1963 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 4–7, 1963
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
Length6,850 yards (6,264 m)[1]
Field84 players, 50 after cut
Cut152 (+8)
Prize fund$112,500[2]
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
286 (−2)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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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.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)

  • Deane Beman (6,9) and Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament

Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open

Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders

10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship

George Bayer, Dave Ragan

11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team

Bill Collins

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour

Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman

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

Bo Wininger

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

Wes Ellis

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

Bill Hyndman (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour

Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes

17. Foreign invitations

Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Mike Souchak69−3
United States Bo Wininger
T3United States Ed Furgol70−2
United States Jay Hebert
United States Sam Snead
T6United States George Bayer71−1
South Africa Gary Player
T8United States Charles Coe (a)72E
United States Billy Maxwell
T10United States Downing Gray (a)73+1
United States Don January
United States Dick Mayer
United States Doug Sanders

Source:[8][9]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Mike Souchak69-70=139−5
T2United States Jay Hebert70-70=140−4
United States Jack Nicklaus74-66=140
T4United States Ed Furgol70-71=141−3
United States Bo Wininger69-72=141
T6United States Tony Lema74-69=143−1
United States Dick Mayer73-70=143
United States Sam Snead70-73=143
T9United States Julius Boros76-69=145+1
South Africa Gary Player71-74=145

Source:[10][11]

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1963

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus74-66-74=214−2
2United States Ed Furgol70-71-74=215−1
3United States Julius Boros76-69-71=216E
T4United States Tony Lema74-69-74=217+1
United States Sam Snead70-73-74=217
T6Taiwan Chen Ching-Po76-71-71=218+2
United States Mike Souchak69-70-79=218
United States Bo Wininger69-72-77=218
T9Canada Stan Leonard74-72-73=219+3
South Africa Gary Player71-74-74=219
United States Mason Rudolph75-72-72=219

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1963

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Jack Nicklaus74-66-74-72=286−220,000
2United States Tony Lema74-69-74-70=287−112,000
T3United States Julius Boros76-69-71-72=288E7,000
United States Sam Snead (c)70-73-74-71=288
T5United States Dow Finsterwald74-73-73-69=289+14,000
United States Ed Furgol70-71-74-74=289
South Africa Gary Player (c)71-74-74-70=289
8United States Bo Wininger69-72-77-72=290+22,400
T9United States Don January73-75-72-71=291+31,800
United States Arnold Palmer (c)74-73-73-71=291

Sources:[13][14]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Nicklaus−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−2−2−2
United States Lema+2+1+1EEEEEEE+1+1EEEEE−1
United States Boros+1EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1EEEEEEE
United States Snead+1EEEEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1E
United States Finsterwald+3+2+3+3+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+1
United States Furgol−1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1
South Africa Player+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1E+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

References

  1. 1 2 "Souchak takes sole Masters lead". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 6, 1963. p. 14.
  2. 1 2 "Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1963. p. 25.
  3. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1963). "Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  4. ↑ Wright, Alfred (April 15, 1963). "Young Jack the Mighty Master". Sports Illustrated. p. 26.
  5. ↑ "Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. October 15, 1963. p. 18.
  6. ↑ "Golf champ Smith dies at age 55". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 15, 1963. p. 24.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Masters king Horton Smith dies". Palm Beach Post. Florida. Associated Press. October 16, 1963. p. 15.
  8. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1963). "Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  9. ↑ "Masters golf tournament scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1963. p. 22.
  10. ↑ "Masters scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1963. p. 14.
  11. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1963). "Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1". Chicago Tribune.
  12. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1963). "Nicklaus leads rain-soaked Masters". Chicago Tribune.
  13. ↑ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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