The 2005 Masters Tournament was the 69th Masters Tournament, played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tiger Woods, 29, won his fourth green jacket on the first hole of a playoff with Chris DiMarco. Rain was a factor the whole week, and delayed much of the play. The purse was $7.0 million with a winner's share of $1.26 million. It was the ninth of Woods' fifteen major championships.

This Masters was the last as competitors for three former champions: Tommy Aaron (1973), Billy Casper (1970), and six-time winner Jack Nicklaus.

Ryan Moore was low amateur at 287 (−1), the best score by an amateur since 1978, and earned an exemption to the 2006 tournament.

Jerry Pate, a non-playing invitee, won the 46th Par-3 contest on Wednesday with a five-under 22.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4354 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood49043Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea51055Magnolia455414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn50057Pampas410416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina42549Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,64036In3,65036Source:Total7,29072

Field

1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer (10), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (10,11,12,14,15,16,17), Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,10,13,14,15,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir (11,14,16,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Byron Nelson, and Arnold Palmer did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Jim Furyk (16,17), Retief Goosen (10,11,14,15,16,17)

3. The Open champions (last five years) Ben Curtis, David Duval, Ernie Els (10,12,13,14,16,17), Todd Hamilton (12,14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years) Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel, David Toms (14,15,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years) Fred Funk (11,14,15,17), Davis Love III (10,14,16,17), Adam Scott (14,15,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Luke List (a), Ryan Moore (a,8)

7. The Amateur champion Stuart Wilson (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Eligible under category 6

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Austin Eaton III (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2004 Masters Paul Casey (16,17), K. J. Choi (14,16,17), Chris DiMarco (13,14,16,17), Sergio García (14,16,17), Pádraig Harrington (16,17), Charles Howell III (14,17), Nick Price, Kirk Triplett (14), Casey Wittenberg

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2004 U.S. Open Robert Allenby (16,17), Steve Flesch (14,16,17), Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama (14,16,17)

12. Top four players and ties from the 2004 Open Championship Lee Westwood (16,17)

13. Top four players and ties from 2004 PGA Championship Justin Leonard (16,17), Chris Riley (16)

14. Top 40 players from the 2004 PGA Tour money list Stephen Ames (16,17), Stuart Appleby (16,17), Chad Campbell (16,17), Stewart Cink (16,17), Darren Clarke (16,17), John Daly (16), Luke Donald (15,16,17), Carlos Franco, Jay Haas (16,17), Mark Hensby (16,17), Tim Herron (17), Zach Johnson (16,17), Jonathan Kaye (16,17), Jerry Kelly (16,17), Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling (16), Jesper Parnevik, Kenny Perry (16,17), Ted Purdy, Rory Sabbatini (16,17), Bo Van Pelt, Scott Verplank (16,17)

15. Top 10 players from the 2005 PGA Tour money list on March 28 Tom Lehman (17), Joe Ogilvie

16. Top 50 players from the final 2004 world ranking Thomas Bjørn (17), Ángel Cabrera (17), Joakim Haeggman, David Howell (17), Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Thomas Levet, Peter Lonard (17), Nick O'Hern (17), Ian Poulter (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 28 Tim Clark, Graeme McDowell, Craig Parry

18. Special foreign invitation Shingo Katayama

Round summaries

First round Thursday, April 7, 2005Friday, April 8, 2005

Sixty-eight players were on the course when darkness suspended the first round since the start of the round was delayed by over five hours due to heavy morning rain. The round was completed Friday morning. Chris DiMarco shot a five-under 67 to take the first round lead. Vijay Singh and Luke Donald were at 68, one stroke behind in second. Tiger Woods struggled through much of his round ending at two over par. After the round, Woods was questioned by rules officials for an illegal putting stance on the 14th before getting the all-clear. In his final appearance, Billy Casper shot the worst round in Masters history on Thursday, a triple-digit 106 (+34), but the round was unofficial because he withdrew. Three-time champion Nick Faldo withdrew while playing the ninth hole due to back spasms.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chris DiMarco67−5 T2 Luke Donald68−4 Vijay SinghT4 Stuart Appleby69−3 Mark HensbyT6 Phil Mickelson70−2 Ryan PalmerT8 Thomas Bjørn71−1 Retief Goosen Thomas Levet Ryan Moore (a) Chris Riley Adam Scott

Second round Friday, April 8, 2005Saturday, April 9, 2005

Rain suspended play for much of the day and the second round spilled into Saturday. Chris DiMarco posted another five-under 67 to take a four-stroke lead at the halfway point. Thomas Bjørn also shot a 67 to take second place by himself at −6. Tiger Woods recovered from his poor first round with a six-under 66, six strokes back in third place.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chris DiMarco67-67=134−10 2 Thomas Bjørn71-67=138−63 Tiger Woods74-66=140−4T4 David Howell72-69=141−3 Vijay Singh68-73=141T6 Mark Hensby69-73=142−2 Phil Mickelson70-72=142 Ryan Moore (a)71-71=142T9 Jim Furyk76-67=143−1 Kirk Triplett75-68=143

Amateurs: Moore (−2), List (+2), Eaton III (+14), Wilson (+20).

Third round Saturday, April 9, 2005Sunday, April 10, 2005

Chris DiMarco continued his hot ways shooting a three-under 33 on the front nine before play was suspended due to darkness. His −13 through 45 holes was four strokes better than Tiger Woods, who shot a five-under 31 on the first nine holes. Thomas Bjørn stayed in contention with a two-under 34 for nine holes and was −8 for the championship.

PlacePlayerTo parHole1 Chris DiMarco−13 92 Tiger Woods−9 93 Thomas Bjørn−8 9T4 Mark Hensby−4 9 Vijay Singh10 Rod Pampling12

Tiger Woods resumed play on Sunday morning on the back nine and made four consecutive birdies to card a 7-under 65 and take the 54-hole lead. Dating back to play on Saturday, Woods birdied seven straight holes in the third round, tying a record by Steve Pate. Chris DiMarco struggled in with a 41 (+5) back nine for a third round 74 (+2), losing seven shots to Woods in the final nine holes. DiMarco's troubles began when his second shot at the 10th went into a bush and was unplayable. After a drop, he chipped onto the green and two-putted for the double bogey, which ended a streak of 44 holes at par or better.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods 74-66-65=205 −112 Chris DiMarco 67-67-74=208 −83 Thomas Bjørn 71-67-71=209 −7T4 Trevor Immelman 73-73-65=211 −5 Phil Mickelson 70-72-69=211T6 Mark Hensby 69-73-70=212 −4 Vijay Singh 68-73-71=212T8 Chad Campbell 73-73-67=213 −3 Mike Weir 74-71-68=213T10 Luke Donald 68-77-69=214 −2 Tim Herron 76-68-70=214 Thomas Levet 71-75-68=214 Rod Pampling 73-71-70=214

Scorecard Third round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Woods −4−5−6−6−6−6−7−8−9−10−11−12−13−12−11−11−11−11 DiMarco −10−11−11−11−11−11−12−13−13−11−11−11−11−10−9−9−8−8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

Final round Sunday, April 10, 2005

Summary

A thrilling final round came down to a two-man duel between Tiger Woods and Chris DiMarco. DiMarco narrowed the three shot lead to one by the 11th with a second birdie in three holes after Woods had dropped a shot at the 10th. The lead stretched back to two when DiMarco bogeyed the 12th at the heart of Amen Corner, but a stunning approach on 14 set up a birdie for DiMarco and cut the gap back to one.

Both players birdied 15 and set up a dramatic and memorable 16th hole. With DiMarco sitting comfortably in the center of the green Woods pulled his tee shot just off the green; with about between him and the hole, and considering the difficulty of the lie, co-commentator Lanny Wadkins remarked that "this is one of the toughest pitches on the entire place here", and that "there's a good chance he doesn't get this inside DiMarco's ball", who had left himself a good away. Aiming at least to the left of the pin and intending to use the sloping green to run the ball towards the hole, Woods proceeded to play what was voted in 2019 as the greatest shot in Masters history. The ball crept towards the hole and appeared to stop on the lip of the hole before toppling in for a dramatic birdie, prompting lead commentator Verne Lundquist to give the now iconic piece of commentary: "Well... here it comes... Oh, my goodness... OH, WOW! In your life have you seen anything like that!?". DiMarco missed his birdie putt and the lead grew back to two with just two to play. However, Woods pushed his drive on 17 leading to a bogey, cutting the lead to one as they went to the 72nd hole.

Woods' approach on 18 ended up in the greenside bunker while DiMarco ended up just short of the green. DiMarco's chip for birdie hit the pin and rebounded ten feet away when it could easily have jammed in the hole. Woods hit his chip to , but missed his par putt to win. DiMarco calmly sank a ten-foot (3 m) putt to force a playoff.

Retief Goosen had the round of the day, firing a five under 67 which was the only round better than DiMarco's 68.

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Chris DiMarco 67-67-74-68=276 −12 Playoff Tiger Woods (c) 74-66-65-71=276T3 Luke Donald 68-77-69-69=283 −5 406,000 Retief Goosen 71-75-70-67=283T5 Mark Hensby 69-73-70-72=284 −4 237,300 Trevor Immelman 73-73-65-73=284 Rod Pampling 73-71-70-70=284 Vijay Singh (c) 68-73-71-72=284 Mike Weir (c) 74-71-68-71=28410 Phil Mickelson (c) 70-72-69-74=285 −3 189,000