1974 Masters Tournament

The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1974 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1974
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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$30,000
Champion
Gary Player
278 (−10)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

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.

Nationalities in the field
North America (66)South America (0)Europe (4)Oceania (4)Asia (2)Africa (2)
 United States (66) England (4) Australia (3) Japan (2) South Africa (2)
 New Zealand (1)

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Gary Player South Africa196171716670278−101
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972		69717269281−7T4
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		76717067284−4T11
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 195472727171286−2T20
Bob Goalby United States196876717268287−1T22
Charles Coody United States197174727667289+1T29
Billy Casper United States197070717674291+3T37
Art Wall Jr. United States195970777272291+3T37

Source[3][7]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Tommy Aaron United States19737773150+6
Gay Brewer United States19677575150+6
Jack Burke, Jr. United States19567279151+7
Doug Ford United States19577675151+7
Herman Keiser United States19467679155+11
George Archer United States196975WD

Source[7][8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1974

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Colbert United States67−5
T2Hubert Green United States68−4
Hale Irwin United States
Don Iverson United States
T5Frank Beard United States69−3
Raymond Floyd United States
Gene Littler United States
Jack Nicklaus United States
Dan Sikes United States
T10Billy Casper United States70−2
Bruce Devlin Australia
Jerry Heard United States
Babe Hiskey United States
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States
Art Wall Jr. United States

Source[9]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dave Stockton United States71-66=137−7
T2Hubert Green United States68-70=138−6
Hale Irwin United States68-70=138
T4Frank Beard United States69-70=139−5
Jim Colbert United States67-72=139
T6Jerry Heard United States70-70=140−4
Gene Littler United States69-71=140
Jack Nicklaus United States69-71=140
Dan Sikes United States69-71=140
Tom Weiskopf United States71-69=140

Source[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dave Stockton United States71-66-70=207−9
T2Jim Colbert United States67-72-69=208−8
Gary Player South Africa71-71-66=208
T4Bobby Nichols United States73-68-68=209−7
Phil Rodgers United States72-69-68=209
T6Hale Irwin United States68-70-72=210−6
Tom Weiskopf United States71-69-70=210
8Frank Beard United States68-70-72=211−5
T9Hubert Green United States68-70-74=212−4
Jack Nicklaus United States69-71-72=212

Source[10]

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1974

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Gary Player South Africa71-71-66-70=278−1035,000
T2Dave Stockton United States71-66-70-73=280−821,250
Tom Weiskopf United States71-69-70-70=280
T4Jim Colbert United States67-72-69-73=281−710,833
Hale Irwin United States68-70-72-71=281
Jack Nicklaus United States69-71-72-69=281
T7Bobby Nichols United States73-68-68-73=282−64,750
Phil Rodgers United States72-69-68-73=282
T9Maurice Bembridge England73-74-72-64=283−53,900
Hubert Green United States68-70-74-71=283

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
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][7]

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. "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. "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  8. "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.
  9. "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.
  10. "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.

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