1964 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1964 Masters Tournament 1964_Masters_Tournament_Official_Guide_cover.jpg Front cover of the 1964 Masters Guide April 9–12, 1964 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6980 yd 0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nYVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7316%2C2905897 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Palmer sizzles, leads Masters by 4 April 11, 1964 2-part 2 96 players, 48 after cut 148 (+4) $129,800https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ADFKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1059%2C4062001 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio UPI Moffit David M. Palmer again aims at Grand Slam after unprecedented 4th Masters win April 13, 1964 24 $20,000 USA Arnold Palmer 276 (−12) 1963 1965 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 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4). Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_zBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1683%2C3680277 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press Grimsley Will Arnie bags 69, now 10 under par April 12, 1964 D-1 He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rgBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6519%2C2725956 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Palmer eyes 'Grand Slam' April 13, 1964 3Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1964/04/20/612940/a-master-to-top-them-all Sports Illustrated Wright Alfred A Master to top them all April 20, 1964 18 It was his seventh and final major victory. Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EjsxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6196%2C2916550 Toledo Blade Ohio Full House April 10, 1964 28 Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935. Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986, Woods won his fifth in 2019. Field 1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4,8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (8,10), Craig Wood Henry Picard did not play. The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,9,11), Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8), Gene Littler (8,11) Dick Mayer (8) did not play 3. The Open champions (last 10 years) 4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,10,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert (9), Bob Rosburg 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,7,a), Charles Coe (6,7,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (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), R. H. Sikes (7,a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a) 7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a) George Archer forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram 10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston 11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team Bob Goalby 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr. 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Dave Marr 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Phil Rodgers 15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield 17. Foreign invitations Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, 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 9, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Bob Goalby 69 −3 USA Davis Love Jr. AUS Kel Nagle USA Arnold Palmer ZAF 1928 Gary Player T6 USA Don January 70 −2 USA Gene Littler USA Dave Marr USA Billy Joe Patton (a) T10 NZL Bob Charles 71 −1 CAN 1957 Gary Cowan (a) USA Jim Ferrier USA Dow Finsterwald USA Jack Nicklaus PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qwBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4928%2C2058459 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Becker Jim Associated Press Palmer shares golf lead with 69 April 10, 1964 3B Second round Friday, April 10, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Arnold Palmer 69-68=137 −7 2 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 69-72=141 −3 T3 USA Don January 70-72=142 −2 USA Gene Littler 70-72=142T5 NZL Bob Charles 71-72=143 −1 USA Dow Finsterwald 71-72=143 USA Tony Lema 75-68=143 USA Dave Marr 70-73=143 T9 ENG Peter Butler 72-72=144 E USA Jimmy Demaret 75-69=144 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-72=144 USA Jim Ferrier 71-73=144 USA Bob Goalby 69-75=144 USA Davis Love Jr. 69-75=144 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-73=144 USA Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74=144 USA Johnny Pott 74-70=144 PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez 71-73=144 USA Dan Sikes 76-68=144 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_jBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1675%2C3173105 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Palmer register four-under 68 to gain big advantage in Masters meet Moffit David M. April 11, 1964 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rABWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6062%2C2180802 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Becker Jim Associated Press Palmer leads Masters by four April 11, 1964 1B Third round Saturday, April 11, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Arnold Palmer 69-68-69=206 −10 2 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-72-67=211 −5 3 USA Dave Marr 70-73-69=212 −4 T4 ENG Peter Butler 72-72-69=213 −3 USA Jim Ferrier 71-73-69=213 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 69-72-72=2137 USA Bo Wininger 74-71-69=214 −2 T8 USA Deane Beman (a) 74-71-70=215 −1 USA Ben Hogan 73-75-67=215 USA Billy Maxwell 73-73-69=215 USA Jack Nicklaus 71-73-71=215 USA Johnny Pott 74-70-71=215 USA Dan Sikes 76-68-71=215 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rQBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3208%2C2310035 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Palmer ahead by five in Masters April 12, 1964 1B Final round Sunday, April 12, 1964 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 69-68-69-70=276 −12 20,000T2 USA Dave Marr 70-73-69-70=282 −6 10,100 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-73-71-67=2824 AUS Bruce Devlin 72-72-67-73=284 −4 6,100T5 USA Billy Casper 76-72-69-69=286 −2 3,700 USA Jim Ferrier 71-73-69-73=286 USA Paul Harney 73-72-71-70=286 ZAF 1928 Gary Player (c) 69-72-72-73=286T9 USA Dow Finsterwald 71-72-75-69=287 −1 1,700 USA Ben Hogan (c) 73-75-67-72=287 USA Tony Lema 75-68-74-70=287 USA Mike Souchak 73-74-70-70=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 ENG Peter Butler 72-72-69-75=288 E 1,340 USA Al Geiberger 75-73-70-70=288 USA Gene Littler 70-72-78-68=288 USA Johnny Pott 74-70-71-73=288 USA Dan Sikes 76-68-71-73=288T18 USA Don January 70-72-75-72=289 +1 1,100 USA Billy Maxwell 73-73-69-74=289 USA Mason Rudolph 75-72-69-73=289T21 AUS Bruce Crampton 74-72-73-71=290 +2 1,100 AUS Kel Nagle 69-77-71-73=290 PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez 71-73-73-73=290 USA Bo Wininger 74-71-69-76=290T25 USA Deane Beman (a) 74-71-70-76=291 +3 0 USA Gay Brewer 75-72-73-71=291 875CAN 1957 Gary Cowan (a) 71-77-72-71=291 0 USA Bobby Nichols 75-71-75-70=291 875 USA Phil Rodgers 75-72-72-72=291T30 USA Jay Hebert 74-74-69-75=292 +4 875 USA Dean Refram 74-72-73-73=292T32 USA Jimmy Demaret (c) 75-69-73-76=293 +5 850 USA Lionel Hebert 74-74-73-72=293T34 USA Wes Ellis 73-71-75-75=294 +6 850 USA Davis Love Jr. 69-75-74-76=294 ESP 1945 Ramón Sota 76-72-74-72=294T37 USA Don Fairfield 75-73-76-71=295 +7 850 USA Bob Goalby 69-75-74-77=295 USA Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-77-74=295 0T40 NZL Bob Charles 71-72-75-78=296 +8 825 USA Jacky Cupit 73-73-76-74=296 JPN 1947 Tomoo Ishii 77-71-75-73=29643 USA Labron Harris Jr. (a) 74-74-77-72=297 +9 0T44 TPE Chen Ching-Po 74-72-74-78=298 +10 825 USA Dave Ragan 73-72-78-75=298T46 USA Doug Ford (c) 78-70-76-75=299 +11 825 USA R. H. Sikes (a) 75-73-78-73=299 048 USA Jerry Barber 74-73-77-80=304 +16 825 CUT USA Steve Spray (a) 74-75=149 +5 USA Ed Updegraff (a) 73-76=149 CAN 1957 Al Balding 75-75=150 +6 USA Tommy Bolt 73-77=150 USA Chick Harbert 76-74=150 ENG Geoffrey Hunt 77-73=150 USA Art Wall Jr. (c) 73-77=150 ZAF 1928 Retief Waltman 72-78=150 USA Rex Baxter 77-74=151 +7 USA Walter Burkemo 75-76=151 USA Robert W. Gardner (a) 74-77=151 USA Tommy Jacobs 76-75=151 ESP 1945 Sebastián Miguel 74-77=151 USA Byron Nelson (c) 75-76=151 CAN 1957 Nick Weslock (a) 73-78=151 USA Charles Coe (a) 80-72=152 +8 USA Richard Davies (a) 78-74=152 ZAF 1928 Harold Henning 75-77=152 USA Jack Rule Jr. 81-71=152 USA Charlie Smith (a) 74-78=152 USA Sam Snead (c) 79-73=152 WAL Dave Thomas 74-78=152 USA Julius Boros 75-78=153 +9 USA Jack Burke Jr. (c) 76-77=153 USA Jack Fleck 76-77=153 USA Ed Furgol 73-80=153 FRA Jean Garaïalde 75-78=153 CAN 1957 Stan Leonard 77-76=153 USA Bob Rosburg 78-75=153 NLD Gerard de Wit 78-76=154 +10 MEX Juan Antonio Estrada (a) 81-73=154 USA Claude Harmon (c) 77-77=154 USA Bill Johnston 77-77=154 ITA Alfonso Angelini 72-83=155 +11 USA Herman Keiser (c) 79-76=155 COL Miguel Sala 78-77=155 USA Cary Middlecoff (c) 79-77=156 +12 USA Gardner Dickinson 80-77=157 +13 USA Mike Fetchick 76-81=157 ARG Antonio Cerdá 77-82=159 +15 USA Ralph Guldahl (c) 79-80=159 USA Walter Stahl (a) 80-79=159 CHI Enrique Orellana 80-80=160 +16 USA Johnny Owens (a) 81-79=160 USA Richard Guardiola (a) 80-84=164 +20 USA Downing Gray (a) 87-79=166 +22WD USA Gene Sarazen (c) 73 +1 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 Palmer −10−10−10−11−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−11−12USA Marr −4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−6USA Nicklaus −1−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−3−2−2−3−5−5−6−6−6−6AUS Devlin −6−7−7−6−5−5−5−6−5−5−3−3−4−4−5−5−4−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey References External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1964 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1964 1964 Category:1964 in golf Category:1964 in American sports Category:1964 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1964 sports events in the United States