1977 Masters Tournament

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Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus.[1][2][3] The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie, Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole, one of 19 times in his career that he was the runner-up in a major championship.[4][5] It was the second of Watson's eight major championships, and he won a second Masters in 1981.[6]

The pair again dueled for a major title in the final round in July in Scotland, at the Open Championship at Turnberry, also won by Watson.

Although he had won a major in 1975 and led the PGA Tour in season earnings entering this Masters,[7] Watson had been labeled a "choker" early in his pro career, known for relinquishing leads in the final round of majors and regular events.[1][2][3] Notable among these was the U.S. Open in 1974 at Winged Foot;[8] his win here and in Scotland put that to rest.

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (11), Gay Brewer (8), Billy Casper (8,12), Charles Coody (8,10), Raymond Floyd (8,9,10,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (3,4), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Lou Graham (8,12), Hale Irwin (8,12), Johnny Miller (3,8,9,12), Jerry Pate (9,10,11)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Watson (9,11), Tom Weiskopf (8,9,10,12)

  • Lee Trevino (4,11,12) was recovering from back surgery and did not play
4. PGA champions (last five years)

Dave Stockton (10)

5. 1976 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

James T. Mason (a), Cary Parker Moore Jr. (a), Bill Sander (6,7,a), Stan Souza (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Vinny Giles (a), Fred Ridley (7,a), Dick Siderowf (7,a)

7. Members of the 1976 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

John Fought (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1976 Masters Tournament

Buddy Allin (11), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,11,12), Hubert Green (9), Dave Hill (11), Tom Kite (11), Gene Littler (12), Roger Maltbie (11), Rik Massengale (11), Jerry McGee (10), Curtis Strange, Larry Ziegler (11)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1976 U.S. Open

Butch Baird (11), Rod Funseth, Mark Hayes (11), Don January (10,11), Lyn Lott, Mike Morley, Andy North, J. C. Snead (11,12)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1976 PGA Championship

Gil Morgan, John Schlee

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Andy Bean, Woody Blackburn, Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Gibby Gilbert, Joe Inman, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Mac McLendon, Tom Purtzer, Bob Wynn

12. Members of the U.S. 1975 Ryder Cup team

Bob Murphy

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros, Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham (10,11), Dale Hayes (8), Tommy Horton, John Lister (11), Graham Marsh (8,11), Takashi Murakami, Jack Newton, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Bob Shearer

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1977

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 67 −5
T2 Template:Flagicon Don January 69 −3
Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert
T4 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 70 −2
Template:Flagicon Tom Kite
Template:Flagicon Rik Massengale
Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
T9 Template:Flagicon Buddy Allin 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd
Template:Flagicon Mark Hayes
Template:Flagicon Dave Hill
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler
Template:Flagicon Gary Player

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1977

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 72-67=139 −5
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 70-69=139
T3 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69=140 −4
Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert 69-71=140
T5 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 67-74=141 −3
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 71-70=141
Template:Flagicon Bob Shearer 74-67=141
T8 Template:Flagicon David Graham 75-67=142 −2
Template:Flagicon Mac McLendon 72-70=142
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 72-70=142
Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate 70-72=142

Source:[10][11][12]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1977

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69-69=209 −7
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 70-69-70=209
3 Template:Flagicon Rik Massengale 70-73-67=210 −6
T4 Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert 72-71-69=212 −4
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 72-70-70=212
T6 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 72-67-74=213 −3
Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 67-74-72=213
Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 70-73-70=213
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 71-70-72=213
T10 Template:Flagicon Danny Edwards 72-74-68=214 −2
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd 71-72-71=214
Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 70-74-70=214
Template:Flagicon Don January 69-76-69=214

Source:[13]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1977

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 Tom Watson 70-69-70-67=276 −12 40,000
2 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (c) 72-70-70-66=278 −10 30,000
T3 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 70-73-70-67=280 −8 17,500
Template:Flagicon Rik Massengale 70-73-67-70=280
5 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 70-74-70-68=282 −6 12,500
T6 Template:Flagicon David Graham 75-67-73-69=284 −4 10,500
Template:Flagicon Lou Graham 75-71-69-69=284
T8 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 71-69-69-76=285 −3 5,667
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd (c) 71-72-71-71=285
Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 67-74-72-72=285
Template:Flagicon Don January 69-76-69-71=285
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 71-72-73-69=285
Template:Flagicon John Schlee 75-73-69-68=285

Sources:[14][15]

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 Watson −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12
Template:Flagicon Nicklaus −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10
Template:Flagicon Massengale −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
Template:Flagicon Crenshaw −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[2][5]

References

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