[3] Dustin Johnson won the tournament with a record score of 268, 20-under-par, five strokes ahead of Im Sung-jae and Cameron Smith.

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

[citation needed] Fred Couples, Zach Johnson (3), Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Patrick Reed (16,17,18,19), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth (2,3,15,18), Bubba Watson (12,18), Mike Weir, Danny Willett (18,19), Tiger Woods (12,16,18,19) Dustin Johnson (12,15,17,18,19), Brooks Koepka (4,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19), Gary Woodland (13,16,17,18,19) Shane Lowry (14,18,19), Francesco Molinari (12,18,19), Henrik Stenson (18,19) Jason Day (12,18), Justin Thomas (12,16,17,18,19), Jimmy Walker Kim Si-woo, Rory McIlroy (16,17,18,19), Webb Simpson (12,16,17,18,19) John Augenstein (a), Andy Ogletree (a) James Sugrue (a) Lin Yuxin (a) Abel Gallegos (a) Lukas Michel (a) Patrick Cantlay (15,16,17,18,19), Tony Finau (14,17,18,19), Rickie Fowler (17,18,19), Justin Harding, Matt Kuchar (17,18,19), Ian Poulter (18), Jon Rahm (13,17,18,19), Xander Schauffele (13,17,18,19) Chez Reavie (16,17,18,19), Justin Rose (17,18,19) Tommy Fleetwood (17,18,19), Lee Westwood (19) Matt Wallace (18,19) Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Dylan Frittelli, Lanto Griffin, Tyrrell Hatton (18,19), Max Homa, Im Sung-jae (17,18,19), Kang Sung-hoon, Andrew Landry, Nate Lashley, Marc Leishman (17,18,19), Sebastián Muñoz, Kevin Na (18,19), Pan Cheng-tsung, J. T. Poston, Cameron Smith (19), Nick Taylor, Brendon Todd, Matthew Wolff Abraham Ancer (18,19), Paul Casey (18,19), Corey Conners, Bryson DeChambeau (18,19), Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Kevin Kisner (18,19), Jason Kokrak, Hideki Matsuyama (18,19), Louis Oosthuizen (18,19), Brandt Snedeker (18,19) An Byeong-hun (19), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (19), Matt Fitzpatrick (19), Adam Hadwin, Billy Horschel (19), Shugo Imahira (19), Jazz Janewattananond (19), Victor Perez (19), Andrew Putnam, Erik van Rooyen (19), Bernd Wiesberger (19) Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Graeme McDowell, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler Thursday, November 12, 2020 Friday, November 13, 2020 Paul Casey had the lead at −7 after the first day, with a round featuring five birdies and an eagle.

They were joined at the top of the leaderboard by Abraham Ancer, making his Masters debut, and Cameron Smith, who eagled the 15th before finishing with three straight birdies.

Johnson, part of a five-way tie for the lead going into the round, jumped to the top of the leaderboard with an eagle on the par-five second hole after hitting his approach shot to three feet.

On the back nine, Johnson two-putted for birdie on both par-fives, the 13th and 15th, and saved par from left of the 18th green to finish his round.

[17][18] South Korea's Im Sung-jae, making his Masters debut, birdied the 18th after getting a fortunate bounce off the mound to the left of the green to 14 feet.

[21] Sunday, November 15, 2020 Dustin Johnson began the round with a four-shot lead before making consecutive bogeys at the fourth and fifth holes.

Cameron Smith reduced the lead to one after making birdie at the ninth, hitting his approach shot from the pine straw to four feet.

After again laying up on the 15th, Johnson chipped to seven feet for his third shot and made the birdie putt to become the first player in Masters history to reach 20-under.

[26][27] Woods, the defending champion, made a 10 on the par-three 12th after hitting three balls into the water, the highest score on a hole in his career.

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[6] This was the 65th consecutive Masters to air on CBS Sports, which began coverage in 1956.

[33] To cross-promote the tournament, ESPN broadcast College GameDay on-location from Augusta National's par 3 course on November 14.

[35] Extended highlights were however shown free to air by BBC Sport with what turned out to be the last major tournament covered by veteran commentator Peter Alliss who died less than a month later in December 2020.