1942 Masters Tournament

1942 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–13, 1942
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	42 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
	Byron Nelson
	280 (−8), playoff
Location map
	Augusta National Location in the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia
	← 1941 1946 →

The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse.^[1] The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones.^[2] Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.

On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 (−2) and 280 (−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a 12-foot (3.7 m) birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.^[3]^[4]^[5]

It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.

This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (9,10), Craig Wood (2,9,10)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Bud Ward (10,11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (a)

6. PGA champions

Paul Runyan (10)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team

Not held

8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team

Not held

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 Masters Tournament

Sammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson

Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt

Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.

11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Steve Kovach (a)

Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.

12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

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

Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.

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

Bobby Cruickshank

15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA Tour

Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Paul Runyan	67	−5
T1	Horton Smith	67	−5
T3	Sammy Byrd	68	−4
T3	Byron Nelson	68	−4
5	Jimmy Demaret	70	−2
T6	Billy Burke	71	−1
	Ed Dudley
	Jim Ferrier
	Lawson Little
T10	Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
	Bobby Jones
	Denny Shute
	Craig Wood

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Byron Nelson	68-67=135	−9
2	Sammy Byrd	68-68=136	−8
T3	Jimmy Demaret	70-70=140	−4
	Paul Runyan	67-73=140
	Horton Smith	67-73=140
T6	Ben Hogan	73-70=143	−1
T6	Jimmy Thomson	73-70=143	−1
T8	Dutch Harrison	74-70=144	E
T8	Willie Goggin	74-70=144	E
T10	Lawson Little	71-74=145	+1
T10	Denny Shute	72-73=145	+1

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Byron Nelson	68-67-72=207	−9
2	Ben Hogan	73-70-67=210	−6
3	Sammy Byrd	68-68-75=211	−5
4	Paul Runyan	67-73-72=212	−4
5	Horton Smith	67-73-74=214	−2
T6	Jimmy Demaret	70-70-75=215	−1
T6	Dutch Harrison	74-70-71=215	−1
T8	Lawson Little	71-74-72=217	+1
T8	Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74=217	+1
10	Chick Harbert	73-73-72=218	+2

Source:^[8]^[9]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1942

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Ben Hogan	73-70-67-70=280	−8	Playoff
T1	Byron Nelson (c)	68-67-72-73=280	−8	Playoff
3	Paul Runyan	67-73-72-71=283	−5	600
4	Sammy Byrd	68-68-75-74=285	−3	500
5	Horton Smith (c)	67-73-74-73=287	−1	400
6	Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-70-75-75=290	+2	300
T7	Dutch Harrison	74-70-71-77=292	+4	200
	Lawson Little	71-74-72-75=292
	Sam Snead	78-69-72-73=292
T10	Chick Harbert	73-73-72-75=293	+5	100
T10	Gene Kunes	74-74-74-71=293	+5	100

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
12	Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74-77=294	+6	100
13	Chandler Harper	75-75-76-69=295	+7
14	Willie Goggin	74-70-78-74=296	+8
T15	Bobby Cruickshank	72-79-71-75=297	+9
	Jim Ferrier	71-76-80-70=297
	Henry Picard (c)	75-72-75-75=297
T18	Harry Cooper	74-77-76-72=299	+11
	Jug McSpaden	74-72-79-74=299
	Felix Serafin	75-74-77-73=299
21	Ralph Guldahl (c)	74-74-76-76=300	+12
22	Toney Penna	74-79-73-75=301	+13
T23	Billy Burke	71-79-80-72=302	+14
	Herman Keiser	74-74-78-76=302
	Craig Wood (c)	72-75-82-73=302
T26	Jim Foulis	75-71-79-78=303	+15
T26	Johnny Palmer	78-75-75-75=303	+15
T28	Tommy Armour	74-79-76-75=304	+16
	Bobby Jones	72-75-79-78=304
	Gene Sarazen (c)	80-74-75-75=304
	Bud Ward (a)	76-73-80-75=304
	Charlie Yates (a)	78-76-74-76=304
T33	Ed Dudley	71-77-81-76=305	+17
T33	Jimmy Hines	77-76-79-73=305	+17
35	Steve Kovach (a)	76-79-78-73=306	+18
T36	Herman Barron	77-75-80-75=307	+19
T36	Jack Ryan	77-71-76-83=307	+19
38	Joe Zarhardt	76-76-83-76=311	+23
39	Jerry Gianferante	77-80-82-73=312	+24
40	Johnny Morris	83-75-80-75=313	+25
WD	Denny Shute	72-73-81=226	+10
WD	Lloyd Mangrum	74	+2

Sources:^[10]^[11]

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
Nelson	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8
Hogan	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Byron Nelson	69	−3	1,500
2	Ben Hogan	70	−2	800

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
Nelson	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3
Hogan	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Source:^[12]

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

References

^ Talbot, Gayle (April 14, 1942). "Byron Nelson beats Ben Hogan in playoff to win second Masters' golf title". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 13.
^ Rice, Grantland (April 14, 1942). "Nelson's brilliant golf wins Masters'". Miami News. p. 3B.
^ ^a ^b Bartlett, Charles (April 13, 1942). "Nelson, Hogan tie; play for Masters today". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
^ "Nelson falters under pressure, Hogan ties for Masters' golf lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. April 13, 1942. p. 16.
^ Talbot, Gayle (April 13, 1942). "Nelson battles Hogan in playoff for Masters title today". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 11.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1942). "Runyan, Smith shoot 67s for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1942). "Nelson's 135 leads Masters golf; Byrd second". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
^ "Nelson holds Masters lead; Ben Hogan threatens". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. April 12, 1942. p. 1C.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 12, 1942). "Nelson retains lead in Masters golf with 207". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Nelson defeats Hogan in playoff by one stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 14, 1942. p. 16.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1942 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

[bnbbhipo-1] Talbot, Gayle (April 14, 1942). "Byron Nelson beats Ben Hogan in playoff to win second Masters' golf title". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 13.

[nbgwmsr-2] Rice, Grantland (April 14, 1942). "Nelson's brilliant golf wins Masters'". Miami News. p. 3B.

[nehotie-3] Bartlett, Charles (April 13, 1942). "Nelson, Hogan tie; play for Masters today". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.

[nfuph-4] "Nelson falters under pressure, Hogan ties for Masters' golf lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United Press. April 13, 1942. p. 16.

[nbhiptd-5] Talbot, Gayle (April 13, 1942). "Nelson battles Hogan in playoff for Masters title today". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. p. 11.

[rss67-6] Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1942). "Runyan, Smith shoot 67s for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.

[nels135-7] Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1942). "Nelson's 135 leads Masters golf; Byrd second". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.

[nhmlbht-8] "Nelson holds Masters lead; Ben Hogan threatens". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. April 12, 1942. p. 1C.

[cstnelsret-9] Bartlett, Charles (April 12, 1942). "Nelson retains lead in Masters golf with 207". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

[10] "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[11] "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[ppgmsr42rd5-12] "Nelson defeats Hogan in playoff by one stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 14, 1942. p. 16.

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