Zach Johnson wins 2007 Masters Golf Tournament

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Sunday, April 8, 2007

Zach Johnson won the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia Sunday. His score of +1 over par (289) is the second highest score ever recorded for the Masters. He was two strokes ahead of three runners up, Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, and Rory Sabbatini.

This is Johnson's first win in a Major Championship, and second PGA win. He finished in 17th place in the 2005 PGA Championship, but was cut from the British Open three years in a row. Johnson netted $1,305,000 USD for this win.

Tiger Woods, four-time Masters winner and score record holder for the tournament, said "This one's not disappointing, I threw this tournament away on two days when I had two good rounds and I [finished] bogey, bogey. So four bogeys in the last two holes basically cost me the tournament." Woods failed to finish any of the four rounds below par.

Final results

Pos Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To Par
1 Zach Johnson 71 73 76 69 289 +1
T2 Retief Goosen 76 76 70 69 291 +3
T2 Rory Sabbatini 73 76 73 69 291 +3
T2 Tiger Woods 73 74 72 72 291 +3
T5 Jerry Kelly 75 69 78 70 292 +4
T5 Justin Rose 69 75 75 73 292 +4
T7 Padraig Harrington 77 68 75 73 293 +5
T7 Stuart Appleby 75 70 73 75 293 +5
9 David Toms 70 78 74 72 294 +6
T10 Vaughn Taylor 71 72 77 75 295 +7
T10 Paul Casey 79 68 77 71 295 +7
T10 Luke Donald 73 74 75 73 295 +7

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