1963 Masters Tournament

1963 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 4–7, 1963
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,850 yards (6,264 m)^[1]
Field	84 players, 50 after cut
Cut	152 (+8)
Prize fund	$112,500^[2]
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
286 (−2)
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Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).

Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema.^[3]^[2] Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory.^[1]^[4] It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.

Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.

It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.^[5]^[6]^[7]

George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	70	73	74	71	288	E	T3
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	71	74	74	70	289	+1	T5
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962	74	73	73	71	291	+3	T9
Doug Ford	United States	1957	75	73	75	69	292	+4	T11
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	75	74	73	72	294	+6	T21
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	75	75	81	73	304	+16	T43
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	75	77	79	74	305	+17	45
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	74	73	81	80	308	+20	49

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Burke Jr.	United States	1956	78	76	154	+10
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	79	77	156	+12
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	87	81	168	+24
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	91	86	177	+33
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	82		WD
Henry Picard	United States	1938	WD
Craig Wood	United States	1941	WD

Source^[8]^[9]^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Mike Souchak	United States	69	−3
T1	Bo Wininger	United States	69	−3
T3	Ed Furgol	United States	70	−2
	Jay Hebert	United States
	Sam Snead	United States
T6	George Bayer	United States	71	−1
T6	Gary Player	South Africa	71	−1
T8	Charles Coe (a)	United States	72	E
T8	Billy Maxwell	United States	72	E
T10	Downing Gray (a)	United States	73	+1
	Don January	United States
	Dick Mayer	United States
	Doug Sanders	United States

Source:^[11]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mike Souchak	United States	69-70=139	−5
T2	Jay Hebert	United States	70-70=140	−4
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-66=140	−4
T4	Ed Furgol	United States	70-71=141	−3
T4	Bo Wininger	United States	69-72=141	−3
T6	Tony Lema	United States	74-69=143	−1
	Dick Mayer	United States	73-70=143
	Sam Snead	United States	70-73=143
T9	Julius Boros	United States	76-69=145	+1
T9	Gary Player	South Africa	71-74=145	+1

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-66-74=214	−2
2	Ed Furgol	United States	70-71-74=215	−1
3	Julius Boros	United States	76-69-71=216	E
T4	Tony Lema	United States	74-69-74=217	+1
T4	Sam Snead	United States	70-73-74=217	+1
T6	Chen Ching-Po	Taiwan	76-71-71=218	+2
	Mike Souchak	United States	69-70-79=218
	Bo Wininger	United States	69-72-77=218
T9	Stan Leonard	Canada	74-72-73=219	+3
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-74-74=219
	Mason Rudolph	United States	75-72-72=219

Source:^[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1963

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	74-66-74-72=286	−2	20,000
2	Tony Lema	United States	74-69-74-70=287	−1	12,000
T3	Julius Boros	United States	76-69-71-72=288	E	7,000
T3	Sam Snead	United States	70-73-74-71=288	E	7,000
T5	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-73-73-69=289	+1	4,000
	Ed Furgol	United States	70-71-74-74=289
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-74-74-70=289
8	Bo Wininger	United States	69-72-77-72=290	+2	2,400
T9	Don January	United States	73-75-72-71=291	+3	1,800
T9	Arnold Palmer	United States	74-73-73-71=291	+3	1,800

Source:^[3]

References

1 2 "Souchak takes sole Masters lead". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 6, 1963. p. 14.
1 2 "Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1963. p. 25.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1963). "Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
↑ Wright, Alfred (April 15, 1963). "Young Jack the Mighty Master". Sports Illustrated: 26.
↑ "Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. October 15, 1963. p. 18.
↑ "Golf champ Smith dies at age 55". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 15, 1963. p. 24.
↑ "Ex-Masters king Horton Smith dies". Palm Beach Post. Florida. Associated Press. October 16, 1963. p. 15.
↑ "Masters golf tournament scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1963. p. 22.
↑ "Masters scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1963. p. 14.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1963). "Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1". Chicago Tribune.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1963). "Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1963). "Nicklaus leads rain-soaked Masters". Chicago Tribune.

External links

Masters.com – Past winners and results
About.com – 1963 Masters
Augusta.com – 1963 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1963 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship

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