Charl Schwartzel birdied the final four holes to win his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Adam Scott and Jason Day.
The top-ranked player in the world, Martin Kaymer, failed to make the cut, and Hideki Matsuyama was the only amateur to play on the weekend.
[7] Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field.
Past Masters Champions Ángel Cabrera (2), Fred Couples (11), Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman (11), Zach Johnson (14,15,16,17,18,19), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (11,12,15,16,17,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,11,12,18,19), Ian Woosnam (Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Fuzzy Zoeller.
The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2010 Masters Tournament Ricky Barnes, K. J. Choi (17,18,19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18,19), Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (15,18,19), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18,19), Steve Marino, Ryan Moore (17,18,19), Ian Poulter (18,19), David Toms, Nick Watney (15,16,17,18,19), Lee Westwood (13,16,18,19) 12.
Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2010 U.S. Open Alex Čejka, Ernie Els (15,17,18,19), Grégory Havret, Dustin Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), Matt Kuchar (15,16,17,18,19), Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker 13.
Top 30 leaders on the 2010 PGA Tour official money earnings list Robert Allenby (17,18,19), Ben Crane (17,18,19), Jason Day (16,17,18,19), Luke Donald (16,17,18,19), Rickie Fowler (18,19), Jim Furyk (16,17,18,19), Retief Goosen (17,18,19), Bill Haas (19), Charley Hoffman (16,17), Jeff Overton (17), Ryan Palmer (17), Justin Rose (16,17,18,19), Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Heath Slocum, Steve Stricker (16,17,18,19), Bo Van Pelt (17,18,19), Camilo Villegas (17,18,19) 16.
Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2010 Masters Tournament and the 2011 Masters Tournament Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Jason Bohn, Jonathan Byrd, Martin Laird (17,18,19), Carl Pettersson, D. A.
Top 50 on the final 2010 Official World Golf Rankings list Ross Fisher (19), Hiroyuki Fujita, Peter Hanson (19), Yuta Ikeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Robert Karlsson (19), Kim Kyung-tae (19), Edoardo Molinari (19), Francesco Molinari (19), Sean O'Hair, Álvaro Quirós (19), Charl Schwartzel (19) 19.
Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list on March 27, 2011 Anders Hansen 20. International invitees None Thursday, April 7, 2011 Rory McIlroy and Álvaro Quirós shot 65 to co-lead after the first round.
Notable players who missed the cut were Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, Pádraig Harrington, and Hunter Mahan.
2009 champion Ángel Cabrera stormed into second place with a 67 to play in the final pairing on Sunday for the second time in three years.
[12] Sunday, April 10, 2011 Eight different players had at least a share of the lead at one point during the final round, included five simultaneously on the back nine.