1936 Masters Tournament Explained

1936 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 3–6, 1936
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:53 players[1]
Cut:None
Purse:$5,000
Winners Share:$1,500
Score:285 (−3)
Previous:1935
Next:1937
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday.[2] Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.[3] On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.[4]

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Field

1. U.S. Open championsTommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent
2. U.S. Amateur championsLawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)
3. British Open championsJock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)
4. British Amateur champions
5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup teamKy Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)
6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team
7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters TournamentBobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)
8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. OpenHerman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)
9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsFred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)
10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA TourWiffy Cox, Orville White
12. Foreign invitationsChin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda
Additional invitationsAlbert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

Round summaries

First round

Friday, April 3, 1936 Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.[2]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70 −2
2 72 E
T3 74 +2
Horton Smith
T6 75 +3
Al Krueger
Source:[5]

Second round

Saturday, April 4, 1936

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-69=139 −5
T2 75-69=144 E
76-68=144
T4 72-73=145 +1
75-70=145
76-69=145
78-67=145
74-71=145
T9 77-70=147 +3
77-70=147
76-71=147
75-72=147
Source:[6] [7]

Third round

Monday, April 6, 1936   (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.[3]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-69-71=210 −6
2 74-71-68=213 −3
3 76-69-70=215 −1
T4 77-70-70=217 +1
76-73-68=217
78-67-72=217
7 75-69-74=218 +2
8 76-68-75=219 +3
T9 75-75-70=220 +4
72-73-75=220
75-70-75=220

Final round

Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Horton Smith (c) 74-71-68-72=285 −3 1,500
2 70-69-71-76=286 −2 800
3 Gene Sarazen (c) 78-67-72-70=287 −1 600
T4 75-69-74-72=290 +2 450
76-69-70-75=290
T6 75-75-70-73=293 +5 250
75-70-75-73=293
76-73-68-76=293
T9 Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70-70-77=294 +6 0
75-72-74-73=294 150

Sources:[8] [9]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Smith−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3
<----> Cooper −6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2
Sarazen+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past winners and results . The Masters . April 16, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024707/http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html . October 12, 2013 .
  2. News: Postpone opening of Augusta golf. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 2, 1936. 19.
  3. News: National tourney at Augusta rained out . Spartanburg Herald . South Carolina . Associated Press . Gould . Alan . April 6, 1936 . 5 .
  4. News: Horton Smith wins Augusta Tourney. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1936. 18.
  5. News: First round scores . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 4, 1936 . 17.
  6. News: Masters' scores . Pittsburgh Press . April 5, 1936 . 2, sports .
  7. News: Cooper boosts lead in Augusta National . Spartanburg Herald . South Carolina . Associated Press . Gould . Alan . April 5, 1936 . 21 .
  8. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  9. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.
  10. News: Leaders' cards . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 7, 1936 . 18 .

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