1939 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 31 – April 2, 1939 |
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 | 46 players[1] |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $5,000 |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
Ralph Guldahl | |
279 (−9) | |
Location Map | |
Augusta National Location in the United States | |
The 1939 Masters Tournament was the sixth Masters Tournament, held March 31 to April 2 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was postponed to Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday.[2]
Ralph Guldahl won his only Masters title with a tournament record 279 (−9), one stroke better than runner-up Sam Snead. He had finished as a runner-up the previous two years, and it was the third of Guldahl's three major titles; he won consecutive U.S. Open titles in 1937 and 1938. The previous Masters record was 282 (−6) in 1935,[3] and Guldahl's mark stood until 1953, when Ben Hogan shot 274 (−14).
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. The gallery for Sunday's final two rounds was estimated at 10,000 spectators.[4] Challenging weather conditions during the second round on Saturday included hail, wind, rain, and some sun breaks.[5][6]
Field[]
- 1. Masters champions
Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Henry Picard (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10,12), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Billy Burke (9), Johnny Farrell, Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Tony Manero (7,9)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Willie Turnesa (11,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,7,10)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Charlie Yates (8,a)
- 6. PGA champions
Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team
(a), (9,a)
- Johnny Fischer (3,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,11,a), Fred Haas (a), Chuck Kocsis (9,a), (a) and Bud Ward (a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.
- 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 Masters Tournament
Harry Cooper (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon, Ray Mangrum, Jug McSpaden (10), Dick Metz (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous
- Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play.
- 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 U.S. Open
, Jim Foulis (12), , Toney Penna
- Olin Dutra (2,6), Willie Hunter (5), , , , Charles Lacey, Ray Mangrum, , , George Von Elm (3), and did not play,
- 11. 1938 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), (a)
- Pat Abbott (a), (a) and (a) did not play.
- 12. 1938 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1939 PGA Tour
- 14 Foreign invitations
- Additional invitation
(a) winner of 1938 Canadian Amateur Championship
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Friday, March 31, 1939
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Burke | United States | 69 | −3 |
2 | Sam Snead | United States | 70 | −2 |
T3 | Tommy Armour | United States | 71 | −1 |
Byron Nelson | United States | |||
Henry Picard | United States | |||
T6 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 72 | E |
Ralph Guldahl | United States | |||
Ky Laffoon | United States | |||
Lawson Little | United States | |||
Dick Metz | United States | |||
Toney Penna | United States | |||
Craig Wood | United States |
Source:[7]
Second round[]
Saturday, April 1, 1939
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 73-66=139 | −5 |
T2 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 72-68=140 | −4 |
Byron Nelson | United States | 71-69=140 | ||
Sam Snead | United States | 70-70=140 | ||
5 | Billy Burke | United States | 69-72=141 | −3 |
6 | Henry Picard | United States | 71-71=142 | −2 |
7 | Lawson Little | United States | 72-72=144 | E |
T8 | Tommy Armour | United States | 71-74=145 | +1 |
Craig Wood | United States | 72-73=145 | ||
T10 | Ben Hogan | United States | 75-71=146 | +2 |
Jimmy Thomson | United States | 75-71=146 |
Third round[]
Sunday, April 2, 1939 (morning)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 72-68-70=210 | −6 |
2 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 73-66-72=211 | −5 |
T3 | Billy Burke | United States | 69-72-71=212 | −4 |
Lawson Little | United States | 72-72-68=212 | ||
Byron Nelson | United States | 71-69-72=212 | ||
Sam Snead | United States | 70-70-72=212 | ||
7 | Craig Wood | United States | 72-73-71=216 | E |
T8 | Ben Hogan | United States | 75-71-72=218 | +2 |
Henry Picard | United States | 71-71-76=218 | ||
T10 | Ed Dudley | United States | 75-75-69=219 | +3 |
Toney Penna | United States | 72-75-72=219 |
Final round[]
Sunday, April 2, 1939 (afternoon)
Final leaderboard[]
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ralph Guldahl | 72-68-70-69=279 | −9 | 1,500 |
2 | Sam Snead | 70-70-72-68=280 | −8 | 800 |
T3 | Billy Burke | 69-72-71-70=282 | −6 | 550 |
Lawson Little | 72-72-68-70=282 | |||
5 | Gene Sarazen (c) | 73-66-72-72=283 | −5 | 400 |
6 | Craig Wood | 72-73-71-68=284 | −4 | 300 |
7 | Byron Nelson (c) | 71-69-72-75=287 | −1 | 250 |
8 | Henry Picard (c) | 71-71-76-71=289 | +1 | 175 |
9 | Ben Hogan | 75-71-72-72=290 | +2 | 175 |
T10 | Ed Dudley | 75-75-69-72=291 | +3 | 100 |
Toney Penna | 72-75-72-72=291 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Tommy Armour | 71-74-76-72=293 | +5 | 33 | |
Vic Ghezzi | 73-76-72-72=293 | ||||
Jug McSpaden | 75-72-74-72=293 | ||||
15 | Denny Shute | 78-71-73-72=294 | +6 | ||
T16 | Paul Runyan | 73-71-75-76=295 | +7 | ||
Felix Serafin | 74-76-73-72=295 | ||||
T18 | Chick Harbert (a) | 74-73-75-74=296 | +8 | ||
Jimmy Thomson | 75-71-73-77=296 | ||||
Charlie Yates (a) | 74-73-74-75=296 | ||||
21 | (a) | 78-75-73-71=297 | +9 | ||
T22 | Jimmy Hines | 76-73-74-75=298 | +10 | ||
Ky Laffoon | 72-75-73-78=298 | ||||
75-74-75-74=298 | |||||
25 | Al Watrous | 75-75-74-75=299 | +11 | ||
T26 | Tony Manero | 76-73-77-74=300 | +12 | ||
Horton Smith (c) | 75-79-74-72=300 | ||||
Willie Turnesa (a) | 78-70-79-73=300 | ||||
T29 | Jess Sweetser (a) | 75-75-75-77=302 | +14 | ||
Frank Walsh | 76-76-72-78=302 | ||||
T31 | Dick Metz | 72-80-77-74=303 | +15 | ||
Johnny Revolta | 77-74-76-76=303 | ||||
T33 | Harry Cooper | 76-77-73-78=304 | +16 | ||
Jimmy Demaret | 72-81-77-74=304 | ||||
Walter Hagen | 76-76-76-76=304 | ||||
Bobby Jones | 76-77-78-73=304 | ||||
T37 | Dick Chapman (a) | 78-77-77-77=309 | +21 | ||
Jim Foulis | 80-76-77-76=309 | ||||
39 | Johnny Farrell | 81-75-79-77=312 | +24 | ||
40 | (a) | 78-77-83-76=314 | +26 | ||
41 | (a) | 75-84-78-80=317 | +29 | ||
42 | 83-79-78-78=318 | +30 | |||
43 | 81-84-79-78=322 | +34 | |||
WD | Jock Hutchison | 79-77=156 | +12 | ||
Ray Mangrum | 77 | +5 | |||
82 | +10 |
References[]
- ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ "Golf Masters get rained out". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 31, 1939. p. 13.
- ^ "Ralph Guldahl winner in Augusta tourney". Milwaukee Sentinel. INS. April 3, 1939. p. 12.
- ^ "Guldahl wins Augusta cup". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 3, 1939. p. 8.
- ^ a b "Bobby Jones is far down in Masters' open golf tournament". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 2, 1939. p. 1, sports.
- ^ a b "Veteran Gene Sarazen shoots 66 to take lead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. April 2, 1939. p. 13.
- ^ McLemore, Henry (April 1, 1939). "Burke shatters par to lead Masters". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 7.
- ^ "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 – 1939 Masters
- Augusta.com – 1939 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
- Masters Tournament
- 1939 in golf
- 1939 in American sports
- 1939 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- March 1939 sports events
- April 1939 sports events