Editing Masters Tournament (section)

===1980s–2000s===
Non-Americans collected 11 victories in 20 years in the 1980s and 1990s, by far the strongest run they have had in any of the three majors played in the United States since the early days of the U.S. Open. The first European to win the Masters was [[Seve Ballesteros]] in 1980. Nicklaus became the oldest player to win the Masters in 1986 when he won for the sixth time at age 46.<ref name=past-results/><ref name=oldest>{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/stats/historical/index.html |title=Historical Records & Stats – Champions / Winning Statistics |access-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416003046/https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/stats/historical/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

During this period, no golfer suffered more disappointment at the Masters than [[Greg Norman]]. In his first appearance at Augusta in 1981, he led during the second nine but ended up finishing fourth. In 1986, after birdieing holes 14 through 17 to tie Nicklaus for the lead, he badly pushed his 4-iron approach on 18 into the patrons surrounding the green and missed his par putt for a closing bogey.  In 1987, Norman lost a sudden-death playoff when [[Larry Mize]] holed out a remarkable 45-yard pitch shot to birdie the second playoff hole.  Mize thus became the first Augusta native to win the Masters.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/augusta/si_history_stories/1987.html |title=My, Oh Mize |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Ballard |first=Sarah |access-date=February 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403102648/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/augusta/si_history_stories/1987.html |archive-date=April 3, 2008}}</ref> In 1996, Norman tied the course record with an opening-round 63 and had a six-stroke lead over [[Nick Faldo]] entering the final round. However, he stumbled to a closing 78 while Faldo, his playing partner that day, carded a 67 to win by five shots for his third Masters championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masters.org/en_US/history/results/1996.html |title=Tournament Results: 1996 |publisher=www.masters.org |access-date=January 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103130858/http://www.masters.org/en_US/history/results/1996.html |archive-date=November 3, 2007}}</ref> Norman also led the 1999 Masters on the second nine of the final round, only to falter again and finish third behind winner [[José María Olazábal]], who won his second green jacket. Norman finished in the top five at the Masters eight times, but never won.

Two-time champion [[Ben Crenshaw]] captured an emotional Masters win in 1995, just days after the death of his lifelong teacher and mentor [[Harvey Penick]].   After making his final putt to win, he broke down sobbing at the hole and was consoled and embraced by his caddie Carl Jackson.  In the post-tournament interview, Crenshaw said: "I had a 15th club in my bag," a reference to Penick. (The "15th club" reference is based on the golf rule that limits a player to carrying 14 clubs during a round.)  Crenshaw first won at Augusta in 1984.

In 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest champion in Masters history, winning by 12 shots with an 18-under par 270 which broke the 72-hole record that had stood for 32 years.<ref name="Hist"/> In 2001, Woods completed his "Tiger Slam" by winning his fourth straight major championship at the Masters by two shots over [[David Duval]].<ref name=past-results/> He won again the following year, making him only the third player in history (after Nicklaus and Faldo) to win the tournament in consecutive years,<ref name=past-results/> as well as in 2005 when he defeated [[Chris DiMarco]] in a playoff for his first major championship win in almost three years.<ref name=past-results/>

In 2003, the Augusta National Golf Club was targeted by [[Martha Burk]], who organized a failed protest at that year's Masters to pressure the club into accepting female members. Burk planned to protest at the front gates of Augusta National during the third day of the tournament, but her application for a permit to do so was denied.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E3DA133EF930A25750C0A9659C8B63 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 13, 2003 |title=City of Augusta Is Sued Over Protest at the Masters |last=Brown |first=Clifton |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224034248/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E3DA133EF930A25750C0A9659C8B63 |url-status=live}}</ref> A court appeal was dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EFDE163BF933A25757C0A9659C8B63 |title=Court Rejects Burk Appeal |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 4, 2003 |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=February 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222022759/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EFDE163BF933A25757C0A9659C8B63 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Burk stated that she had no further plans to protest against the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E2DB1F3CF93AA15751C0A9629C8B63 |title=To Burk, No Point Picketing Masters |date=February 29, 2004 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224171343/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E2DB1F3CF93AA15751C0A9629C8B63 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The club admitted its first two women members, [[Condoleezza Rice]] and [[Darla Moore]], in 2012.

Augusta National chairman [[Billy Payne]] himself made headlines in April 2010 when he commented at the annual pre-Masters press conference on Tiger Woods' [[Tiger Woods#Infidelity scandal and fallout|off-the-course behavior]]. "It's not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here," Payne said, in his opening speech. "It is the fact he disappointed all of us and more importantly our kids and grandkids."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/04/07/2010-04-07_masters_chairman_rips_tiger_for_his_conduct.html |location=New York |newspaper=Daily News |title=Masters chairman Billy Payne rips Tiger Woods for 'disappointing all of us' |first=Filip |last=Bondy |date=April 7, 2010 |access-date=April 11, 2010 |archive-date=April 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410083128/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/04/07/2010-04-07_masters_chairman_rips_tiger_for_his_conduct.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040703169.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Billy Payne disappointed in Tiger Woods's 'egregious' behavior |first=Barry |last=Svrluga |date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=May 12, 2010 |archive-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216182142/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040703169.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-glf-masters-payne-statement,0,3492289.story |title=Billy Payne's remarks regarding Tiger Woods playing at Augusta |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411220319/http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-glf-masters-payne-statement%2C0%2C3492289.story |archive-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref>

In 2003, [[Mike Weir]] became the first Canadian to win a [[Men's major golf championships|men's major championship]] and the first left-hander to win the Masters when he defeated [[Len Mattiace]] in a playoff.<ref name=past-results/> The following year another left-hander, [[Phil Mickelson]], won his first major championship by making a birdie on the final hole to beat [[Ernie Els]] by a stroke.<ref name=past-results/> Mickelson also won the tournament in 2006 and 2010. In 2011, unheralded South African [[Charl Schwartzel]] birdied the final four holes to win by two strokes. In 2012, [[Bubba Watson]] won the tournament on the second playoff hole over [[Louis Oosthuizen]]. In 2013 [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] won the Masters in a playoff over 2009 champion [[Ángel Cabrera]], making him the first Australian to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Matthews |title=As it happened: Scott wins US Masters |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/golf-news/happened-scott-wins-us-masters-5406418 |publisher=TVNZ |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803183909/http://tvnz.co.nz/golf-news/happened-scott-wins-us-masters-5406418 |url-status=live}}</ref> Watson won the 2014 Masters by three strokes over [[Jordan Spieth]] and [[Jonas Blixt]], his second Masters title in three years and the sixth for a left-hander in 12 years. In 2015, Spieth would become the second-youngest winner (behind Woods) in just his second Masters, equaling Woods' 72-hole scoring record.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12676053/jordan-spieth-21-ties-masters-scoring-record-first-major-championship |title=Jordan Spieth, 21, leads Masters wire to wire for 1st major win |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=April 13, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420040705/http://espn.go.com/golf/masters15/story/_/id/12676053/jordan-spieth-21-ties-masters-scoring-record-first-major-championship |url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2017, [[Sergio García]] beat [[Justin Rose]] in a playoff for his long-awaited first major title.  In 2019, Tiger Woods captured his fifth Masters, his first win at Augusta National in 14 years and his first major title since 2008.

The [[2020 Masters Tournament]], originally scheduled to be played April 9–12, was postponed until November due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus outbreak]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/28897249/augusta-national-announces-masters-postponed-played |title=Augusta announces Masters will be postponed |date=March 13, 2020 |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |access-date=March 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113131734/https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/28897249/augusta-national-announces-masters-postponed-played |url-status=live}}</ref> Dustin Johnson won the tournament by five strokes. 

In 2025, a monument in [[Augusta, Georgia]] was erected by artist [[Baruti Tucker]] to honor the black caddies at [[Augusta National Golf Club]] for the Masters Tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=New monument honors Black caddies of the Masters Tournament in Augusta |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/new-monument-honors-black-caddies-masters-tournament-augusta/GLHLSTOBC5GO7E2LWSWWN5XXSY/ |website=WSB-TV |publisher=Cox Media Group |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2025}}</ref>