1978 Masters Tournament

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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.[1][2]

Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from Script error: No such module "convert"., including a final one of Script error: No such module "convert". for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an Script error: No such module "convert". putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.[2][3][4]

Player became the oldest winner of the Masters and the first over forty in nearly a quarter century; Sam Snead won his third green jacket at age 41 in 1954. Player retained the honor for eight years, until Jack Nicklaus won his sixth at 46 in 1986.

Field

1. Masters champions

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

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

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

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Dave Stockton (12), Lee Trevino (11), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)

5. 1977 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Doug Fischesser (a), Ralph Landrum (a), Jay Sigel (7,a)

  • John Fought (6,7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Siderowf (7,a)

  • Bill Sander (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team

Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1977 Masters Tournament

Andy Bean, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale, Andy North (11), John Schlee, Bob Wynn

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1977 U.S. Open

Wally Armstrong, Terry Diehl, Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman, Gary Jacobson, Lyn Lott, Mike McCullough, Steve Melnyk, Tom Purtzer

10. Top eight players and ties from 1977 PGA Championship

Jerry McGee (11,12)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Miller Barber, Dave Eichelberger, Mike Hill, Mac McLendon, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bill Rogers, Jim Simons, Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson

12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team

Dave Hill

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido, David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Manuel Piñero

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1978

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon John Schlee 68 −4
2 Template:Flagicon Joe Inman 69 −3
T3 Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert 70 −2
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino
T5 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Jerry McGee
Template:Flagicon Steve Melnyk
T8 Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong 72 E
Template:Flagicon Hubert Green
Template:Flagicon Dave Hill
Template:Flagicon Don January
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler
Template:Flagicon Lyn Lott
Template:Flagicon Mac McLendon
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate
Template:Flagicon Gary Player
Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson
Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1978

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 73-66=139 −5
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 70-69=139
T3 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 73-67=140 −4
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 72-68=140
T5 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 72-69=141 −3
Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson 72-69=141
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 73-68=141
T8 Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong 72-70=142 −2
Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 75-67=142
Template:Flagicon Joe Inman 69-73=142
Template:Flagicon Don January 72-70=142
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 73-69=142

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1978

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 72-69-65=206 −10
T2 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 73-66-70=209 −7
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 73-68-68=209
4 Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 72-68-70=210 −6
T5 Template:Flagicon David Graham 75-69-67=211 −5
Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 73-67-71=211
Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert 70-74-67=211
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 70-69-72=211
9 Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong 72-70-70=212 −4
T10 Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros 74-71-68=213 −3
Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer 73-71-69=213
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 72-72-69=213
Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf 72-71-70=213

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1978

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 Gary Player (c) 72-72-69-64=277 −11 45,000
T2 Template:Flagicon Rod Funseth 73-66-70-69=278 −10 21,667
Template:Flagicon Hubert Green 72-69-65-72=278
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (c) 73-68-68-69=278
T5 Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong 72-70-70-68=280 −8 11,750
Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert 70-74-67-69=280
7 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (c) 72-73-69-67=281 −7 10,000
8 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 73-67-71-71=282 −6 8,500
T9 Template:Flagicon David Graham 75-69-67-72=283 −5 6,750
Template:Flagicon Joe Inman 69-73-72-69=283

Sources:[8][9]

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 Player −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11
Template:Flagicon Funseth −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10
Template:Flagicon Green −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10
Template:Flagicon Watson −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[3]

References

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