1937 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1937 Masters Tournament April 1–4, 1937 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 46 playershttp://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html The Masters Past winners and results April 16, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024707/http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html October 12, 2013 None $5,000 $1,500 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 283 (−5) 1936 1938 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 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The tournament was at this point still officially named the Augusta National Invitation Tournament, and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939. Opening with a six-under66,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u0gsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y8oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6433%2C2955787 Spartanburg Herald South Carolina Associated Press Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta April 2, 1937 15 Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=48AQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=teMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6825%2C689278 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington North American Newspaper Alliance Rice Grantland Grantland Rice Nelson leads in golf play April 3, 1937 14 but a75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zEgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y8oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6615%2C3199157 Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal South Carolina Associated Press Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play April 4, 1937 22 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's5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13thholes 2–3(birdie, eagle), respectively.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ybxSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4X0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4160%2C1453214 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney April 5, 1937 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j6tQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3702%2C5344769 Milwaukee Journal Associated Press Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic April 5, 1937 3, part 2 The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13thtee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UXsoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3966%2C344129 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Florida Associated Press Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan April 3, 1958 8 At age25, 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 Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 66 −6 2 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 69 −3 T3 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 70 −2 USA 1912 Wiffy Cox USA 1912 Lawson Little T6 USA 1912 Leonard Dodson 71 −1 USA 1912 Tony Manero USA 1912 Johnny Revolta USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson T10 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 72 E USA 1912 Al Espinosa Source: Second round Friday, April 2, 1937 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 66-72=138 −6 T2 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 69-72=141 −3 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 70-71=141 T4 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 73-69=142 −2 USA 1912 Wiffy Cox 70-72=142 T6 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 73-70=143 −1 USA 1912 Tony Manero 71-72=143 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-72=143 T9 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 72-72=144 E USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 71-73=144 Source: Third round Saturday, April 3, 1937 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 69-72-68=209 −7 2 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 70-71-71=212 −4 T3 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 73-69-71=213 −3 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 66-72-75=213 5 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-72-72=215 −1 6 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 72-72-72=216 E T7 USA 1912 Leonard Dodson 71-75-71=217 +1 USA 1912 Jimmy Hines 77-72-68=217 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 73-70-74=217 USA 1912 Al Watrous 74-72-71=217 Source: Final round Sunday, April 4, 1937 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 66-72-75-70=283 −5 1,5002 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 69-72-68-76=285 −3 8003 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 70-71-71-74=286 −2 6004 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 73-69-71-74=287 −1 5005 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 73-70-74-73=290 +2 4006 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 71-73-74-73=291 +3 3007 USA 1912 Al Watrous 74-72-71-75=292 +4 250T8 USA 1912 Tommy Armour 73-75-73-72=293 +5 175 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 72-72-72-77=293T10 USA 1912 Leonard Dodson 71-75-71-77=294 +6 100 USA 1912 Jimmy Hines 77-72-68-77=294 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)12 USA 1912 Wiffy Cox 70-72-77-76=295 +7 100T13 USA 1912 Clarence Clark 77-75-70-74=296 +8 USA 1912 Tony Manero 71-72-78-75=296 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-72-72-81=296 USA 1912 Denny Shute 74-75-71-76=29617 USA 1912 Bobby Cruickshank 79-69-71-78=297 +918 USA 1912 Sam Snead 76-72-71-79=298 +10T19 USA 1912 Lawson Little 70-79-74-76=299 +11 USA 1912 Willie Macfarlane 73-76-73-77=299 USA 1912 Paul Runyan 74-77-72-76=299 USA 1912 Felix Serafin 75-76-71-77=299 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 75-72-77-75=299T24 USA 1912 Ray Mangrum 71-80-72-77=300 +12 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 74-80-73-73=300T26 USA 1912 Craig Wood 79-77-74-71=301 +13USA 1912 Charlie Yates (a) 76-73-74-78=30128 ENG Francis Francis (a) 77-74-75-76=302 +14T29 USA 1912 Billy Burke 77-71-75-80=303 +15 USA 1912 Al Espinosa 72-76-79-76=303 USA 1912 Bobby Jones 79-74-73-77=30332 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 77-79-72-76=304 +16T33 USA 1912 Bill Mehlhorn 73-76-77-79=305 +17 USA 1912 Henry Picard 75-77-75-78=30535 USA 1912 Chuck Kocsis (a) 76-72-77-82=307 +19T36 USA 1912 Al Brosch 78-79-74-77=308 +20 USA 1912 Tom Kerrigan 75-77-77-79=308 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 76-75-80-77=30839 USA 1912 Frank Moore 73-79-76-82=310 +2240 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 75-80-85-79=319 +3141 USA 1912 John Riddell (a) 79-81-82-79=321 +33WD USA 1912 Fred Haas (a) 78-70-78=226 +10 USA 1912 Jack Munger (a) 84-81-78=243 +27 USA 1912 Herman Barron 78-75=153 +9 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison 77-77=154 +10 USA 1912 George Sargent 76 +4 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 Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Nelson −3−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−5USA 1912 Guldahl −7−7−7−7−6−7−7−6−5−6−6−4−3−3−4−4−3−3USA 1912 Dudley −4−2−2−3−3−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−2USA 1912 Cooper −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1EEEE−1−1−2−2−1−1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1937 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1937 1937 Category:1937 in golf Category:1937 in American sports Category:1937 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1937 sports events in the United States