1937 Masters Tournament Explained

1937 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 1–4, 1937
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:46 players[1]
Cut:None
Purse:$5,000
Winners Share:$1,500
Score:283 (−5)
Previous:1936
Next:1938
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, 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 championsGene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)
2. U.S. Open championsTommy 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 championsLawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)
4. British Open championsJock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)
5. British Amateur champions
6. PGA championsJohnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)
7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup teamKy Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)
8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup teamCharlie Yates (a)
9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters TournamentHarry 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. OpenHerman 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-finalistsJohn Riddell (a)
12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalistsJimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn
13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA TourLeonard Dodson, Sam Snead
14 Foreign invitationsFrancis Francis (a)
Additional invitationFred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 1, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66 −6
2 69 −3
T3 70 −2
T6 71 −1
Tony Manero
T10 72 E
Al Espinosa
Source:[2]

Second round

Friday, April 2, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-72=138 −6
T2 69-72=141 −3
70-71=141
T4 73-69=142 −2
70-72=142
T673-70=143 −1
71-72=143
71-72=143
T9 72-72=144 E
71-73=144
Source:[3]

Third round

Saturday, April 3, 1937

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69-72-68=209 −7
2 70-71-71=212 −4
T3 73-69-71=213 −3
66-72-75=213
5 71-72-72=215 −1
6 72-72-72=216 E
T7 71-75-71=217 +1
77-72-68=217
73-70-74=217
74-72-71=217
Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 66-72-75-70=283 −5 1,500
2 69-72-68-76=285 −3 800
3 70-71-71-74=286 −2 600
4 73-69-71-74=287 −1 500
5 73-70-74-73=290 +2 400
6 71-73-74-73=291 +3 300
7 74-72-71-75=292 +4 250
T8 73-75-73-72=293 +5 175
72-72-72-77=293
T10 71-75-71-77=294 +6 100
77-72-68-77=294

Sources:[8] [9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Nelson −3−3−3−3−3−2−1−1−1−2−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−5
Guldahl −7−7−7−7−6−7−7−6−5−6−6−4−3−3−4−4−3−3
Dudley −4−2−2−3−3−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−2
Cooper −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1EEEE−1−1−2−2−1−1
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]

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: Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta . Spartanburg Herald . South Carolina . Associated Press . April 2, 1937 . 15 .
  3. News: Nelson leads in golf play . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . North American Newspaper Alliance . Rice . Grantland . Grantland Rice . April 3, 1937 . 14 .
  4. News: Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play . Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal . South Carolina . Associated Press . April 4, 1937 . 22.
  5. News: Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1937. 15.
  6. News: Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic . Milwaukee Journal . Associated Press . April 5, 1937 . 3, part 2 .
  7. News: Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan . Daytona Beach Morning Journal . Florida . Associated Press . April 3, 1958 . 8.
  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.

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