1939 Masters Tournament

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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,[2] 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 10,000 spectators.[3] Challenging weather conditions during the second round on Saturday included hail, wind, rain, and some sun breaks.[4][5] 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)

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

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 U.S. Open

Joe Belfore, Jim Foulis (12), Frank Moore, Toney Penna

11. 1938 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), Joe Thompson (a)

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

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Billy Burke 69 −3
2 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 70 −2
T3 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson
Template:Flagicon Henry Picard
T6 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret 72 E
Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl
Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon
Template:Flagicon Lawson Little
Template:Flagicon Dick Metz
Template:Flagicon Toney Penna
Template:Flagicon Craig Wood

Source:[6]

Second round

Saturday, April 1, 1939

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen 73-66=139 −5
T2 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 72-68=140 −4
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 71-69=140
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 70-70=140
5 Template:Flagicon Billy Burke 69-72=141 −3
6 Template:Flagicon Henry Picard 71-71=142 −2
7 Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 72-72=144 E
T8 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour 71-74=145 +1
Template:Flagicon Craig Wood 72-73=145
T10 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 75-71=146 +2
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Thomson 75-71=146

Source:[4][5]

Third round

Sunday, April 2, 1939   (morning)

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70=210 −6
2 Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen 73-66-72=211 −5
T3 Template:Flagicon Billy Burke 69-72-71=212 −4
Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 72-72-68=212
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 71-69-72=212
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 70-70-72=212
7 Template:Flagicon Craig Wood 72-73-71=216 E
T8 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 75-71-72=218 +2
Template:Flagicon Henry Picard 71-71-76=218
T10 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 75-75-69=219 +3
Template:Flagicon 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 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70-69=279 −9 1,500
2 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 70-70-72-68=280 −8 800
T3 Template:Flagicon Billy Burke 69-72-71-70=282 −6 550
Template:Flagicon Lawson Little 72-72-68-70=282
5 Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen (c) 73-66-72-72=283 −5 400
6 Template:Flagicon Craig Wood 72-73-71-68=284 −4 300
7 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-72-75=287 −1 250
8 Template:Flagicon Henry Picard (c) 71-71-76-71=289 +1 175
9 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 75-71-72-72=290 +2 175
T10 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 75-75-69-72=291 +3 100
Template:Flagicon Toney Penna 72-75-72-72=291

Sources:[7][8]

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