1969 Masters Tournament


The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf. Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back. Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971.
This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke, Jr.. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus.
It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981.
Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.

Course

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

Field

;1. Masters champions
Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Henry Picard, Gary Player, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Ken Venturi
;3. The Open champions
;4. PGA champions
Julius Boros, Al Geiberger, Don January, Dave Marr, Bobby Nichols
;5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. Amateur
Bob Barbarossa, John Bohmann, Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Hubert Green, Jack Lewis, Jr., Rik Massengale, Allen Miller
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
;7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
Dick Siderowf
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters Tournament
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Gardner Dickinson, Ray Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman, Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders, Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey, Kermit Zarley
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open
Don Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA Championship
Frank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes
;11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team
Gene Littler, Johnny Pott
;12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.
Bob Murphy
;13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Deane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still
;14. Foreign invitations
Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack, Peter Butler, Joe Carr, Bob Charles, Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning, Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin, George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson, Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Casper66−6
T2George Archer67−5
T2Bruce Devlin67−5
4Jack Nicklaus68−4
T5Bruce Crampton69−3
T5Bruce Fleisher 69−3
T5Lionel Hebert69−3
T5Gene Littler69−3
T5Mason Rudolph69−3
T5Dan Sikes69−3
T5Bert Yancey69−3

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Second round

Friday, April 11, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Billy Casper66-71=137−7
T1Bruce Devlin67-70=137−7
T3George Archer67-73=140−4
T3Dan Sikes69-71=140−4
T5Tommy Aaron71-71=142−2
T5Miller Barber71-71=142−2
T5Charles Coody74-68=142−2
T5Bruce Crampton69-73=142−2
T5Al Geiberger71-71=142−2
T5Lionel Hebert69-73=142−2
T5Mason Rudolph69-73=142−2
T5Dave Stockton71-71=142−2
T5Tom Weiskopf71-71=142−2

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Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Casper66-71-71=208−8
2George Archer67-73-69=209−7
3Miller Barber71-71-68=210−6
T4Charles Coody74-68-69=211−5
T4Tom Weiskopf71-71-69=211−5
T6George Knudson70-73-69=212−4
T6Lionel Hebert69-73-70=212−4
T8Bruce Devlin67-70-76=213−3
T8Dan Sikes69-71-73=213−3
T10Don Bies74-70-70=214−2
T10Takaaki Kono71-75-68=214−2
T10Gene Littler69-75-70=214−2

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Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1George Archer67-73-69-72=281−720,000
T2Billy Casper66-71-71-74=282−612,333
T2George Knudson70-73-69-70=282−612,333
T2Tom Weiskopf71-71-69-71=282−612,333
T5Charles Coody74-68-69-72=283−56,750
T5Don January74-73-70-66=283−56,750
7Miller Barber71-71-68-74=284−45,000
T8Tommy Aaron71-71-73-70=285−33,600
T8Lionel Hebert69-73-70-73=285−33,600
T8Gene Littler69-75-70-71=285−33,600

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par