1937 Masters Tournament

The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1937 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 1–4, 1937
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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 Byron Nelson
283 (−5)
Location Map
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Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Opening with a six-under 66,[2] Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds,[3] but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third.[4] On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively.[5][6] The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.[7]

At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.

Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Field
1. Masters champions

Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions
6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team

Charlie Yates (a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a), Felix Serafin

11. 1936 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

John Riddell (a)

  • Ray Billows (a) and Russell Martin (a) did not play.
12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead

14 Foreign invitations

Francis Francis (a)

Additional invitation

Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 1, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Byron Nelson66−6
2United States Ralph Guldahl69−3
T3United States Ed Dudley70−2
United States Wiffy Cox
United States Lawson Little
T6United States Leonard Dodson71−1
United States Tony Manero
United States Johnny Revolta
United States Jimmy Thomson
T10United States Vic Ghezzi72E
United States Al Espinosa

Source:[2]

Second round

Friday, April 2, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Byron Nelson66-72=138−6
T2United States Ralph Guldahl69-72=141−3
United States Ed Dudley70-71=141
T4United States Harry Cooper73-69=142−2
United States Wiffy Cox70-72=142
T6United States Ky Laffoon73-70=143−1
United States Tony Manero71-72=143
United States Johnny Revolta71-72=143
T9United States Vic Ghezzi72-72=144E
United States Jimmy Thomson71-73=144

Source:[3]

Third round

Saturday, April 3, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Ralph Guldahl69-72-68=209−7
2United States Ed Dudley70-71-71=212−4
T3United States Harry Cooper73-69-71=213−3
United States Byron Nelson66-72-75=213
5United States Johnny Revolta71-72-72=215−1
6United States Vic Ghezzi72-72-72=216E
T7United States Leonard Dodson71-75-71=217+1
United States Jimmy Hines77-72-68=217
United States Ky Laffoon73-70-74=217
United States Al Watrous74-72-71=217

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Byron Nelson66-72-75-70=283−51,500
2United States Ralph Guldahl69-72-68-76=285−3800
3United States Ed Dudley70-71-71-74=286−2600
4United States Harry Cooper73-69-71-74=287−1500
5United States Ky Laffoon73-70-74-73=290+2400
6United States Jimmy Thomson71-73-74-73=291+3300
7United States Al Watrous74-72-71-75=292+4250
T8United States Tommy Armour73-75-73-72=293+5175
United States Vic Ghezzi72-72-72-77=293
T10United States Leonard Dodson71-75-71-77=294+6100
United States Jimmy Hines77-72-68-77=294

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Nelson−3−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−5
United States Guldahl−7−7−7−7−6−7−7−6−5−6−6−4−3−3−4−4−3−3
United States Dudley−4−2−2−3−3−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−2
United States Cooper−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1EEEE−1−1−2−2−1−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]

References
  1. "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. "Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 2, 1937. p. 15.
  3. Rice, Grantland (April 3, 1937). "Nelson leads in golf play". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. North American Newspaper Alliance. p. 14.
  4. "Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play". Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. April 4, 1937. p. 22.
  5. "Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 15.
  6. "Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. p. 3, part 2.
  7. "Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 3, 1958. p. 8.
  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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