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
Dates	April 3–6, 1936
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	53 players[1]
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Horton Smith
285 (−3)
Location map
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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

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)

• Olin Dutra (2,7,8) did not play

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)

• Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.

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)

• Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter (4), and Macdonald Smith did not play.

9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

• Walter Emery (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Joe Lynch (a) and George Voigt (a) did not play.

10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

• Al Zimmerman did not play.

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

First round

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

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

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

Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

Final leaderboard

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Walter Hagen	77-74-73-72=296	+8	100
	Denny Shute	76-68-75-77=296
T13	Wiffy Cox	82-69-75-72=298	+10	50
	Byron Nelson	76-71-77-74=298
T15	Al Espinosa	72-73-75-79=299	+11
	Vic Ghezzi	77-70-77-75=299
	Jug McSpaden	77-75-71-76=299
	Jimmy Thomson	76-78-71-74=299
	Orville White	78-73-77-71=299
T20	Tommy Armour	79-74-72-75=300	+12
	Lawson Little	75-75-73-77=300
	Sam Parks Jr.	76-75-72-77=300
	Chin Sei-Sui	76-74-71-79=300
	Craig Wood	88-67-69-76=300
25	Johnny Revolta	77-72-76-76=301	+13
26	Albert Campbell (a)	82-73-68-79=302	+14
27	Dick Metz	79-78-76-70=303	+15
28	Billy Burke	74-77-74-79=304	+16
T29	Johnny Farrell	78-75-74-78=305	+17
	Joe Kirkwood Sr.	81-76-73-75=305
	Toichira Toda	81-74-75-75=305
	Al Watrous	78-76-73-78=305
33	Bobby Jones	78-78-73-77=306	+18
T34	Bill Kaiser	77-78-77-75=307	+19
	Charlie Yates (a)	82-73-75-77=307
T36	Butch Krueger	75-76-77-80=308	+20
	Ted Luther	74-75-77-82=308
38	Ted Turner	76-79-80-75=310	+22
T39	Jimmy Hines	79-82-74-76=311	+23
	Jules Huot	80-79-75-77=311
	Gene Kunes	81-76-76-78=311
	Frank Walsh	80-77-78-76=311
43	Johnny Goodman (a)	80-81-79-75=315	+27
T44	Bobby Riegel (a)	84-78-74-83=319	+31
	Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	83-75-74-87=319
WD	Jock Hutchison	79-77=156	+12
	Vincent Eldred	85-76=161	+17
	Fred Haas (a)	87-74=161
	Joe Turnesa	80-82=162	+18
	Jack Munger (a)	84-79=163	+19
	Jess Sweetser (a)	89-79=168	+24
	Fred McLeod	88-81=169	+25
	Herman Barron
	George Sargent

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
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]