1963 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1963 Masters Tournament 1963_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1963 Masters Guide April 4–7, 1963 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6850 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5656%2C1049613 Pittsburgh-Post Gazette Associated Press Souchak takes sole Masters lead April 6, 1963 14 84 players, 50 after cut 152 (+8) $112,500https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jc5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373%2C1220698 Pittsburgh-Post Gazette Associated Press Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown April 8, 1963 25 $20,000 USA Jack Nicklaus 286 (−2) 1962 1964 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 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152). Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/08/page/61/article/nicklaus-wins-masters-title-with-286 Chicago Tribune Bartlett Charles Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286 April 8, 1963 1, part 3 Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory.https://www.si.com/vault/1963/04/15/618752/young-jack-the-mighty-master Sports Illustrated Wright Alfred Young Jack the Mighty Master April 15, 1963 26 It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July. Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th. It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vBkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4282%2C462285 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania UPI Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies October 15, 1963 18 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xzAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305%2C3617091 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Golf champ Smith dies at age 55 October 15, 1963 24 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-soqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2910%2C3162567 Palm Beach Post Florida Associated Press Ex-Masters king Horton Smith dies October 16, 1963 15 George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Field 1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood Ralph Guldahl and Ben Hogan (2,3) did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10) 3. The Open champions (last 10 years) 4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9) 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a) Deane Beman (6,9) and Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a) 7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a) 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders 10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship George Bayer, Dave Ragan 11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team Bill Collins 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Bo Wininger 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Wes Ellis 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 1963 PGA Tour Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes 17. Foreign invitations Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 4, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Mike Souchak 69 −3 USA Bo Wininger T3 USA Ed Furgol 70 −2 USA Jay Hebert USA Sam SneadT6 USA George Bayer 71 −1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player T8 USA Charles Coe (a) 72 E USA Billy Maxwell T10 USA Downing Gray (a) 73 +1 USA Don January USA Dick Mayer USA Doug Sanders Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/05/page/61/article/wininger-souchak-lead-in-masters Chicago Tribune Bartlett Charles Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters April 5, 1963 1, part 3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i85RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1437%2C932001 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters golf tournament scoreboard April 5, 1963 22 Second round Friday, April 5, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Mike Souchak 69-70=139 −5 T2 USA Jay Hebert 70-70=140 −4 USA Jack Nicklaus 74-66=140 T4 USA Ed Furgol 70-71=141 −3 USA Bo Wininger 69-72=141 T6 USA Tony Lema 74-69=143 −1 USA Dick Mayer 73-70=143 USA Sam Snead 70-73=143T9 USA Julius Boros 76-69=145 +1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-74=145 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147%2C1050636 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Masters scoreboard April 6, 1963 14 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/06/page/95/article/nicklaus-gets-66-trails-souchak-by-1 Chicago Tribune Bartlett Charles Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1 April 6, 1963 Third round Saturday, April 6, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jack Nicklaus 74-66-74=214 −2 2 USA Ed Furgol 70-71-74=215 −1 3 USA Julius Boros 76-69-71=216 E T4 USA Tony Lema 74-69-74=217 +1 USA Sam Snead 70-73-74=217T6 TWN Chen Ching-Po 76-71-71=218 +2 USA Mike Souchak 69-70-79=218 USA Bo Wininger 69-72-77=218 T9 CAN 1957 Stan Leonard 74-72-73=219 +3 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-74-74=219 USA Mason Rudolph 75-72-72=219 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/07/page/37/article/nicklaus-leads-rain-soaked-masters Chicago Tribune Bartlett Charles Nicklaus leads rain-soaked Masters April 7, 1963 Final round Sunday, April 7, 1963 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Jack Nicklaus 74-66-74-72=286 −2 20,0002 USA Tony Lema 74-69-74-70=287 −1 12,000T3 USA Julius Boros 76-69-71-72=288 E 7,000 USA Sam Snead (c) 70-73-74-71=288T5 USA Dow Finsterwald 74-73-73-69=289 +1 4,000 USA Ed Furgol 70-71-74-74=289 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 71-74-74-70=2898 USA Bo Wininger 69-72-77-72=290 +2 2,400T9 USA Don January 73-75-72-71=291 +3 1,800 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 74-73-73-71=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 USA Billy Casper 79-72-71-70=292 +4 1,350 AUS Bruce Crampton 74-74-72-72=292 USA Doug Ford (c) 75-73-75-69=292 USA Mike Souchak 69-70-79-74=292T15 NZL Bob Charles 74-72-76-71=293 +5 1,100 TPE Chen Ching-Po 76-71-71-75=293 USA Billy Maxwell 72-75-76-70=293 USA Dick Mayer 73-70-80-70=293 USA Mason Rudolph 75-72-72-74=293 USA Dan Sikes 74-76-72-71=293T21 CAN 1957 Stan Leonard 74-72-73-75=294 +6 1,000 USA Johnny Pott 75-76-74-69=294 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 75-74-73-72=294T24 USA Wes Ellis 74-72-79-70=295 +7 1,000 USA Gene Littler 77-72-78-68=295 USA Bobby Nichols 76-74-73-72=29527 USA Jay Hebert 70-70-81-75=296 +8 750T28 USA George Bayer 71-75-84-67=297 +9 750 USA Tommy Jacobs 78-74-73-72=297 USA Doug Sanders 73-74-77-73=297 CAN 1957 Alvie Thompson 79-72-75-71=297T32 USA Labron Harris Jr. (a) 79-71-73-75=298 +10 0 USA Dave Ragan 74-75-76-73=298 75034 USA Ken Venturi 77-74-77-71=299 +11 750T35 USA Bill Hyndman (a) 74-72-80-74=300 +12 0 AUS Kel Nagle 75-74-76-75=300 750T37 USA Tommy Bolt 75-76-76-74=301 +13 750 USA Charles Coe (a) 72-75-79-75=301 0T39 USA Homero Blancas (a) 75-77-76-74=302 +14 ARG Antonio Cerdá 75-71-78-78=302 750 USA Lionel Hebert 75-74-77-76=30242 USA Jack Fleck 74-77-77-75=303 +15 750T43 USA Walter Burkemo 75-77-78-74=304 +16 750 USA Jimmy Demaret (c) 75-75-81-73=30445 USA Herman Keiser (c) 75-77-79-74=305 +17 750T46 USA Downing Gray (a) 73-76-81-76=306 +18 0 USA R. H. Sikes (a) 76-76-77-77=30648 USA Billy Joe Patton (a) 80-72-74-81=307 +1949 USA Gene Sarazen (c) 74-73-81-80=308 +20 750CUT USA Jerry Barber 80-73=153 +9 JPN 1947 Koichi Ono 82-71=153 USA Phil Rodgers 77-76=153 USA Bob Rosburg 77-76=153 COL Miguel Sala 75-78=153 CAN 1957 Al Balding 82-72=154 +10 USA Gay Brewer 82-72=154 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 78-76=154 USA Gardner Dickinson 78-76=154 USA Chick Harbert 75-79=154 USA Jim Gabrielsen (a) 80-75=155 +11 ARG Jorge Ledesma (a) 76-79=155 PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez 80-75=155 USA Bob Goalby 80-76=156 +12 USA Byron Nelson (c) 79-77=156 USA Charlie Smith (a) 80-76=156 ESP 1945 Ángel Miguel 78-79=157 +13 USA Jerry Pittman 78-79=157 USA Ed Updegraff (a) 82-75=157 USA Paul Desjardins (a) 77-81=158 +14 MEX Juan Antonio Estrada (a) 81-77=158 USA Bill Newcomb (a) 81-77=158 USA Bill Collins 82-77=159 +15 USA Robert W. Gardner (a) 78-82=160 +16 SCO David Blair (a) 83-79=162 +18 USA Richard Davies (a) 79-84=163 +19 NLD Gerard de Wit 87-76=163 USA Charles Coody (a) 80-84=164 +20 USA Cary Middlecoff (c) 87-81=168 +24 USA Horton Smith (c) 91-86=177 +33WD USA Paul Harney 75-77-78=230 +14 USA Jacky Cupit 82 +10 USA Claude Harmon (c) 82 USA Henry Picard (c) USA Craig Wood (c) 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 −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−2−2−2USA Lema +2+1+1EEEEEEE+1+1EEEEE−1USA Boros +1EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1EEEEEEEUSA Snead +1EEEEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1EUSA Finsterwald +3+2+3+3+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+1USA Furgol −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1ZAF 1928 Player +2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1E+1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey References External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1963 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1963 1963 Category:1963 in golf Category:1963 in American sports Category:1963 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1963 sports events in the United States