1942 Masters Tournament


The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse. The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones. Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.
On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 and 280 and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.
It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.
This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1942
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Paul Runyan67−5
T1Horton Smith67−5
T3Sammy Byrd68−4
T3Byron Nelson68−4
5Jimmy Demaret70−2
T6Billy Burke71−1
T6Ed Dudley71−1
T6Jim Ferrier71−1
T6Lawson Little71−1
T10Bobby Cruickshank72E
T10Bobby Jones72E
T10Denny Shute72E
T10Craig Wood72E

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Second round

Friday, April 10, 1942
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Byron Nelson68-67=135−9
2Sammy Byrd68-68=136−8
T3Jimmy Demaret70-70=140−4
T3Paul Runyan67-73=140−4
T3Horton Smith67-73=140−4
T6Ben Hogan73-70=143−1
T6Jimmy Thomson
73-70=143−1
T8Dutch Harrison74-70=144E
T8Willie Goggin74-70=144E
T10Lawson Little71-74=145+1
T10Denny Shute72-73=145+1

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Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1942
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Byron Nelson68-67-72=207−9
2Ben Hogan73-70-67=210−6
3Sammy Byrd68-68-75=211−5
4Paul Runyan67-73-72=212−4
5Horton Smith67-73-74=214−2
T6Jimmy Demaret70-70-75=215−1
T6Dutch Harrison74-70-71=215−1
T8Lawson Little71-74-72=217+1
T8Jimmy Thomson
73-70-74=217+1
10Chick Harbert73-73-72=218+2

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Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1942
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Byron Nelson68-67-72-73=280−8Playoff
T1Ben Hogan73-70-67-70=280−8Playoff
3Paul Runyan67-73-72-71=283−5600
4Sammy Byrd68-68-75-74=285−3500
5Horton Smith67-73-74-73=287−1400
6Jimmy Demaret70-70-75-75=290+2300
T7Dutch Harrison74-70-71-77=292+4200
T7Lawson Little71-74-72-75=292+4200
T7Sam Snead78-69-72-73=292+4200
T10Chick Harbert73-73-72-75=293+5100
T10Gene Kunes74-74-74-71=293+5100

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1942
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Byron Nelson69−31,500
2Ben Hogan70−2800

Scorecard

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