The old mantra is that the Masters Tournament winning score is whatever the course demands that week, with the Augusta National Golf Club not looking for any particular winning score in their tradition unlike any other.
However, the Masters Tournament winning score has been at a common figure. The most common Masters Tournament winning score has been 8 under par, which has happened 13 times since the tournament began in 1934. The next most common score is 9-under 279, which has happened 11 times.
A winning score equal to or lower than 10 under par has been recorded 32 times. The record 72-hole Masters Tournament total when played in April is 18-under 270, first shot by Tiger Woods in 1997 and matched by Jordan Spieth in 2015. The overall tournament record is 20-under 268, shot by Dustin Johnson in the unprecedented November 2020 Masters.
Of course, being the only men's major contested on the same course each year, the Masters home course, Augusta National Golf Club has always been a par-72 course.
Masters Tournament winning scores against par
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| YEAR | WINNER | TOTAL | TO PAR |
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| 2020 | Dustin Johnson (November) | 268 | -20 |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | 270 | -18 |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth | 270 | -18 |
| 1965 | Jack Nicklaus | 271 | -17 |
| 1976 | Raymond Floyd | 271 | -17 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | 272 | -16 |
| 2010 | Phil Mickelson | 272 | -16 |
| 2018 | Patrick Reed | 273 | -15 |
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| 1953 | Ben Hogan | 274 | -14 |
| 1995 | Ben Crenshaw | 274 | -14 |
| 2011 | Charl Schwartzel | 274 | -14 |
| 1980 | Seve Ballesteros | 275 | -13 |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | 275 | -13 |
| 2019 | Tiger Woods | 275 | -13 |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | 276 | -12 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | 276 | -12 |
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| 1977 | Tom Watson | 276 | -12 |
| 1996 | Nick Faldo | 276 | -12 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | 276 | -12 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 276 | -12 |
| 2009 | Ángel Cabrera | 276 | -12 |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | 276 | -12 |
| 1968 | Bob Goalby | 277 | -11 |
| 1978 | Gary Player | 277 | -11 |
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| 1984 | Ben Crenshaw | 277 | -11 |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | 277 | -11 |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | 277 | -11 |
| 2022 | Scottie Scheffler | 278 | -10 |
| 2021 | Hideki Matsuyama | 278 | -10 |
| 1974 | Gary Player | 278 | -10 |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | 278 | -10 |
| 2000 | Vijay Singh | 278 | -10 |
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| 2012 | Bubba Watson | 278 | -10 |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | 279 | -9 |
| 1948 | Claude Harmon | 279 | -9 |
| 1955 | Cary Middlecoff | 279 | -9 |
| 1970 | Billy Casper | 279 | -9 |
| 1971 | Charles Coody | 279 | -9 |
| 1986 | Jack Nicklaus | 279 | -9 |
| 1994 | José María Olazábal | 279 | -9 |
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| 1998 | Mark O'Meara | 279 | -9 |
| 2004 | Phil Mickelson | 279 | -9 |
| 2013 | Adam Scott | 279 | -9 |
| 2017 | Sergio García | 279 | -9 |
| 1940 | Jimmy Demaret | 280 | -8 |
| 1941 | Craig Wood | 280 | -8 |
| 1942 | Byron Nelson | 280 | -8 |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | 280 | -8 |
| 1961 | Gary Player | 280 | -8 |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | 280 | -8 |
| 1967 | Gay Brewer | 280 | -8 |
| 1979 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 280 | -8 |
| 1981 | Tom Watson | 280 | -8 |
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | 280 | -8 |
| 1999 | José María Olazábal | 280 | -8 |
| 2008 | Trevor Immelman | 280 | -8 |
| 2014 | Bubba Watson | 280 | -8 |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | 281 | -7 |
| 1969 | George Archer | 281 | -7 |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | 281 | -7 |
| 2003 | Mike Weir | 281 | -7 |
| 2006 | Phil Mickelson | 281 | -7 |
| 1935 | Gene Sarazen | 282 | -6 |
| 1946 | Herman Keiser | 282 | -6 |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | 282 | -6 |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | 282 | -6 |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | 282 | -6 |
| 1937 | Byron Nelson | 283 | -5 |
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | 283 | -5 |
| 1957 | Doug Ford | 283 | -5 |
| 1973 | Tommy Aaron | 283 | -5 |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | 283 | -5 |
| 2016 | Danny Willett | 283 | -5 |
| 1934 | Horton Smith | 284 | -4 |
| 1958 | Arnold Palmer | 284 | -4 |
| 1959 | Art Wall, Jr. | 284 | -4 |
| 1982 | Craig Stadler | 284 | -4 |
| 1936 | Horton Smith | 285 | -3 |
| 1938 | Henry Picard | 285 | -3 |
| 1987 | Larry Mize | 285 | -3 |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | 286 | -2 |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | 286 | -2 |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | 286 | -2 |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | 288 | E |
| 1954 | Sam Snead | 289 | 1 |
| 1956 | Jack Burke, Jr. | 289 | 1 |
| 2007 | Zach Johnson | 289 | 1 |
