1966 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1966 Masters Tournament 1966_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1966 Masters Guide April 7–11, 1966 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ItlaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5536%2C991873 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters Data April 7, 1966 103 players, 64 after cut 153 (+9) $20,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 288 (E), playoff 1965 1967 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L6ZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6716%2C2652293 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Another title for Nicklaus April 12, 1966 3Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gW0UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7355%2C326064 Toledo Blade Ohio MacDonald Jim A vision of Mastery April 12, 1966 22 He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).https://www.si.com/vault/1966/04/18/614488/three-was-a-crowd Sports Illustrated Three was a crowd Wright Alfred April 18, 1966 36 Nicklaus' score the previous year in 1965 was significantly lower at 271 (−17), a record which stood for 32 years. On Sunday, Brewer shot a 33 (−3) on the front nine and then had eight pars as he came to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead. After hitting his approach shot onto the green, he three-putted from 75 ft 0, missing a 5 ft 1 on putt for par to win.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ueMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=InQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6982,236677 St. Petersburg Times Florida Associated Press Masters fit to be tied: 3 at 288 April 11, 1966 1C This was the last Masters that two-time champion Byron Nelson played in; he shot 76 and 78 and missed the cut by one stroke. The 36-hole cut at 153 (+9) was the highest to date, exceeded only in 1982. A close friend of Nicklaus was among four that died in a private plane crash in Tennessee on Wednesday,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KqZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4594%2C1643968 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Elizabethton, Tenn.: Fiery crash April 7, 1966 11B while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=giYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7006%2C5625654 Toledo Blade Ohio MacDonald Jim Death of Nicklaus friend saddens Masters leader April 8, 1966 16 Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ReBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q4QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=696%2C2443129 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Speer Ron Nicklaus strokes 4-under-par 68 for opening round lead in Masters April 8, 1966 12 but fell back with a 76 on Friday. It was the fifth of 18 major titles for Nicklaus, and his only successful defense of a major. Three months later, he completed the first of his three career grand slams at Muirfield in the Open Championship. Later back-to-back winners at Augusta were Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990, both playoffs), Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002) and Rory Mcilroy (2025 and 2026). Terry Dill won the seventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22. Brewer rebounded and won the tournament the next year, while Nicklaus' attempt at three consecutive titles ended early with a rare missed cut. Jacobs never won a major; he was also a runner-up in the U.S. Open in 1964 at Congressional. CBS commentator Jack Whitaker referred to the gallery at the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff as a "mob" and was banned from the next five Masters (1967–1971).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VTUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5864%2C2639860 Boca Raton News Florida Associated Press Rothenberg Fred Jack Whitaker's welcome now April 12, 1979 2B Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1White Pine4004 10Camellia47042Woodbine555511Dogwood44543Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell15534Palm220313Azalea47555Magnolia450414Chinese Fir42046Juniper190315Firethorn52057Pampas365416Redbud19038Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204Out3,48536In3,49536Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DuVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5947%2C904813 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Map of Masters: Augusta National Golf Club April 5, 1966 1Dhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KqZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4248%2C1590825 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Hole-by-hole analysis of Masters April 7, 1966 1% Total6,98072 ^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed. Field 1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4,10), Doug Ford, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr. Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, and Craig Wood did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (9,11), Billy Casper (10,11), Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (11) 3. The Open champions (last 10 years) Tony Lema (8,9,11) 4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (10,11), Bobby Nichols, Bob Rosburg 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,9,a), William C. Campbell (6,7,a), Charles Coe (a), Richard Davies (a), Bob Murphy (7,a), Harvie Ward (a) Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 6. Members of the 1965 U.S. Walker Cup team Don Allen (7,a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Downing Gray (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ed Tutwiler (a), Ed Updegraff (a) 7. The first eight finishers and ties in the 1965 U.S. Amateur Tommy Barnes Jr. (a), Ron Cerrudo (a), Bob Dickson (a), Jimmy Grant (a), Bert Greene (a), Rod Horn (a), Cesar Sanudo (a), James Vickers (a)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MTBAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2284%2C1073636 Youngstown Vindicator Bob Murphy Golf Titlist September 19, 1965 D6 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1965 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (10), George Bayer, Frank Beard (9), Terry Dill, Wes Ellis, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Mason Rudolph (9), Doug Sanders (9), Dan Sikes 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1965 U.S. Open Gay Brewer, Raymond Floyd, Billy Maxwell, Steve Oppermann, Dudley Wysong 10. Top eight players and ties from 1965 PGA Championship Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Rod Funseth, Bob McCallister, Bo Wininger 11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team Don January, Johnny Pott 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1965 PGA Tour Charles Coody, Randy Glover 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Mike Souchak 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Bob Goalby 15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bunky Henry (a) 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1966 PGA Tour Phil Rodgers, R. H. Sikes 17. Foreign invitations Peter Alliss, Michael Bonallack (5,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po, Neil Coles, Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin (8,9,10), Rodney Foster (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Jimmy Hitchcock, Bernard Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson (8), Cobie Legrange, Kel Nagle (3,8,9), Lionel Platts, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota (8), Dave Thomas, George Will Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 7, 1966 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 68 −4T2 USA Billy Casper 71 −1 USA Charles Coe (a) USA Don January USA Mike Souchak T6 ENG Peter Butler 72 E USA Raymond Floyd USA Randy Glover USA Jay HebertT10 USA Dow Finsterwald 73 +1 USA Lionel Hebert USA Rod Horn (a) CAN George Knudson USA Bob Rosburg USA R. H. Sikes Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ItlaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3600%2C1135383 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters golf scoreboard April 8, 1966 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K6ZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6703%2C1787218 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Grim Nicklaus holds lead April 8, 1966 3B Second round Friday, April 8, 1966 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ENG Peter Butler 72-71=143 −1 USA Paul Harney 75-68=143 T3 USA Don January 71-73=144 E USA Jack Nicklaus 68-76=144 USA Arnold Palmer 74-70=144 USA Bob Rosburg 73-71=144 USA Doug Sanders 74-70=144 T8 USA Raymond Floyd 72-73=145 +1 USA Ben Hogan 74-71=145 USA Mike Souchak 71-74=145 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I9laAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1912%2C1229251 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters scorecard April 9, 1966 8https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LKZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2244%2C1913459 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Harney, Butler lead Masters April 9, 1966 1B Third round Saturday, April 9, 1966 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Tommy Jacobs 75-71-70=216 E USA Jack Nicklaus 68-76-72=2163 USA Don January 71-73-73=217 +1 T4 USA Gay Brewer 74-72-72=218 +2 USA Ben Hogan 74-71-73=218 USA Arnold Palmer 74-70-74=218 T7 USA Raymond Floyd 72-73-74=219 +3 USA Paul Harney 75-68-76=219 USA Jay Hebert 72-74-73=219 USA Doug Sanders 74-70-75=219 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LaZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4448%2C2026806 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Hogan beats Palmer in Masters battle April 10, 1966 1B Final round Sunday, April 10, 1966 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 USA Gay Brewer 74-72-72-70=288 E Playoff USA Tommy Jacobs 75-71-70-72=288 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-76-72-72=288T4 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 74-70-74-72=290 +2 5,700 USA Doug Sanders 74-70-75-71=290T6 USA Don January 71-73-73-75=292 +4 3,900 CAN George Knudson 73-76-72-71=292T8 USA Raymond Floyd 72-73-74-74=293 +5 2,500 USA Paul Harney 75-68-76-74=293T10 USA Billy Casper 71-75-76-72=294 +6 1,770 USA Jay Hebert 72-74-73-75=294 USA Bob Rosburg 73-71-76-74=294 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA Tommy Aaron 74-73-77-71=295 +7 1,570 ENG Peter Butler 72-71-79-73=295 USA Ben Hogan (c) 74-71-73-77=29516 USA Ken Venturi 75-74-73-74=296 +8 1,500T17 USA Tommy Bolt 75-72-78-72=297 +9 1,335 AUS Bruce Crampton 74-75-71-77=297 USA Terry Dill 75-72-74-76=297 USA Doug Ford (c) 75-73-73-76=297 USA Phil Rodgers 76-73-75-73=297T22 USA Frank Beard 77-71-77-73=298 +10 1,300 TPE Chen Ching-Po 75-77-76-70=298 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 74-76-74-74=298 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 77-74-70-77=298 USA Tony Lema 74-74-74-76=298 USA Bobby Nichols 77-73-74-74=298T28 USA Julius Boros 77-73-73-76=299 +11 1,175 AUS Bruce Devlin 75-77-72-75=299 USA Gardner Dickinson 76-75-76-72=299USA Jimmy Grant (a) 74-74-78-73=299 0 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 74-77-76-72=299 1,175T33 USA Rod Funseth 80-70-76-74=300 +12 1,175 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 79-73-77-71=300 USA Mike Souchak 71-74-77-78=300T36 USA William C. Campbell (a) 76-77-76-72=301 +13 0 USA Wes Ellis 76-75-73-77=301 1,175 USA Dan Sikes 76-74-75-76=301T39 USA Billy Maxwell 75-77-77-73=302 +14 1,150 USA R. H. Sikes 73-78-74-77=302 USA Dudley Wysong 77-75-73-77=302T42 USA George Bayer 76-77-76-74=303 +15 1,150 USA Sam Snead (c) 77-72-76-78=303T44 USA Don Allen (a) 74-72-75-83=304 +16 0 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 75-73-79-77=304 1,150 USA Jacky Cupit 78-74-77-75=304 USA Al Geiberger 76-71-79-78=304 USA Gene Littler 76-76-72-80=304 USA Ed Updegraff (a) 76-75-77-76=304 0T50 USA Charles Coe (a) 71-77-85-72=305 +17 USA Bob Dickson (a) 77-74-75-79=305 USA Steve Oppermann 74-74-73-84=305 1,12553 USA Randy Glover 72-74-81-79=306 +18 1,125T54 USA Ron Cerrudo (a) 76-77-72-82=307 +19 0 USA Downing Gray (a) 75-77-76-79=307 USA Ed Tutwiler (a) 79-74-73-81=307T57 USA Dow Finsterwald 73-76-77-82=308 +20 1,125 USA Dale Morey (a) 75-78-76-79=308 0T59 USA Bob Goalby 76-77-82-77=312 +24 1,125 USA Bob Murphy (a) 76-77-81-78=312 0T61 ENG Jimmy Hitchcock 76-77-78-83=314 +26 1,125 PHL Luis Silverio (a) 77-76-77-84=314 0CUT USA John Mark Hopkins (a) 74-80=154 +10 USA Dave Marr 78-76=154 USA Byron Nelson (c) 76-78=154 USA James Vickers (a) 82-72=154 USA Bo Wininger 77-77=154 ENG Michael Bonallack (a) 79-76=155 +11 USA Charles Coody 78-77=155 ENG Bernard Hunt 78-77=155 USA Bob McCallister 79-76=155 AUS Kel Nagle 78-77=155 WAL Dave Thomas 78-77=155 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 75-80=155 NZL Bob Charles 78-78=156 +12 USA Dave Eichelberger (a) 78-78=156 FRA Jean Garaïalde 77-79=156 USA Bunky Henry (a) 77-79=156 USA Rod Horn (a) 73-83=156 USA Herman Keiser (c) 78-78=156 USA Billy Joe Patton (a) 78-78=156 USA Johnny Pott 78-78=156 USA Deane Beman (a) 78-79=157 +13 USA Bert Greene (a) 80-77=157 USA Mason Rudolph 81-76=157 USA Jerry Barber 78-80=158 +14 USA Tommy Barnes Jr. (a) 76-82=158 USA Dick Mayer 82-76=158 SCO George Will 80-78=158 ZAF 1928 Cobie Legrange 78-81=159 +15 ENG Lionel Platts 80-79=159 USA Cesar Sanudo (a) 81-78=159 ENG Peter Alliss 76-84=160 +16 ENG Rodney Foster (a) 82-79=161 +17 USA Henry Picard (c) 78-83=161 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 82-80=162 +18 JPN 1947 Tomoo Ishii 82-81=163 +19 USA Richard Davies (a) 83-82=165 +21 USA Harvie Ward (a) 81-84=165WD ENG Neil Coles 77-72-76=225 +9 USA Lionel Hebert 73-79-81=233 +17 USA Cary Middlecoff (c) 83 +11 USA Claude Harmon (c) 87 +15 Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gW0UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4021%2C110743 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press 3 for the money April 11, 1966 21https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LqZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6732%2C2503713 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Green coat playoff battle under way April 11, 1966 2B Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344USA Nicklaus +1EE+1+1+1+2+1+1+2+2+2+2+1EEEEUSA Jacobs EEEEEEE+1+1+2+2+2+1+1EEEEUSA Brewer +2+1+1+1+1EEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EUSA Palmer +2+2+2+2+2+2+1EEEE+1E+1+1+1+1+2USA Sanders +2+2+2+2+3+3+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+2+2USA January +2+1E+1+2+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+4+3+3+4+4CAN Knudson +5+5+4+5+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+5+4+4+3+4+4+4USA Hogan +3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+4+5+5+6+5+5+7+7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Playoff Monday, April 11, 1966 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Jack Nicklaus 70 −2 20,0002 USA Tommy Jacobs 72 E 12,3003 USA Gay Brewer 78 +6 8,300 Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344USA NicklausE−1−1EE−1−1−2−1−1−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2USA Jacobs−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1EE+1+1+1EEEEUSA BrewerE+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+5+5+5+4+3+5+6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: References External links Masters.com – Past winners Augusta.com – 1966 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1966 1966 Category:1966 in golf Category:1966 in American sports Category:1966 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1966 sports events in the United States