1974 Masters Tournament Explained

1974 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 11–14, 1974
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:7020yd[1]
Field:78 players, 44 after cut
Cut:148 (+4)
Winners Share:$35,000
Score:278 (−10)
Previous:1973
Next:1975
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.[2] [3] It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery;[4] [5] it was the only Masters that he missed in 53 years.

Defending champion Tommy Aaron missed the cut by two strokes. Jack Burke Jr., the 1956 champion, competed at the Masters for the final time.

Field

1. Masters championsTommy Aaron (8,12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (8,12), Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper (8,11,12,13), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (4,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody
3. The Open champions (last five years)Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12)
4. PGA champions (last five years)Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11)
5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsWilliam C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup teamGary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters TournamentFrank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. OpenJulius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), Larry Ziegler
10. Top eight players and ties from 1973 PGA ChampionshipDon Iverson, Dan Sikes
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous MastersSam Adams, Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Homero Blancas (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), John Mahaffey, John Schroeder, Ed Sneed, Leonard Thompson
12. Members of the U.S. 1973 Ryder Cup team
13. Foreign invitationsIsao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67 −5
T2 68 −4
T5 69 −3
Raymond Floyd
Gene Littler
Jack Nicklaus
Dan Sikes
T10 70 −2
Bruce Devlin
Jerry Heard
Babe Hiskey
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Art Wall Jr.
Source[7]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 71-66=137 −7
T2 68-70=138 −6
68-70=138
T4 69-70=139 −5
67-72=139
T6 70-70=140 −4
69-71=140
69-71=140
69-71=140
71-69=140
Source[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 71-66-70=207 −9
T2 67-72-69=208 −8
71-71-66=208
T4 73-68-68=209 −7
72-69-68=209
T6 68-70-72=210 −6
71-69-70=210
8 68-70-72=211 −5
T9 68-70-74=212 −4
69-71-72=212
Source[9]

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Gary Player (c) 71-71-66-70=278 −10 35,000
T2 71-66-70-73=280 −8 21,250
71-69-70-70=280
T4 67-72-69-73=281 −7 10,833
68-70-72-71=281
Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281
T7 73-68-68-73=282 −6 4,750
72-69-68-73=282
T9 73-74-72-64=283 −5 3,900
68-70-74-71=283

Sources:[10] [11]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Player −8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−10−10
Stockton −9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
Weiskopf −6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8
Colbert −8−9−8−8−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−7
Irwin −6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−7
Nicklaus −4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−8−7−8−7−7−7
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source[3] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout . Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 12, 1974 . 1B.
  2. Wee Gary springs his trap . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . April 22, 1974 . 16.
  3. News: Player gets first big win in '74 . Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 15, 1974 . 1C.
  4. News: Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour . Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina) . Associated Press . February 23, 1973 . B4 .
  5. News: Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 5, 1973 . 20 .
  6. Web site: Beman, Deane . World Golf Hall of Fame . April 29, 2020.
  7. News: Colbert leads Masters . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press . April 11, 1974 . 1, part 2.
  8. News: Masters results . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . April 13, 1974 . 3B .
  9. News: Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974 . 4C .
  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. Web site: 1974 Masters . databasegolf.com . May 4, 2014.

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