1942 Masters Tournament Explained

1942 Masters Tournament
Dates:	April 9–13, 1942
Location:	Augusta, Georgia
Course:	Augusta National Golf Club
Org:	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	72
Field:	42 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$5,000
Winners Share:	$1,500
Score:	280 (−8), playoff
Previous:	1941
Next:	1946
Map:	USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Augusta National
Coordinates:	33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse.^[1] The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones.^[2] Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.

On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 (−2) and 280 (−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a 12feet birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.^{[3] [4] [5]}

It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.

This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

Field

1. Masters championsJimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (9,10), Craig Wood (2,9,10)

2. U.S. Open championsTommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur championsBud Ward (10,11,a)

4. British Open championsDenny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur championsCharlie Yates (a)

6. PGA championsPaul Runyan (10)

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

• Not held

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

• Not held

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 Masters TournamentSammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson

• Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. OpenHerman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt

• Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.

11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsSteve Kovach (a)

• Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.

12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

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

• Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.

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

15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA TourChick Harbert, Chandler Harper

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		67	−5
T3		68	−4
5		70	−2
T6		71	−1
T10		72	E

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		68-67=135	−9
2		68-68=136	−8
T3		70-70=140	−4
	67-73=140
	67-73=140
T6		73-70=143	−1
	73-70=143
T8		74-70=144	E
		74-70=144
T10		71-74=145	+1
		72-73=145

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		68-67-72=207	−9
2		73-70-67=210	−6
3		68-68-75=211	−5
4		67-73-72=212	−4
5		67-73-74=214	−2
T6		70-70-75=215	−1
	74-70-71=215
T8			71-74-72=217	+1
	73-70-74=217
10		73-73-72=218	+2

Source:^{[8] [9]}

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1942

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)

T1		73-70-67-70=280	−8	Playoff
Byron Nelson (c)	68-67-72-73=280
3		67-73-72-71=283	−5	600
4		68-68-75-74=285	−3	500
5	Horton Smith (c)	67-73-74-73=287	−1	400
6	Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-70-75-75=290	+2	300
T7		74-70-71-77=292	+4	200
	71-74-72-75=292
	78-69-72-73=292
T10		73-73-72-75=293	+5	100
	74-74-74-71=293

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
12		73-70-74-77=294	+6	100
13		75-75-76-69=295	+7
14		74-70-78-74=296	+8
T15		72-79-71-75=297	+9
	71-76-80-70=297
Henry Picard (c)	75-72-75-75=297
T18		74-77-76-72=299	+11
	74-72-79-74=299
	75-74-77-73=299
21	Ralph Guldahl (c)	74-74-76-76=300	+12
22		74-79-73-75=301	+13
T23		71-79-80-72=302	+14
	74-74-78-76=302
Craig Wood (c)	72-75-82-73=302
T26		75-71-79-78=303	+15
	78-75-75-75=303
T28		74-79-76-75=304	+16
	72-75-79-78=304
Gene Sarazen (c)	80-74-75-75=304
Bud Ward (a)	76-73-80-75=304
Charlie Yates (a)	78-76-74-76=304
T33		71-77-81-76=305	+17
	77-76-79-73=305
35	Steve Kovach (a)	76-79-78-73=306	+18
T36		77-75-80-75=307	+19
	77-71-76-83=307
38		76-76-83-76=311	+23
39		77-80-82-73=312	+24
40		83-75-80-75=313	+25
WD		72-73-81=226	+10
	74	+2

Sources:^{[10] [11]}

Scorecard

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
Nelson	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8
Hogan	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1		69	−3	1,500
2		70	−2	800

Scorecard

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
Nelson	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3
Hogan	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Source:^[12]

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• Augusta.com – 1942 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

Notes and References

1. News: Byron Nelson beats Ben Hogan in playoff to win second Masters' golf title . Youngstown Vindicator . Ohio . Associated Press . Talbot . Gayle . April 14, 1942 . 13.
2. News: Nelson's brilliant golf wins Masters' . Miami News . Rice . Grantland . Grantland Rice . April 14, 1942 . 3B.
3. News: Nelson, Hogan tie; play for Masters today . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 13, 1942 . 19 .
4. News: Nelson falters under pressure, Hogan ties for Masters' golf lead . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . United Press . April 13, 1942 . 16.
5. News: Nelson battles Hogan in playoff for Masters title today . Youngstown Vindicator . Ohio . Associated Press . Talbot . Gayle . April 13, 1942 . 11.
6. News: Runyan, Smith shoot 67s for Masters lead . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 10, 1942 . 27 .
7. News: Nelson's 135 leads Masters golf; Byrd second . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 11, 1942 . 19 .
8. News: Nelson holds Masters lead; Ben Hogan threatens . St. Petersburg Times . United Press . April 12, 1942 . 1C .
9. News: Nelson retains lead in Masters golf with 207 . Chicago Sunday Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 12, 1942 . 1, part 2.
10. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
11. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.
12. News: Nelson defeats Hogan in playoff by one stroke . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 14, 1942 . 16.