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1974 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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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
South Africa Gary Player
278 (−10)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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

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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)

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

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First round

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Thursday, April 11, 1974

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

Source[7]

Second round

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Friday, April 12, 1974

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

Source[8]

Third round

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Saturday, April 13, 1974

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Dave Stockton 71-66-70=207 −9
T2 United States Jim Colbert 67-72-69=208 −8
South Africa Gary Player 71-71-66=208
T4 United States Bobby Nichols 73-68-68=209 −7
United States Phil Rodgers 72-69-68=209
T6 United States Hale Irwin 68-70-72=210 −6
United States Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70=210
8 United States Frank Beard 68-70-72=211 −5
T9 United States Hubert Green 68-70-74=212 −4
United States Jack Nicklaus 69-71-72=212

Source[9]

Final round

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Sunday, April 14, 1974

Final leaderboard

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Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 South Africa Gary Player (c) 71-71-66-70=278 −10 35,000
T2 United States Dave Stockton 71-66-70-73=280 −8 21,250
United States Tom Weiskopf 71-69-70-70=280
T4 United States Jim Colbert 67-72-69-73=281 −7 10,833
United States Hale Irwin 68-70-72-71=281
United States Jack Nicklaus (c) 69-71-72-69=281
T7 United States Bobby Nichols 73-68-68-73=282 −6 4,750
United States Phil Rodgers 72-69-68-73=282
T9 England Maurice Bembridge 73-74-72-64=283 −5 3,900
United States Hubert Green 68-70-74-71=283

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard

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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
South Africa Player −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10
United States Stockton −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Weiskopf −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8
United States Colbert −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −7
United States Irwin −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
United States 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

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  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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