1938 Masters Tournament

The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday,^[2] rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday,^[3] and the final round was on Monday.^[4] The tournament was at this point officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939.

1938 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 2–4, 1938
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	42 players[1]
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Henry Picard
285 (−3)
Location map
Augusta National Location in the United States Show map of the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia Show map of Georgia
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Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl.^[5] It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.^[6]

Field

1. Masters champions

Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team

Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)

8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)

• Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood

• Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open

Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh

• Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.

11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

• Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.

12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour

Ben Hogan, Dick Metz

14 Foreign invitations

Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)

Round summaries

First round

Saturday, April 2, 1938

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Harry Cooper	68	−4
T2	Ed Dudley	70	−2
	Dick Metz
T4	Toney Penna	71	−1
	Henry Picard
	Paul Runyan
T7	Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
	Lawson Little
	Tony Manero
	Jug McSpaden
	Felix Serafin

Source:^[2]

Second round

Sunday, April 3, 1938   (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ed Dudley	70-69=139	−5
T2	Ralph Guldahl	73-70=143	−1
	Henry Picard	71-72=143
	Felix Serafin	72-71=143
T5	Paul Runyan	71-73=144	E
	Jimmy Thomson	74-70=144
T7	Harry Cooper	68-77=145	+1
	Johnny Revolta	73-72=145
T9	Jimmy Hines	75-71=146	+2
	Billy Burke	73-73=146

Third round

Sunday, April 3, 1938   (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Henry Picard	71-72-72=215	−1
T2	Harry Cooper	68-77-71=216	E
	Ed Dudley	70-69-77=216
	Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73=216
	Gene Sarazen	78-70-68=216
6	Byron Nelson	73-74-70=217	+1
7	Paul Runyan	71-73-74=218	+2
8	Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70=219	+3
9	Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76=220	+4
T10	Jimmy Hines	75-71-75=221	+5
	Lawson Little	72-75-74=221
	Dick Metz	70-77-74=221
	Johnny Revolta	73-72-76=221
	Felix Serafin	72-71-78=221

Source:^[3]

Final round

Monday, April 4, 1938

Final leaderboard

Champion

Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Henry Picard	71-72-72-70=285	−3	1,500
T2	Harry Cooper	68-77-71-71=287	−1	700
	Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73-71=287
4	Paul Runyan	71-73-74-70=288	E	500
5	Byron Nelson (c)	73-74-70-73=290	+2	400
T6	Ed Dudley	70-69-77-75=291	+3	275
	Felix Serafin	72-71-78-70=291
T8	Dick Metz	70-77-74-71=292	+4	175
	Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76-72=292
T10	Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70-74=293	+5	100
	Jimmy Hines	75-71-75-72=293
	Lawson Little	72-75-74-72=293

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Billy Burke	73-73-76-73=295	+7
	Gene Sarazen (c)	78-70-68-79=295
15	Stanley Horne	74-74-77-71=296	+8
T16	Bobby Jones	76-74-72-75=297	+9
	Jug McSpaden	72-75-77-73=297
T18	Bobby Cruickshank	72-75-77-74=298	+10
	Ray Mangrum	78-72-76-72=298
	Johnny Revolta	73-72-76-77=298
	Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)	74-69-75-80=298
T22	Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-73-77-73=299	+11
	Horton Smith (c)	75-75-78-71=299
24	Sam Parks Jr.	75-75-76-74=300	+12
T25	Wiffy Cox	74-78-74-75=301	+13
	Ben Hogan	75-76-78-72=301
T27	Ky Laffoon	78-76-74-74=302	+14
	Tony Manero	72-78-82-70=302
	Frank Walsh	74-75-77-76=302
	Al Watrous	73-77-76-76=302
T31	Toney Penna	71-76-77-80=304	+16
	Sam Snead	78-78-75-73=304
33	Jess Sweetser (a)	82-75-73-75=305	+17
T34	Leo Mallory	76-75-81-74=306	+18
	Craig Wood	73-75-83-75=306
T36	Ross Somerville (a)	77-78-82-71=308	+20
	Bud Ward (a)	77-76-79-76=308
38	Willie Macfarlane	76-80-75-78=309	+21
39	Charlie Yates (a)	76-78-82-76=312	+24
WD	Frank Strafaci (a)	74-74-82=230	+14
	Denny Shute	75-78-78=231	+15
	Leonard Dodson	78-78=156	+12

Sources:^[7][8]