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.
Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278, two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf. It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery; 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, George Archer, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Johnny Miller, Orville Moody
;3. The Open champions
Tom Weiskopf
;4. PGA champions
Raymond Floyd, Dave Stockton
;5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
William C. Campbell, Henri DeLozier, Vinny Giles, Downing Gray, Billy Kratzert, Dick Siderowf, Craig Stadler, David Strawn
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
;7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team
Gary Koch, Mark Pfeil, Marty West
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament
Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw, Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler, Bobby Nichols, Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Mason Rudolph, J. C. Snead, Kermit Zarley
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open
Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard, Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins, 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, Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin, 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, Bruce Crampton, Bruce Devlin, Trevor Homer, Tony Jacklin, Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki

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 11, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Colbert67−5
T2Hubert Green68−4
T2Hale Irwin68−4
T2Don Iverson68−4
T5Frank Beard69−3
T5Raymond Floyd69−3
T5Gene Littler69−3
T5Jack Nicklaus69−3
T5Dan Sikes69−3
T10Billy Casper70−2
T10Bruce Devlin70−2
T10Jerry Heard70−2
T10Babe Hiskey70−2
T10Chi-Chi Rodríguez70−2
T10Art Wall Jr.70−2

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Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dave Stockton71-66=137−7
T2Hubert Green68-70=138−6
T2Hale Irwin68-70=138−6
T4Frank Beard69-70=139−5
T4Jim Colbert67-72=139−5
T6Jerry Heard70-70=140−4
T6Gene Littler69-71=140−4
T6Jack Nicklaus69-71=140−4
T6Dan Sikes69-71=140−4
T6Tom Weiskopf71-69=140−4

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Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dave Stockton71-66-70=207−9
T2Jim Colbert67-72-69=208−8
T2Gary Player71-71-66=208−8
T4Bobby Nichols73-68-68=209−7
T4Phil Rodgers72-69-68=209−7
T6Hale Irwin68-70-72=210−6
T6Tom Weiskopf71-69-70=210−6
8Frank Beard68-70-72=211−5
T9Hubert Green68-70-74=212−4
T9Jack Nicklaus69-71-72=212−4

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Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1974
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Gary Player71-71-66-70=278−1035,000
T2Dave Stockton71-66-70-73=280−821,250
T2Tom Weiskopf71-69-70-70=280−821,250
T4Jim Colbert67-72-69-73=281−710,833
T4Hale Irwin68-70-72-71=281−710,833
T4Jack Nicklaus69-71-72-69=281−710,833
T7Bobby Nichols73-68-68-73=282−64,750
T7Phil Rodgers72-69-68-73=282−64,750
T9Maurice Bembridge73-74-72-64=283−53,900
T9Hubert Green68-70-74-71=283−53,900

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

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