1937 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 1–4, 1937 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Field | 46 players[1] |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $5,000 |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
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283 (−5) | |
Location map | |
Location in Georgia | |
The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Opening with a six-under 66,[2] Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds,[3] but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third.[4] On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively.[5][6] The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.[7]
At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.
Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)
- 5. British Amateur champions
- 6. PGA champions
Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team
Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)
- Olin Dutra (2,6) and Walter Hagen (2,4,6,9) did not play.
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team
Charlie Yates (a)
- Albert Campbell (9,11,a), George Dunlap (a), Walter Emery (a), Johnny Fischer (11,a), Harry Givan (a), Johnny Goodman (10,11,a), Francis Ouimet (a), Reynolds Smith (a), George Voigt (11,a) and Ed White (a) did not play.
- 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament
Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous
- Johnny Dawson (a), Johnny Farrell (2,10), Dick Metz (10) and Orville White did not play.
- 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open
Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a), Felix Serafin
- Zell Eaton, Jerry Gianferante, Willie Goggin and Macdonald Smith did not play
- 11. 1936 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
John Riddell (a)
- Ray Billows (a) and Russell Martin (a) did not play.
- 12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour
- 14 Foreign invitations
Francis Francis (a)
- Additional invitation
Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 1, 1937
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
66 | −6 |
2 | ![]() |
69 | −3 |
T3 | ![]() |
70 | −2 |
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T6 | ![]() |
71 | −1 |
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T10 | ![]() |
72 | E |
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Source:[2]
Second round
Friday, April 2, 1937
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
66-72=138 | −6 |
T2 | ![]() |
69-72=141 | −3 |
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70-71=141 | ||
T4 | ![]() |
73-69=142 | −2 |
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70-72=142 | ||
T6 | ![]() |
73-70=143 | −1 |
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71-72=143 | ||
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71-72=143 | ||
T9 | ![]() |
72-72=144 | E |
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71-73=144 |
Source:[3]
Third round
Saturday, April 3, 1937
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
69-72-68=209 | −7 |
2 | ![]() |
70-71-71=212 | −4 |
T3 | ![]() |
73-69-71=213 | −3 |
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66-72-75=213 | ||
5 | ![]() |
71-72-72=215 | −1 |
6 | ![]() |
72-72-72=216 | E |
T7 | ![]() |
71-75-71=217 | +1 |
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77-72-68=217 | ||
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73-70-74=217 | ||
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74-72-71=217 |
Source:[4]
Final round
Sunday, April 4, 1937
Final leaderboard
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | ![]() |
66-72-75-70=283 | −5 | 1,500 |
2 | ![]() |
69-72-68-76=285 | −3 | 800 |
3 | ![]() |
70-71-71-74=286 | −2 | 600 |
4 | ![]() |
73-69-71-74=287 | −1 | 500 |
5 | ![]() |
73-70-74-73=290 | +2 | 400 |
6 | ![]() |
71-73-74-73=291 | +3 | 300 |
7 | ![]() |
74-72-71-75=292 | +4 | 250 |
T8 | ![]() |
73-75-73-72=293 | +5 | 175 |
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72-72-72-77=293 | |||
T10 | ![]() |
71-75-71-77=294 | +6 | 100 |
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77-72-68-77=294 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
12 | ![]() |
70-72-77-76=295 | +7 | 100 | |
T13 | ![]() |
77-75-70-74=296 | +8 | ||
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71-72-78-75=296 | ||||
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71-72-72-81=296 | ||||
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74-75-71-76=296 | ||||
17 | ![]() |
79-69-71-78=297 | +9 | ||
18 | ![]() |
76-72-71-79=298 | +10 | ||
T19 | ![]() |
70-79-74-76=299 | +11 | ||
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73-76-73-77=299 | ||||
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74-77-72-76=299 | ||||
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75-76-71-77=299 | ||||
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75-72-77-75=299 | ||||
T24 | ![]() |
71-80-72-77=300 | +12 | ||
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74-80-73-73=300 | ||||
T26 | ![]() |
79-77-74-71=301 | +13 | ||
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76-73-74-78=301 | ||||
28 | ![]() |
77-74-75-76=302 | +14 | ||
T29 | ![]() |
77-71-75-80=303 | +15 | ||
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72-76-79-76=303 | ||||
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79-74-73-77=303 | ||||
32 | ![]() |
77-79-72-76=304 | +16 | ||
T33 | ![]() |
73-76-77-79=305 | +17 | ||
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75-77-75-78=305 | ||||
35 | ![]() |
76-72-77-82=307 | +19 | ||
T36 | ![]() |
78-79-74-77=308 | +20 | ||
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75-77-77-79=308 | ||||
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76-75-80-77=308 | ||||
39 | ![]() |
73-79-76-82=310 | +22 | ||
40 | ![]() |
75-80-85-79=319 | +31 | ||
41 | ![]() |
79-81-82-79=321 | +33 | ||
WD | ![]() |
78-70-78=226 | +10 | ||
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84-81-78=243 | +27 | |||
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78-75=153 | +9 | |||
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77-77=154 | +10 | |||
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76 | +4 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]
References
- ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ a b "Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 2, 1937. p. 15.
- ^ a b Rice, Grantland (April 3, 1937). "Nelson leads in golf play". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. North American Newspaper Alliance. p. 14.
- ^ a b "Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play". Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 4, 1937. p. 22.
- ^ a b "Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 15.
- ^ "Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 3, part 2.
- ^ "Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 3, 1958. p. 8.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Masters.com – past winners and results
- Augusta.com – 1937 Masters leaderboard and scorecards