1969 Masters Tournament

1969 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 10–13, 1969
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	83 players, 48 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
	George Archer
	281 (−7)
	← 1968 1970 →

Augusta

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Location in the United States

The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back.^[6] Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971.

This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke, Jr.. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus.

It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981.

Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4	10	Camellia	470	4
2	Woodbine	555	5	11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3	13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4	14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3	15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5	17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4	18	Holly	420	4
Out		3,485	36	In		3,495	36
Source:^[1]				Total		6,980	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters champions

Gay Brewer (9,11), Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8,10), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,9), Arnold Palmer (10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (9), Art Wall Jr. (8)

Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

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

Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Lee Trevino (9), Ken Venturi

3. The Open champions (last five years)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Julius Boros (8,9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,10,11), Don January (8), Dave Marr (8), Bobby Nichols (9,11)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. Amateur

Bob Barbarossa (a), John Bohmann (a), Bruce Fleisher (6,7,a), Vinny Giles (7,8,a), Hubert Green (a), Jack Lewis, Jr. (7,a), Rik Massengale (a), Allen Miller (a)^[7]

Miller and Billy Joe Patton tied for 8th place but Miller won the place by the drawing of lots.^[8] Canadian Gary Cowan also tied for 8th place but was not eligible.

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Bob Dickson forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

Dick Siderowf (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (9,10), Miller Barber (10), Frank Beard (10), Gardner Dickinson (11), Ray Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman (9), Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (10,11), Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey (9), Kermit Zarley (10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open

Don Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton

10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA Championship

Frank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes

11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team

Gene Littler, Johnny Pott

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

Bob Murphy

13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Deane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still

14. Foreign invitations

Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (8,9,10), Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Harold Henning (8), Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (64)	South America (2)	Europe (9)	Oceania (4)	Asia (2)	Africa (2)
Canada (1)	Argentina (2)	England (5)	Australia (3)	Japan (1)	South Africa (2)
United States (63)		Wales (1)	New Zealand (1)	Taiwan (1)
		Ireland (1)
		Italy (1)
		Spain (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	73	72	70	76	291	+3	T24
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966	68	75	72	76	291	+3	T24
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	75	70	74	292	+4	27
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	74	70	75	76	295	+7	T33
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	70	76	76	75	297	+9	T40
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	70	77	78	72	297	+9	T40
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	71	77	80		WD
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	72	76	80		WD

Source^[3]^[9]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	75	74	149	+5
Henry Picard	United States	1938	75	76	151	+7
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	74	77	151	+7
Doug Ford	United States	1957	73	81	154	+10
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	78	80	158	+14
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	77	83	160	+16
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	83	WD

Source^[10]^[11]^[12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Billy Casper	United States	66	−6
T2	George Archer	United States	67	−5
T2	Bruce Devlin	Australia	67	−5
4	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68	−4
T5	Bruce Crampton	Australia	69	−3
	Bruce Fleisher (a)	United States
	Lionel Hebert	United States
	Gene Littler	United States
	Mason Rudolph	United States
	Dan Sikes	United States
	Bert Yancey	United States

Source:^[13]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Billy Casper	United States	66-71=137	−7
T1	Bruce Devlin	Australia	67-70=137	−7
T3	George Archer	United States	67-73=140	−4
T3	Dan Sikes	United States	69-71=140	−4
T5	Tommy Aaron	United States	71-71=142	−2
	Miller Barber	United States	71-71=142
	Charles Coody	United States	74-68=142
	Bruce Crampton	Australia	69-73=142
	Al Geiberger	United States	71-71=142
	Lionel Hebert	United States	69-73=142
	Mason Rudolph	United States	69-73=142
	Dave Stockton	United States	71-71=142
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-71=142

Source:^[10]^[11]^[12]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Billy Casper	United States	66-71-71=208	−8
2	George Archer	United States	67-73-69=209	−7
3	Miller Barber	United States	71-71-68=210	−6
T4	Charles Coody	United States	74-68-69=211	−5
T4	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-71-69=211	−5
T6	George Knudson	Canada	70-73-69=212	−4
T6	Lionel Hebert	United States	69-73-70=212	−4
T8	Bruce Devlin	Australia	67-70-76=213	−3
T8	Dan Sikes	United States	69-71-73=213	−3
T10	Don Bies	United States	74-70-70=214	−2
	Takaaki Kono	Japan	71-75-68=214
	Gene Littler	United States	69-75-70=214

Source:^[14]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	George Archer	United States	67-73-69-72=281	−7	20,000
T2	Billy Casper	United States	66-71-71-74=282	−6	12,333
	George Knudson	Canada	70-73-69-70=282
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	71-71-69-71=282
T5	Charles Coody	United States	74-68-69-72=283	−5	6,750
T5	Don January	United States	74-73-70-66=283	−5	6,750
7	Miller Barber	United States	71-71-68-74=284	−4	5,000
T8	Tommy Aaron	United States	71-71-73-70=285	−3	3,600
	Lionel Hebert	United States	69-73-70-73=285
	Gene Littler	United States	69-75-70-71=285

Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]

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
Archer	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7
Casper	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6
Knudson	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6
Weiskopf	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6
Coody	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−8	−7	−8	−7	−6	−5
January	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5
Barber	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

^ ^a ^b "Augusta National Golf club: map". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 10, 1969. p. 27.
^ Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1969). "Sorry, Billy". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Archer wins Masters by 1; trio shares 2nd". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 14, 1969. p. 1, part 2.
^ ^a ^b Green, Bob (April 14, 1969). "Masters success won't spoil George Archer". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 20.
^ ^a ^b "Stretch drive wins Masters for Archer". Milwaukee Journal. April 14, 1969. p. 12-part 2.
^ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 14, 1969). "Archer stands tall as Masters champ". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 28.
^ Paris, Hal (September 1, 1968). "Giles Posts Record 65 For Second". Youngstown Vindicator. p. D1.
^ "Masters Invitation for Steve Spray". The Des Moines Register. February 23, 1969. p. 17.
^ "Masters golf scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 14, 1969. p. 28.
^ ^a ^b "Masters golf scorecard: second round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 12, 1969. p. 8.
^ ^a ^b "DeVincenzo misses cut". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1969. p. 3, part 2.
^ ^a ^b "Devlin catches up on 18th-hole birdie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1969. p. 12.
^ "Casper's 66 leads Masters by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 11, 1969. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Master list". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 13, 1969. p. 3, sports.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1969 Masters
Augusta.com – 1969 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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

[agncmap-1] "Augusta National Golf club: map". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 10, 1969. p. 27.

[sorbil-2] Jenkins, Dan (April 21, 1969). "Sorry, Billy". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.

[awmbo-3] "Archer wins Masters by 1; trio shares 2nd". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 14, 1969. p. 1, part 2.

[mswsga-4] Green, Bob (April 14, 1969). "Masters success won't spoil George Archer". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. p. 20.

[stdrwmfa-5] "Stretch drive wins Masters for Archer". Milwaukee Journal. April 14, 1969. p. 12-part 2.

[astamc-6] Gundelfinger, Phil (April 14, 1969). "Archer stands tall as Masters champ". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 28.

[7] Paris, Hal (September 1, 1968). "Giles Posts Record 65 For Second". Youngstown Vindicator. p. D1.

[8] "Masters Invitation for Steve Spray". The Des Moines Register. February 23, 1969. p. 17.

[mgsc-9] "Masters golf scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 14, 1969. p. 28.

[ppgscrrd2-10] "Masters golf scorecard: second round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 12, 1969. p. 8.

[mianewsrd2-11] "DeVincenzo misses cut". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1969. p. 3, part 2.

[mslssrdv-12] "Devlin catches up on 18th-hole birdie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1969. p. 12.

[msupics66-13] "Casper's 66 leads Masters by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 11, 1969. p. 1, part 2.

[mslssr-14] "Master list". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). April 13, 1969. p. 3, sports.

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