1937 Masters Tournament

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The tournament was at this point officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939.

Opening with a six-under 66,[1] Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds,[2] but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third.[3] On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively.[4][5] The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.[6]

At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.

Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Field

1. Masters champions

Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions
6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team

Charlie Yates (a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a), Felix Serafin

11. 1936 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

John Riddell (a)

12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead

14 Foreign invitations

Francis Francis (a)

Additional invitation

Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 1, 1937

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 66 −6
2 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 69 −3
T3 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 70 −2
Template:Flagicon Wiffy Cox
Template:Flagicon Lawson Little
T6 Template:Flagicon Leonard Dodson 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Tony Manero
Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Thomson
T10 Template:Flagicon Vic Ghezzi 72 E
Template:Flagicon Al Espinosa

Source:[1]

Second round

Friday, April 2, 1937

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 66-72=138 −6
T2 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 69-72=141 −3
Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 70-71=141
T4 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper 73-69=142 −2
Template:Flagicon Wiffy Cox 70-72=142
T6 Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon 73-70=143 −1
Template:Flagicon Tony Manero 71-72=143
Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta 71-72=143
T9 Template:Flagicon Vic Ghezzi 72-72=144 E
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Thomson 71-73=144

Source:[2]

Third round

Saturday, April 3, 1937

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 69-72-68=209 −7
2 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 70-71-71=212 −4
T3 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper 73-69-71=213 −3
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 66-72-75=213
5 Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta 71-72-72=215 −1
6 Template:Flagicon Vic Ghezzi 72-72-72=216 E
T7 Template:Flagicon Leonard Dodson 71-75-71=217 +1
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hines 77-72-68=217
Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon 73-70-74=217
Template:Flagicon Al Watrous 74-72-71=217

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 66-72-75-70=283 −5 1,500
2 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 69-72-68-76=285 −3 800
3 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 70-71-71-74=286 −2 600
4 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper 73-69-71-74=287 −1 500
5 Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon 73-70-74-73=290 +2 400
6 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Thomson 71-73-74-73=291 +3 300
7 Template:Flagicon Al Watrous 74-72-71-75=292 +4 250
T8 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour 73-75-73-72=293 +5 175
Template:Flagicon Vic Ghezzi 72-72-72-77=293
T10 Template:Flagicon Leonard Dodson 71-75-71-77=294 +6 100
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Hines 77-72-68-77=294

Sources:[7][8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon Nelson −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
Template:Flagicon Guldahl −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3
Template:Flagicon Dudley −4 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2
Template:Flagicon Cooper −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

References

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