Danny Willett won his first major championship, three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending champion Jordan Spieth.

Officially, the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field.

Top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking list on March 28, 2016 19. International invitees Appearing in their first Masters were Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Fabián Gómez, Emiliano Grillo, Jim Herman, Smylie Kaufman, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, David Lingmerth, Troy Merritt, Cameron Smith, Andy Sullivan, Justin Thomas, and all six amateurs.

In addition, An Byeong-hun, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Danny Lee appeared in their first Masters as professionals.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Jimmy Walker won the par 3 contest with a score of 19 (−8), a new tournament record.

[9][10] Thursday, April 7, 2016 Defending champion Jordan Spieth shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a two-shot lead over Danny Lee and Shane Lowry.

World number one Jason Day was 5-under-par through the front nine but shot 5-over-par on the back nine, including a triple-bogey on the 16th hole, to end at even-par.

Ernie Els scored a record-worst nine on the first hole after taking six putts from within three feet and ended his round at 8-over-par.

This was Spieth's sixth consecutive round with the lead at the Masters, tying the record set by Arnold Palmer in 1960–61.

Amateur Bryson DeChambeau got to within a shot of the lead but suffered a triple bogey at the last to finish at even-par.

Amateurs: DeChambeau (E), Langasque (+3), Bard (+9), Schmitz (+12), Cheng (+13), Chaplet (+21) Saturday, April 9, 2016 Jordan Spieth held the lead at the Masters for the seventh consecutive round, a new tournament record, and the third straight year after 54 holes.

Rory McIlroy entered the round a shot out of the lead but failed to make a birdie and carded 77 (+5).

[23] For the first time in Masters history, three players (Shane Lowry, Davis Love III, and Louis Oosthuizen) made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th.