1965 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1965 Masters Tournament 1965_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1965 Masters Guide April 8–11, 1965 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kZ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5702%2C1699439 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Palmer, Nicklaus, Player tied in Masters April 10, 1965 12 91 players, 49 after cut 148 (+4) $20,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 271 (−17) 1964 1966 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 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kp5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5974%2C1909460 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Nicklaus in a Masters Romp April 12, 1965 32 It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career. The "Big Three" (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=44ZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6693%2C2676662 Milwaukee Sentinel Nicklaus, Palmer, Player lead Associated Press April 10, 1965 2, part 2 but Nicklaus shot a 64 (−8) on Saturday to post a 202 (−14), a gain of five shots on Player and eight on Palmer.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MTtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6310%2C1982513 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Nicklaus threatens runaway with 64 April 11, 1965 1B https://www.si.com/vault/1965/04/19/614971/all-alone-at-the-top Sports Illustrated All alone at the top Wright Alfred April 19, 1965 24 Nicklaus' round tied the course record set by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940; it was lowered to 63 by Nick Price in the third round in 1986. Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64.Jack Nicklaus: My Story Jack Nicklaus Simon & Schuster 2007 978-1-416-54224-7 After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."http://golf.about.com/od/jacknicklaus/a/nicklaus_quotes.htm Jack Nicklaus Quotes golf.about.com April 25, 2016 May 15, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160515224629/http://golf.about.com/od/jacknicklaus/a/nicklaus_quotes.htm dead Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion. Art Wall Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20. Field 1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,8), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr. Craig Wood did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Jack Fleck, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (9,10) 3. The Open champions (last 10 years) Tony Lema (8,11) 4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,11), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bobby Nichols (9,10), Bob Rosburg (9) 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Charles Coe (6,a), Richard Davies (6,a) Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a), Ed Updegraff (a) Labron Harris Jr. and R. H. Sikes forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 7. 1964 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Allen (a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Gene Ferrell (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Ed Tutwiler (a) 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1964 Masters Tournament Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Don January (9), Dave Marr, Billy Maxwell (11), Johnny Pott (9,11), Mason Rudolph (10), Dan Sikes, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger (10) 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1964 U.S. Open George Bayer, Gay Brewer (10), Bill Collins, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Ed Furgol, Tommy Jacobs 10. Top eight players and ties from 1964 PGA Championship Tom Nieporte 11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team Bob Goalby, Dave Ragan 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1964 PGA Tour Frank Beard, Jack McGowan 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Wes Ellis 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Tommy Aaron 15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Hyndman (a) 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1965 PGA Tour Doug Sanders, Bert Weaver 17. Foreign invitations Peter Butler (8), Bob Charles (3,9), Chen Ching-Po, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9), Bruce Devlin (8), Harold Henning, Bernard Hunt, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson, Cobie Legrange, Stan Leonard, Kel Nagle (3,8), Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8), Leopoldo Ruiz, Ramón Sota, Nick Weslock (a) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 8, 1965 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 65 −7T2 USA Tommy Aaron 67 −5 USA Tony Lema USA Jack Nicklaus USA Dan Sikes 6 USA Frank Beard 68 −4T7 USA George Bayer 69 −3 USA Tommy Bolt USA Wes Ellis USA Raymond Floyd USA Doug Sanders Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LztWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6311%2C1710877 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Putting tip helps Player get lead April 9, 1965 1C Second round Friday, April 9, 1965 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jack Nicklaus 67-71=138 −6 USA Arnold Palmer 70-68=138 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 65-73=138 4 USA Dan Sikes 67-72=139 −5 5 USA Tony Lema 67-73=140 −4 T6 USA Tommy Aaron 67-74=141 −3 USA Doug Sanders 69-72=141 8 USA Bo Wininger 70-72=142 −2 9 USA George Bayer 69-74=143 −1 T10 USA Billy Casper 72-72=144 E AUS Bruce Crampton 72-72=144 USA Byron Nelson 70-74=144 USA Bobby Nichols 73-71=144 USA Tom Nieporte 71-73=144 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 71-73=144 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kZ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2969%2C1703060 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters scorecard April 10, 1965 13https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MDtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4984%2C1847555 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Masters golf lead shared by Palmer, Nicklaus, Player April 10, 1965 1B Third round Saturday, April 10, 1965 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 67-71-64=202 −14 2 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 65-73-69=207 −9T3 USA Arnold Palmer 70-68-72=210 −6 USA Dan Sikes 67-72-71=210 5 USA Mason Rudolph 70-75-66=211 −5 T6 USA Tommy Aaron 67-74-71=212 −4 USA Gene Littler 71-74-67=212 T8 CAN George Knudson 72-73-69=214 −2 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 71-73-70=214T10 USA Billy Casper 72-72-71=215 −1 USA Doug Sanders 69-72-74=215 Source: Scorecard Third round, ties course record   31-33=64 (−8) Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA Nicklaus E−1−1−2−2−3−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−8−8 Final round Sunday, April 11, 1965 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 67-71-64-69=271 −17 20,000T2 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 70-68-72-70=280 −8 10,200 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 65-73-69-73=2804 USA Mason Rudolph 70-75-66-72=283 −5 6,2005 USA Dan Sikes 67-72-71-75=285 −3 5,000T6 USA Gene Littler 71-74-67-74=286 −2 3,800 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 71-73-70-72=286T8 USA Frank Beard 68-77-72-70=287 −1 2,400 USA Tommy Bolt 69-78-69-71=28710 CAN George Knudson 72-73-69-74=288 E 1,800 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 USA Tommy Aaron 67-74-71-77=289 +1 1,550 AUS Bruce Crampton 72-72-74-71=289 USA Paul Harney 74-74-71-70=289 USA Doug Sanders 69-72-74-74=289T15 USA George Bayer 69-74-75-72=290 +2 1,300 AUS Bruce Devlin 71-76-73-70=290 USA Wes Ellis 69-76-72-73=290 USA Tommy Jacobs 71-74-72-73=290 AUS Kel Nagle 75-70-74-71=290 USA Byron Nelson (c) 70-74-72-74=290T21 USA Dow Finsterwald 72-75-72-72=291 +3 1,200 USA Ben Hogan (c) 71-75-71-74=291 USA Tony Lema 67-73-77-74=291T24 USA Terry Dill 72-73-75-72=292 +4 1,200 USA Al Geiberger 75-72-74-71=292T26 ENG Bernard Hunt 71-74-74-74=293 +5 1,075 JPN 1947 Tomoo Ishii 74-74-70-75=293 USA Billy Maxwell 74-72-76-71=293 USA Tom Nieporte 71-73-75-74=293 USA Bo Wininger 70-72-75-76=293T31 USA Doug Ford (c) 74-74-73-73=294 +6 1,050USA Downing Gray (a) 72-74-73-75=294 0 USA Dave Ragan 73-74-73-74=294 1,050 USA Bert Weaver 72-75-72-75=294T35 USA Billy Casper 72-72-71-80=295 +7 1,050 USA Jimmy Demaret (c) 71-75-76-73=295 USA Bobby Nichols 73-71-75-76=295 USA Mike Souchak 74-74-72-75=295T39 USA Don Allen (a) 70-77-74-75=296 +8 0 TPE Chen Ching-Po 71-77-77-71=296 1,025 USA Bob Goalby 71-75-75-75=296T42 USA Bill Hyndman (a) 73-73-75-76=297 +9 0 USA Jack McGowan 73-75-77-72=297 1,025 USA Johnny Pott 74-74-73-76=297T45 NZL Bob Charles 72-74-76-77=299 +11 1,025 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 71-76-77-75=29947 USA Richard Davies (a) 70-78-78-76=302 +14 048 USA John Mark Hopkins (a) 70-78-78-77=303 +1549 USA Deane Beman (a) 74-72-79-79=304 +16CUT USA Charles Coe (a) 73-76=149 +5 ARG Leopoldo Ruiz 76-73=149 USA Sam Snead (c) 75-74=149 USA Ed Tutwiler (a) 76-73=149 USA Jerry Barber 71-79=150 +6 USA Julius Boros 73-77=150 USA Lionel Hebert 70-80=150 USA Don January 72-78=150 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 72-79=151 +7 USA Cary Middlecoff (c) 76-75=151 PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez 75-76=151 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 75-77=152 +8 ENG Peter Butler 76-76=152 USA Bill Collins 74-78=152 USA Raymond Floyd 69-83=152 USA Ed Furgol 72-80=152 USA Jay Hebert 75-77=152 ZAF 1928 Cobie Legrange 76-76=152 USA Claude Harmon (c) 74-79=153 +9 USA Dave Marr 75-78=153 USA Dick Mayer 76-77=153 USA Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-83=153 USA Charlie Smith (a) 73-80=153 CAN Gary Cowan (a) 75-79=154 +10 USA Jim Ferrier 74-80=154 USA Robert W. Gardner (a) 76-78=154 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 78-76=154 USA Gay Brewer 77-78=155 +11 CAN Stan Leonard 71-84=155 USA Henry Picard (c) 76-79=155 USA Dale Morey (a) 74-82=156 +12 USA Bob Rosburg 76-80=156 CAN Nick Weslock (a) 80-76=156 USA Dave Eichelberger (a) 74-83=157 +13 ENG Geoffrey Hunt 80-77=157 USA Ken Venturi 77-80=157 USA William C. Campbell (a) 81-77=158 +14 USA Ralph Guldahl (c) 83-85=168 +24WD USA Herman Keiser (c) 80 +8 USA Ed Updegraff (a) DQ USA Gene Ferrell (a) 78 +6 USA Jack Fleck 79 +7 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 443545344USA Nicklaus −15−15−15−16−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−16−16−16−17−17USA Palmer −6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8ZAF 1928 Player −9−10−9−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−8−6−7−7−8−8−8−8USA Rudolph −5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5USA Sikes −6−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−4−2−2−3−3−3−3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey References External links Masters.com – past winners and results GolfCompendium.com – 1965 Masters Augusta.com – 1965 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1965 1965 Category:1965 in golf Category:1965 in American sports Category:1965 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1965 sports events in the United States