Sergio García defeated Justin Rose in a sudden-death playoff, after they both completed the 72 holes in nine-under-par.

Previously, García had 22 top-ten finishes in majors (including three at the Masters, the best a tie for fourth in 2004).

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 27 20. International invitees All five amateurs were appearing in their first Masters, as were fourteen professionals: Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Hadwin, Tyrrell Hatton, Mackenzie Hughes, Billy Hurley III, Kim Si-woo, William McGirt, Alex Norén, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm, Brian Stuard, Daniel Summerhays, Hudson Swafford, and Wang Jeung-hun.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Heavy rain forced the cancellation of the Par-3 contest for the first time in its history.

[6][7] Friday, April 7, 2017 Charley Hoffman fell back to the pack with 75 and into a four-way tie for the lead at 140 (−4).

Fifteen players were within five shots of the lead, including past champions Fred Couples, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, and Jordan Spieth.

[9] Amateur Stewart Hagestad became the first U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make the cut at the Masters since the winner of that tournament was granted entry in 1989.

[10] Amateurs: Hagestad (+3), Luck (+6), Dalke (+9), Gregory (+13), Gana (+17) Saturday, April 8, 2017 Justin Rose birdied five of his final seven holes for 67 (−5), the lowest of the round, and tied Sergio García for the lead.

At the 13th, García was forced to take a drop when his tee shot found the trees, but was able to get up and down to save par while Rose missed his birdie attempt.

At the 17th, however, Rose found the greenside bunker and suffered a bogey while Garcia two-putted for par, once again tying for the lead heading to the last hole.

[14] Thomas Pieters also shot 68 after making four straight birdies on holes 12–15 and tied for fourth place.

Matt Kuchar birdied three consecutive holes on his final nine, then made a hole-in-one at 16 to equal the lowest score of the round with 67 and tied Pieters.