1965 Masters Tournament Explained

1965 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 8–11, 1965
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6980yd[1]
Field:91 players, 49 after cut
Cut:148 (+4)
Winners Share:$20,000
Score:271 (−17)
Previous:1964
Next:1966
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953.[2] It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career.

The "Big Three" (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6),[1] [3] but Nicklaus shot a 64 (−8) on Saturday to post a 202 (−14), a gain of five shots on Player and eight on Palmer.[4] [5] Nicklaus' round tied the course record set by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940; it was lowered to 63 by Nick Price in the third round in 1986.

Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64.[6] After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."[7]

Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion.

Art Wall Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20.

Field

1. Masters championsJack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,8), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Jack Fleck, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (9,10)
3. The Open champions (last 10 years)Tony Lema (8,11)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,11), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bobby Nichols (9,10), Bob Rosburg (9)
5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)Deane Beman (6,a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Charles Coe (6,a), Richard Davies (6,a)
6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup teamRobert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a), Ed Updegraff (a)
7. 1964 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsDon Allen (a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Gene Ferrell (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Ed Tutwiler (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1964 Masters TournamentJim Ferrier, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Don January (9), Dave Marr, Billy Maxwell (11), Johnny Pott (9,11), Mason Rudolph (10), Dan Sikes, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger (10)
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1964 U.S. OpenGeorge Bayer, Gay Brewer (10), Bill Collins, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Ed Furgol, Tommy Jacobs
10. Top eight players and ties from 1964 PGA ChampionshipTom Nieporte
11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup teamBob Goalby, Dave Ragan
12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1964 PGA TourFrank Beard, Jack McGowan
13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters championsWes Ellis
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open championsTommy Aaron
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 1965 PGA TourDoug Sanders, Bert Weaver
17. Foreign invitationsPeter Butler (8), Bob Charles (3,9), Chen Ching-Po, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9), Bruce Devlin (8), Harold Henning, Bernard Hunt, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson, Cobie Legrange, Stan Leonard, Kel Nagle (3,8), Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8), Leopoldo Ruiz, Ramón Sota, Nick Weslock (a)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −7
T2 67 −5
6 68 −4
T7 69 −3
Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 67-71=138 −6
70-68=138
65-73=138
4 67-72=139 −5
5 67-73=140 −4
T6 67-74=141 −3
69-72=141
8 70-72=142 −2
9 69-74=143 −1
T10 72-72=144 E
72-72=144
70-74=144
73-71=144
71-73=144
71-73=144
Source:[3] [9] [10]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-71-64=202 −14
2 65-73-69=207 −9
T3 70-68-72=210 −6
67-72-71=210
5 70-75-66=211 −5
T6 67-74-71=212 −4
71-74-67=212
T8 72-73-69=214 −2
71-73-70=214
T10 72-72-71=215 −1
69-72-74=215
Source:[4]

Scorecard

Third round, ties course record   31-33=64 (−8)

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Nicklaus E−1−1−2−2−3−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−8−8

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1965

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Jack Nicklaus (c) 67-71-64-69=271 −17 20,000
T2 Arnold Palmer (c) 70-68-72-70=280 −8 10,200
Gary Player (c) 65-73-69-73=280
4 70-75-66-72=283 −5 6,200
5 67-72-71-75=285 −3 5,000
T6 71-74-67-74=286 −2 3,800
71-73-70-72=286
T8 68-77-72-70=287 −1 2,400
69-78-69-71=287
10 72-73-69-74=288 E 1,800

Sources:[11] [12]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Nicklaus −15−15−15−16−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−16−16−16−17−17
Palmer −6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
Player −9−10−9−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−8−6−7−7−8−8−8−8
Rudolph −5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5
Sikes −6−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−4−2−2−3−3−3−3
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Palmer, Nicklaus, Player tied in Masters . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 10, 1965 . 12.
  2. News: Nicklaus in a Masters Romp . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 12, 1965 . 32.
  3. News: Nicklaus, Palmer, Player lead . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press . April 10, 1965 . 2, part 2 .
  4. News: Nicklaus threatens runaway with 64 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 11, 1965 . 1B .
  5. All alone at the top . Sports Illustrated . Wright . Alfred . April 19, 1965 . 24.
  6. Book: Nicklaus, Jack . Jack Nicklaus: My Story . Simon & Schuster . 2007 . 978-1-416-54224-7.
  7. Web site: Jack Nicklaus Quotes . golf.about.com . April 25, 2016 . May 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160515224629/http://golf.about.com/od/jacknicklaus/a/nicklaus_quotes.htm . dead .
  8. News: Putting tip helps Player get lead . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 9, 1965 . 1C.
  9. News: Masters scorecard . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 10, 1965 . 13.
  10. News: Masters golf lead shared by Palmer, Nicklaus, Player . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 10, 1965 . 1B.
  11. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  12. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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