1969 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1969 Masters Tournament 1969_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1969 Masters Guide April 10–13, 1969 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HsdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7117%2C1553811 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Augusta National Golf club: map April 10, 1969 27 83 players, 48 after cut 148 (+4) $20,000 USA George Archer 281 (−7) 1968 1970 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 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf.https://www.si.com/vault/1969/04/21/610380/sorry-billy Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Sorry, Billy April 21, 1969 26https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AHZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5RAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7294%2C2902028 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Archer wins Masters by 1; trio shares 2nd April 14, 1969 1, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5cghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W6AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4228%2C8100416 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Green Bob Associated Press Masters success won't spoil George Archer April 14, 1969 20https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y00aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MygEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710%2C2752175 Milwaukee Journal Stretch drive wins Masters for Archer April 14, 1969 12-part 2 Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back. Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971. This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus. It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981. Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23. Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1White Pine4004 10Camellia47042Woodbine555511Dogwood44543Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell15534Palm220313Azalea47555Magnolia450414Chinese Fir42046Juniper190315Firethorn52057Pampas365416Redbud19038Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204Out3,48536In3,49536Source:Total6,98072 ^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed. Field 1. Masters champions Gay Brewer (9,11), Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8,10), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,9), Arnold Palmer (10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (9), Art Wall Jr. (8) Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Lee Trevino (9), Ken Venturi 3. The Open champions (last five years) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros (8,9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,10,11), Don January (8), Dave Marr (8), Bobby Nichols (9,11) 5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. Amateur Bob Barbarossa (a), John Bohmann (a), Bruce Fleisher (6,7,a), Vinny Giles (7,8,a), Hubert Green (a), Jack Lewis Jr. (7,a), Rik Massengale (a), Allen Miller (a)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ci1JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4IMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1699%2C356563 Youngstown Vindicator Giles Posts Record 65 For Second September 1, 1968 D1 Hal Paris Miller and Billy Joe Patton tied for 8th place but Miller won the place by the drawing of lots.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22977400/feb_23_1969_spray_invited_to_1969/ The Des Moines Register Masters Invitation for Steve Spray February 23, 1969 17 Canadian Gary Cowan also tied for 8th place but was not eligible. 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Bob Dickson forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Dick Siderowf (a) 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, George Archer (9,10), Miller Barber (10), Frank Beard (10), Gardner Dickinson (11), Raymond Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman (9), Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (10,11), Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey (9), Kermit Zarley (10) 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open Don Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton 10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA Championship Frank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes 11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team Gene Littler, Johnny Pott 12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions. Bob Murphy 13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Deane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still 14. Foreign invitations Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (8,9,10), Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Harold Henning (8), Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 10, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Billy Casper 66 −6T2 USA George Archer 67 −5 AUS Bruce Devlin 4 USA Jack Nicklaus 68 −4T5 AUS Bruce Crampton 69 −3 USA Bruce Fleisher (a) USA Lionel Hebert USA Gene Littler USA Mason Rudolph USA Dan Sikes USA Bert Yancey Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_nVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5RAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984%2C2172984 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Casper's 66 leads Masters by 1 April 11, 1969 1, part 2 Second round Friday, April 11, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Billy Casper 66-71=137 −7 AUS Bruce Devlin 67-70=137 T3 USA George Archer 67-73=140 −4 USA Dan Sikes 69-71=140T5 USA Tommy Aaron 71-71=142 −2 USA Miller Barber 71-71=142 USA Charles Coody 74-68=142 AUS Bruce Crampton 69-73=142 USA Al Geiberger 71-71=142 USA Lionel Hebert 69-73=142 USA Mason Rudolph 69-73=142 USA Dave Stockton 71-71=142 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-71=142 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IMdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2585%2C1856089 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters golf scorecard: second round April 12, 1969 8 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_3VQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5RAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7433%2C2638240 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press DeVincenzo misses cut April 12, 1969 3, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HbZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7039%2C4070106 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Devlin catches up on 18th-hole birdie April 12, 1969 12 Third round Saturday, April 12, 1969 Despite being 2-over-par for his round Bruce Devlin was still in the thick of the chase at 5-under on Saturday until the Par-3 16th Hole where he rinsed his tee shot leading to a double-bogey 5 and leaving him five strokes behind starting the Final Round (where he further faded with a front nine of 6-over par 42 leading to a tie for 19th). Earlier in the round Devlin had made a great scrambling bogey at the difficult Par-4 11th after finding the water on his second shot, but could not repeat the magic when he found the water at 16. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Billy Casper 66-71-71=208 −8 2 USA George Archer 67-73-69=209 −7 3 USA Miller Barber 71-71-68=210 −6T4 USA Charles Coody 74-68-69=211 −5 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-71-69=211T6 CAN George Knudson 70-73-69=212 −4 USA Lionel Hebert 69-73-70=212T8 AUS Bruce Devlin 67-70-76=213 −3 USA Dan Sikes 69-71-73=213T10 USA Don Bies 74-70-70=214 −2 JPN 1947 Takaaki Kono 71-75-68=214 USA Gene Littler 69-75-70=214 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HrZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7269%2C4977894 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Master list April 13, 1969 3, sports Final round Sunday, April 13, 1969 Summary Billy Casper started the final round at 8-under par with a one-stroke lead over George Archer, but Casper bogeyed five of the first 10 holes. Meanwhile, Archer had gained a three-stroke lead at 8-under after 9 holes over George Knudson, Charles Coody and Tom Weiskopf (who was playing with Archer). As the back nine unfolded there was a lot of movement on the leaderboard and standing on the 18th tee, five of the last 6 players on the course had a chance to win the tournament outright or force a Monday playoff. Only Miller Barber, playing with Casper in the final group, was out of contention for the title. The final three groups ended up on the 18th hole at the same time: Casper (−6) and Barber (-3) waiting on the tee with Archer (−7) and Weiskopf (−6) looking on from the fairway while Coody (−6) was left of the green needing to chip in for a birdie to tie and Knudson (−6) on the green some 26 feet away also needing a tying birdie.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IcdaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5153%2C2143974 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette San Franciscan Shoots Par for 281 Victory Phil Gundelfinger April 14, 1969 28 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA George Archer 67-73-69-72=281 −7 20,000T2 USA Billy Casper 66-71-71-74=282 −6 12,333 CAN George Knudson 70-73-69-70=282 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-71-69-71=282T5 USA Charles Coody 74-68-69-72=283 −5 6,750 USA Don January 74-73-70-66=2837 USA Miller Barber 71-71-68-74=284 −4 5,000T8 USA Tommy Aaron 71-71-73-70=285 −3 3,600 USA Lionel Hebert 69-73-70-73=285 USA Gene Littler 69-75-70-71=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA Mason Rudolph 69-73-74-70=286 −2 3,20012 USA Dan Sikes 69-71-73-74=287 −1 3,000T13 AUS Bruce Crampton 69-73-74-72=288 E 2,700 USA Al Geiberger 71-71-74-72=288 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 73-72-71-72=288 JPN 1947 Takaaki Kono 71-75-68-74=288 USA Bert Yancey 69-75-71-73=28818 USA Dave Stockton 71-71-75-72=289 +1 2,400T19 USA Frank Beard 72-74-70-74=290 +2 2,100 USA Deane Beman 74-73-74-69=290 AUS Bruce Devlin 67-70-76-77=290 USA Dale Douglass 73-72-71-74=290 USA Lee Trevino 72-74-75-69=290T24 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 73-72-70-76=291 +3 1,800 USA Dave Hill 75-73-72-71=291 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-75-72-76=29127 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 73-75-70-74=292 +4 1,45028 USA Johnny Pott 72-72-71-78=293 +5 1,450T29 ITA Roberto Bernardini 76-71-72-75=294 +6 1,450 NZL Bob Charles 70-76-72-76=294 USA Gardner Dickinson 73-74-71-76=294 USA Bobby Nichols 78-69-74-73=294T33 USA Don Bies 74-70-70-81=295 +7 1,425 USA Julius Boros 72-73-73-77=295 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 74-70-75-76=295T36 USA Raymond Floyd 73-71-78-74=296 +8 1,425 USA Doug Sanders 72-71-76-77=296 USA Ken Still 73-75-71-77=296 USA Kermit Zarley 73-73-76-74=296T40 USA Bob Goalby (c) 70-76-76-75=297 +9 1,400 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 70-77-78-72=29742 ENG Peter Townsend 75-71-73-79=298 +10 1,40043 USA Steve Spray 75-72-74-78=299 +11 1,40044 USA Bruce Fleisher (a) 69-75-73-83=300 +12 045 USA Mac McLendon 72-75-76-80=303 +15 1,40046 USA Dick Siderowf (a) 78-69-80-82=309 +21 0CUT USA Frank Boynton 76-73=149 +5 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-74=149 USA Marty Fleckman 73-76=149 USA Rod Funseth 73-76=149 USA Vinny Giles (a) 80-69=149 ENG Tony Jacklin 73-76=149 USA Bob Lunn 74-75=149 USA Jerry Pittman 74-75=149 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 75-75=150 +6 USA Lou Graham 73-77=150 WAL Brian Huggett 78-72=150 USA Bob Murphy 71-79=150 USA R. H. Sikes 75-75=150 USA Rik Massengale (a) 75-76=151 +7 USA Allen Miller (a) 77-74=151 USA Henry Picard (c) 75-76=151 USA Sam Snead (c) 74-77=151 ENG Tommy Horton 74-78=152 +8 ARG Raul Travieso 76-76=152 USA Hubert Green (a) 76-77=153 +9 USA Jack Lewis Jr. (a) 75-78=153 USA Dave Marr 77-76=153 AUS Peter Thomson 78-75=153 USA Bob Barbarossa (a) 75-79=154 +10 USA Doug Ford (c) 73-81=154 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 75-79=154 ENG Michael Bonallack (a) 76-79=155 +11 ENG Peter Butler 77-78=155 IRL Joe Carr (a) 79-76=155 TPE Lu Liang-Huan 80-76=156 +12 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 78-80=158 +14 USA John Bohmann (a) 77-82=159 +15 USA Ralph Guldahl (c) 77-83=160 +16 USA Ken Venturi 83-77=160WD USA Herman Keiser (c) 71-77-80=228 +12 USA Cary Middlecoff (c) 72-76-80=228 USA Claude Harmon (c) 83 +11 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, 2021 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Archer −7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7USA Casper −8−8−8−7−7−6−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6CAN Knudson −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6USA Weiskopf −5−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−6USA Coody −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−8−7−8−7−6−5USA January +2+1+1EEE−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−5USA Barber −5−5−4−4−4−4−2−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−3−3−3−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par References 2 External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1969 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1969 1969 Category:1969 in golf Category:1969 in American sports Category:1969 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1969 sports events in the United States