1959 Masters Tournament

The 1959 Masters Tournament was contested from April 2 to April 5 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 23rd Masters Tournament. 87 players entered the tournament and 42 of them made the cut at five-over-par (149).

Art Wall shot a final round of 66 including birdies on five of the last six holes to pass 12 players and win the Masters by one stroke.

This was the first Masters that Jack Nicklaus played in. He shot 76-74 (150) and missed the cut by 1 stroke.

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	73-74-71-66=284	-4	15,000
2	Cary Middlecoff	United States	74-71-68-72=285	-3	7,500
3	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-70-71-74=286	-2	4,500
T4	Stan Leonard	Canada	69-74-69-75=287	-1	2,625
	Dick Mayer	United States	73-75-71-68=287
6	Charles Coe (a)	United States	74-74-67-73=288	E	0
7	Fred Hawkins	United States	77-71-68-73=289	+1	2,100
T8	Julius Boros	United States	75-69-74-72=290	+2	1,740
	Jay Hebert	United States	72-73-72-73=290
	Gene Littler	United States	72-75-72-71=290
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-71-72-74=290
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	75-70-71-74=290		0
	Gary Player	South Africa	73-75-71-71=290		1,740

External links

• Full Results