1984 Masters Tournament Explained

1984 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 12–15, 1984
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:88 players, 47 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:$612,900
Winners Share:$108,000
Score:277 (−11)
Previous:1983
Next:1985
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.[2] [3]

The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135 (−9), three strokes ahead of Tom Kite.[4] Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning.[5] After 54 holes, Kite led at 207 (−9) and Lye was a stroke back. Crenshaw was two strokes back at 209 and shot a final round 68 (−4) to slip on his first green jacket. He won again eleven years later in 1995.

Defending champion Seve Ballesteros was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the second round for grounding his club within the confines of a water hazard at the 13th hole and missed the cut by a stroke.[4] He also missed the cut as defending champion in 1981.

Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1979.

Course

See main article: Augusta National Golf Club.

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive400410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood4554
3Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea4655
5Magnolia435414Chinese Fir4054
6Juniper180315Firethorn5005
7Pampas360416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine535517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry435418Holly4054
Out3,46536In3,44036
Source:<--[6] -->[7] Total6,90572

Field

1. Masters championsTommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9,11,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,9,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,9,12,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,10,11,12,13)
The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Larry Nelson (4,9)
3. The Open champions (last five years)Bill Rogers
4. PGA champions (last five years)Hal Sutton (9,10,12)
5. 1983 U.S. Amateur semi-finalistsClark Burroughs (a), Chris Perry (a), Clifton Pierce (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a)
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup teamNathaniel Crosby (a), Rick Fehr (a), William Hoffer (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Bob Lewis (a), David Tentis (a), Billy Tuten (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1983 Masters TournamentBen Crenshaw (11,12,13), Keith Fergus, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (10,12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Johnny Miller (12), Gil Morgan (9,12,13), Dan Pohl (10), Jack Renner (11), Scott Simpson (9), J. C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13), Tom Weiskopf
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1983 U.S. OpenChip Beck, Lennie Clements, Ralph Landrum, Pat McGowan (10), Mike Nicolette, Andy North, David Ogrin, Calvin Peete (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe
10. Top eight players and ties from 1983 PGA ChampionshipJohn Fought, Bruce Lietzke (11)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous MastersAndy Bean (12), Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell (12), Jim Colbert (12), John Cook (12), Fred Couples (12), Bob Eastwood (12), Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Morris Hatalsky, Gary Koch (12), Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye (12), John Mahaffey, Mark McCumber (12), Larry Mize, Tom Purtzer, Payne Stewart (12), Curtis Strange (12,13)
12. Top 30 players from the 1983 PGA Tour money listEd Fiori, Jay Haas (13)
13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup teamBob Gilder
14. Foreign invitationsIsao Aoki (8), Nick Faldo (8), David Graham (2,4,9,11,12), Bernhard Langer, Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8), Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philip Parkin (6,a), Nick Price (11)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 12, 1984

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67 −5
2 68 −4
T3 69 −3
T7 70 −2
Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 13, 1984

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69-66=135 −9
2 70-68=138 −6
T3 67-72=139 −5
70-69=139
69-70=139
T6 69-72=141 −3
71-70=141
71-70=141
70-71=141
71-70=141
68-73=141
74-67=141
Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 14, 1984
Sunday, April 15, 1984

The third round had an hour-long weather delay and another thunderstorm hit shortly after 6 pm EST, which halted play for the day. Nineteen players did not complete the round on Saturday; the final pairing of Mark Lye and Tom Kite had just hit their tee shots at the par-3 12th hole. Play was resumed at 8 am on Sunday morning.[10]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-68-69=207 −9
2 69-66-73=208 −8
T3 67-72-70=209 −7
70-69-70=209
69-70-70=209
6 74-67-69=210 −6
T7 71-71-69=211 −5
71-73-67=211
76-69-66=211
T10 71-72-69=212 −4
71-70-71=212
Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 15, 1984

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 67-72-70-68=277 −11 108,000
2 Tom Watson (c) 74-67-69-69=279 −9 64,800
T3 71-70-72-67=280 −8 34,800
73-71-69-67=280
5 76-69-66-70=281 −7 24,000
T6 71-74-69-68=282 −6 19,425
69-70-70-73=282
70-68-69-75=282
69-66-73-74=282
10 71-73-67-72=283 −5 16,200

Sources:[11] [12]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Crenshaw−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−10−11−11−11−12−12−11−11
Watson−5−6−6−7−6−6−6−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−9
Edwards−4−5−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8
Morgan−4−5−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−8
Nelson−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−7−8−8−8−8−6−7
Black−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6
Graham−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−6−7−7−7−6
Kite−9−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−5−5−5−6−6−6−6
Lye−9−9−8−8−6−6−6−7−8−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Couples−5−5−4−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Masters Scores. Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1984. 32.
  2. News: Crenshaw doesn't miss this one . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 16, 1984 . 1C .
  3. Breakthrough for the Heartbreak Kid . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . April 23, 1984 . 20.
  4. News: Lye pulls surprises to take Masters lead . Observer-Reporter . (Washington, Pennsylvania) . Associated Press . April 14, 1984 . B-7.
  5. News: Lye leads as storm halts play . Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press . April 15, 1984 . 1F.
  6. News: Augusta layout . Daily News . (Bowling Green, Kentucky). Associated Press . April 6, 1984 . 14A.
  7. News: The course to master . Observer-Reporter . (Washington, Pennsylvania) . Associated Press . April 11, 1984 . B-10.
  8. News: Crenshaw leads Masters . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 13, 1984 . 1D.
  9. News: Lye tames Masters with a 66 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . wire services . April 14, 1984 . 1B.
  10. News: Lye leads as storm halts play . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . April 15, 1984 . 1F.
  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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