1942 Masters Tournament

The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1942 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 9–13, 1942
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
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Byron Nelson
280 (−8), playoff
Location map
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← 1941 1946 →

Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse.^[1] The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones.^[2] Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.

On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 (−2) and 280 (−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a 12-foot (3.7 m) birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.^[3][4][5]

It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.

This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (9,10), Craig Wood (2,9,10)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Bud Ward (10,11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (a)

6. PGA champions

Paul Runyan (10)

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

• Not held

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

• Not held

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 Masters Tournament

Sammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson

• Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt

• Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.

11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Steve Kovach (a)

• Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.

12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

• Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Bobby Cruickshank

15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA Tour

Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Paul Runyan	67	−5
	Horton Smith
T3	Sammy Byrd	68	−4
	Byron Nelson
5	Jimmy Demaret	70	−2
T6	Billy Burke	71	−1
	Ed Dudley
	Jim Ferrier
	Lawson Little
T10	Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
	Bobby Jones
	Denny Shute
	Craig Wood

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Byron Nelson	68-67=135	−9
2	Sammy Byrd	68-68=136	−8
T3	Jimmy Demaret	70-70=140	−4
	Paul Runyan	67-73=140
	Horton Smith	67-73=140
T6	Ben Hogan	73-70=143	−1
	Jimmy Thomson	73-70=143
T8	Dutch Harrison	74-70=144	E
	Willie Goggin	74-70=144
T10	Lawson Little	71-74=145	+1
	Denny Shute	72-73=145

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Byron Nelson	68-67-72=207	−9
2	Ben Hogan	73-70-67=210	−6
3	Sammy Byrd	68-68-75=211	−5
4	Paul Runyan	67-73-72=212	−4
5	Horton Smith	67-73-74=214	−2
T6	Jimmy Demaret	70-70-75=215	−1
	Dutch Harrison	74-70-71=215
T8	Lawson Little	71-74-72=217	+1
	Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74=217
10	Chick Harbert	73-73-72=218	+2

Source:^[8][9]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1942

Final leaderboard

Champion

Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Ben Hogan	73-70-67-70=280	−8	Playoff
	Byron Nelson (c)	68-67-72-73=280
3	Paul Runyan	67-73-72-71=283	−5	600
4	Sammy Byrd	68-68-75-74=285	−3	500
5	Horton Smith (c)	67-73-74-73=287	−1	400
6	Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-70-75-75=290	+2	300
T7	Dutch Harrison	74-70-71-77=292	+4	200
	Lawson Little	71-74-72-75=292
	Sam Snead	78-69-72-73=292
T10	Chick Harbert	73-73-72-75=293	+5	100
	Gene Kunes	74-74-74-71=293

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
12	Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74-77=294	+6	100
13	Chandler Harper	75-75-76-69=295	+7
14	Willie Goggin	74-70-78-74=296	+8
T15	Bobby Cruickshank	72-79-71-75=297	+9
	Jim Ferrier	71-76-80-70=297
	Henry Picard (c)	75-72-75-75=297
T18	Harry Cooper	74-77-76-72=299	+11
	Jug McSpaden	74-72-79-74=299
	Felix Serafin	75-74-77-73=299
21	Ralph Guldahl (c)	74-74-76-76=300	+12
22	Toney Penna	74-79-73-75=301	+13
T23	Billy Burke	71-79-80-72=302	+14
	Herman Keiser	74-74-78-76=302
	Craig Wood (c)	72-75-82-73=302
T26	Jim Foulis	75-71-79-78=303	+15
	Johnny Palmer	78-75-75-75=303
T28	Tommy Armour	74-79-76-75=304	+16
	Bobby Jones	72-75-79-78=304
	Gene Sarazen (c)	80-74-75-75=304
	Bud Ward (a)	76-73-80-75=304
	Charlie Yates (a)	78-76-74-76=304
T33	Ed Dudley	71-77-81-76=305	+17
	Jimmy Hines	77-76-79-73=305
35	Steve Kovach (a)	76-79-78-73=306	+18
T36	Herman Barron	77-75-80-75=307	+19
	Jack Ryan	77-71-76-83=307
38	Joe Zarhardt	76-76-83-76=311	+23
39	Jerry Gianferante	77-80-82-73=312	+24
40	Johnny Morris	83-75-80-75=313	+25
WD	Denny Shute	72-73-81=226	+10
	Lloyd Mangrum	74	+2

Sources:^[10][11]

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
Nelson	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8
Hogan	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Byron Nelson	69	−3	1,500
2	Ben Hogan	70	−2	800

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
Nelson	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3
Hogan	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Source:^[12]

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey