1970 Masters Tournament

The 1970 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 34th Masters Tournament. A field of 83 players started the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 (+6).

Billy Casper defeated Gene Littler 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff on Monday to win his third major championship. It was the last 18-hole playoff at the Masters; it changed to the sudden-death format, first used in 1979. To get into the playoff, Casper scored a final round of 71 (−1), while Littler shot a 70 to tie at 279 (-9).

Jack Nicklaus finished in 8th place. This would be the last Masters tournament that 1938 champion Henry Picard registered for. Picard withdrew without finishing the 1st round. Three-time Masters champion Sam Snead finished in a tie for 23rd place at the age of 68. This was the first time that future two-time champion Tom Watson played in the Masters. He entered as an amateur and missed the cut by three strokes.

Harold Henning won the Par 3 contest with a score of 21.

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)	Playoff
1	Billy Casper	United States	72-68-68-71=279	-9	25,000	69
2	Gene Littler	United States	69-70-70-70=279		17,500	74
3	Gary Player	South Africa	74-68-68-70=280	-8	14,000
4	Bert Yancey	United States	69-70-72-70=281	-7	10,000
T5	Tommy Aaron	United States	68-74-69-72=283	-5	6,667
	Dave Hill	United States	73-70-70-70=283
	Dave Stockton	United States	72-72-69-70=283
8	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-75-69-69=284	-4	4,500
9	Frank Beard	United States	71-76-68-70=285	-3	4,000
T10	Bob Lunn	United States	70-70-75-72=287	-1	3,500
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	70-76-73-68=287

External links

• Full Results