1967 Masters Tournament Explained

1967 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 6–9, 1967
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6980yd[1]
Field:83 players, 55 after cut
Cut:150 (+6)
Purse:$163,350 [2]
Winners Share:$20,000
Score:280 (−8)
Previous:1966
Next:1968
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.[2] [3] [4]

Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday.[4] Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes.[1] It was later equaled by Player in 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open. For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.

It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950, but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.

Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend.[5] [6] (The 36-hole cut at Augusta was introduced a decade earlier, in 1957.) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle,[7] His win in the previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.

Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.

Course

See main article: Augusta National Golf Club.

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1White Pine<--Tea Olive-->400410Camellia4704
2Woodbine<--Pink Dogwood-->555511Dogwood<--White Dogwood-->4454
3Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell1553
4Palm<--Flowering Crab Apple-->220313Azalea4755
5Magnolia450414Chinese Fir4204
6Juniper190315Firethorn5205
7Pampas365416Redbud1903
8Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204
Out3,48536In3,49536
Source:[8] Total6,98072
^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters championsJack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (8,11)
3. The Open champions (last 10 years)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald, Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)
5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. AmateurDon Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)[9]
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur championBob Murphy (7,9,a)
7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters TournamentTommy Aaron, Frank Beard, Gay Brewer, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. OpenWes Ellis, Rod Funseth, Rives McBee, Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph
10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA ChampionshipJacky Cupit, Dudley Wysong
11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup teamJohnny Pott
12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA TourBob Goalby, Bert Yancey
13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.Gardner Dickinson
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions.Don Massengale
15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions.Mike Morley (a)
16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA TourGeorge Archer, Ken Still
17. Foreign invitationsPeter Alliss, Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin, George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota, Bob Stanton, Hideyo Sugimoto, Dave Thomas, Bobby Verwey

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67 −5
T2 70 −2
T4 71 −1
T6 72 E
George Knudson
Johnny Miller (a)
Source:[10] [11]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-73=140 −4
T2 71-70=141 −3
73-68=141
71-70=141
72-69=141
6 75-67=142 −2
T7 75-68=143 −1
74-69=143
T9 70-64=144 E
74-70=144
73-71=144
75-69=144
Source:[12]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1967

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 71-70-70=211 −5
72-69-70=211
67-73-71=211
T4 73-68-72=213 −3
74-73-66=213
6 75-67-72=214 −2
T7 71-70-74=215 −1
77-71-67=215
T9 73-76-67=216 E
73-73-70=216
75-69-72=216
Source:[13]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1967

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 73-68-72-67=280 −8 20,000
2 72-69-70-70=281 −7 14,000
3 67-73-71-73=284 −4 9,000
4 Arnold Palmer (c) 73-73-70-69=285 −3 6,600
5 71-70-70-75=286 −2 5,500
T6 73-71-74-69=287 −1 4,150
Gary Player (c) 75-69-72-71=287
T8 75-68-74-71=288 E 3,350
77-71-67-73=288
T10 73-72-74-71=290 +2 2,720
74-70-75-71=290
Ben Hogan (c) 74-73-66-77=290
72-76-72-70=290
Sam Snead (c) 72-76-71-71=290

Sources:[14] [15]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Brewer −3−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−8−8−8−8
Nichols −6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7
Yancey −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−5−4−4
Palmer EE−1−1−1−1EEEE−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3
Boros −5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−4−5−4−2−3−3−3−3−3−2
Hogan −2−1EEEEE−1−1EEEE+1+1+2+2+2
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Masters lead held by three . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . Grimsley . Will . April 9, 1967 . 1B.
  2. News: 'I redeemed myself': Brewer . Miami News . (New York Times) . April 10, 1967 . C-1.
  3. News: Gay Brewer wins Masters golf . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 10, 1967 . 30.
  4. A Glory Day for Gay . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . April 17, 1967 . 22.
  5. News: Bogeys run Nicklaus out of Masters . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). Associated Press . April 8, 1967 . 15.
  6. News: Yancey clings to one-shot Masters lead . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 8, 1967 . 7 .
  7. News: Ryder spot is elusive for Nicklaus . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . Associated Press . March 28, 1967 . 12.
  8. News: Augusta National Golf club: map . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 7, 1967 . 21.
  9. News: Double Bogey Forces Playoff in National Amateur . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida) . September 4, 1966 . 3C.
  10. News: Yancey's 67 sets pace in Masters golf . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 7, 1967 . 20.
  11. News: Yancey romances August; winds, fairways irk field . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . April 8, 1967 . 18.
  12. News: Bert has 67-73; Nicklaus misses cutoff with 151 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 8, 1967 . 7.
  13. News: Three share Masters top . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . April 9, 1967 . 1, sports.
  14. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  15. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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