1964 Masters Tournament

1964 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 1964
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)
Field	96 players, 48 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$129,800
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
	Arnold Palmer
	276 (−12)
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Location in the United States

The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).

Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10).^[3] He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters.^[4]^[5] It was his seventh and final major victory.

Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round.^[6] Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935.

Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4,8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (8,10), Craig Wood

Henry Picard did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,9,11), Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8), Gene Littler (8,11)

Dick Mayer (8) did not play

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,10,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert (9), Bob Rosburg

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Deane Beman (6,7,a), Charles Coe (6,7,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,a)

Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), R. H. Sikes (7,a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a)

George Archer forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament

Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open

Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram

10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship

Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston

11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team

Bob Goalby

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour

Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr.

13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Dave Marr

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

Phil Rodgers

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

Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield

17. Foreign invitations

Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, Nick Weslock (a)

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Nationalities in the field

North America (76)	South America (3)	Europe (8)	Oceania (4)	Asia (2)	Africa (3)
Canada (4)	Argentina (1)	England (2)	Australia (3)	Japan (1)	South Africa (3)
Mexico (1)	Chile (1)	Wales (1)	New Zealand (1)	Taiwan (1)
Puerto Rico (1)	Colombia (1)	France (1)
United States (70)		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (1)
		Spain (2)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962	69	68	69	70	276	−12	1
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963	71	73	71	67	282	−6	T2
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	69	72	72	73	286	−2	T5
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	73	75	67	72	287	−1	T9
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	75	69	73	76	293	+5	T32
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	70	76	75	299	+11	T46

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Art Wall Jr.	United States	1959	73	77	150	+6
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	75	76	151	+7
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	79	73	152	+8
Jack Burke Jr.	United States	1956	76	77	153	+9
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	77	77	154	+10
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	79	76	155	+11
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	79	77	156	+12
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	79	80	159	+15
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	73		WD
Craig Wood	United States	1941	WD

Source^[6]^[7]^[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1964

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Bob Goalby	United States	69	−3
	Davis Love Jr.	United States
	Kel Nagle	Australia
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
T6	Don January	United States	70	−2
	Gene Littler	United States
	Dave Marr	United States
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States
T10	Bob Charles	New Zealand	71	−1
	Gary Cowan (a)	Canada
	Jim Ferrier	United States
	Dow Finsterwald	United States
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	Puerto Rico

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1964

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	69-68=137	−7
2	Gary Player	South Africa	69-72=141	−3
T3	Don January	United States	70-72=142	−2
T3	Gene Littler	United States	70-72=142	−2
T5	Bob Charles	New Zealand	71-72=143	−1
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-72=143
	Tony Lema	United States	75-68=143
	Dave Marr	United States	70-73=143
T9	Peter Butler	England	72-72=144	E
	Jimmy Demaret	United States	75-69=144
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-72=144
	Jim Ferrier	United States	71-73=144
	Bob Goalby	United States	69-75=144
	Davis Love Jr.	United States	69-75=144
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-73=144
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	70-74=144
	Johnny Pott	United States	74-70=144
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	71-73=144
	Dan Sikes	United States	76-68=144

Source:^[1]^[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1964

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	69-68-69=206	−10
2	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-72-67=211	−5
3	Dave Marr	United States	70-73-69=212	−4
T4	Peter Butler	England	72-72-69=213	−3
	Jim Ferrier	United States	71-73-69=213
	Gary Player	South Africa	69-72-72=213
7	Bo Wininger	United States	74-71-69=214	−2
T8	Deane Beman (a)	United States	74-71-70=215	−1
	Ben Hogan	United States	73-75-67=215
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-73-69=215
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-73-71=215
	Johnny Pott	United States	74-70-71=215
	Dan Sikes	United States	76-68-71=215

Source:^[3]^[10]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1964

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	69-68-69-70=276	−12	20,000
T2	Dave Marr	United States	70-73-69-70=282	−6	10,100
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-73-71-67=282	−6	10,100
4	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-72-67-73=284	−4	6,100
T5	Billy Casper	United States	76-72-69-69=286	−2	3,700
	Jim Ferrier	United States	71-73-69-73=286
	Paul Harney	United States	73-72-71-70=286
	Gary Player	South Africa	69-72-72-73=286
T9	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-72-75-69=287	−1	1,700
	Ben Hogan	United States	73-75-67-72=287
	Tony Lema	United States	75-68-74-70=287
	Mike Souchak	United States	73-74-70-70=287

Source:^[4]

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
Palmer	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−11	−12
Marr	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6
Nicklaus	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
Devlin	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

References

^ ^a ^b "Palmer sizzles, leads Masters by 4". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1964. p. 2-part 2.
^ Moffit, David M. (April 13, 1964). "Palmer again aims at Grand Slam after unprecedented 4th Masters win". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). UPI. p. 24.
^ ^a ^b Grimsley, Will (April 12, 1964). "Arnie bags 69, now 10 under par". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. D-1.
^ ^a ^b "Palmer eyes 'Grand Slam'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1964. p. 3B.
^ Wright, Alfred (April 20, 1964). "A Master to top them all". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
^ ^a ^b "Full House". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 10, 1964. p. 28.
^ Moffit, David M. (April 11, 1964). "Palmer register four-under 68 to gain big advantage in Masters meet". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). p. 9.
^ ^a ^b Becker, Jim (April 11, 1964). "Palmer leads Masters by four". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
^ Becker, Jim (April 10, 1964). "Palmer shares golf lead with 69". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
^ "Palmer ahead by five in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1964. p. 1B.

External links

Masters.com – Past winners and results
About.com – 1964 Masters Tournament
Augusta.com – 1964 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

[pslmb4-1] "Palmer sizzles, leads Masters by 4". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1964. p. 2-part 2.

[paaags-2] Moffit, David M. (April 13, 1964). "Palmer again aims at Grand Slam after unprecedented 4th Masters win". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). UPI. p. 24.

[abgsn-3] Grimsley, Will (April 12, 1964). "Arnie bags 69, now 10 under par". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. D-1.

[ergpegs-4] "Palmer eyes 'Grand Slam'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1964. p. 3B.

[amttta-5] Wright, Alfred (April 20, 1964). "A Master to top them all". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.

[fhse-6] "Full House". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 10, 1964. p. 28.

[yvmgscresrd2-7] Moffit, David M. (April 11, 1964). "Palmer register four-under 68 to gain big advantage in Masters meet". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). p. 9.

[ldbyfrst-8] Becker, Jim (April 11, 1964). "Palmer leads Masters by four". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.

[pshldsxnn-9] Becker, Jim (April 10, 1964). "Palmer shares golf lead with 69". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.

[pabfim-10] "Palmer ahead by five in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1964. p. 1B.

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