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1974 Masters Tournament

The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1974 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1974
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
Length7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1]
Field78 players, 44 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$35,000
Champion
South Africa Gary Player
278 (−10)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.[2][3] It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery;[4][5] it was the only Masters that he missed in 53 years.

Defending champion Tommy Aaron missed the cut by two strokes. Jack Burke Jr., the 1956 champion, competed at the Masters for the final time.

Field edit

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron (8,12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (8,12), Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper (8,11,12,13), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (4,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

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

Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

William C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament

Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open

Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), Larry Ziegler

10. Top eight players and ties from 1973 PGA Championship

Don Iverson, Dan Sikes

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Sam Adams, Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Homero Blancas (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), John Mahaffey, John Schroeder, Ed Sneed, Leonard Thompson

12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team
13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8)

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

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, April 11, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1   Jim Colbert 67 −5
T2   Hubert Green 68 −4
  Hale Irwin
  Don Iverson
T5   Frank Beard 69 −3
  Raymond Floyd
  Gene Littler
  Jack Nicklaus
  Dan Sikes
T10   Billy Casper 70 −2
  Bruce Devlin
  Jerry Heard
  Babe Hiskey
  Chi-Chi Rodríguez
  Art Wall Jr.

Source[7]

Second round edit

Friday, April 12, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1   Dave Stockton 71-66=137 −7
T2   Hubert Green 68-70=138 −6
  Hale Irwin 68-70=138
T4   Frank Beard 69-70=139 −5
  Jim Colbert 67-72=139
T6   Jerry Heard 70-70=140 −4
  Gene Littler 69-71=140
  Jack Nicklaus 69-71=140
  Dan Sikes 69-71=140
  Tom Weiskopf 71-69=140

Source[8]

Third round edit

Saturday, April 13, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1   Dave Stockton 71-66-70=207 −9
T2   Jim Colbert 67-72-69=208 −8
  Gary Player 71-71-66=208
T4   Bobby Nichols 73-68-68=209 −7
  Phil Rodgers 72-69-68=209
T6   Hale Irwin 68-70-72=210 −6
  Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70=210
8   Frank Beard 68-70-72=211 −5
T9   Hubert Green 68-70-74=212 −4
  Jack Nicklaus 69-71-72=212

Source[9]

Final round edit

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Gary Player (c) 71-71-66-70=278 −10 35,000
T2   Dave Stockton 71-66-70-73=280 −8 21,250
  Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70-70=280
T4   Jim Colbert 67-72-69-73=281 −7 10,833
  Hale Irwin 68-70-72-71=281
  Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281
T7   Bobby Nichols 73-68-68-73=282 −6 4,750
  Phil Rodgers 72-69-68-73=282
T9   Maurice Bembridge 73-74-72-64=283 −5 3,900
  Hubert Green 68-70-74-71=283

Sources:[10][11]

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
  Player −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10
  Stockton −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Weiskopf −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8
  Colbert −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −7
  Irwin −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
  Nicklaus −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source[3][12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1974. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 22, 1974). "Wee Gary springs his trap". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b "Player gets first big win in '74". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1974. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.
  5. ^ "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Beman, Deane". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.
  8. ^ "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.
  9. ^ "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.

External links edit

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