What are the Masters playoff rules? If the 2026 Masters goes beyond 72 holes, here's a look at the playoff format and history at Augusta National.

Perhaps not as well known is the playoff format, which is also different from the other three Majors. So, what happens if there is a tie after 72 holes? That's similar to many PGA Tour events and means that,

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club,

Should the 90th Masters remain tied after 72 holes, the tension will be ratcheted even higher.

The final round of the tournament averaged nearly 14 million viewers, making it the most-watched Masters Sunday in 11 years, when Jordan Spieth won the tournament in 2015, according to CBS Sports. That’s an eight percent increase from a year ago when Rory McIlroy secured his first green jacket.

With the 2026 Masters now complete, a large group of golfers already has qualified for the 2027 Masters, too. Here's that list.

Where the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship all use aggregate, multi-hole playoffs to settle ties, Augusta National goes sudden-death: the first player to win a hole outright is the champion. In a playoff with more than two competitors, any player who doesn’t match the low score on a hole is eliminated.

Rory McIlroy is a Masters champion for the second consecutive year. Here are the best moments from Sunday at August National.