1974 Masters Tournament

1974 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 11–14, 1974
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
Length	7,020 yards (6,419 m)
Field	78 players, 44 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Winner's share	$35,000
Champion
	Gary Player
	278 (−10)
Location map
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The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.^[2]^[3] It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery;^[4]^[5] it was the only Masters that he missed in 53 years.

Defending champion Tommy Aaron missed the cut by two strokes. Jack Burke Jr., the 1956 champion, competed at the Masters for the final time.

Field[edit]

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron (8,12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (8,12), Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper (8,11,12,13), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (4,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

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

Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody

Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12) did not play

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

William C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a)

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

7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)

Doug Ballenger, Danny Edwards, Jimmy Ellis, Mike Killian, and Bill Rogers forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament

Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley

Don January did not play

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open

Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), Larry Ziegler

10. Top eight players and ties from 1973 PGA Championship

Don Iverson, Dan Sikes

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Sam Adams, Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Homero Blancas (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), John Mahaffey, John Schroeder, Ed Sneed, Leonard Thompson

Deane Beman did not play, as he was now serving as commissioner of the PGA Tour ^[6]

12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8)

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

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, April 11, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jim Colbert	67	−5
T2	Hubert Green	68	−4
	Hale Irwin
	Don Iverson
T5	Frank Beard	69	−3
	Raymond Floyd
	Gene Littler
	Jack Nicklaus
	Dan Sikes
T10	Billy Casper	70	−2
	Bruce Devlin
	Jerry Heard
	Babe Hiskey
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez
	Art Wall Jr.

Source^[7]

Second round[edit]

Friday, April 12, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Dave Stockton	71-66=137	−7
T2	Hubert Green	68-70=138	−6
T2	Hale Irwin	68-70=138	−6
T4	Frank Beard	69-70=139	−5
T4	Jim Colbert	67-72=139	−5
T6	Jerry Heard	70-70=140	−4
	Gene Littler	69-71=140
	Jack Nicklaus	69-71=140
	Dan Sikes	69-71=140
	Tom Weiskopf	71-69=140

Source^[8]

Third round[edit]

Saturday, April 13, 1974

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Dave Stockton	71-66-70=207	−9
T2	Jim Colbert	67-72-69=208	−8
T2	Gary Player	71-71-66=208	−8
T4	Bobby Nichols	73-68-68=209	−7
T4	Phil Rodgers	72-69-68=209	−7
T6	Hale Irwin	68-70-72=210	−6
T6	Tom Weiskopf	71-69-70=210	−6
8	Frank Beard	68-70-72=211	−5
T9	Hubert Green	68-70-74=212	−4
T9	Jack Nicklaus	69-71-72=212	−4

Source^[9]

Final round[edit]

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Final leaderboard[edit]

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Gary Player (c)	71-71-66-70=278	−10	35,000
T2	Dave Stockton	71-66-70-73=280	−8	21,250
T2	Tom Weiskopf	71-69-70-70=280	−8	21,250
T4	Jim Colbert	67-72-69-73=281	−7	10,833
	Hale Irwin	68-70-72-71=281
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	69-71-72-69=281
T7	Bobby Nichols	73-68-68-73=282	−6	4,750
T7	Phil Rodgers	72-69-68-73=282	−6	4,750
T9	Maurice Bembridge	73-74-72-64=283	−5	3,900
T9	Hubert Green	68-70-74-71=283	−5	3,900

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Bruce Crampton	73-72-69-70=284	−4	3,375
	Jerry Heard	70-70-73-71=284
	Dave Hill	71-72-70-71=284
	Arnold Palmer (c)	76-71-70-67=284
T15	Buddy Allin	73-73-70-69=285	−3	2,900
	Miller Barber	75-67-72-71=285
	Ralph Johnston	72-71-70-72=285
	Johnny Miller	72-74-69-70=285
	Dan Sikes	69-71-74-71=285
T20	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	70-74-71-71=286	−2	2,550
T20	Sam Snead (c)	72-72-71-71=286	−2	2,550
T22	Frank Beard	69-70-72-76=287	−1	2,275
	Ben Crenshaw	75-70-70-72=287
	Raymond Floyd	69-72-76-70=287
	Bob Goalby (c)	76-71-72-68=287
T26	Julius Boros	75-70-69-74=288	E	1,850
	John Schlee	75-71-71-71=288
	J. C. Snead	73-68-74-73=288
T29	Charles Coody (c)	74-72-76-67=289	+1	1,850
T29	Don Iverson	68-74-73-74=289	+1	1,850
T31	Hugh Baiocchi	75-71-74-70=290	+2	1,775
	Bruce Devlin	70-72-76-72=290
	Al Geiberger	76-68-70-76=290
	Graham Marsh	76-69-72-73=290
	Peter Oosterhuis	79-68-68-75=290
	Kermit Zarley	73-71-77-69=290
T37	Billy Casper (c)	70-71-76-74=291	+3	1,775
T37	Art Wall Jr. (c)	70-77-72-72=291	+3	1,775
T39	Gene Littler	69-71-78-74=292	+4	1,700
T39	Larry Ziegler	72-73-73-74=292	+4	1,700
T41	Babe Hiskey	70-78-75-72=295	+7	1,700
T41	Leonard Thompson	73-72-77-73=295	+7	1,700
43	Ed Sneed	74-74-77-72=297	+9	1,700
44	Orville Moody	74-73-78-77=302	+14	1,700
CUT	Homero Blancas	73-76=149	+5
	Trevor Homer (a)	77-72=149
	John Mahaffey	71-78=149
	Masashi Ozaki	79-70=149
	Mason Rudolph	78-71=149
	Tommy Aaron (c)	77-73=150	+6
	Gay Brewer (c)	75-75=150
	Henri DeLozier (a)	74-76=150
	Vinny Giles (a)	74-76=150
	Lou Graham	76-74=150
	Gary Koch (a)	76-74=150
	Jack Burke Jr. (c)	72-79=151	+7
	Gardner Dickinson	71-80=151
	Doug Ford (c)	76-75=151
	Downing Gray (a)	75-76=151
	John Schroeder	76-75=151
	Dick Siderowf (a)	74-77=151
	William C. Campbell (a)	74-78=152	+8
	Bob Charles	73-79=152
	Tony Jacklin	81-71=152
	Billy Kratzert (a)	79-73=152
	Mark Pfeil (a)	75-77=152
	David Strawn (a)	77-75=152
	Paul Harney	77-76=153	+9
	Craig Stadler (a)	79-74=153
	Marty West (a)	73-80=153
	Isao Aoki	74-80=154	+10
	Lanny Wadkins	74-80=154	+10
	Bob Dickson	76-79=155	+11
	Jim Jamieson	80-75=155
	Herman Keiser (c)	76-79=155
	Sam Adams	80-79=159	+15
	Bert Greene	81-81=162	+18
WD	George Archer (c)	75	+3

Sources:^[10]^[11]

Scorecard[edit]

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
Player	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10
Stockton	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Weiskopf	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8
Colbert	−8	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−7
Irwin	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7
Nicklaus	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−8	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source^[3]^[12]

References[edit]

^ "Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1974. p. 1B.
^ Jenkins, Dan (April 22, 1974). "Wee Gary springs his trap". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b "Player gets first big win in '74". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1974. p. 1C.
^ "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.
^ "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.
^ "Beman, Deane". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
^ "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.
^ "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.
^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.

External links[edit]

Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1974 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

[cimlblo-1] "Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1974. p. 1B.

[wdsht-2] Jenkins, Dan (April 22, 1974). "Wee Gary springs his trap". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.

[pgfbw-3] "Player gets first big win in '74". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1974. p. 1C.

[mshpfst-4] "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.

[gprmopoh-5] "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.

[beman-6] "Beman, Deane". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[msenapclm-7] "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.

[mresiu-8] "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.

[posbsunw-9] "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.

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

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

[dgc74m-12] "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.

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