1974 Masters Tournament

1974 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1974 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1974
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1]
Field78 players, 44 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$35,000
Champion
Gary Player
278 (−10)
Location map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

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 champions

Tommy 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-finalists

William 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 team

Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)

  • Doug Ballenger, Danny Edwards, Jimmy Ellis, Mike Killian, and Bill Rogers forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament

Frank 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. Open

Julius 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 Championship

Don Iverson, Dan Sikes

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Sam 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 invitations

Isao 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)

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1 Jim Colbert 67 −5
T2 Hubert Green 68 −4
Hale Irwin
Don Iverson
T5 Frank Beard 69 −3
Raymond Floyd
Gene Littler
Jack Nicklaus
Dan Sikes
T10 Billy Casper 70 −2
Bruce Devlin
Jerry Heard
Babe Hiskey
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Art Wall Jr.

Source[7]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1 Dave Stockton 71-66=137 −7
T2 Hubert Green 68-70=138 −6
Hale Irwin 68-70=138
T4 Frank Beard 69-70=139 −5
Jim Colbert 67-72=139
T6 Jerry Heard 70-70=140 −4
Gene Littler 69-71=140
Jack Nicklaus 69-71=140
Dan Sikes 69-71=140
Tom Weiskopf 71-69=140

Source[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1 Dave Stockton 71-66-70=207 −9
T2 Jim Colbert 67-72-69=208 −8
Gary Player 71-71-66=208
T4 Bobby Nichols 73-68-68=209 −7
Phil Rodgers 72-69-68=209
T6 Hale Irwin 68-70-72=210 −6
Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70=210
8 Frank Beard 68-70-72=211 −5
T9 Hubert Green 68-70-74=212 −4
Jack Nicklaus 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 Dave Stockton 71-66-70-73=280 −8 21,250
Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70-70=280
T4 Jim Colbert 67-72-69-73=281 −7 10,833
Hale Irwin 68-70-72-71=281
Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281
T7 Bobby Nichols 73-68-68-73=282 −6 4,750
Phil Rodgers 72-69-68-73=282
T9 Maurice Bembridge 73-74-72-64=283 −5 3,900
Hubert Green 68-70-74-71=283

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard

Hole   1     2     3    4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source[3][12]

References

  1. ^ "Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1974. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 22, 1974). "Wee Gary springs his trap". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  3. ^ a b "Player gets first big win in '74". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1974. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.
  5. ^ "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Beman, Deane". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.
  8. ^ "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.
  9. ^ "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
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