1937 Masters Tournament

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1937 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 1–4, 1937
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Field46 players[1]
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
United States Byron Nelson
283 (−5)
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The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Opening with a six-under 66,[2] Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds,[3] but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third.[4] On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively.[5][6] The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.[7]

At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.

Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Field[]

1. Masters champions

Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions
6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team

Charlie Yates (a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), , (a), Felix Serafin

11. 1936 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

(a)

  • (a) and (a) did not play.
12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead

14 Foreign invitations

(a)

Additional invitation

Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, April 1, 1937

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Byron Nelson  United States 66 −6
2 Ralph Guldahl  United States 69 −3
T3 Ed Dudley  United States 70 −2
Wiffy Cox  United States
Lawson Little  United States
T6 Leonard Dodson  United States 71 −1
Tony Manero  United States
Johnny Revolta  United States
Jimmy Thomson  United States
T10 Vic Ghezzi  United States 72 E
Al Espinosa  United States

Source:[2]

Second round[]

Friday, April 2, 1937

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Byron Nelson  United States 66-72=138 −6
T2 Ralph Guldahl  United States 69-72=141 −3
Ed Dudley  United States 70-71=141
T4 Harry Cooper  United States 73-69=142 −2
Wiffy Cox  United States 70-72=142
T6 Ky Laffoon  United States 73-70=143 −1
Tony Manero  United States 71-72=143
Johnny Revolta  United States 71-72=143
T9 Vic Ghezzi  United States 72-72=144 E
Jimmy Thomson  United States 71-73=144

Source:[3]

Third round[]

Saturday, April 3, 1937

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Ralph Guldahl  United States 69-72-68=209 −7
2 Ed Dudley  United States 70-71-71=212 −4
T3 Harry Cooper  United States 73-69-71=213 −3
Byron Nelson  United States 66-72-75=213
5 Johnny Revolta  United States 71-72-72=215 −1
6 Vic Ghezzi  United States 72-72-72=216 E
T7 Leonard Dodson  United States 71-75-71=217 +1
Jimmy Hines  United States 77-72-68=217
Ky Laffoon  United States 73-70-74=217
Al Watrous  United States 74-72-71=217

Source:[4]

Final round[]

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard[]

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Byron Nelson 66-72-75-70=283 −5 1,500
2 United States Ralph Guldahl 69-72-68-76=285 −3 800
3 United States Ed Dudley 70-71-71-74=286 −2 600
4 United States Harry Cooper 73-69-71-74=287 −1 500
5 United States Ky Laffoon 73-70-74-73=290 +2 400
6 United States Jimmy Thomson 71-73-74-73=291 +3 300
7 United States Al Watrous 74-72-71-75=292 +4 250
T8 United States Tommy Armour 73-75-73-72=293 +5 175
United States Vic Ghezzi 72-72-72-77=293
T10 United States Leonard Dodson 71-75-71-77=294 +6 100
United States Jimmy Hines 77-72-68-77=294

Sources:[8][9]

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
United States Nelson −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5
United States Guldahl −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3
United States Dudley −4 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −2
United States Cooper −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 2, 1937. p. 15.
  3. ^ a b Rice, Grantland (April 3, 1937). "Nelson leads in golf play". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. North American Newspaper Alliance. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b "Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play". Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 4, 1937. p. 22.
  5. ^ a b "Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 3, part 2.
  7. ^ "Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 3, 1958. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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