1977 Masters Tournament

1977 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1977
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,030 yards (6,428 m)
Field	77 players, 50 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Winner's share	$40,000
Champion
	Tom Watson
	276 (−12)
	← 1976 1978 →

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Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie, Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole, one of 19 times in his career that he was the runner-up in a major championship.^[3]^[4] It was the second of Watson's eight major championships.

The pair again dueled for a major title in the final round in July, at the Open Championship at Turnberry, also won by Watson.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	72	70	70	66	278	−10	2
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	71	72	71	71	285	−3	T8
Billy Casper	United States	1970	72	72	73	69	286	−2	T14
George Archer	United States	1969	74	74	69	70	287	−1	T19
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974	71	70	72	74	287	−1	T19
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	76	71	71	70	288	E	T24
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	73	72	73	74	292	+4	T35
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	75	74	71	72	292	+4	T35

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Charles Coody	United States	1971	72	78	150	+6
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	76	74	150	+6
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	78	74	152	+8
Doug Ford	United States	1957	77	77	154	+10
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	83		WD

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1977

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hubert Green	United States	67	−5
T2	Don January	United States	69	−3
T2	Billy Kratzert	United States	69	−3
T4	Hale Irwin	United States	70	−2
	Tom Kite	United States
	Rik Massengale	United States
	Jerry Pate	United States
	Tom Watson	United States
T9	Buddy Allin	United States	71	−1
	Ben Crenshaw	United States
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Mark Hayes	United States
	Dave Hill	United States
	Gene Littler	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1977

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Rod Funseth	United States	72-67=139	−5
T1	Tom Watson	United States	70-69=139	−5
T3	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-69=140	−4
T3	Billy Kratzert	United States	69-71=140	−4
T5	Hubert Green	United States	67-74=141	−3
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-70=141
	Bob Shearer	Australia	74-67=141
T8	David Graham	Australia	75-67=142	−2
	Mac McLendon	United States	72-70=142
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-70=142
	Jerry Pate	United States	70-72=142

Source:^[1]^[2]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1977

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-69-69=209	−7
T1	Tom Watson	United States	70-69-70=209	−7
3	Rik Massengale	United States	70-73-67=210	−6
T4	Jim Colbert	United States	72-71-69=212	−4
T4	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-70-70=212	−4
T6	Rod Funseth	United States	72-67-74=213	−3
	Hubert Green	United States	67-74-72=213
	Tom Kite	United States	70-73-70=213
	Gary Player	United States	71-70-72=213
T10	Danny Edwards	United States	72-74-68=214	−2
	Raymond Floyd	United States	71-72-71=214
	Hale Irwin	United States	70-74-70=214
	Don January	United States	69-76-69=214

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1977

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tom Watson	United States	70-69-70-67=276	−12	40,000
2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-70-70-66=278	−10	30,000
T3	Tom Kite	United States	70-73-70-67=280	−8	17,500
T3	Rik Massengale	United States	70-73-67-70=280	−8	17,500
5	Hale Irwin	United States	70-74-70-68=282	−6	12,500
T6	David Graham	Australia	75-67-73-69=284	−4	10,500
T6	Lou Graham	United States	75-71-69-69=284	−4	10,500
T8	Ben Crenshaw	United States	71-69-69-76=285	−3	5,667
	Raymond Floyd	United States	71-72-71-71=285
	Hubert Green	United States	67-74-72-72=285
	Don January	United States	69-76-69-71=285
	Gene Littler	United States	71-72-73-69=285
	John Schlee	United States	75-73-69-68=285

Source:^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

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
Watson	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12
Nicklaus	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10
Massengale	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Crenshaw	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Funseth fires 67 for lead". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. April 9, 1977. p. 17.
^ ^a ^b "Will Watson choke on the Masters?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 9, 1977. p. 1C.
^ Jenkins, Dan (April 18, 1977). "What a beauty of a Masters". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wastson Masters Nicklaus by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1977. p. 1-part 2.
^ "Golf: Masters, second round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 9, 1977. p. 8.
^ "Youth can't overcome Green at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 8, 1977. p. 1B.
^ "Crenshaw, Watson tied in scramble at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 10, 1977. p. 3B.
^ "Masters Cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 11, 1977. p. 14.

External links

Masters.com – past winners
About.com: 1977 Masters
Augusta.com – 1977 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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[fsth-1] "Funseth fires 67 for lead". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. April 9, 1977. p. 17.

[wwchom-2] "Will Watson choke on the Masters?". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 9, 1977. p. 1C.

[waboam-3] Jenkins, Dan (April 18, 1977). "What a beauty of a Masters". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.

[wmnbt-4] "Wastson Masters Nicklaus by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1977. p. 1-part 2.

[srscr-5] "Golf: Masters, second round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 9, 1977. p. 8.

[ycocgn-6] "Youth can't overcome Green at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 8, 1977. p. 1B.

[ergcwtis-7] "Crenshaw, Watson tied in scramble at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. wire reports. April 10, 1977. p. 3B.

[msrcrd77-8] "Masters Cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 11, 1977. p. 14.

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