What is the most-common winning score at the Masters?
What is the most-common winning score at the Masters?
The Masters is filled with iconic moments and dramatic Sunday charges on the back nine, and that might make you think that in order to win at Augusta National, golfers need to make a ton of birdies and shoot low scores every day to win. The reality, however, is that's not typically the case.
The most common winning score at the Masters is 8-under 280, having been shot by the winner 13 times since Jimmy Demaret won with it in 1940. That same score won the Masters for Craig Wood and Byron Nelson the following to years as well. More recently, Jose Maria Olazabal in 1999, Trevor Immelman in 2008 and Bubba Watson in 2014 won at 8 under.
Other common winning scores at the Masters include 12-under 276, which has won nine tournaments, and 9-under 279 which has won eight times.
Par at Augusta National is 72, so a golfer can shoot 70 each day and achieve a final score of 8-under 280. The chart below shows the winning score at every Masters Tournament since it started in 1934.
While 8 under is the most-popular winning score at Augusta National, the trend since the 2000 Masters when Vijay Singh won with a score of 10-under 278 has been for lower scores to be needed to win. The average winning score of Masters winners from 2000 through 2024 is -10.96, which includes Zach Johnson's winning score of 1-over 289 in 2007, just the third winning score at Augusta National that was over par.
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