Spotlight: The Last 5 Winners of the Masters Tournament

The Masters Tournament, held every year at Augusta National Golf Club, is one of the oldest and most important tournaments in golf. Held in April, it's also the first of the four major tournaments on the PGA Tour, along with the PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship.

Here's a look at the last five winners of the green jacket, given annually to the winner of the Masters.

Scottie Scheffler (2024)

Scottie Scheffler established himself as one of the best players in the world with his second Masters win in three years in 2024. The 27-year-old American shot an 11-under 277, finishing four strokes ahead of runner-up Ludvig Åberg. It was his third tournament win of the season and ninth of his career.

A tall, but unassuming star, Scheffler trailed Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke after the first round, was tied for the lead after the second round, and held a one-stroke lead over Collin Morikawa following the third round. He was just one stroke up on Åberg at the ninth hole in the fourth round when he nearly holed his approach shot for eagle and settled for a tap-in birdie. He made five birdies in the final nine holes as he cruised to victory.

"The guy is special. He's a different kind of special," said his caddie, Ted Scott, after the tournament. "I think we're all seeing it, and we're all questioning, 'Where did this come from?' When he called me, I had no idea he was that good."

Jon Rahm (2023)

The 2023 Masters Tournament wasn't particularly close in the end either, with Spaniard Jon Rahm also securing a four-stroke victory at Augusta National. LIV Golf players Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka tied for second place. Rahm shot a 12-under 276 and, with the win, surpassed Scheffler as the No. 1 ranked player in the Official World Golf Rankings.

The most impressive part of Rahm's victory in 2023 was the fact he overcame a four-putt double bogey in the first hole of the first round. He inched his way up the leaderboard throughout the weekend and trailed Koepka by two strokes heading into the final round. Koepka shot a three-over 75, while Rahm shot three-under 69. He won on the birthday of the late Seve Ballesteros, a fellow Spaniard who won the Masters in 1980 and 1983, and became the first golfer from Europe to win both the Masters and U.S. Open.

Scottie Scheffler (2022)

Scheffler won his first major at the Masters in 2022, scoring a three-stroke victory over Rory McIlroy with a 10-under 278. McIlroy shot a record-tying 64 in the final round, but even with that was unable to match Scheffler, who had a tournament-tying five-stroke lead after the second round.

Scheffler had yet to win on the PGA Tour heading into the 2022 season, but won three tournaments, including the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, in the span of two months before the Masters. Despite the margin of victory, he did face some challenging moments in the fourth round. Scheffler had just a one-stroke lead over Cam Smith after two holes in the final round, but made an unlikely chip-in birdie from off the green and never looked back.

Hideki Matsuyama (2021)

Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama won the 85th Masters in 2021, becoming only the second player from Asia to win a major and the first to win the Masters. The 29-year-old shot a 10-under 278, securing a one-stroke victory over American Will Zalatoris. Whereas Rahm and Scheffler didn't face many obstacles in their paths to success in 2022, 2023, and 2024, Matsuyama had a few anxious moments in 2021.

Matsuyama, who won the first Asia-Pacific Amateur as the low amateur at the 2011 Masters, started the final round with a four-stroke lead and led by five after nine holes. He led by just two strokes with three holes left after hitting into the water on the par-5 15th, but managed to hold off the challenge from Zalatoris, who was playing in his first Masters.

Dustin Johnson (2020)

American Dustin Johnson won his second major and first green jacket in 2020 with a record-setting performance. Johnson shot a 20-under 268, earning a five-stroke victory over Smith and Sungjae Im. Only three other champions—Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and Mickelson—had scored better than 15-under since 2000. Johnson's victory was unique in that the tournament was held in November as opposed to April and played without spectators due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Johnson was tied for the tournament lead after the first and second rounds, but shot a bogey-free seven-under 65 in the third round, jumping four strokes ahead of Im, Smith, and Abraham Ancer. He was the first golfer in Masters history to record multiple rounds of 65 or better. He only had four bogeys in the tournament, which was the fewest by a Masters champion.