1941 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1941 Masters Tournament April 3–6, 1941 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6800 yd -1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s71SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wn0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7310%2C4848379 St. Petersburg Times Florida United Press Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes April 4, 1941 13 51 players None $5,000 $1,500 USA 1912 Craig Wood 280 (−8) 1940 1942 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 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson. Wood opened with a66 and led by five strokes after the first round.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B31IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948%2C6057471 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters April 4, 1941 16 During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34(−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zKxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tCIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3317%2C3159912 Milwaukee Journal Craig Wood wins Masters with 280 Associated Press April 7, 1941 5-part 2 The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CX1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4338%2C5535465 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf April 7, 1941 14 Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941U.S.Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.https://apnews.com/9dd3c18629344dbeb339b4899ed568a0 Associated Press News Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache April 5, 2016 April 12, 2016 Through 2026, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), Jordan Spieth (2015), and Rory McIlroy in 2026. Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10,12), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (10) Henry Picard (6,9,10) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (11,a) 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (9,a) 6. PGA champions Paul Runyan (9,12) 7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team Not held 8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team Not held 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10) Johnny Farrell (2,10), Ed Oliver, Johnny Revolta (6,10) and Bud Ward (3,11,a) did not play. 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open Bruce Coltart, Vic Ghezzi, Andy Gibson, Jock Hutchison Jr., Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Andrew Szwedko (a) Al Huske, Eddie Kirk (12), Wilford Wehrle (11,a) and Pat Willcox did not play. 11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists George Dawson (a), Duff McCullough (a) Ray Billows (a), John P. Burke (a) and Johnny Fischer (3,a) did not play 12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Art Doering (a) 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Jimmy Thomson 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner 16 Foreign invitations Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 3, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Craig Wood 66 −6 T2 USA 1912 Willie Goggin 71 −1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan USA 1912 Lawson Little USA 1912 Byron Nelson T6 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 72 E USA 1912 Felix SerafinT8 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 73 +1 USA 1912 Sammy Byrd USA 1912 Ed Dudley USA 1912 Clayton Heafner USA 1912 Tony Manero USA 1912 Toney Penna USA 1912 Jack Ryan USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson USA 1912 Sam Snead Source: Second round Friday, April 4, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Craig Wood 66-71=137 −7 2 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-69=140 −43 USA 1912 Lawson Little 71-70=141 −3T4 USA 1912 Sammy Byrd 73-70=143 −1 USA 1912 Willie Goggin 71-72=143 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 71-72=143 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 73-70=143 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 76-67=143T9 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 73-72=145 +1 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 72-73=145 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CH1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4326%2C5831784 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Wood retains lead in Masters tourney April 5, 1941 12 Third round Saturday, April 5, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Craig Wood 66-71-71=208 −8 2 USA 1912 Sammy Byrd 73-70-68=211 −5 3 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-69-73=213 −3T4 USA 1912 Willie Goggin 71-72-72=215 −1 USA 1912 Lawson Little 71-70-74=215 6 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 77-69-71=217 +17 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 71-72-75=218 +2 T8 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 76-73-70=219 +3 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 77-71-71=219 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 73-70-76=219 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tb1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wn0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7216%2C5529072 St. Petersburg Times Florida Carver Lawton INS Wood leads; Sam Byrd second April 6, 1941 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=38oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6614%2C3309710 Spartanburg Herald-Journal South Carolina Associated Press Boni Bill Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney April 6, 1941 22 Final round Sunday, April 6, 1941 Final leaderboard Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Craig Wood 66-71-71-72=280 −8 1,5002 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-73-70=283 −5 8003 USA 1912 Sammy Byrd 73-70-68-74=285 −3 6004 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 71-72-75-68=286 −2 5005 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 73-72-75-68=288 E 400T6 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 77-71-71-70=289 +1 275 USA 1912 Sam Snead 73-75-72-69=2898 USA 1912 Lawson Little 71-70-74-75=290 +2 200T9 USA 1912 Willie Goggin 71-72-72-76=291 +3 117 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-72-72-76=291 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 76-67-80-68=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 77-69-71-75=292 +4 100 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 73-70-76-73=292T14 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 72-73-75-73=293 +5 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl (c) 76-71-75-71=293 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 73-75-72-73=29317 USA 1912 Jack Ryan 73-74-74-74=295 +718 USA 1912 Denny Shute 77-75-74-70=296 +8T19 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 76-73-70-78=297 +9 USA 1912 Jimmy Hines 76-74-75-72=297 USA 1912 Gene Kunes 76-74-76-71=297 USA 1912 Dick Metz 74-72-75-76=297 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 75-76-75-71=297 USA 1912 Toney Penna 73-74-80-70=297 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 76-72-74-75=297 USA 1912 Felix Serafin 72-79-74-72=297 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 74-72-77-74=29728 USA 1912 Ray Mangrum 76-70-78-74=298 +10T29 AUS Jim Ferrier 75-76-73-75=299 +11 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 76-75-71-77=299 ARG Martin Pose 77-74-76-72=29932 USA 1912 Al Watrous 74-75-76-75=300 +1233 USA 1912 Leonard Dodson 75-77-78-71=301 +1334 USA 1912 George Dawson (a) 74-78-77-73=302 +14T35 USA 1912 Paul Runyan 78-78-74-73=303 +15 USA 1912 Charlie Yates (a) 78-75-75-75=30337 USA 1912 Frank Walsh 74-76-76-78=304 +1638 USA 1912 Tommy Armour 75-75-76-79=305 +1739 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 73-76-78-79=306 +1840 USA 1912 Bobby Jones 76-74-78-79=307 +1941 USA 1912 Bruce Coltart 80-78-75-75=308 +2042 USA 1912 Andy Gibson 78-75-80-76=309 +2143 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison Jr. 77-81-76-78=312 +24T44 USA 1912 Tony Manero 73-80-78-82=313 +25 USA 1912 Duff McCullough (a) 79-74-84-76=31346 USA 1912 Art Doering (a) 77-79-77-81=314 +2647 USA 1912 Andrew Szwedko (a) 81-79-78-81=319 +31WD USA 1912 Francis Ouimet (a) 82 +10 USA 1912 Walter Hagen 87 +15 USA 1912 Henry Ransom 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 References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1941 Masters leaderboard 1941 1941 Category:1941 in golf Category:1941 in American sports Category:1941 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1941 sports events in the United States