Augusta National is the type of course where we've seen players experience some of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. The train wrecks are almost as memorable as the moments of glory. We asked Masters participants of past and present to name their worst shot at Augusta National, and almost to a man they had no trouble remembering the time it all went horribly wrong. [Adam Scott was a lone exception who had some selective amnesia for this question.] From hero to zero at Augusta? It happens, but at least most of the players were able to laugh about it now.
Akshay Bhatia
I hit a snap-hook on 17 into 15 fairway that was pretty ugly.
Billy Horschel
I chunked it in the water at No. 12 a couple of years ago.
Brian Harman
I spun a wedge back into the water on 13 last year on my first hole after the re-start. That was a pretty bad shot.
Collin Morikawa
No. 9. Last year. The combination of the approach and bunker shot was bad plus bad.
Corey Conners
12th hole, after hitting my tee shot in the creek I dropped and wedged it in the creek again. I was playing with Jordan Spieth that day and he said to me, “Very familiar with that.”
Gary Player
It was the year I finished second to Jack (1964). I had the most perfect lie on 15 and knocked it in the water. It didn’t even resemble a good shot.
Gary Woodland
I hit it out of bounds on 5, which is pretty bad. I hit it in the bunker at No. 7 for eight straight rounds. That second shot is the most annoying shot for me.
Harris English
I came up short on 15 a couple times, posing on it and looked like an idiot with a 4-iron.
Hideki Matsuyama
I thought it was the best shot, but it resulted in the worst shot was the second shot on 15 when I won the Masters. It just went into the water.
Jason Day
I’ve hit a lot of bad shots at 11 that didn’t sniff the green. But in 2013, I backed up my best shot I ever hit there with my worst. I pulled it long left. I wasn’t dead but I didn’t give myself enough time to get myself back into neutral.
Justin Thomas
I have a crazy one that’s on YouTube where I had a 4-footer on 7 and it was blowing at least 30 straight in to straight down on the right and I missed the putt by inches and it went all the way down to the front of the green about 40 feet away.
Keegan Bradley
I’ve hit a lot of really bad shots on 1. I remember hitting a shot from the middle of the fairway and hitting it over by the ninth tee and I made triple, first hole of the tournament.
Kevin Kisner
Shanked a bunker shot at 7 in 2019 when I was in the top 8 or so. I was in the front bunker, easiest up-and-down in the world and I cold-shanked it over toward 17.
Ludvig Aberg
I dumped it in the water at 11 in the last round last year.
Matt Kuchar
I put one down in the Delta checkout counter (hooked tee shot at No. 2). That's one stands out.
Rickie Fowler
It'd probably be the second shot into 10. I can't remember what year it was, ...
