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1964 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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1964 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1964 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 9–12, 1964
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]
Field96 players, 48 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$129,800[2]
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
United States Arnold Palmer
276 (−12)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).

Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10).[3] He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters.[4][5] It was his seventh and final major victory.

Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round.[6] Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935.

Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986.

Field

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1. Masters champions

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

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

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,9,11), Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8), Gene Littler (8,11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

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

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

Deane Beman (6,7,a), Charles Coe (6,7,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (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), R. H. Sikes (7,a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament

Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open

Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram

10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship

Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston

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

Bob Goalby

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour

Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr.

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

Dave Marr

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

Phil Rodgers

15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
  • Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury
16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield

17. Foreign invitations

Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, 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 9, 1964

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Bob Goalby 69 −3
United States Davis Love Jr.
Australia Kel Nagle
United States Arnold Palmer
South Africa Gary Player
T6 United States Don January 70 −2
United States Gene Littler
United States Dave Marr
United States Billy Joe Patton (a)
T10 New Zealand Bob Charles 71 −1
Canada Gary Cowan (a)
United States Jim Ferrier
United States Dow Finsterwald
United States Jack Nicklaus
Puerto Rico Chi-Chi Rodríguez

Source:[7]

Second round

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Friday, April 10, 1964

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Arnold Palmer 69-68=137 −7
2 South Africa Gary Player 69-72=141 −3
T3 United States Don January 70-72=142 −2
United States Gene Littler 70-72=142
T5 New Zealand Bob Charles 71-72=143 −1
United States Dow Finsterwald 71-72=143
United States Tony Lema 75-68=143
United States Dave Marr 70-73=143
T9 England Peter Butler 72-72=144 E
United States Jimmy Demaret 75-69=144
Australia Bruce Devlin 72-72=144
United States Jim Ferrier 71-73=144
United States Bob Goalby 69-75=144
United States Davis Love Jr. 69-75=144
United States Jack Nicklaus 71-73=144
United States Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74=144
United States Johnny Pott 74-70=144
Puerto Rico Chi-Chi Rodríguez 71-73=144
United States Dan Sikes 76-68=144

Source:[1][8][9]

Third round

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Saturday, April 11, 1964

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Arnold Palmer 69-68-69=206 −10
2 Australia Bruce Devlin 72-72-67=211 −5
3 United States Dave Marr 70-73-69=212 −4
T4 England Peter Butler 72-72-69=213 −3
United States Jim Ferrier 71-73-69=213
South Africa Gary Player 69-72-72=213
7 United States Bo Wininger 74-71-69=214 −2
T8 United States Deane Beman (a) 74-71-70=215 −1
United States Ben Hogan 73-75-67=215
United States Billy Maxwell 73-73-69=215
United States Jack Nicklaus 71-73-71=215
United States Johnny Pott 74-70-71=215
United States Dan Sikes 76-68-71=215

Source:[3][10]

Final round

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Sunday, April 12, 1964

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 United States Arnold Palmer (c) 69-68-69-70=276 −12 20,000
T2 United States Dave Marr 70-73-69-70=282 −6 10,100
United States Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-73-71-67=282
4 Australia Bruce Devlin 72-72-67-73=284 −4 6,100
T5 United States Billy Casper 76-72-69-69=286 −2 3,700
United States Jim Ferrier 71-73-69-73=286
United States Paul Harney 73-72-71-70=286
South Africa Gary Player (c) 69-72-72-73=286
T9 United States Dow Finsterwald 71-72-75-69=287 −1 1,700
United States Ben Hogan (c) 73-75-67-72=287
United States Tony Lema 75-68-74-70=287
United States Mike Souchak 73-74-70-70=287

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
United States Palmer −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −11 −12
United States Marr −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6
United States Nicklaus −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6
Australia Devlin −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

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  1. ^ a b "Palmer sizzles, leads Masters by 4". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1964. p. 2-part 2.
  2. ^ Moffit, David M. (April 13, 1964). "Palmer again aims at Grand Slam after unprecedented 4th Masters win". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). UPI. p. 24.
  3. ^ a b Grimsley, Will (April 12, 1964). "Arnie bags 69, now 10 under par". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. D-1.
  4. ^ "Palmer eyes 'Grand Slam'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1964. p. 3B.
  5. ^ Wright, Alfred (April 20, 1964). "A Master to top them all". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Full House". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). April 10, 1964. p. 28.
  7. ^ Becker, Jim (April 10, 1964). "Palmer shares golf lead with 69". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 3B.
  8. ^ Moffit, David M. (April 11, 1964). "Palmer register four-under 68 to gain big advantage in Masters meet". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). p. 9.
  9. ^ Becker, Jim (April 11, 1964). "Palmer leads Masters by four". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  10. ^ "Palmer ahead by five in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1964. 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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