 |
| Francesco Molinari | 72-74-70-70—286 |
| Webb Simpson | 76-73-70-67—286 |
| Jimmy Walker | 73-71-71-71—286 |
| Branden Grace | 73-73-74-67—287 |
| Adam Hadwin | 69-75-72-71—287 |
| Si Woo Kim | 75-73-68-71—287 |
| Bernd Wiesberger | 70-73-72-72—287 |
| Kevin Kisner | 72-75-69-72—288 |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 71-74-71-72—288 |
| Matt Kuchar | 68-75-72-73—288 |
| Ryan Moore | 74-72-72-70—288 |
| Daniel Berger | 73-74-71-71—289 |
| Haotong Li | 69-76-72-72—289 |
| Adam Scott | 75-73-70-71—289 |
| Tiger Woods | 73-75-72-69—289 |
| Zach Johnson | 70-74-74-72—290 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-79-74-67—290 |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 69-76-74-72—291 |
| Fred Couples | 72-74-73-72—291 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 74-74-72-71—291 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 75-74-67-75—291 |
| Bernhard Langer | 74-74-71-72—291 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 77-69-72-73—291 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 79-70-72-71—292 |
| Brian Harman | 73-74-76-69—292 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 74-75-73-70—292 |
| Ian Poulter | 74-75-74-69—292 |
| Martin Kaymer | 74-73-74-73—294 |
| Vijay Singh | 71-74-79-71—295 |
| a-Doug Ghim | 72-76-74-74—296 |
| Xander Schauffele | 71-78-72-75—296 |
| Kyle Stanley | 72-74-75-76—297 |
| Chez Reavie | 76-71-75-76—298 |
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