1967 Masters Tournament

The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.[2][3][4]

1967 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1967
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field	83 players, 55 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$163,350 [2]
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
Gay Brewer
280 (−8)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday.[4] Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes.[1] It was later equaled by Player in 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open. For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.

It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950, but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.

Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend.[5][6] (The 36-hole cut at Augusta was introduced a decade earlier, in 1957.) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle,[7] His win in the previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.

Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4		10	Camellia	470	4
2	Woodbine	555	5		11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4		12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3		13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4		14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3		15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4		16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5		17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4		18	Holly	420	4
Out		3,485	36		In		3,495	36
Source:[8]					Total		6,980	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.

• Byron Nelson and Craig Wood did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (8,11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald, Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. Amateur

Don Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis, Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)[9]

• Grant and Mike Morley tied for 8th place but Grace won the place by the drawing of lots. Morley was later invited under a different category.

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champion

Bob Murphy (7,9,a)

7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard, Gay Brewer, Chen Ching-Po, Terry Dill, Ray Floyd, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. Open

Wes Ellis, Rod Funseth, Rives McBee, Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph

10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA Championship

Jacky Cupit, Dudley Wysong

11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team

Johnny Pott

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA Tour

Bob Goalby, Bert Yancey

13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.

Gardner Dickinson

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions.

Don Massengale

15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions.

Mike Morley (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA Tour

George Archer, Ken Still

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Alliss, Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin, George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota, Bob Stanton, Hideyo Sugimoto, Dave Thomas, Bobby Verwey

Nationalities in the field

North America (64)	South America (1)	Europe (6)	Oceania (5)	Asia (3)	Africa (4)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (3)	Australia (4)	Japan (1)	South Africa (4)
Puerto Rico (1)		Wales (1)	New Zealand (1)	Philippines (1)
United States (61)		Ireland (1)		Taiwan (1)
		Spain (1)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	73	70	69	285	−3	4
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	75	69	72	71	287	−1	T6
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	74	73	66	77	290	+2	T10
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	72	76	71	71	290	+2	T10
Doug Ford	United States	1957	74	69	82	71	296	+8	T31
Art Wall Jr.	United States	1959	74	76	77	75	302	+14	T49
Jack Burke Jr.	United States	1956	76	74	74	81	305	+17	T53

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966	72	79	151	+7
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	81	73	154	+10
Henry Picard	United States	1938	78	76	154	+10
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	78	77	155	+11
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	80	75	155	+11
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	84	76	160	+16
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	WD
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	WD

Source[10][11]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bert Yancey	United States	67	−5
T2	Billy Casper	United States	70	−2
	Downing Gray (a)	United States
T4	Julius Boros	United States	71	−1
	Tony Jacklin	England
T6	Tommy Bolt	United States	72	E
	Peter Butler	England
	Jay Hebert	United States
	George Knudson	Canada
	Gene Littler	United States
	Johnny Miller (a)	United States
	Bobby Nichols	United States
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Phil Rodgers	United States
	Mason Rudolph	United States
	Sam Snead	United States

Source:[10][12]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bert Yancey	United States	67-73=140	−4
T2	Julius Boros	United States	71-70=141	−3
	Gay Brewer	United States	73-68=141
	Tony Jacklin	England	71-70=141
	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-69=141
6	George Archer	United States	75-67=142	−2
T7	Tommy Aaron	United States	75-68=143	−1
	Doug Ford	United States	74-69=143
T9	Billy Casper	United States	70-64=144	E
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	74-70=144
	Paul Harney	United States	73-71=144
	Gary Player	South Africa	75-69=144

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Julius Boros	United States	71-70-70=211	−5
	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-69-70=211
	Bert Yancey	United States	67-73-71=211
T4	Gay Brewer	United States	73-68-72=213	−3
	Ben Hogan	United States	74-73-66=213
6	George Archer	United States	75-67-72=214	−2
T7	Tony Jacklin	England	71-70-74=215	−1
	Lionel Hebert	United States	77-71-67=215
T9	Jacky Cupit	United States	73-76-67=216	E
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73-70=216
	Gary Player	South Africa	75-69-72=216

Source:[13]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gay Brewer	United States	73-68-72-67=280	−8	20,000
2	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-69-70-70=281	−7	14,000
3	Bert Yancey	United States	67-73-71-73=284	−4	9,000
4	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73-70-69=285	−3	6,600
5	Julius Boros	United States	71-70-70-75=286	−2	5,500
T6	Paul Harney	United States	73-71-74-69=287	−1	4,150
	Gary Player	South Africa	75-69-72-71=287
T8	Tommy Aaron	United States	75-68-74-71=288	E	3,350
	Lionel Hebert	United States	77-71-67-73=288
T10	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	73-72-74-71=290	+2	2,720
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	74-70-75-71=290
	Ben Hogan	United States	74-73-66-77=290
	Mason Rudolph	United States	72-76-72-70=290
	Sam Snead	United States	72-76-71-71=290

Source:[2][3]

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
Brewer	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Nichols	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Yancey	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−4	−4
Palmer	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
Boros	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2
Hogan	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

References

1. Grimsley, Will (April 9, 1967). "Masters lead held by three". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
2. "'I redeemed myself': Brewer". Miami News. (New York Times). April 10, 1967. p. C-1.
3. "Gay Brewer wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1967. p. 30.
4. Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1967). "A Glory Day for Gay". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
5. "Bogeys run Nicklaus out of Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 15.
6. "Yancey clings to one-shot Masters lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.
7. "Ryder spot is elusive for Nicklaus". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1967. p. 12.
8. "Augusta National Golf club: map". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1967. p. 21.
9. "Double Bogey Forces Playoff in National Amateur". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). September 4, 1966. p. 3C.
10. "Yancey's 67 sets pace in Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1967. p. 20.
11. "Bert has 67-73; Nicklaus misses cutoff with 151". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.
12. "Yancey romances August; winds, fairways irk field". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 18.
13. "Three share Masters top". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1967. p. 1, sports.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners
• About.com – 1967 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1967 Masters leaderboard and scorecards