1938 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 2–4, 1938 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°WCoordinates: 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[1] |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $5,000 |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
Henry Picard | |
285 (−3) | |
Location Map | |
Augusta National Location in the United States | |
The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday,[2] rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday,[3] and the final round was on Monday.[4]
Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl.[5] It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.[6]
Field[]
- 1. Masters champions
Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)
- 5. British Amateur champions
- 6. PGA champions
Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team
Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team
Chuck Kocsis (10,a), (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)
- (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.
- 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament
Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood
- Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.
- 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open
, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh
- Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, , and did not play.
- 11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
- Chick Evans (2,3,a) and (a) did not play.
- 12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour
- 14 Foreign invitations
, Ross Somerville (11,a)
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Saturday, April 2, 1938
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Cooper | United States | 68 | −4 |
T2 | Ed Dudley | United States | 70 | −2 |
Dick Metz | United States | |||
T4 | Toney Penna | United States | 71 | −1 |
Henry Picard | United States | |||
Paul Runyan | United States | |||
T7 | Bobby Cruickshank | United States | 72 | E |
Lawson Little | United States | |||
Tony Manero | United States | |||
Jug McSpaden | United States | |||
Felix Serafin | United States |
Source:[2]
Second round[]
Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ed Dudley | United States | 70-69=139 | −5 |
T2 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 73-70=143 | −1 |
Henry Picard | United States | 71-72=143 | ||
Felix Serafin | United States | 72-71=143 | ||
T5 | Paul Runyan | United States | 71-73=144 | E |
Jimmy Thomson | United States | 74-70=144 | ||
T7 | Harry Cooper | United States | 68-77=145 | +1 |
Johnny Revolta | United States | 73-72=145 | ||
T9 | Jimmy Hines | United States | 75-71=146 | +2 |
Billy Burke | United States | 73-73=146 |
Third round[]
Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Picard | United States | 71-72-72=215 | −1 |
T2 | Harry Cooper | United States | 68-77-71=216 | E |
Ed Dudley | United States | 70-69-77=216 | ||
Ralph Guldahl | United States | 73-70-73=216 | ||
Gene Sarazen | United States | 78-70-68=216 | ||
6 | Byron Nelson | United States | 73-74-70=217 | +1 |
7 | Paul Runyan | United States | 71-73-74=218 | +2 |
8 | Vic Ghezzi | United States | 75-74-70=219 | +3 |
9 | Jimmy Thomson | United States | 74-70-76=220 | +4 |
T10 | Jimmy Hines | United States | 75-71-75=221 | +5 |
Lawson Little | United States | 72-75-74=221 | ||
Dick Metz | United States | 70-77-74=221 | ||
Johnny Revolta | United States | 73-72-76=221 | ||
Felix Serafin | United States | 72-71-78=221 |
Source:[3]
Final round[]
Monday, April 4, 1938
Final leaderboard[]
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Picard | 71-72-72-70=285 | −3 | 1,500 |
T2 | Harry Cooper | 68-77-71-71=287 | −1 | 700 |
Ralph Guldahl | 73-70-73-71=287 | |||
4 | Paul Runyan | 71-73-74-70=288 | E | 500 |
5 | Byron Nelson (c) | 73-74-70-73=290 | +2 | 400 |
T6 | Ed Dudley | 70-69-77-75=291 | +3 | 275 |
Felix Serafin | 72-71-78-70=291 | |||
T8 | Dick Metz | 70-77-74-71=292 | +4 | 175 |
Jimmy Thomson | 74-70-76-72=292 | |||
T10 | Vic Ghezzi | 75-74-70-74=293 | +5 | 100 |
Jimmy Hines | 75-71-75-72=293 | |||
Lawson Little | 72-75-74-72=293 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T13 | Billy Burke | 73-73-76-73=295 | +7 | ||
Gene Sarazen (c) | 78-70-68-79=295 | ||||
15 | 74-74-77-71=296 | +8 | |||
T16 | Bobby Jones | 76-74-72-75=297 | +9 | ||
Jug McSpaden | 72-75-77-73=297 | ||||
T18 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72-75-77-74=298 | +10 | ||
Ray Mangrum | 78-72-76-72=298 | ||||
Johnny Revolta | 73-72-76-77=298 | ||||
(a) | 74-69-75-80=298 | ||||
T22 | Chuck Kocsis (a) | 76-73-77-73=299 | +11 | ||
Horton Smith (c) | 75-75-78-71=299 | ||||
24 | Sam Parks Jr. | 75-75-76-74=300 | +12 | ||
T25 | Wiffy Cox | 74-78-74-75=301 | +13 | ||
Ben Hogan | 75-76-78-72=301 | ||||
T27 | Ky Laffoon | 78-76-74-74=302 | +14 | ||
Tony Manero | 72-78-82-70=302 | ||||
Frank Walsh | 74-75-77-76=302 | ||||
Al Watrous | 73-77-76-76=302 | ||||
T31 | Toney Penna | 71-76-77-80=304 | +16 | ||
Sam Snead | 78-78-75-73=304 | ||||
33 | Jess Sweetser (a) | 82-75-73-75=305 | +17 | ||
T34 | 76-75-81-74=306 | +18 | |||
Craig Wood | 73-75-83-75=306 | ||||
T36 | Ross Somerville (a) | 77-78-82-71=308 | +20 | ||
Bud Ward (a) | 77-76-79-76=308 | ||||
38 | Willie Macfarlane | 76-80-75-78=309 | +21 | ||
39 | Charlie Yates (a) | 76-78-82-76=312 | +24 | ||
WD | Frank Strafaci (a) | 74-74-82=230 | +14 | ||
Denny Shute | 75-78-78=231 | +15 | |||
Leonard Dodson | 78-78=156 | +12 |
References[]
- ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ a b McLemore, Henry (April 3, 1938). "Cooper's par-smashing 68 leads classy field in Masters' golf tourney". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
- ^ a b "Picard's 215 nets lead in Masters' Tournament". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1938. p. 17.
- ^ Rice, Grantland (April 2, 1938). "Rain postpones Masters' golf". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 13.
- ^ Rice, Grantland (April 5, 1938). "Sore thumb helps Henry Picard win". Milwaukee Journal. p. 6, part 2.
- ^ "Picard takes Augusta title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 5, 1938. p. 8.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Masters.com – past winners and results
- About.com – 1938 Masters
- Augusta.com – 1938 Masters leaderboard
- Masters Tournament
- 1938 in golf
- 1938 in American sports
- 1938 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- April 1938 sports events