1963 Masters Tournament Explained

1963 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 4–7, 1963
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6850yd[1]
Field:84 players, 50 after cut
Cut:152 (+8)
Purse:$112,500[2]
Winners Share:$20,000
Champion: Jack Nicklaus
Score:286 (−2)
Previous:1962
Next:1964
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).

Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema.[3] [2] Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory.[1] [4] It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.

Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.

It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.[5] [6] [7]

George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Field

1. Masters championsJack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)
3. The Open champions (last 10 years)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)
5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)
6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup teamRobert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)
7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsHomero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters TournamentJulius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. OpenBob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders
10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA ChampionshipGeorge Bayer, Dave Ragan
11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup teamBill Collins
12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA TourTony Lema, Jerry Pittman
13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters championsBo Wininger
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open championsWes Ellis
15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur championsBill Hyndman (a)
16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA TourMason Rudolph, Dan Sikes
17. Foreign invitationsAl Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 69 −3
T3 70 −2
Jay Hebert
Sam Snead
T6 71 −1
T8 72 E
T10 Downing Gray (a) 73 +1
Source:[8] [9]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69-70=139 −5
T2 70-70=140 −4
74-66=140
T4 70-71=141 −3
69-72=141
T6 74-69=143 −1
73-70=143
70-73=143
T9 76-69=145 +1
71-74=145
Source:[10] [11]

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 74-66-74=214 −2
2 70-71-74=215 −1
3 76-69-71=216 E
T4 74-69-74=217 +1
70-73-74=217
T6 Chen Ching-Po 76-71-71=218 +2
69-70-79=218
69-72-77=218
T9 74-72-73=219 +3
71-74-74=219
75-72-72=219
Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1963

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 74-66-74-72=286 −2 20,000
2 74-69-74-70=287 −1 12,000
T3 76-69-71-72=288 E 7,000
Sam Snead (c) 70-73-74-71=288
T5 74-73-73-69=289 +1 4,000
70-71-74-74=289
Gary Player (c) 71-74-74-70=289
8 69-72-77-72=290 +2 2,400
T9 73-75-72-71=291 +3 1,800
Arnold Palmer (c) 74-73-73-71=291

Sources:[13] [14]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Nicklaus −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−2−2−2
Lema +2+1+1EEEEEEE+1+1EEEEE−1
Boros +1EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1EEEEEEE
Snead +1EEEEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1E
Finsterwald +3+2+3+3+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+1
Furgol −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1
Player +2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1E+1
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Souchak takes sole Masters lead . Pittsburgh-Post Gazette . Associated Press . April 6, 1963 . 14.
  2. News: Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown . Pittsburgh-Post Gazette . Associated Press . April 8, 1963 . 25.
  3. News: Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286 . Chicago Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 8, 1963 . 1, part 3.
  4. Young Jack the Mighty Master . Sports Illustrated . Wright . Alfred . April 15, 1963 . 26.
  5. News: Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania) . UPI . October 15, 1963 . 18 .
  6. News: Golf champ Smith dies at age 55 . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Associated Press . October 15, 1963 . 24 .
  7. News: Ex-Masters king Horton Smith dies . Palm Beach Post . Florida . Associated Press . October 16, 1963 . 15.
  8. News: Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters . Chicago Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 5, 1963 . 1, part 3.
  9. News: Masters golf tournament scoreboard . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 5, 1963 . 22 .
  10. News: Masters scoreboard . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 6, 1963 . 14 .
  11. News: Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1 . Chicago Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 6, 1963 .
  12. News: Nicklaus leads rain-soaked Masters . Chicago Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 7, 1963 .
  13. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  14. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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