1940 Masters Tournament
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The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum,[1][2] the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.
Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes,[3][4][5][6] and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986,[7] later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9,10,12)
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little (5,9)
- 4. British Open champions
- 5. British Amateur champions
Charlie Yates (8,9,a)
- 6. PGA champions
Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)
- 7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
- Not held
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team
Ray Billows (11,a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a), Bud Ward (10,11,a)
- Johnny Fischer (3,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.
- 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament
Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)
- Denny Shute (4,6,10) and Jess Sweetser (3,5,a) did not play.
- 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open
Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)
- Olin Dutra (2,6), Matt Kowal and John Rogers did not play.
- 11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)
- Harry Givan (a), Ed Kingsley (a) and Don Schumacher (a) did not play.
- 12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Rod Munday
- Emerick Kocsis did not play.
- 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Bill Holt (a)
- 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
- Macdonald Smith did not play.
- 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour
- 16 Foreign invitations
Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
Round summaries
First round
Thursday April 4, 1940
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lloyd Mangrum | 64 | −8 |
| 2 | Jimmy Demaret | 67 | −5 |
| T3 | Harry Cooper | 69 | −3 |
| Byron Nelson | |||
| T5 | Lawson Little | 70 | −2 |
| Craig Wood | |||
| T7 | Tommy Armour | 71 | −1 |
| Willie Goggin | |||
| Jug McSpaden | |||
| Dick Metz | |||
| Henry Picard | |||
| Paul Runyan | |||
| Sam Snead |
Scorecard
First round, set course record 32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986
| 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 |
| Mangrum | E | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 |
Second round
Friday April 5, 1940
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Jimmy Demaret | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 64-75=139 | ||
| 3 | Byron Nelson | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| 4 | Henry Picard | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Willie Goggin | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| Sam Snead | 71-72=143 | ||
| T7 | Harry Cooper | 69-75=144 | E |
| Jug McSpaden | 73-71=144 | ||
| T9 | Tommy Armour | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| Ed Dudley | 73-72=145 | ||
| Dick Metz | 71-74=145 | ||
| Paul Runyan | 72-73=145 | ||
| Craig Wood | 70-75=145 |
Third round
Saturday April 6, 1940
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Demaret | 67-72-70=209 | −7 |
| 2 | Lloyd Mangrum | 64-75-71=210 | −6 |
| T3 | Sam Snead | 71-72-69=212 | −4 |
| Craig Wood | 70-75-67=212 | ||
| 5 | Henry Picard | 71-71-71=213 | −3 |
| 6 | Byron Nelson | 69-72-74=215 | −1 |
| T7 | Ed Dudley | 73-72-71=216 | E |
| Willie Goggin | 71-72-73=216 | ||
| Ben Hogan | 73-74-69=216 | ||
| T10 | Harry Cooper | 69-75-73=217 | +1 |
| Paul Runyan | 72-73-72=217 |
Source:
Final round
Sunday April 7, 1940
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Demaret | 67-72-70-71=280 | −8 | 1,500 |
| 2 | Lloyd Mangrum | 64-75-71-74=284 | −4 | 800 |
| 3 | Byron Nelson (c) | 69-72-74-70=285 | −3 | 600 |
| T4 | Harry Cooper | 69-75-73-70=287 | −1 | 400 |
| Ed Dudley | 73-72-71-71=287 | |||
| Willie Goggin | 71-72-73-71=287 | |||
| T7 | Henry Picard (c) | 71-71-71-75=288 | E | 200 |
| Sam Snead | 71-72-69-76=288 | |||
| Craig Wood | 70-75-67-76=288 | |||
| T10 | Ben Hogan | 73-74-69-74=290 | +2 | 100 |
| Toney Penna | 73-73-72-72=290 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T12 | Paul Runyan | 72-73-72-74=291 | +3 | 50 | |
| Frank Walsh | 73-75-69-74=291 | ||||
| T14 | Sammy Byrd | 73-74-72-73=292 | +4 | ||
| Johnny Farrell | 76-72-70-74=292 | ||||
| Ralph Guldahl (c) | 74-73-71-74=292 | ||||
| T17 | Jug McSpaden | 73-71-74-75=293 | +5 | ||
| Charlie Yates (a) | 72-75-71-75=293 | ||||
| T19 | Lawson Little | 70-77-75-72=294 | +6 | ||
| Ed Oliver | 73-75-74-72=294 | ||||
| T21 | Johnny Bulla | 73-73-74-75=295 | +7 | ||
| Dick Metz | 71-74-75-75=295 | ||||
| Gene Sarazen (c) | 74-71-77-73=295 | ||||
| Bud Ward (a) | 74-68-75-78=295 | ||||
| Al Watrous | 75-70-73-77=295 | ||||
| 26 |  Jim Ferrier (a) | 73-74-75-74=296 | +8 | ||
| T27 | Jimmy Hines | 75-76-74-72=297 | +9 | ||
| Johnny Revolta | 74-74-74-75=297 | ||||
| T29 | Jim Foulis | 74-75-73-76=298 | +10 | ||
| Tony Manero | 75-75-73-75=298 | ||||
| T31 | Dutch Harrison | 72-76-74-77=299 | +11 | ||
| Frank Moore | 76-72-73-78=299 | ||||
| T33 | Chick Harbert (a) | 74-77-75-75=301 | +13 | ||
 Jules Huot | 78-76-70-77=301 | ||||
| Jimmy Thomson | 77-76-70-78=301 | ||||
| Wilford Wehrle (a) | 74-71-76-80=301 | ||||
| 37 |  Martin Pose | 77-76-74-75=302 | +14 | ||
| 38 | Tommy Armour | 71-74-78-80=303 | +15 | ||
| T39 | Vic Ghezzi | 77-75-74-79=305 | +17 | ||
| Bill Holt (a) | 80-75-76-74=305 | ||||
| Rod Munday | 73-76-75-81=305 | ||||
| Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) | 79-74-74-78=305 | ||||
 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 76-78-73-78=305 | ||||
| T44 | Art Doering (a) | 76-79-76-75=306 | +18 | ||
| Chuck Kocsis (a) | 76-79-74-77=306 | ||||
| 46 | Felix Serafin | 85-72-80-71=308 | +20 | ||
| T47 | Horton Smith (c) | 76-76-80-77=309 | +21 | ||
| Willie Turnesa (a) | 76-74-81-78=309 | ||||
| 49 | George Dawson (a) | 77-73-81-81=312 | +24 | ||
| 50 | Enrique Bertolino | 80-80-78-75=313 | +25 | ||
| 51 | Chick Evans (a) | 82-84-86-79=331 | +43 | ||
| WD | Billy Burke | 72-81-74=227 | +11 | ||
| Walter Hagen | 77-78-73=228 | +12 | |||
| Ray Billows (a) | 75-83-71=229 | +13 | |||
| Bobby Cruickshank | 74-76-81=231 | +15 | |||
| Ky Laffoon | 78-76=154 | +10 | |||
| Clayton Heafner | 73-82=155 | +11 | |||
| Bobby Jones | 79-76=155 | ||||
| George Sargent | |||||
References
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1940). "Demaret's 280 wins Masters; Mangrum 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
- ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 8, 1940). "Jimmy Demaret captures Masters Tournament". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. United Press. p. 10.
- ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum's 64 leads Augusta Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 21.
- ^ a b c Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1940). "Mangrum leads Masters golf on record 64". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 33.
- ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum catches fire to set competitive golf scoring record". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 14.
- ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 5, 1940). "Golf's Mr. Cinderella paces Masters play". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 44.
- ^ "Norman leads but Price has 63". Sunday Star News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. April 13, 1986. p. 1B.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1940). "Mangrum and Demaret share Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
- ^ "Ward shoots sparkling 68 to climb high among pros in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. April 6, 1940. p. 10.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links
- Masters.com – past winners and results
- Augusta.com – 1940 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
