1973 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1973 Masters Tournament 1973_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1973 Masters Guide April 5–9, 1973 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KI5JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ioQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=937%2C2621966 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Grimsley Will Aaron's 68 paces Masters April 6, 1973 22 82 players, 57 after cut 151 (+7) $30,000 USA Tommy Aaron 283 (−5) 1972 1974 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 1973 Masters Tournament was the 37th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. Due to weather delays, the final round was played on Monday for the first time since 1961.https://www.si.com/vault/1973/04/16/668823/jack-fell-down-and-lost-his-crown Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Jack fell down and lost his crown April 16, 1973 24 Tommy Aaron, age 36, won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wh4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7333%2C1207579 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Georgian Aaron wins Masters with a 283 April 10, 1973 18 Before this win at Augusta, Aaron was best known as the player who kept Roberto De Vicenzo's incorrect scorecard at the Masters five years earlier in 1968. Ironically, Aaron's final round playing partner in 1973, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card, and Aaron caught the mistake.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OKJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7087,500329& Ellensburg Daily Record Washington Aaron can count strokes, money UPI April 10, 1973 6 This was his third and last victory on the PGA Tour, and after this win, Aaron's best result in a major was a tie for 28th at the Masters in 1979. Gary Player played in 52 Masters from 1957 through 2009;Who Played the Most Masters Tournaments? http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/f/most-masters-played.htm April 14, 2013 October 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022054544/http://golf.about.com/od/majorchampionships/f/most-masters-played.htm dead and missed only this one, to recover from leg and abdominal surgery.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qIwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5504%2C3988116 Spartanburg Herald South Carolina Associated Press Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour February 23, 1973 B4 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vh4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7295%2C616004 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat April 5, 1973 20 The Masters: Gary Player's 50th appearance http://www.pgatour.com/news/2007/03/28/masters_player.html April 14, 2013 He returned in 1974 to win the second of his three green jackets. Gay Brewer won the fourteenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a seven-under 20.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vh4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2922%2C609149 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Brewer takes Par Three test April 5, 1973 19 At the previous Masters, the 1967 champion 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 16 This Masters was the last as competitors for two former champions: Gene Sarazen (1935) and Ralph Guldahl (1939). Field 1. Masters champions George Archer (8), Gay Brewer (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Ralph Guldahl, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,11,12), Arnold Palmer (9,11,12), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr. Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10) did not play. Player missed his only Masters in 53 years to recover from surgery. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Orville Moody (9), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12) 3. The Open champions (last five years) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (10), Dave Stockton (12) 5. The first eight finishers in the 1972 U.S. Amateur Doug Ballenger (a), Ben Crenshaw (7,8,a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Charles Harrison (a), Mike Killian (a), Marty West (7,a) Mark Hayes (7,a) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. Bruce Robertson forfeited his exemption by losing his amateur status.https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19730403-01.2.6 April 3, 1973 Robertson Loses Amateur Status The Stanford Daily Robinson Dave 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Steve Melnyk forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1972 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1972 Masters Tournament Homero Blancas (9), Gardner Dickinson (12), Al Geiberger, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Jerry Heard (10,11), Jim Jamieson (10,11), Jerry McGee, Steve Melnyk, Bobby Mitchell (11), Lanny Wadkins (11), Tom Weiskopf (9), Bert Yancey (9,11) 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1972 U.S. Open Don January, Don Massengale, Johnny Miller (11), Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11), Cesar Sanudo, Jim Simons, Kermit Zarley (11) 10. Top eight players and ties from 1972 PGA Championship Tommy Aaron, Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders (11) 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Buddy Allin, Deane Beman, Jim Colbert, Bob Dickson, Rod Funseth, Lou Graham, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Babe Hiskey, Grier Jones, Bob Lunn, John Schlee, J. C. Snead (12), DeWitt Weaver 12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Gene Littler, Mason Rudolph 13. Foreign invitations Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (8), Gary Cowan (6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin (8,11), David Graham (11), Han Chang-sang, Trevor Homer (6,a), Guy Hunt, Tony Jacklin (2,3), George Knudson (11), Takaaki Kono (8), Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shaw (11) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries thumb|A golf bag tag used by Charles Harrison at the 1973 Masters Tournament First round Thursday, April 5, 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tommy Aaron 68 −4 T2 USA Jack Nicklaus 69 −3 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki T4 USA Bob Dickson 70 −2 USA J. C. Snead T6 USA Grier Jones 71 −1 USA Phil Rodgers T8 AUS David Graham 72 E USA Hubert Green USA Steve Melnyk USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez USA Mason Rudolph MEX Cesar Sanudo USA Dave Stockton Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jm9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gxEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5755%2C1073504 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Aaron gets lucky, leads Masters by 1 April 6, 1973 1, part 2 Second round Friday, April 6, 1973 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Tommy Aaron 68-73=141 −3 USA Gay Brewer 75-66=141 USA Bob Dickson 70-71=141 USA J. C. Snead 70-71=141 5 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 72-70=142 −2 T6 USA Bob Goalby 73-70=143 −1 USA Grier Jones 71-72=143 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-70=143 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 69-74=143T10 USA Bob Charles 74-70=144 E USA Gardner Dickinson 74-70=144 USA Jim Jamieson 73-71=144 USA Johnny Miller 75-69=144 USA Mason Rudolph 72-72=144 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J29QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gxEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6001%2C1629865 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Brewer charges, Nicklaus falters April 7, 1973 1, part 2 Third round Sunday, April 8, 1973 Heavy rain on Saturday morning limited play to the first several pairs when the course was deemed unplayable. The third round was restarted in the late morning on Sunday from split tees.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N2k0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=0QkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3857%2C1852838 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina UPI Rain postpones Masters classic April 8, 1973 1C PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-70-68=211 −5 T2 USA Bob Goalby 73-70-71=214 −2 USA Jim Jamieson 73-71-70=214 USA J. C. Snead 70-71-73=214 T5 USA Tommy Aaron 68-73-74=215 −1 USA Gay Brewer 75-66-74=215 USA Johnny Miller 75-69-71=215 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 72-70-73=215T9 USA Gardner Dickinson 74-70-72=216 E JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 69-74-73=216 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KG9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gxEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4817%2C1946582 Milwaukee Sentinel Englishman takes Masters lead April 9, 1973 1, part 2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OWk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=0QkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=879%2C2180271 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina UPI Oosterhuis has three stroke Masters lead April 9, 1973 1C Final round Monday, April 9, 1973 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Tommy Aaron 68-73-74-68=283 −5 30,0002 USA J. C. Snead 70-71-73-70=284 −4 22,500T3 USA Jim Jamieson 73-71-70-71=285 −3 12,500 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-77-73-66=285 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 73-70-68-74=285T6 USA Bob Goalby (c) 73-70-71-74=288 E 6,250 USA Johnny Miller 75-69-71-73=288T8 AUS Bruce Devlin 73-72-72-72=289 +1 4,250 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 69-74-73-73=289T10 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-66-74-76=291 +3 3,425 USA Gardner Dickinson 74-70-72-75=291 USA Don January 75-71-75-70=291 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 72-70-73-76=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 USA Hubert Green 72-74-75-71=292 +4 3,000 USA Mason Rudolph 72-72-77-71=292 USA Dave Stockton 72-74-71-75=292T17 USA Billy Casper (c) 75-73-72-73=293 +5 2,550 USA Bob Dickson 70-71-76-76=293 USA Lou Graham 77-73-72-71=293 USA Babe Hiskey 74-73-72-74=293 USA Gene Littler 77-72-71-73=293 USA Kermit Zarley 74-71-77-71=29323 USA Phil Rodgers 71-75-75-73=294 +6 2,200T24 USA Frank Beard 73-75-71-76=295 +7 2,100USA Ben Crenshaw (a) 73-72-74-76=295 0 USA Paul Harney 77-71-74-73=295 2,100 USA Bobby Nichols 79-72-76-68=295 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 77-72-76-70=295T29 NZL Bob Charles 74-70-74-78=296 +8 1,750 USA Charles Coody (c) 74-73-79-70=296 AUS David Graham 72-74-77-73=296 USA Sam Snead (c) 74-76-73-73=296 USA Lanny Wadkins 75-74-71-76=296T34 USA Vinny Giles (a) 78-71-72-76=297 +9 0 USA Steve Melnyk 72-74-79-72=297 1,750 USA Tom Weiskopf 77-71-75-74=297T37 USA Rod Funseth 73-75-74-76=298 +10 1,675 USA Al Geiberger 75-76-77-70=298 USA Dave Hill 77-70-76-75=298 USA Grier Jones 71-72-77-78=298 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 79-69-74-76=298 USA Marty West (a) 75-70-77-76=298 0T43 USA George Archer (c) 73-74-74-78=299 +11 1,675 USA Miller Barber 78-72-80-69=299 USA Jim Colbert 74-72-76-77=299 AUS Bruce Crampton 74-74-77-74=299 TPE Lu Liang-Huan 74-72-75-78=299 USA Bob Lunn 76-74-72-77=299 USA Cesar Sanudo 72-75-76-76=299 USA Lee Trevino 74-75-75-75=299T51 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 74-74-74-78=300 +12 1,600 JPN 1947 Takaaki Kono 74-74-78-74=300 USA Bert Yancey 75-74-74-77=30054 USA Raymond Floyd 76-73-75-77=301 +13 1,60055 USA Don Massengale 74-74-76-78=302 +14 1,60056 USA Jerry Heard 76-75-72-80=303 +15 1,60057 USA John Schlee 76-73-74-82=305 +17 1,600CUT USA Buddy Allin 76-76=152 +8 USA Deane Beman 77-75=152 CAN Gary Cowan (a) 74-78=152 KOR 1949 Han Chang-sang 77-75=152 ENG Tony Jacklin 77-75=152 AUS Bob Shaw 74-78=152 USA Jerry McGee 81-72=153 +9 USA Julius Boros 75-79=154 +10 USA Doug Ford (c) 76-78=154 USA Mike Killian (a) 79-76=155 +11 USA Bobby Mitchell 81-74=155 SCO Brian Barnes 79-77=156 +12 CAN George Knudson 79-77=156 USA Mike Hill 79-78=157 +13 USA Jim Simons 79-78=157 USA Doug Ballenger (a) 81-77=158 +14 USA Homero Blancas 81-77=158 USA Orville Moody 81-77=158 USA DeWitt Weaver 81-77=158 ENG Guy Hunt 78-81=159 +15 USA Doug Sanders 83-78=161 +17 USA Ralph Guldahl (c) 82-80=162 +18 USA Charles Harrison (a) 81-81=162 ENG Trevor Homer (a) 81-88=169 +25 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 88-86=174 +30 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=wh4OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=430DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5033%2C1217384 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters cash box April 10, 1973 20 Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344USA Aaron −2−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−4−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5USA Snead −3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−3−4−4−4−4−4−4USA Jamieson −3−4−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−3USA Nicklaus +2+1+1+2+1EE−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−3ENG Oosterhuis −5−5−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−3−3−3−3USA Goalby −2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1EE+1+1+1+1EUSA Miller −1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey References 2 External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1973 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1973 1973 Category:1973 in golf Category:1973 in American sports Category:1973 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1973 sports events in the United States