1941 Masters Tournament

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1941 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1941
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)[1]
Field51 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
United States Craig Wood
280 (−8)
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The 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

Wood opened with a 66 and led by five strokes after the first round.[1][2] During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34 (−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory.[3] The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.[4]

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941 U.S. Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.[5]

Through 2019, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

Field[]

1. Masters champions

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

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (9,a)

6. PGA champions

Paul Runyan (9,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
  • Not held
8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team
  • Not held
9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open

, Vic Ghezzi, , , Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, , Felix Serafin, (a)

  • , (12), (11,a) and did not play.
11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

(a), (a)

12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Art Doering (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Jimmy Thomson

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner

16 Foreign invitations

Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, April 3, 1941

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Craig Wood  United States 66 −6
T2 Willie Goggin  United States 71 −1
Ben Hogan  United States
Lawson Little  United States
Byron Nelson  United States
T6 Harry Cooper  United States 72 E
Felix Serafin  United States
T8 Johnny Bulla  United States 73 +1
Sammy Byrd  United States
Ed Dudley  United States
Clayton Heafner  United States
Tony Manero  United States
Toney Penna  United States
Jack Ryan  United States
Jimmy Thomson  United States
Sam Snead  United States

Source:[1][2]

Second round[]

Friday, April 4, 1941

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Craig Wood  United States 66-71=137 −7
2 Byron Nelson  United States 71-69=140 −4
3 Lawson Little  United States 71-70=141 −3
T4 Sammy Byrd  United States 73-70=143 −1
Willie Goggin  United States 71-72=143
Ben Hogan  United States 71-72=143
Clayton Heafner  United States 73-70=143
Jug McSpaden  United States 76-67=143
T9 Ed Dudley  United States 73-72=145 +1
Harry Cooper  United States 72-73=145

Source:[6]

Third round[]

Saturday, April 5, 1941

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Craig Wood  United States 66-71-71=208 −8
2 Sammy Byrd  United States 73-70-68=211 −5
3 Byron Nelson  United States 71-69-73=213 −3
T4 Willie Goggin  United States 71-72-72=215 −1
Lawson Little  United States 71-70-74=215
6 Jimmy Demaret  United States 77-69-71=217 +1
7 Ben Hogan  United States 71-72-75=218 +2
T8 Dick Chapman (a)  United States 76-73-70=219 +3
Vic Ghezzi  United States 77-71-71=219
Clayton Heafner  United States 73-70-76=219

Source:[7][8]

Final round[]

Sunday, April 6, 1941

Final leaderboard[]

Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Craig Wood 66-71-71-72=280 −8 1,500
2 United States Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-73-70=283 −5 800
3 United States Sammy Byrd 73-70-68-74=285 −3 600
4 United States Ben Hogan 71-72-75-68=286 −2 500
5 United States Ed Dudley 73-72-75-68=288 E 400
T6 United States Vic Ghezzi 77-71-71-70=289 +1 275
United States Sam Snead 73-75-72-69=289
8 United States Lawson Little 71-70-74-75=290 +2 200
T9 United States Willie Goggin 71-72-72-76=291 +3 117
United States Lloyd Mangrum 71-72-72-76=291
United States Jug McSpaden 76-67-80-68=291

Sources:[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. United Press. April 4, 1941. p. 13.
  2. ^ a b "Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1941. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Craig Wood wins Masters with 280". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 7, 1941. p. 5-part 2.
  4. ^ "Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1941. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache". Associated Press. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "Wood retains lead in Masters tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1941. p. 12.
  7. ^ Carver, Lawton (April 6, 1941). "Wood leads; Sam Byrd second". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. INS. p. 9.
  8. ^ Boni, Bill (April 6, 1941). "Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. p. 22.
  9. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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