1979 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1979 Masters Tournament 1979_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1979 Masters Guide April 12–15, 1979 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 7040 yd 0 72 players, 45 after cut 145 (+1) $50,000 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 280 (−8), playoff 1978 1980 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 1979 Masters Tournament was the 43rd Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Fuzzy Zoeller won his only Masters, the first of his two major titles, with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3RVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5256%2C5350660 Eugene Register-Guard wire services Sneed's collapse gives Zoeller win April 16, 1979 1B Jack Nicklaus climbed up the leaderboard on Sunday with a 69 (−3), but bogeyed 17 to finish a stroke out of the playoff; Tom Kite had a double bogey at 16 for an even par 72 in the final round to finish fifth, three strokes back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hIMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3241%2C111030 Youngstown Vindicator Associated Press Zoeller is surprise winner following Masters playoff April 16, 1979 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_xVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hIMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5728%2C110191 Youngstown Vindicator Associated Press Masters scores (final) April 16, 1979 16 Second and third round leader Sneed seemed to have a commanding three-shot lead with only three holes to go, but bogeyed the final three holes to card a final round 76 (+4) and fell into the playoff. It was the debut of the sudden-death format at Augusta, adopted by the Masters in 1976.http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/07/golf.usmasters/ CNN.com Masters playoff format is changed April 7, 2004 January 7, 2013 Its last playoff was nine years earlier in 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday. The sudden-death playoff began on the tenth hole, a downhill par-4, where all three players missed birdie putts and parred. On the second hole, the par-4 11th, Sneed failed to hole a bunker shot and Watson a birdie putt, and then Zoeller made his from 6 ft 0 to win.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094850/2/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121104175734/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094850/2/index.htm dead November 4, 2012 Sports Illustrated Fuzzy came in loud and clear Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins April 23, 1979 30 August 11, 2011 Zoeller, age 27, was the first to win the Masters in his initial attempt since Gene Sarazen in 1935, the second edition of the tournament. In his fifth season on tour, it was Zoeller's second win, the first came less than three months earlier at the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational. He won his other major five years later at the 1984 U.S. Open, also in a playoff. The second round was suspended for two hours Friday afternoon due to heavy rain and tornado warnings. Due to the delay, not all golfers were able to complete their second rounds on Friday and the cut line was not determined until these rounds were completed on Saturday morning. Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1984. Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,9,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (3,8,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12) George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Lou Graham (12), Hubert Green (8,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,12), Andy North (9), Jerry Pate (8,9,10,11) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Johnny Miller (9) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (9,12), Lee Trevino (8,9,10,11), Lanny Wadkins (8,11,12) John Mahaffey (10,11) withdrew because of injury. 5. 1978 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Bobby Clampett (7,a), John Cook (6,7,a), Scott Hoch (7,a), Mike Peck (a) 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions John Fought forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1978 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Jay Sigel (a) 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1978 Masters Tournament Wally Armstrong, Miller Barber, Andy Bean (9,10,11), Rod Funseth (11), Joe Inman (9), Don January (12), Tom Kite (11), Billy Kratzert (9), Gene Littler, Jerry McGee (12), Lindy Miller, Gil Morgan (10,11), Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson, Tom Weiskopf (9,10) 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1978 U.S. Open Mike McCullough, Artie McNickle, J. C. Snead 10. Top eight players and ties from 1978 PGA Championship Craig Stadler 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Bob Byman, Ben Crenshaw, Lee Elder, Jerry Heard, Lon Hinkle, Barry Jaeckel, Bruce Lietzke, Mark McCumber, Mac McLendon, Larry Nelson, Jim Simons, Ron Streck, Fuzzy Zoeller 12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team Dave Hill 13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (8,9), Nick Faldo, David Graham (8), Graham Marsh (10), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Jack Newton (11), Peter Oosterhuis (8), Simon Owen, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado (11), Bob Shearer (9) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 12, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Bruce Lietzke 67 −5 T2 USA Tom Watson 68 −4 USA Joe Inman USA Leonard Thompson USA Ed Sneed T6 USA Craig Stadler 69 −3 USA Jack Nicklaus USA Lou Graham USA Billy Casper USA Andy Bean Second round Friday, April 13, 1979 Saturday, April 14, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Ed Sneed 68-67=135 −9 USA Craig Stadler 69-66=135T3 USA Raymond Floyd 70-68=138 −6 USA Leonard Thompson 68-70=138T5 USA Miller Barber 75-64=139 −5 USA Tom Watson 68-71=139 USA Joe Inman 68-71=139 T8 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 72-68=140 −4 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-71=140 USA Lou Graham 69-71=140 USA Lindy Miller 73-67=140 Third round Saturday, April 14, 1979 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Ed Sneed 68-67-69=204 −12 T2 USA Tom Watson 68-71-70=209 −7 USA Craig Stadler 69-66-74=209T4 USA Bruce Lietzke 67-75-68=210 −6 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-71-69=210 T6 USA Tom Kite 71-72-68=211 −5 AUS Jack Newton 70-72-69=211 USA Miller Barber 75-64-72=211 USA Raymond Floyd 70-68-73=211 USA Leonard Thompson 68-70-73=211 Final round Sunday, April 15, 1979 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 USA Ed Sneed 68-67-69-76=280 −8 Playoff USA Tom Watson (c) 68-71-70-71=280 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 70-71-69-70=2804 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281 −7 15,0005 USA Tom Kite 71-72-68-72=283 −5 13,0006 USA Bruce Lietzke 67-75-68-74=284 −4 11,500T7 USA Craig Stadler 69-66-74-76=285 −3 9,000 USA Leonard Thompson 68-70-73-74=285 USA Lanny Wadkins 73-69-70-73=285T10 USA Hubert Green 74-69-72-71=286 −2 6,500 USA Gene Littler 74-71-69-72=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 72-68-73-74=287 −1 3,740 USA Miller Barber 75-64-72-76=287 AUS Jack Newton 70-72-69-76=287 USA Andy North 72-72-74-69=287 USA Lee Trevino 73-71-70-73=287T17 USA Lee Elder 73-70-74-71=288 E 2,700 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 70-68-73-77=288 USA Billy Kratzert 73-68-71-76=288 USA Artie McNickle 71-72-74-71=288 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 71-72-74-71=28822 USA J. C. Snead 73-71-72-73=289 +1 2,400T23 USA Bobby Clampett (a) 73-71-73-73=290 +2 0 USA Lou Graham 69-71-76-74=290 2,225 USA Joe Inman 68-71-76-75=290 USA Hale Irwin 72-70-74-74=290 USA Jim Simons 72-70-75-73=290T28 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 72-73-76-70=291 +3 2,000 USA Andy Bean 69-74-74-74=291 AUS Graham Marsh 71-72-73-75=291T31 USA Gil Morgan 72-69-71-80=292 +4 1,975 USA Larry Nelson 70-75-70-77=292 MEX Victor Regalado 71-74-75-72=292T34 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 71-72-72-78=293 +5 1,950 USA Bob Byman 71-71-75-76=293 USA Charles Coody (c) 71-72-74-76=293 USA Scott Hoch (a) 72-73-74-74=293 0 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-72-73-75=293 1,95039 USA John Cook (a) 72-72-75-76=295 +7 040 ENG Nick Faldo 73-71-79-73=296 +8 1,875T41 USA Jerry Pate 72-70-75-80=297 +9 1,850 USA Tom Weiskopf 73-72-71-81=29743 USA Billy Casper (c) 69-75-80-75=299 +11 1,80044 USA Rod Funseth 70-73-78-79=300 +12 1,77545 USA Lindy Miller 73-67-75-86=301 +13 1,750CUT USA Barry Jaeckel 75-71=146 +2 USA Don January 73-73=146 USA Jerry McGee 77-69=146 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 74-72=146 USA Wally Armstrong 73-74=147 +3 USA Jay Sigel (a) 72-75=147 USA Jerry Heard 75-73=148 +4 USA Johnny Miller 77-71=148 USA Sam Snead (c) 74-74=148 USA Dave Hill 75-74=149 +5 USA Lon Hinkle 77-72=149 NZL Simon Owen 74-75=149 USA Dave Stockton 74-75=149 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 74-75=149 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-75=150 +6 USA Mike McCullough 73-77=150 USA Mac McLendon 74-77=151 +7 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 76-75=151 USA Ben Crenshaw 73-80=153 +9 USA Mark McCumber 75-78=153 USA Mike Peck (a) 78-75=153 USA Ron Streck 78-76=154 +10 ENG Peter McEvoy (a) 79-79=158 +14 USA Bob Goalby (c) 79-81=160 +16WD AUS Bob Shearer 73 +1 USA Doug Ford (c) 77 +5 AUS David Graham 79 +7 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  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344USA Zoeller −6−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−6−6−7−7−8−8USA Sneed −12−12−12−11−11−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−11−10−9−8USA Watson −7−8−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−8USA Nicklaus −4−5−5−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−7−7USA Kite −5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−5−5−5USA Lietzke −6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4USA Stadler −6−7−8−8−8−8−7−7−6−4−3−2−4−2−2−2−3−3USA Thompson −4−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−3−4−3−3−3−3−3USA Wadkins −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−1E−1−2−3−3−3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 4-3 −150,000T2 USA Ed Sneed 4-x 30,000 USA Tom Watson 4-4 Sudden-death playoff began on hole #10 and ended at hole #11, when Zoeller birdied. References External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1979 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1979 1979 Category:1979 in golf Category:1979 in American sports Category:1979 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1979 sports events in the United States