1940 Masters Tournament

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1940 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 4–7, 1940
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
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)
Field59 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
United States Jimmy Demaret
280 (−8)
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The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum,[1][2] the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes,[3][4][5][6] and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986,[7] later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

Field[]

1. Masters champions

Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9)

4. British Open champions
5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
  • Not held
8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

(11,a), Chuck Kocsis (a), (9,a), Bud Ward (10,11,a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament

Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), , Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, (a)

11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

(a), Art Doering (a)

12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

  • did not play.
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

(a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum

16 Foreign invitations

Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday April 4, 1940

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Lloyd Mangrum  United States 64 −8
2 Jimmy Demaret  United States 67 −5
T3 Harry Cooper  United States 69 −3
Byron Nelson  United States
T5 Lawson Little  United States 70 −2
Craig Wood  United States
T7 Tommy Armour  United States 71 −1
Willie Goggin  United States
Jug McSpaden  United States
Dick Metz  United States
Henry Picard  United States
Paul Runyan  United States
Sam Snead  United States

Source:[3][4][5]

Scorecard[]

First round, set course record   32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986

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 Mangrum E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8

Source:[3][4][5]

Second round[]

Friday April 5, 1940

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jimmy Demaret  United States 67-72=139 −5
Lloyd Mangrum  United States 64-75=139
3 Byron Nelson  United States 69-72=141 −3
4 Henry Picard  United States 71-71=142 −2
T5 Willie Goggin  United States 71-72=143 −1
Sam Snead  United States 71-72=143
T7 Harry Cooper  United States 69-75=144 E
Jug McSpaden  United States 73-71=144
T9 Tommy Armour  United States 71-74=145 +1
Ed Dudley  United States 73-72=145
Dick Metz  United States 71-74=145
Paul Runyan  United States 72-73=145
Craig Wood  United States 70-75=145

Source:[8][9]

Third round[]

Saturday April 6, 1940

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jimmy Demaret  United States 67-72-70=209 −7
2 Lloyd Mangrum  United States 64-75-71=210 −6
T3 Sam Snead  United States 71-72-69=212 −4
Craig Wood  United States 70-75-67=212
5 Henry Picard  United States 71-71-71=213 −3
6 Byron Nelson  United States 69-72-74=215 −1
T7 Ed Dudley  United States 73-72-71=216 E
Willie Goggin  United States 71-72-73=216
Ben Hogan  United States 73-74-69=216
T10 Harry Cooper  United States 69-75-73=217 +1
Paul Runyan  United States 72-73-72=217

Source:

Final round[]

Sunday April 7, 1940

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 Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70-71=280 −8 1,500
2 United States Lloyd Mangrum 64-75-71-74=284 −4 800
3 United States Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-74-70=285 −3 600
T4 United States Harry Cooper 69-75-73-70=287 −1 400
United States Ed Dudley 73-72-71-71=287
United States Willie Goggin 71-72-73-71=287
T7 United States Henry Picard (c) 71-71-71-75=288 E 200
United States Sam Snead 71-72-69-76=288
United States Craig Wood 70-75-67-76=288
T10 United States Ben Hogan 73-74-69-74=290 +2 100
United States Toney Penna 73-73-72-72=290

Sources:[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1940). "Demaret's 280 wins Masters; Mangrum 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 8, 1940). "Jimmy Demaret captures Masters Tournament". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. United Press. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum's 64 leads Augusta Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b c Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1940). "Mangrum leads Masters golf on record 64". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 33.
  5. ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum catches fire to set competitive golf scoring record". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 14.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 5, 1940). "Golf's Mr. Cinderella paces Masters play". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 44.
  7. ^ "Norman leads but Price has 63". Sunday Star News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. April 13, 1986. p. 1B.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1940). "Mangrum and Demaret share Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  9. ^ "Ward shoots sparkling 68 to climb high among pros in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. April 6, 1940. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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