1939 Masters Tournament

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1939 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesMarch 31 – April 2, 1939
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 Ralph Guldahl
279 (−9)
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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

Ed Dudley (9), Sam Snead (12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

(a), (9,a)

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

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 U.S. Open

, Jim Foulis (12), , Toney Penna

11. 1938 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), (a)

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

Jimmy Demaret, Craig Wood

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

Source:[5][6]

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
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70-69=279 −9 1,500
2 United States Sam Snead 70-70-72-68=280 −8 800
T3 United States Billy Burke 69-72-71-70=282 −6 550
United States Lawson Little 72-72-68-70=282
5 United States Gene Sarazen (c) 73-66-72-72=283 −5 400
6 United States Craig Wood 72-73-71-68=284 −4 300
7 United States Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-72-75=287 −1 250
8 United States Henry Picard (c) 71-71-76-71=289 +1 175
9 United States Ben Hogan 75-71-72-72=290 +2 175
T10 United States Ed Dudley 75-75-69-72=291 +3 100
United States Toney Penna 72-75-72-72=291

Sources:[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Golf Masters get rained out". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 31, 1939. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Ralph Guldahl winner in Augusta tourney". Milwaukee Sentinel. INS. April 3, 1939. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Guldahl wins Augusta cup". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 3, 1939. p. 8.
  5. ^ a b "Bobby Jones is far down in Masters' open golf tournament". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 2, 1939. p. 1, sports.
  6. ^ a b "Veteran Gene Sarazen shoots 66 to take lead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. April 2, 1939. p. 13.
  7. ^ McLemore, Henry (April 1, 1939). "Burke shatters par to lead Masters". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 7.
  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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