1974 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1974 Masters Tournament 1974_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1974 Masters Guide April 11–14, 1974 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 7020 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ba5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3364%2C2542454 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout April 12, 1974 1B 78 players, 44 after cut 148 (+4) $35,000 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 278 (−10) 1973 1975 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 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.https://www.si.com/vault/1974/04/22/614693/wee-gary-springs-his-trap Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins Wee Gary springs his trap April 22, 1974 16 December 11, 2017 October 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009005539/https://www.si.com/vault/1974/04/22/614693/wee-gary-springs-his-trap dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5982%2C3238556 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Player gets first big win in '74 April 15, 1974 1C It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to 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 it was the only Masters that he missed in 53 years. Defending champion Tommy Aaron missed the cut by two strokes. Jack Burke Jr., the 1956 champion, competed at the Masters for the final time. Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron (8,12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (8,12), Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper (8,11,12,13), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (4,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr. Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, 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) Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12) did not play 3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11) 5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists William C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a) 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions 7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a) Doug Ballenger, Danny Edwards, Jimmy Ellis, Mike Killian, and Bill Rogers forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley Don January did not play 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), Larry Ziegler 10. Top eight players and ties from 1973 PGA Championship Don Iverson, Dan Sikes 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Sam Adams, Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Homero Blancas (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), John Mahaffey, John Schroeder, Ed Sneed, Leonard Thompson Deane Beman did not play, as he was now serving as commissioner of the PGA Tour http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/deane-beman/ Beman, Deane World Golf Hall of Fame April 29, 2020 12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team 13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 11, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Colbert 67 −5 T2 USA Hubert Green 68 −4 USA Hale Irwin USA Don Iverson T5 USA Frank Beard 69 −3 USA Raymond Floyd USA Gene Littler USA Jack Nicklaus USA Dan SikesT10 USA Billy Casper 70 −2 AUS Bruce Devlin USA Jerry Heard USA Babe Hiskey USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez USA Art Wall Jr. Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ws8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=phEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5240%2C2531120 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Colbert leads Masters April 11, 1974 1, part 2 Second round Friday, April 12, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Dave Stockton 71-66=137 −7 T2 USA Hubert Green 68-70=138 −6 USA Hale Irwin 68-70=138T4 USA Frank Beard 69-70=139 −5 USA Jim Colbert 67-72=139T6 USA Jerry Heard 70-70=140 −4 USA Gene Littler 69-71=140 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-71=140 USA Dan Sikes 69-71=140 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-69=140 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bq5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2375%2C2721960 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Masters results April 13, 1974 3B Third round Saturday, April 13, 1974 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Dave Stockton 71-66-70=207 −9 T2 USA Jim Colbert 67-72-69=208 −8 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71-66=208 T4 USA Bobby Nichols 73-68-68=209 −7 USA Phil Rodgers 72-69-68=209T6 USA Hale Irwin 68-70-72=210 −6 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70=2108 USA Frank Beard 68-70-72=211 −5T9 USA Hubert Green 68-70-74=212 −4 USA Jack Nicklaus 69-71-72=212 Sourcehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b65VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6781%2C2898845 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried April 14, 1974 4C Final round Sunday, April 14, 1974 Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 71-71-66-70=278 −10 35,000T2 USA Dave Stockton 71-66-70-73=280 −8 21,250 USA Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70-70=280T4 USA Jim Colbert 67-72-69-73=281 −7 10,833 USA Hale Irwin 68-70-72-71=281 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281T7 USA Bobby Nichols 73-68-68-73=282 −6 4,750 USA Phil Rodgers 72-69-68-73=282T9 ENG Maurice Bembridge 73-74-72-64=283 −5 3,900 USA Hubert Green 68-70-74-71=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 AUS Bruce Crampton 73-72-69-70=284 −4 3,375 USA Jerry Heard 70-70-73-71=284 USA Dave Hill 71-72-70-71=284 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 76-71-70-67=284T15 USA Buddy Allin 73-73-70-69=285 −3 2,900 USA Miller Barber 75-67-72-71=285 USA Ralph Johnston 72-71-70-72=285 USA Johnny Miller 72-74-69-70=285 USA Dan Sikes 69-71-74-71=285T20 USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez 70-74-71-71=286 −2 2,550 USA Sam Snead (c) 72-72-71-71=286T22 USA Frank Beard 69-70-72-76=287 −1 2,275 USA Ben Crenshaw 75-70-70-72=287 USA Raymond Floyd 69-72-76-70=287 USA Bob Goalby (c) 76-71-72-68=287T26 USA Julius Boros 75-70-69-74=288 E 1,850 USA John Schlee 75-71-71-71=288 USA J. C. Snead 73-68-74-73=288T29 USA Charles Coody (c) 74-72-76-67=289 +1 1,850 USA Don Iverson 68-74-73-74=289T31 ZAF 1928 Hugh Baiocchi 75-71-74-70=290 +2 1,775 AUS Bruce Devlin 70-72-76-72=290 USA Al Geiberger 76-68-70-76=290 AUS Graham Marsh 76-69-72-73=290 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 79-68-68-75=290 USA Kermit Zarley 73-71-77-69=290T37 USA Billy Casper (c) 70-71-76-74=291 +3 1,775 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 70-77-72-72=291T39 USA Gene Littler 69-71-78-74=292 +4 1,700 USA Larry Ziegler 72-73-73-74=292T41 USA Babe Hiskey 70-78-75-72=295 +7 1,700 USA Leonard Thompson 73-72-77-73=29543 USA Ed Sneed 74-74-77-72=297 +9 1,70044 USA Orville Moody 74-73-78-77=302 +14 1,700CUT USA Homero Blancas 73-76=149 +5 ENG Trevor Homer (a) 77-72=149 USA John Mahaffey 71-78=149 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 79-70=149 USA Mason Rudolph 78-71=149 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 77-73=150 +6 USA Gay Brewer (c) 75-75=150 USA Henri DeLozier (a) 74-76=150 USA Vinny Giles (a) 74-76=150 USA Lou Graham 76-74=150 USA Gary Koch (a) 76-74=150 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 72-79=151 +7 USA Gardner Dickinson 71-80=151 USA Doug Ford (c) 76-75=151 USA Downing Gray (a) 75-76=151 USA John Schroeder 76-75=151 USA Dick Siderowf (a) 74-77=151 USA William C. Campbell (a) 74-78=152 +8 NZL Bob Charles 73-79=152 ENG Tony Jacklin 81-71=152 USA Billy Kratzert (a) 79-73=152 USA Mark Pfeil (a) 75-77=152 USA David Strawn (a) 77-75=152 USA Paul Harney 77-76=153 +9 USA Craig Stadler (a) 79-74=153 USA Marty West (a) 73-80=153 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 74-80=154 +10 USA Lanny Wadkins 74-80=154 USA Bob Dickson 76-79=155 +11 USA Jim Jamieson 80-75=155 USA Herman Keiser (c) 76-79=155 USA Sam Adams 80-79=159 +15 USA Bert Greene 81-81=162 +18WD USA George Archer (c) 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 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344ZAF 1928 Player −8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−10−10USA Stockton −9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8USA Weiskopf −6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8USA Colbert −8−9−8−8−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−7USA Irwin −6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−7USA Nicklaus −4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−8−7−8−7−7−7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Sourcehttp://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1974&tid=18 databasegolf.com 1974 Masters May 4, 2014 References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1974 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1974 1974 Category:1974 in golf Category:1974 in American sports Category:1974 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1974 sports events in the United States