1938 Masters Tournament

The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday. The tournament was at this point still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until the following year in 1939. Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time. == Field == 1. Masters champions Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9) 2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a) 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12) 5. British Amateur champions 6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10) 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10) 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a) Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team. 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play. 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play. 11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play. 12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour Ben Hogan, Dick Metz 14 Foreign invitations Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a) == Round summaries == === First round === Saturday, April 2, 1938 Source: === Second round === Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning) === Third round === Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon) Source: === Final round === Monday, April 4, 1938 ==== Final leaderboard ==== Sources: == References == == External links == Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1938 Masters leaderboard