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1936 Masters Tournament

The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1936 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1936
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Field53 players[1]
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
United States Horton Smith
285 (−3)
Location map
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday.[2] Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.[3] On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from 50 feet (15 m) at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.[4]

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Field edit

1. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent

2. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)

3. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)

4. British Amateur champions
5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)

6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament

Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)

8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)

9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour

Wiffy Cox, Orville White

12. Foreign invitations

Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda

Additional invitations

Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Friday, April 3, 1936

Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.[2]

Place Player Score To par
1   Harry Cooper 70 −2
2   Al Espinosa 72 E
T3   Billy Burke 74 +2
  Ted Luther (a)
  Horton Smith
T6   Bobby Cruickshank 75 +3
  Al Krueger
  Ky Laffoon
  Lawson Little
  Henry Picard

Source:[5]

Second round edit

Saturday, April 4, 1936

Place Player Score To par
1   Harry Cooper 70-69=139 −5
T2   Bobby Cruickshank 75-69=144 E
  Denny Shute 76-68=144
T4   Al Espinosa 72-73=145 +1
  Ky Laffoon 75-70=145
  Paul Runyan 76-69=145
  Gene Sarazen 78-67=145
  Horton Smith 74-71=145
T9   Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70=147 +3
  Vic Ghezzi 77-70=147
  Byron Nelson 76-71=147
  Henry Picard 75-72=147

Source:[6][7]

Third round edit

Monday, April 6, 1936   (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.[3]

Place Player Score To par
1   Harry Cooper 70-69-71=210 −6
2   Horton Smith 74-71-68=213 −3
3   Paul Runyan 76-69-70=215 −1
T4   Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70-70=217 +1
  Ray Mangrum 76-73-68=217
  Gene Sarazen 78-67-72=217
7   Bobby Cruickshank 75-69-74=218 +2
8   Denny Shute 76-68-75=219 +3
T9   Ed Dudley 75-75-70=220 +4
  Al Espinosa 72-73-75=220
  Ky Laffoon 75-70-75=220

Final round edit

Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Horton Smith (c) 74-71-68-72=285 −3 1,500
2   Harry Cooper 70-69-71-76=286 −2 800
3   Gene Sarazen (c) 78-67-72-70=287 −1 600
T4   Bobby Cruickshank 75-69-74-72=290 +2 450
  Paul Runyan 76-69-70-75=290
T6   Ed Dudley 75-75-70-73=293 +5 250
  Ky Laffoon 75-70-75-73=293
  Ray Mangrum 76-73-68-76=293
T9   Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70-70-77=294 +6 0
  Henry Picard 75-72-74-73=294 150

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard edit

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
  Smith −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Cooper −6 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2
  Sarazen +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Postpone opening of Augusta golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 2, 1936. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b Gould, Alan (April 6, 1936). "National tourney at Augusta rained out". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Horton Smith wins Augusta Tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1936. p. 18.
  5. ^ "First round scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1936. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Masters' scores". Pittsburgh Press. April 5, 1936. p. 2, sports.
  7. ^ Gould, Alan (April 5, 1936). "Cooper boosts lead in Augusta National". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. p. 21.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Leaders' cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1936. p. 18.

External links edit

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