1972 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1972 Masters Tournament 1972 Masters Tournament Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1972 Masters Guide April 6–9, 1972 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=05xRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4800%2C931239 Pittsburgh-Post Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Nicklaus leading Masters with 68 April 7, 1972 12 84 players, 47 after cut 151 (+7) $25,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 286 (−2) 1971 1973 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 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourthhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4645%2C1297142 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nicklaus coasts to Masters Gundelfinger Phil April 10, 1972 25 of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up.https://www.si.com/vault/1972/04/17/612833/poa-jack-beats-himself Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Poa Jack beats himself April 17, 1972 22 December 11, 2017 October 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009005540/https://www.si.com/vault/1972/04/17/612833/poa-jack-beats-himself dead It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino. It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. This Masters was also the debut of twenty-year-old Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas, a future two-time champion who was low amateur at 295 (T19). Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."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 2Bhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/sports/jack-whitaker-was-always-camera-ready.html?_r=0 New York Times Sandomir Richard Jack Whitaker was always camera ready May 5, 2012 April 8, 2016 Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2026, there have been six; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976, Jordan Spieth in 2015, and Rory McIlroy in 2026. Field 1. Masters champions George Archer (9,11), Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (11), Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,11,12), Gary Player (3,8,10,11), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr. Gay Brewer (9), Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson and Henry Picard did not play. Brewer was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RMUtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3387%2C5907775 Montreal Gazette UPI Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia April 11, 1972 16https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=05xRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1160%2C931534 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gay Brewer in hospital Associated Press April 7, 1972 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vh4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2922%2C609149 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Brewer takes Par Three test April 5, 1973 19 The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Orville Moody (8), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12) 3. The Open champions (last five years) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,11,12) 5. The first eight finishers in the 1971 U.S. Amateur Rick Bendall (a), Ben Crenshaw (a), Tom Culligan (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Jim McLean (a), Eddie Pearce (a), Marty West (a) 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Steve Melnyk (7,8) and Lanny Wadkins (7,9) forfeited their exemptions by turning professional but qualified in other categories. 7. Members of the 1971 U.S. Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), John Farquhar (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Tom Kite (a), Jim Simons (9,a) Allen Miller forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1971 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard (11,12), Dave Eichelberger (11), Al Geiberger, Bert Greene, Hale Irwin (11), Dick Lotz, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller (9,11), Bobby Mitchell (11), Bob Murphy, Ken Still, Tom Weiskopf (11) Gene Littler (11,12) had been diagnosed with cancer and did not play. 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1971 U.S. Open Jim Colbert, Jerry Heard (11), Larry Hinson, Jerry McGee, Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bob Rosburg (11), Lanny Wadkins, Bert Yancey 10. Top eight players and ties from 1971 PGA Championship Miller Barber (11,12), Tommy Bolt, Gibby Gilbert, Dave Hill, Jim Jamieson 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Homero Blancas, Gardner Dickinson (12), Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Labron Harris Jr., Grier Jones, DeWitt Weaver 12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team Mason Rudolph, J. C. Snead 13. Foreign invitations Harry Bannerman, Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (9), Bobby Cole (9), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham, Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (2,3,11), Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Ramón Sota Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 6, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 68 −4 2 USA Sam Snead 69 −3 3 USA Arnold Palmer 70 −2 T4 USA Paul Harney 71 −1 USA Jim Simons (a)T6 USA Frank Beard 72 E NZL Bob Charles AUS Bruce Crampton USA Gibby Gilbert ENG Tony Jacklin USA Jim Jamieson USA Steve Melnyk USA Bobby Nichols USA Lanny Wadkins USA Bert Yancey Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e3hQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6036%2C1936565 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Nicklaus leads by 1 April 7, 1972 1, part 2 Second round Friday, April 7, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 68-71=139 −5 2 USA Paul Harney 71-69=140 −4 3 USA Bert Yancey 72-69=141 −34 USA Jim Jamieson 72-70=142 −2 T5 USA Charles Coody 73-70=143 −1 USA Bobby Nichols 72-71=143T7 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 75-69=144 E USA Jerry Heard 73-71=144 USA Steve Melnyk 72-72=144 USA Sam Snead 69-75=144 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-72=144 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fHhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5324%2C2291808 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Nicklaus' 71 keeps lead April 8, 1972 1, part 2 Third round Saturday, April 8, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 68-71-73=212 −4 2 USA Jim Jamieson 72-70-71=213 −3 T3 USA Paul Harney 71-69-75=215 −1 USA Tom Weiskopf 74-71-70=215T5 USA Homero Blancas 76-71-69=216 E AUS Bruce Crampton 72-75-69=216 USA Jerry Heard 73-71-72=216 USA Bobby Mitchell 73-72-71=216T9 USA Charles Coody 73-70-74=217 +1 USA Bert Yancey 72-69-76=217 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UrRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6609%2C1950012 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Golf: Masters April 9, 1972 6B Final round Sunday, April 9, 1972 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-71-73-74=286 −2 25,000T2 AUS Bruce Crampton 72-75-69-73=289 +1 15,833 USA Bobby Mitchell 73-72-71-73=289 USA Tom Weiskopf 74-71-70-74=289T5 USA Homero Blancas 76-71-69-74=290 +2 6,200 AUS Bruce Devlin 74-75-70-71=290 USA Jerry Heard 73-71-72-74=290 USA Jim Jamieson 72-70-71-77=290 USA Jerry McGee 73-74-71-72=290T10 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 73-75-72-71=291 +3 3,600 USA Dave Stockton 76-70-74-71=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA George Archer (c) 73-75-72-72=292 +4 3,100 USA Charles Coody (c) 73-70-74-75=292 USA Al Geiberger 76-70-74-72=292 USA Steve Melnyk 72-72-74-74=292 USA Bert Yancey 72-69-76-75=292T17 USA Billy Casper (c) 75-71-74-74=294 +6 2,750 USA Bob Goalby (c) 73-76-72-73=294T19 USA Ben Crenshaw (a) 73-74-74-74=295 +7 0 JPN 1947 Takaaki Kono 76-72-73-74=295 2,500 USA Lanny Wadkins 72-72-77-74=295T22 NZL Bob Charles 72-76-74-74=296 +8 2,160 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 75-69-76-76=296 USA Gardner Dickinson 77-72-73-74=296 USA Hubert Green 75-74-74-73=296 USA Paul Harney 71-69-75-81=296T27 ENG Tony Jacklin 72-76-75-74=297 +9 1,750 USA Tom Kite (a) 74-74-76-73=297 0 USA Sam Snead (c) 69-75-76-77=297 1,75030 USA J. C. Snead 74-77-72-75=298 +10 1,750T31 USA Bert Greene 75-75-77-72=299 +11 1,750 USA Bobby Nichols 72-71-80-76=299T33 SCO Harry Bannerman 78-72-72-78=300 +12 1,675 USA Grier Jones 73-75-76-76=300 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 70-75-74-81=300 USA Lee Trevino 75-76-77-72=30037 TPE Lu Liang-Huan 75-72-80-74=301 +13 1,675T38 USA Gibby Gilbert 72-76-74-81=303 +15 1,675 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 74-76-80-73=30340 USA Ken Still 74-77-77-76=304 +16 1,675T41 USA Frank Beard 72-79-79-76=306 +18 1,600 USA Jim Simons (a) 71-79-76-80=306 0T43 USA Jim McLean (a) 75-75-78-79=307 +19 USA Bob Murphy 75-76-77-79=307 1,600T45 USA Larry Hinson 77-74-79-78=308 +20 1,600 USA Bob Rosburg 74-73-83-78=30847 USA DeWitt Weaver 74-76-81-79=310 +22 1,600CUT USA Rick Bendall (a) 77-75=152 +8 USA Julius Boros 77-75=152 USA Hale Irwin 81-71=152 USA Don January 75-77=152 USA Johnny Miller 76-76=152 USA Mason Rudolph 74-78=152 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 77-75=152 USA Tommy Bolt 76-77=153 +9 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 74-79=153 USA Tommy Aaron 78-76=154 +10 USA Doug Ford (c) 76-78=154 USA Labron Harris Jr. 79-75=154 USA Dave Hill 76-78=154 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 74-80=154 USA Eddie Pearce (a) 79-75=154 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 78-77=155 +11 USA Dave Eichelberger 78-77=155 AUS David Graham 76-79=155 TPE Hsieh Yung-yo 79-76=155 USA Dick Lotz 77-78=155 USA Vinny Giles (a) 78-78=156 +12 USA Miller Barber 75-82=157 +13 USA Jim Colbert 74-83=157 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 78-79=157 USA Marty West (a) 80-77=157 CAN Gary Cowan (a) 76-82=158 +14 USA Raymond Floyd 76-82=158 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 79-79=158 USA Tom Culligan (a) 78-81=159 +15 USA Jim Gabrielsen (a) 81-78=159 USA Herman Keiser (c) 80-79=159 USA Bill Hyndman (a) 75-85=160 +16 USA Orville Moody 80-81=161 +17 SCO Brian Barnes 85-80=165 +21 USA John Farquhar (a) 84-81=165 USA Ralph Guldahl (c) 89-80=169 +25WD USA William C. Campbell (a) 75 +3 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 Nicklaus −4−5−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2AUS Crampton −1−1EEEE+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1USA Mitchell EEEE+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1USA Weiskopf EE+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1USA Blancas EEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+3+3+3+2+2+1+1+2+2USA Heard −1−1E−1E+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+2+2+2USA Jamieson −2−3−2−2−1−1EEEE+1+3+2+2+1+2+1+2USA Harney E+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+3+4+5+7+7+8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey References 2 External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1972 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1972 1972 Category:1972 in golf Category:1972 in American sports Category:1972 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1972 sports events in the United States