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1965 Masters Tournament

The 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1965 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1965 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1965
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field91 players, 49 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
271 (−17)
Location map
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953.[2] It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career.

The "Big Three" (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6),[1][3] but Nicklaus shot a 64 (−8) on Saturday to post a 202 (−14), a gain of five shots on Player and eight on Palmer.[4][5] Nicklaus' round tied the course record set by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940; it was lowered to 63 by Nick Price in the third round in 1986.

Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64.[6] After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."[7]

Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion.

Art Wall Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20.

Field

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1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,8), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Jack Fleck, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (9,10)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

Tony Lema (8,11)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,11), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bobby Nichols (9,10), Bob Rosburg (9)

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Deane Beman (6,a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Charles Coe (6,a), Richard Davies (6,a)

  • Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. 1964 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Don Allen (a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Gene Ferrell (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Ed Tutwiler (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1964 Masters Tournament

Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Don January (9), Dave Marr, Billy Maxwell (11), Johnny Pott (9,11), Mason Rudolph (10), Dan Sikes, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger (10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1964 U.S. Open

George Bayer, Gay Brewer (10), Bill Collins, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Ed Furgol, Tommy Jacobs

10. Top eight players and ties from 1964 PGA Championship

Tom Nieporte

11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team

Bob Goalby, Dave Ragan

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Frank Beard, Jack McGowan

13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Wes Ellis

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

Tommy Aaron

15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Bill Hyndman (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1965 PGA Tour

Doug Sanders, Bert Weaver

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Butler (8), Bob Charles (3,9), Chen Ching-Po, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9), Bruce Devlin (8), Harold Henning, Bernard Hunt, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson, Cobie Legrange, Stan Leonard, Kel Nagle (3,8), Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8), Leopoldo Ruiz, Ramón Sota, Nick Weslock (a)

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

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 8, 1965

Place Player Score To par
1   Gary Player 65 −7
T2   Tommy Aaron 67 −5
  Tony Lema
  Jack Nicklaus
  Dan Sikes
6   Frank Beard 68 −4
T7   George Bayer 69 −3
  Tommy Bolt
  Wes Ellis
  Raymond Floyd
  Doug Sanders

Source:[8]

Second round

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Friday, April 9, 1965

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jack Nicklaus 67-71=138 −6
  Arnold Palmer 70-68=138
  Gary Player 65-73=138
4   Dan Sikes 67-72=139 −5
5   Tony Lema 67-73=140 −4
T6   Tommy Aaron 67-74=141 −3
  Doug Sanders 69-72=141
8   Bo Wininger 70-72=142 −2
9   George Bayer 69-74=143 −1
T10   Billy Casper 72-72=144 E
  Bruce Crampton 72-72=144
  Byron Nelson 70-74=144
  Bobby Nichols 73-71=144
  Tom Nieporte 71-73=144
  Ramón Sota 71-73=144

Source:[3][9][10]

Third round

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Saturday, April 10, 1965

Place Player Score To par
1   Jack Nicklaus 67-71-64=202 −14
2   Gary Player 65-73-69=207 −9
T3   Arnold Palmer 70-68-72=210 −6
  Dan Sikes 67-72-71=210
5   Mason Rudolph 70-75-66=211 −5
T6   Tommy Aaron 67-74-71=212 −4
  Gene Littler 71-74-67=212
T8   George Knudson 72-73-69=214 −2
  Ramón Sota 71-73-70=214
T10   Billy Casper 72-72-71=215 −1
  Doug Sanders 69-72-74=215

Source:[4]

Scorecard

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Third round, ties course record   31-33=64 (−8)

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

Final round

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Sunday, April 11, 1965

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Jack Nicklaus (c) 67-71-64-69=271 −17 20,000
T2   Arnold Palmer (c) 70-68-72-70=280 −8 10,200
  Gary Player (c) 65-73-69-73=280
4   Mason Rudolph 70-75-66-72=283 −5 6,200
5   Dan Sikes 67-72-71-75=285 −3 5,000
T6   Gene Littler 71-74-67-74=286 −2 3,800
  Ramón Sota 71-73-70-72=286
T8   Frank Beard 68-77-72-70=287 −1 2,400
  Tommy Bolt 69-78-69-71=287
10   George Knudson 72-73-69-74=288 E 1,800

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard

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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
  Nicklaus −15 −15 −15 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17
  Palmer −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Player −9 −10 −9 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Rudolph −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5
  Sikes −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

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  1. ^ a b "Palmer, Nicklaus, Player tied in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Nicklaus in a Masters Romp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 12, 1965. p. 32.
  3. ^ a b "Nicklaus, Palmer, Player lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 2, part 2.
  4. ^ a b "Nicklaus threatens runaway with 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1965. p. 1B.
  5. ^ Wright, Alfred (April 19, 1965). "All alone at the top". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  6. ^ Nicklaus, Jack (2007). Jack Nicklaus: My Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-416-54224-7.
  7. ^ "Jack Nicklaus Quotes". golf.about.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  8. ^ "Putting tip helps Player get lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1965. p. 1C.
  9. ^ "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1965. p. 13.
  10. ^ "Masters golf lead shared by Palmer, Nicklaus, Player". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 1B.
  11. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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