1942 Masters Tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 9–13, 1942 |
| 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 | 42 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $5,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,500 |
| Champion | |
 Byron Nelson | |
| 280 (−8), playoff | |
| Location map | |
  Augusta National Location in the United States  Augusta National Location in Georgia | |
The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse.[1] The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones.[2] Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.
On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 (−2) and 280 (−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a 12-foot (3.7 m) birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.[3][4][5]
It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.
This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.
Field
[edit]- 1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (9,10), Craig Wood (2,9,10)
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Bud Ward (10,11,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Charlie Yates (a)
- 6. PGA champions
Paul Runyan (10)
- 7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
- Not held
- 8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team
- Not held
- 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 Masters Tournament
Sammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson
- Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play
- 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. Open
Herman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt
- Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.
- 11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Steve Kovach (a)
- Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.
- 12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
- Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.
- 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
- 15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA Tour
Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper
Round summaries
[edit]First round
[edit]Thursday, April 9, 1942
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Paul Runyan | 67 | −5 |
| Horton Smith | |||
| T3 | Sammy Byrd | 68 | −4 |
| Byron Nelson | |||
| 5 | Jimmy Demaret | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Billy Burke | 71 | −1 |
| Ed Dudley | |||
 Jim Ferrier | |||
| Lawson Little | |||
| T10 |  Bobby Cruickshank | 72 | E |
| Bobby Jones | |||
| Denny Shute | |||
| Craig Wood |
Source:[6]
Second round
[edit]Friday, April 10, 1942
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Nelson | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Sammy Byrd | 68-68=136 | −8 |
| T3 | Jimmy Demaret | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| Paul Runyan | 67-73=140 | ||
| Horton Smith | 67-73=140 | ||
| T6 | Ben Hogan | 73-70=143 | −1 |
 Jimmy Thomson | 73-70=143 | ||
| T8 | Dutch Harrison | 74-70=144 | E |
| Willie Goggin | 74-70=144 | ||
| T10 | Lawson Little | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| Denny Shute | 72-73=145 |
Source:[7]
Third round
[edit]Saturday, April 11, 1942
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Nelson | 68-67-72=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Ben Hogan | 73-70-67=210 | −6 |
| 3 | Sammy Byrd | 68-68-75=211 | −5 |
| 4 | Paul Runyan | 67-73-72=212 | −4 |
| 5 | Horton Smith | 67-73-74=214 | −2 |
| T6 | Jimmy Demaret | 70-70-75=215 | −1 |
| Dutch Harrison | 74-70-71=215 | ||
| T8 | Lawson Little | 71-74-72=217 | +1 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 73-70-74=217 | ||
| 10 | Chick Harbert | 73-73-72=218 | +2 |
Final round
[edit]Sunday, April 12, 1942
Final leaderboard
[edit]| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Ben Hogan | 73-70-67-70=280 | −8 | Playoff |
| Byron Nelson (c) | 68-67-72-73=280 | |||
| 3 | Paul Runyan | 67-73-72-71=283 | −5 | 600 |
| 4 | Sammy Byrd | 68-68-75-74=285 | −3 | 500 |
| 5 | Horton Smith (c) | 67-73-74-73=287 | −1 | 400 |
| 6 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 70-70-75-75=290 | +2 | 300 |
| T7 | Dutch Harrison | 74-70-71-77=292 | +4 | 200 |
| Lawson Little | 71-74-72-75=292 | |||
| Sam Snead | 78-69-72-73=292 | |||
| T10 | Chick Harbert | 73-73-72-75=293 | +5 | 100 |
| Gene Kunes | 74-74-74-71=293 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| 12 | Jimmy Thomson | 73-70-74-77=294 | +6 | 100 | |
| 13 | Chandler Harper | 75-75-76-69=295 | +7 | ||
| 14 | Willie Goggin | 74-70-78-74=296 | +8 | ||
| T15 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72-79-71-75=297 | +9 | ||
| Jim Ferrier | 71-76-80-70=297 | ||||
| Henry Picard (c) | 75-72-75-75=297 | ||||
| T18 | Harry Cooper | 74-77-76-72=299 | +11 | ||
| Jug McSpaden | 74-72-79-74=299 | ||||
| Felix Serafin | 75-74-77-73=299 | ||||
| 21 | Ralph Guldahl (c) | 74-74-76-76=300 | +12 | ||
| 22 | Toney Penna | 74-79-73-75=301 | +13 | ||
| T23 | Billy Burke | 71-79-80-72=302 | +14 | ||
| Herman Keiser | 74-74-78-76=302 | ||||
| Craig Wood (c) | 72-75-82-73=302 | ||||
| T26 | Jim Foulis | 75-71-79-78=303 | +15 | ||
| Johnny Palmer | 78-75-75-75=303 | ||||
| T28 | Tommy Armour | 74-79-76-75=304 | +16 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 72-75-79-78=304 | ||||
| Gene Sarazen (c) | 80-74-75-75=304 | ||||
| Bud Ward (a) | 76-73-80-75=304 | ||||
| Charlie Yates (a) | 78-76-74-76=304 | ||||
| T33 | Ed Dudley | 71-77-81-76=305 | +17 | ||
| Jimmy Hines | 77-76-79-73=305 | ||||
| 35 | Steve Kovach (a) | 76-79-78-73=306 | +18 | ||
| T36 | Herman Barron | 77-75-80-75=307 | +19 | ||
| Jack Ryan | 77-71-76-83=307 | ||||
| 38 | Joe Zarhardt | 76-76-83-76=311 | +23 | ||
| 39 | Jerry Gianferante | 77-80-82-73=312 | +24 | ||
| 40 | Johnny Morris | 83-75-80-75=313 | +25 | ||
| WD | Denny Shute | 72-73-81=226 | +10 | ||
| Lloyd Mangrum | 74 | +2 | |||
Scorecard
[edit]| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Nelson | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 |
| Hogan | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[3]
Playoff
[edit]Monday, April 13, 1942
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Nelson | 69 | −3 | 1,500 |
| 2 | Ben Hogan | 70 | −2 | 800 |
Scorecard
[edit]| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Nelson | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 |
| Hogan | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | +1 | E | E | −1 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
Source:[12]
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
References
[edit]- ^ Talbot, Gayle (April 14, 1942). "Byron Nelson beats Ben Hogan in playoff to win second Masters' golf title". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 13.
- ^ Rice, Grantland (April 14, 1942). "Nelson's brilliant golf wins Masters'". Miami News. p. 3B.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 13, 1942). "Nelson, Hogan tie; play for Masters today". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
- ^ "Nelson falters under pressure, Hogan ties for Masters' golf lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. April 13, 1942. p. 16.
- ^ Talbot, Gayle (April 13, 1942). "Nelson battles Hogan in playoff for Masters title today". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 11.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1942). "Runyan, Smith shoot 67s for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1942). "Nelson's 135 leads Masters golf; Byrd second". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
- ^ "Nelson holds Masters lead; Ben Hogan threatens". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. April 12, 1942. p. 1C.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 12, 1942). "Nelson retains lead in Masters golf with 207". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Nelson defeats Hogan in playoff by one stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 14, 1942. p. 16.
External links
[edit]- Masters.com – past winners and results
- Augusta.com – 1942 Masters leaderboard and scorecards