1959 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 1959 Masters Tournament was the 23rd Masters Tournament, held April 2–5 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Art Wall Jr. shot a final round of 66 (−6), with birdies on five of the last six holes, for his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, the 1955 champion.[1][2][3] Wall started the final round six strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for thirteenth place.[4]

Defending champion Arnold Palmer was a third round co-leader,[5][4] but a triple-bogey at the par-3 12th led to a 74 and a third-place finish, two strokes back.[6][7][8] The purse in 1959 was a record $76,100 with a winner's share of $15,000 to Wall. The estimated gallery for the final round on Sunday was 30,000 spectators.[2][3]

Nineteen-year-old Jack Nicklaus made his Masters debut with 76-74 (150) and missed the cut by one stroke. He played in 45 Masters, the first three as an amateur, and only missed one cut (1967) in the next 34 Masters tournaments. Nicklaus won a record six green jackets and was runner-up four times in his 22 top-10 finishes.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4,10,11), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,8,11), Claude Harmon (8), Ben Hogan (2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2,8), Byron Nelson (2,4,8), Arnold Palmer (8), Henry Picard (4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (3,4,8,10), Craig Wood (2)

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Bolt (9,10,11), Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Chick Evans (5,a), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (11), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Mayer (11), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

3. The Open champions

Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

4. PGA champions

Walter Burkemo (9), Dow Finsterwald (8,10,11), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (8), Chandler Harper, Lionel Hebert (11), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (6,7,8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. Selections for the 1959 U.S. Walker Cup team

Tommy Aaron (7,a), Deane Beman (7,a), William C. Campbell (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Chuck Kocsis (7,a), Jack Nicklaus (a), Billy Joe Patton (8,a), Bud Taylor (7,a), Ward Wettlaufer (a)

  • Campbell and Kocsis were reserves for the team. Harvie Ward did not play.
7. 1958 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Dick Foote (a), Roger McManus (a), Jack Westland (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1958 Masters Tournament

Billy Casper (9,10), Fred Hawkins (11), Jay Hebert (9,10), Ted Kroll (11), Billy Maxwell, Al Mengert, Phil Rodgers (a), Mike Souchak (10), Ken Venturi, Art Wall Jr. (11), Bo Wininger

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1958 U.S. Open

Marty Furgol, Bob Goetz, Tommy Jacobs, Don January, Gene Littler, Dick Metz, Bob Rosburg, Frank Stranahan

10. Top eight players and ties from 1958 PGA Championship

Buster Cupit, Ed Oliver

11. Members of the U.S. 1957 Ryder Cup team
12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Ernie Vossler

13. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

George Bayer

14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Don Cherry (a)

15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1959 PGA Tour

Paul Harney, John McMullin

16. Winner of the 1958 Canadian Open

Wes Ellis

17. Foreign invitations

Bruce Castator (a), Bruce Crampton, Stan Leonard (8), Henry Martell, Ángel Miguel, Gary Player (9), Dave Thomas, Peter Thomson (3,8), Retief Waltman

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 2, 1959

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 69 −3
T2 Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr. 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Chandler Harper
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
T5 Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt 72 E
Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler
Template:Flagicon Ángel Miguel
Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson
T10 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 73 +1
Template:Flagicon Bill Hyndman (a)
Template:Flagicon Chuck Kocsis (a)
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell
Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer
Template:Flagicon Gary Player
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak
Template:Flagicon Dave Thomas
Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr.

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, April 3, 1959

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 71-70=141 −3
2 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 69-74=143 −1
T3 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 75-69=144 E
Template:Flagicon Paul Harney 75-69=144
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell 73-71=144
Template:Flagicon Ángel Miguel 72-72=144
Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver 75-69=144
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 73-71=144
Template:Flagicon Dave Thomas 73-71=144
T10 Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo 75-70=145 +1
Template:Flagicon Jack Fleck 74-71=145
Template:Flagicon Chandler Harper 71-74=145
Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert 72-73=145
Template:Flagicon Bill Hyndman (a) 73-72=145
Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 74-71=145
Template:Flagicon Billy Joe Patton (a) 75-70=145
Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger 75-70=145

Source:[10][11]

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 1959

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 69-74-69=212 −4
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 71-70-71=212
3 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 74-71-68=213 −3
4 Template:Flagicon Charles Coe (a) 74-74-67=215 −1
T5 Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo 75-70-71=216 E
Template:Flagicon Fred Hawkins 77-71-68=216
Template:Flagicon Jack Fleck 74-71-71=216
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell 73-71-72=216
Template:Flagicon Billy Joe Patton (a) 75-70-71=216
T10 Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert 72-73-72=217 +1
Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver 75-69-73=217
Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger 75-70-72=217

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 1959

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 Art Wall Jr. 73-74-71-66=284 −4 15,000
2 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff (c) 74-71-68-72=285 −3 7,500
3 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer (c) 71-70-71-74=286 −2 4,500
T4 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 69-74-69-75=287 −1 2,625
Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer 73-75-71-68=287
6 Template:Flagicon Charles Coe (a) 74-74-67-73=288 E 0
7 Template:Flagicon Fred Hawkins 77-71-68-73=289 +1 2,100
T8 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 75-69-74-72=290 +2 1,740
Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert 72-73-72-73=290
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 72-75-72-71=290
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell 73-71-72-74=290
Template:Flagicon Billy Joe Patton (a) 75-70-71-74=290 0
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 73-75-71-71=290 1,740

Sources:[12][13]

Scorecard

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 Wall +1 E E E E E +1 E E +1 +1 +1 E −1 −2 −2 −3 −4
Template:Flagicon Middlecoff −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −1 −3 −3 −3 −3
Template:Flagicon Palmer −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2
Template:Flagicon Leonard −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

References

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