1978 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1978 Masters Tournament 1978_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1978 Masters Guide April 6–9, 1978 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 7040 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-5xRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2754%2C997733 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino The Masters leader – Oh, Schlee April 7, 1978 10 August 18, 2021 78 players, 53 after cut 149 (+5) $45,000 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 277 (−11) 1977 1979 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 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6514%2C1421559 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino 3rd win to Player in Masters April 10, 1978 17 August 18, 2021https://www.si.com/vault/1978/04/17/822563/and-then-there-was-one-and-that-was-gary-player-who-won-his-third-masters-by-shooting-a-splendid-final-round-64-and-then-watched-as-one-by-one-his-challengers-came-up-short Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins And then there was one April 17, 1978 16 August 18, 2021 October 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191009005540/https://www.si.com/vault/1978/04/17/822563/and-then-there-was-one-and-that-was-gary-player-who-won-his-third-masters-by-shooting-a-splendid-final-round-64-and-then-watched-as-one-by-one-his-challengers-came-up-short dead Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 ft 0, including a final one of 15 ft for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8 ft on putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dg9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6961%2C2282239 Toledo Blade Ohio Loomis Tom Champ Player fired 64, then 'choked' April 10, 1978 14 http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/hubert_green.htm What Are the Worst Choke Jobs in Golf History? 2015-04-11 2015-04-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150407034201/http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/hubert_green.htm dead Player became the oldest winner of the Masters and the first over forty in nearly a quarter century; Sam Snead won his third green jacket at age 41 in 1954. Player retained the honor for eight years, until Jack Nicklaus won his sixth at 46 in 1986. Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper (8), Charles Coody (10), Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (3,8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12) Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, 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) Lou Graham (8,9,10,12), Hubert Green (8,9,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Johnny Miller (3), Jerry Pate (8,10,11) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11) 4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (12), Lee Trevino (11), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12) 5. 1977 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Doug Fischesser (a), Ralph Landrum (a), Jay Sigel (7,a) John Fought (6,7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Siderowf (7,a) Bill Sander (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 7. Members of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a) Scott Simpson forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1977 Masters Tournament Andy Bean, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale, Andy North (11), John Schlee, Bob Wynn 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1977 U.S. Open Wally Armstrong, Terry Diehl, Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman, Gary Jacobson, Lyn Lott, Mike McCullough, Steve Melnyk, Tom Purtzer 10. Top eight players and ties from 1977 PGA Championship Jerry McGee (11,12) 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Miller Barber, Dave Eichelberger, Mike Hill, Mac McLendon, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bill Rogers, Jim Simons, Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson 12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team Dave Hill 13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido, David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Manuel Piñero Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 6, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA John Schlee 68 −42 USA Joe Inman 69 −3T3 USA Billy Kratzert 70 −2 USA Lee Trevino T5 USA Tom Kite 71 −1 USA Jerry McGee USA Steve Melnyk T8 USA Wally Armstrong 72 E USA Hubert Green USA Dave Hill USA Don January USA Gene Littler USA Lyn Lott USA Mac McLendon USA Jack Nicklaus USA Jerry Pate ZAF 1928 Gary Player USA Leonard Thompson USA Tom Weiskopf Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gO9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6683%2C1892748 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Schlee tames Masters field April 7, 1978 3D Second round Friday, April 7, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Rod Funseth 73-66=139 −5 USA Lee Trevino 70-69=139T3 USA Hale Irwin 73-67=140 −4 USA Gene Littler 72-68=140 T5 USA Hubert Green 72-69=141 −3 USA Leonard Thompson 72-69=141 USA Tom Watson 73-68=141T8 USA Wally Armstrong 72-70=142 −2 USA Miller Barber 75-67=142 USA Joe Inman 69-73=142 USA Don January 72-70=142 USA Arnold Palmer 73-69=142 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ge9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2949%2C2205365 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Trevino plays to center stage at Masters April 8, 1978 1C Third round Saturday, April 8, 1978 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hubert Green 72-69-65=206 −10 T2 USA Rod Funseth 73-66-70=209 −7 USA Tom Watson 73-68-68=2094 USA Gene Littler 72-68-70=210 −6 T5 AUS David Graham 75-69-67=211 −5 USA Hale Irwin 73-67-71=211 USA Billy Kratzert 70-74-67=211 USA Lee Trevino 70-69-72=2119 USA Wally Armstrong 72-70-70=212 −4 T10 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 74-71-68=213 −3 USA Gay Brewer 73-71-69=213 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 72-72-69=213 USA Tom Weiskopf 72-71-70=213 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gu9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5295%2C2533394 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire service Green chips his way three ahead in Masters April 9, 1978 2B Final round Sunday, April 9, 1978 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 72-72-69-64=277 −11 45,000T2 USA Rod Funseth 73-66-70-69=278 −10 21,667 USA Hubert Green 72-69-65-72=278 USA Tom Watson (c) 73-68-68-69=278T5 USA Wally Armstrong 72-70-70-68=280 −8 11,750 USA Billy Kratzert 70-74-67-69=2807 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 72-73-69-67=281 −7 10,0008 USA Hale Irwin 73-67-71-71=282 −6 8,500T9 AUS David Graham 75-69-67-72=283 −5 6,750 USA Joe Inman 69-73-72-69=283 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 USA Don January 72-70-72-70=284 −4 4,417 USA Jerry McGee 71-73-71-69=284 USA Tom Weiskopf 72-71-70-71=284T14 ENG Peter Oosterhuis 74-70-70-71=285 −3 3,300 USA Lee Trevino 70-69-72-74=285T16 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 76-71-71-68=286 −2 2,950USA Lindy Miller (a) 74-71-70-71=286 0T18 ESP 1977 Seve Ballesteros 74-71-68-74=287 −1 2,550 USA Tom Kite 71-74-71-71=287 USA Gil Morgan 73-73-70-71=287 USA Jerry Pate 72-71-72-72=287 USA Ed Sneed 74-70-70-73=287 USA Lanny Wadkins 74-70-73-70=287T24 USA Miller Barber 75-67-73-73=288 E 2,200 USA Andy Bean 76-68-73-71=288 USA Gene Littler 72-68-70-78=288 USA Leonard Thompson 72-69-75-72=28828 ZAF 1928 Bobby Cole 77-70-70-72=289 +1 2,000T29 USA Gay Brewer (c) 73-71-69-77=290 +2 1,975 USA Mac McLendon 72-72-72-74=290 USA Bill Rogers 76-70-68-76=290T32 USA Jim Colbert 74-73-75-69=291 +3 1,950 USA Terry Diehl 74-72-74-71=291 USA Johnny Miller 77-72-72-70=291 USA Andy North 73-76-72-70=29136 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 73-74-71-74=292 +4 1,925T37 USA Ben Crenshaw 75-70-74-74=293 +5 1,900 USA Mike Hill 73-75-74-71=293 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 73-69-74-77=293 USA Tom Purtzer 78-69-74-72=29341 USA Lyn Lott 72-76-71-75=294 +6 1,875T42 USA Lee Elder 73-75-74-73=295 +7 1,850 USA Al Geiberger 75-73-75-72=295 USA John Schlee 68-75-77-75=295T45 USA Vance Heafner (a) 73-74-74-75=296 +8 0 USA Dave Hill 72-76-74-74=296 1,825T47 USA Jay Haas 74-73-74-76=297 +9 1,800 USA Gary Hallberg (a) 73-73-78-73=297 049 USA Dick Siderowf (a) 77-72-78-71=298 +1050 USA Bob Wynn 74-70-78-77=299 +11 1,75051 USA Steve Melnyk 71-78-75-76=300 +12 1,72552 USA Bob Goalby (c) 73-75-78-75=301 +13 1,70053 ENG Peter McEvoy (a) 73-75-77-77=302 +14 0CUT USA Charles Coody (c) 75-75=150 +6 USA Dave Eichelberger 79-71=150 USA Lou Graham 75-75=150 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 76-74=150 ESP 1977 Manuel Piñero 78-72=150 USA Billy Casper (c) 76-75=151 +7 USA Mike Morley 78-73=151 USA Dave Stockton 76-75=151 JPN 1947 Isao Aoki 79-73=152 +8 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 74-78=152 USA Gary Jacobson 79-74=153 +9 USA Jay Sigel (a) 76-77=153 USA Doug Ford (c) 78-76=154 +10 USA Sam Snead (c) 79-75=154 ESP 1977 Antonio Garrido 77-78=155 +11 USA Ralph Landrum (a) 79-77=156 +12 USA Rik Massengale 81-75=156 USA Jim Simons 79-77=156 USA Danny Edwards 79-79=158 +14 JPN 1947 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 80-80=160 +16 USA Mike Brannan (a) 80-82=162 +18 USA Doug Fischesser (a) 81-84=165 +21 USA Fred Ridley (a) 84-81=165WD USA George Archer (c) 81 +9 USA Mike McCullough 82 +10 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 131415161718Par454343454 443545344ZAF 1928 Player −3−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−6−6−7−8−8−9−10−10−11USA Funseth−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−10−10−10−10USA Green −9−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−10−10−11−10−10−10USA Watson −7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−9−10−11−11−10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source: References External links Masters.com – past winners Augusta.com – 1978 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1978 1978 Category:1978 in golf Category:1978 in American sports Category:1978 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1978 sports events in the United States