1939 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1939 Masters Tournament March 31 – April 2, 1939 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 46 playershttp://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html The Masters Past winners and results April 16, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024707/http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html October 12, 2013 None $5,000 $1,500 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 279 (−9) 1938 1940 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 1939 Masters Tournament was the sixth Masters Tournament, held from March31 to April2 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was postponed to Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TvIUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2uMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4868%2C5204981 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Golf Masters get rained out March 31, 1939 13 Ralph Guldahl won his only Masters title with a tournament record 279(−9), one stroke better than runner-up Sam Snead. He had finished as a runner-up the previous two years, and it was the third of Guldahl's three major titles; he won consecutive U.S.Open titles in 1937 and 1938. The previous Masters record was 282(−6) in 1935,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t05QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QQ0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6501%2C684519 Milwaukee Sentinel INS Ralph Guldahl winner in Augusta tourney April 3, 1939 12 and Guldahl's mark stood until 1953, when Ben Hogan shot 274(−14). The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. The gallery for Sunday's final two rounds was estimated at 10,000spectators.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_idWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3uMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6662%2C1082538 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Guldahl wins Augusta cup April 3, 1939 8 Challenging weather conditions during the second round on Saturday included hail, wind, rain, and some sun breaks.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_SdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3uMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4273%2C697235 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Bobby Jones is far down in Masters' open golf tournament April 2, 1939 1, sportshttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6788%2C5734959 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon United Press Veteran Gene Sarazen shoots 66 to take lead in Masters April 2, 1939 13 It also was the first time the tournament was called The Masters instead of the Augusta National Invitation Tournament. Field 1. Masters champions Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Henry Picard (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10,12), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12) 2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Billy Burke (9), Johnny Farrell, Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Tony Manero (7,9) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Willie Turnesa (11,a) 4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,7,10) 5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (8,a) 6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12) 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team Ed Dudley (9), Sam Snead (12) 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team Ray Billows (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a) Johnny Fischer (3,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,11,a), Fred Haas (a), Chuck Kocsis (9,a), Reynolds Smith (a) and Bud Ward (a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team. 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon, Ray Mangrum, Jug McSpaden (10), Dick Metz (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play. 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 U.S. Open Joe Belfore, Jim Foulis (12), Frank Moore, Toney Penna Olin Dutra (2,6), Willie Hunter (5), Al Huske, Stanley Kertes, Butch Kreuger, Charles Lacey, Ray Mangrum, John Rogers, Charles Sheppard, George Von Elm (3), Al Zimmerman and Emery Zimmerman did not play, 11. 1938 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), Joe Thompson (a) Pat Abbott (a), Chris Brinke (a) and Ed Kingsley (a) did not play. 12. 1938 PGA Championship quarter-finalists 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1939 PGA Tour Jimmy Demaret, Craig Wood 14 Foreign invitations Stanley Horne Additional invitation Ted Adams (a) winner of 1938 Canadian Amateur Championship Round summaries First round Friday, March 31, 1939 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Billy Burke 69 −3 2 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70 −2 T3 USA 1912 Tommy Armour 71 −1 USA 1912 Byron Nelson USA 1912 Henry Picard T6 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 72 E USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl USA 1912 Ky Laffoon USA 1912 Lawson Little USA 1912 Dick Metz USA 1912 Toney Penna USA 1912 Craig Wood Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MU0bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3342%2C1549833 Pittsburgh Press United Press McLemore Henry Burke shatters par to lead Masters April 1, 1939 7 Second round Saturday, April 1, 1939 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen 73-66=139 −5 T2 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 72-68=140 −4 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-69=140 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70-70=140 5 USA 1912 Billy Burke 69-72=141 −3 6 USA 1912 Henry Picard 71-71=142 −27 USA 1912 Lawson Little 72-72=144 ET8 USA 1912 Tommy Armour 71-74=145 +1 USA 1912 Craig Wood 72-73=145 T10 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 75-71=146 +2 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 75-71=146 Source: Third round Sunday, April 2, 1939   (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70=210 −6 2 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen 73-66-72=211 −5 T3 USA 1912 Billy Burke 69-72-71=212 −4 USA 1912 Lawson Little 72-72-68=212 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-69-72=212 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70-70-72=212 7 USA 1912 Craig Wood 72-73-71=216 E T8 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 75-71-72=218 +2 USA 1912 Henry Picard 71-71-76=218 T10 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 75-75-69=219 +3 USA 1912 Toney Penna 72-75-72=219 Final round Sunday, April 2, 1939   (afternoon) Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70-69=279 −9 1,5002 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70-70-72-68=280 −8 800T3 USA 1912 Billy Burke 69-72-71-70=282 −6 550 USA 1912 Lawson Little 72-72-68-70=2825 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 73-66-72-72=283 −5 4006 USA 1912 Craig Wood 72-73-71-68=284 −4 3007 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-72-75=287 −1 2508 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 71-71-76-71=289 +1 1759 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 75-71-72-72=290 +2 175T10 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 75-75-69-72=291 +3 100 USA 1912 Toney Penna 72-75-72-72=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 USA 1912 Tommy Armour 71-74-76-72=293 +5 33 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 73-76-72-72=293 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 75-72-74-72=29315 USA 1912 Denny Shute 78-71-73-72=294 +6 T16 USA 1912 Paul Runyan 73-71-75-76=295 +7 USA 1912 Felix Serafin 74-76-73-72=295T18 USA 1912 Chick Harbert (a) 74-73-75-74=296 +8 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 75-71-73-77=296USA 1912 Charlie Yates (a) 74-73-74-75=29621 USA 1912 Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) 78-75-73-71=297 +9T22 USA 1912 Jimmy Hines 76-73-74-75=298 +10 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 72-75-73-78=298 USA 1912 Frank Moore 75-74-75-74=29825 USA 1912 Al Watrous 75-75-74-75=299 +11T26 USA 1912 Tony Manero 76-73-77-74=300 +12 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 75-79-74-72=300 USA 1912 Willie Turnesa (a) 78-70-79-73=300T29 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 75-75-75-77=302 +14 USA 1912 Frank Walsh 76-76-72-78=302T31 USA 1912 Dick Metz 72-80-77-74=303 +15 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 77-74-76-76=303T33 USA 1912 Harry Cooper 76-77-73-78=304 +16 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 72-81-77-74=304 USA 1912 Walter Hagen 76-76-76-76=304 USA 1912 Bobby Jones 76-77-78-73=304T37 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 78-77-77-77=309 +21 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 80-76-77-76=30939 USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 81-75-79-77=312 +2440 USA 1912 Ted Adams (a) 78-77-83-76=314 +2641 USA 1912 Ray Billows (a) 75-84-78-80=317 +2942 USA 1912 Joe Belfore 83-79-78-78=318 +3043 USA 1912 Joe Thompson 81-84-79-78=322 +34WD USA 1912 Jock Hutchison 79-77=156 +12 USA 1912 Ray Mangrum 77 +5 CAN 1921 Stanley Horne 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 References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1939 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1939 1939 Category:1939 in golf Category:1939 in American sports Category:1939 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:March 1939 sports events in the United States Category:April 1939 sports events in the United States