1969 Masters Tournament Explained

1969 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 10–13, 1969
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6980yd[1]
Field:83 players, 48 after cut
Cut:148 (+4)
Winners Share:$20,000
Score:281 (−7)
Previous:1968
Next:1970
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf.[2] [3] [4] [5] Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back. Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971.

This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus.

It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981.

Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.

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:Total6,98072
^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters championsGay Brewer (9,11), Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8,10), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,9), Arnold Palmer (10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (9), Art Wall Jr. (8)
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Lee Trevino (9), Ken Venturi
3. The Open champions (last five years)
4. PGA champions (last five years)Julius Boros (8,9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,10,11), Don January (8), Dave Marr (8), Bobby Nichols (9,11)
5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. AmateurBob Barbarossa (a), John Bohmann (a), Bruce Fleisher (6,7,a), Vinny Giles (7,8,a), Hubert Green (a), Jack Lewis Jr. (7,a), Rik Massengale (a), Allen Miller (a)[6]
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy teamDick Siderowf (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters TournamentTommy Aaron, George Archer (9,10), Miller Barber (10), Frank Beard (10), Gardner Dickinson (11), Raymond Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman (9), Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (10,11), Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey (9), Kermit Zarley (10)
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. OpenDon Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton
10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA ChampionshipFrank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes
11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup teamGene Littler, Johnny Pott
12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.Bob Murphy
13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous MastersDeane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still
14. Foreign invitationsRoberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (8,9,10), Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Harold Henning (8), Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66 −6
T2 67 −5
4 68 −4
T5 69 −3
Bruce Fleisher (a)
Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66-71=137 −7
67-70=137
T3 67-73=140 −4
69-71=140
T5 71-71=142 −2
71-71=142
74-68=142
69-73=142
71-71=142
69-73=142
69-73=142
71-71=142
71-71=142
Source:[9] [10] [11]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1969

Despite being 2-over-par for his round Bruce Devlin was still in the thick of the chase at 5-under on Saturday until the Par-3 16th Hole where he rinsed his tee shot leading to a double-bogey 5 and leaving him five strokes behind starting the Final Round (where he further faded with a front nine of 6-over par 42 leading to a tie for 19th). Earlier in the round Devlin had made a great scrambling bogey at the difficult Par-4 11th after finding the water on his second shot, but could not repeat the magic when he found the water at 16.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-71-71=208 −8
2 67-73-69=209 −7
3 71-71-68=210 −6
T4 74-68-69=211 −5
71-71-69=211
T6 70-73-69=212 −4
69-73-70=212
T8 67-70-76=213 −3
69-71-73=213
T10 74-70-70=214 −2
71-75-68=214
69-75-70=214
Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1969

Summary

Billy Casper started the final round at 8-under par with a one-stroke lead over George Archer, but Casper bogeyed five of the first 10 holes. Meanwhile, Archer gained a three-stroke lead at 8-under after 9 holes over George Knudson, Charles Coody and Tom Weiskopf (who was playing with Archer). As the back nine unfolded there was a lot of movement on the leaderboard and standing on the 18th tee, five of the last 6 players on the course had a chance to win the tournament outright or force a Monday playoff. Only Miller Barber, playing with Casper in the final group, was out of contention for the title. The final three groups ended up on the 18th hole at the same time: Casper (−6) and Barber (-3) waiting on the tee with Archer (−7) and Weiskopf (−6) looking on from the fairway while Coody (−6) was left of the green needing to chip in for a birdie to tie and Knudson (−6) on the green some 26 feet away also needing a tying birdie.[13]

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 67-73-69-72=281 −7 20,000
T2 66-71-71-74=282 −6 12,333
70-73-69-70=282
71-71-69-71=282
T5 74-68-69-72=283 −5 6,750
74-73-70-66=283
7 71-71-68-74=284 −4 5,000
T8 71-71-73-70=285 −3 3,600
69-73-70-73=285
69-75-70-71=285

Sources:[14] [15]

Scorecard

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Archer −7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7
Casper −8−8−8−7−7−6−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6
Knudson −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6
Weiskopf −5−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−6
Coody −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−8−7−8−7−6−5
January +2+1+1EEE−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−5
Barber −5−5−4−4−4−4−2−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−3−3−3−4
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Augusta National Golf club: map . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 10, 1969 . 27.
  2. Sorry, Billy . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . April 21, 1969 . 26.
  3. News: Archer wins Masters by 1; trio shares 2nd . Milwaukee Sentinel . UPI . April 14, 1969 . 1, part 2.
  4. News: Masters success won't spoil George Archer . Reading Eagle . (Pennsylvania) . Green . Bob . Associated Press . April 14, 1969 . 20.
  5. News: Stretch drive wins Masters for Archer . Milwaukee Journal . April 14, 1969 . 12-part 2 .
  6. News: Giles Posts Record 65 For Second . Youngstown Vindicator . September 1, 1968 . D1 . Hal . Paris.
  7. News: Masters Invitation for Steve Spray . The Des Moines Register . February 23, 1969 . 17.
  8. News: Casper's 66 leads Masters by 1 . Milwaukee Sentinel . UPI . April 11, 1969 . 1, part 2.
  9. News: Masters golf scorecard: second round . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 12, 1969 . 8 .
  10. News: DeVincenzo misses cut . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press . April 12, 1969 . 3, part 2.
  11. News: Devlin catches up on 18th-hole birdie . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . April 12, 1969 . 12.
  12. News: Master list . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . April 13, 1969 . 3, sports .
  13. News: San Franciscan Shoots Par for 281 Victory . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Phil . Gundelfinger . April 14, 1969 . 28 .
  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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