Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 2–4, 1938 |
Location |
Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Field | 42 players [1] |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $5,000 |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
Henry Picard | |
285 (−3) | |
Location map | |
Location in
Georgia | |
The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, [2] rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, [3] and the final round was on Monday. [4]
Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. [5] It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time. [6]
Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)
Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)
Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)
Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)
Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)
Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)
Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)
Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood
Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh
Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)
Saturday, April 2, 1938
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Harry Cooper | 68 | −4 |
T2 | Ed Dudley | 70 | −2 |
Dick Metz | |||
T4 | Toney Penna | 71 | −1 |
Henry Picard | |||
Paul Runyan | |||
T7 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72 | E |
Lawson Little | |||
Tony Manero | |||
Jug McSpaden | |||
Felix Serafin |
Source: [2]
Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning)
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ed Dudley | 70-69=139 | −5 |
T2 | Ralph Guldahl | 73-70=143 | −1 |
Henry Picard | 71-72=143 | ||
Felix Serafin | 72-71=143 | ||
T5 | Paul Runyan | 71-73=144 | E |
Jimmy Thomson | 74-70=144 | ||
T7 | Harry Cooper | 68-77=145 | +1 |
Johnny Revolta | 73-72=145 | ||
T9 | Jimmy Hines | 75-71=146 | +2 |
Billy Burke | 73-73=146 |
Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Picard | 71-72-72=215 | −1 |
T2 | Harry Cooper | 68-77-71=216 | E |
Ed Dudley | 70-69-77=216 | ||
Ralph Guldahl | 73-70-73=216 | ||
Gene Sarazen | 78-70-68=216 | ||
6 | Byron Nelson | 73-74-70=217 | +1 |
7 | Paul Runyan | 71-73-74=218 | +2 |
8 | Vic Ghezzi | 75-74-70=219 | +3 |
9 | Jimmy Thomson | 74-70-76=220 | +4 |
T10 | Jimmy Hines | 75-71-75=221 | +5 |
Lawson Little | 72-75-74=221 | ||
Dick Metz | 70-77-74=221 | ||
Johnny Revolta | 73-72-76=221 | ||
Felix Serafin | 72-71-78=221 |
Source: [3]
Monday, April 4, 1938
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Picard | 71-72-72-70=285 | −3 | 1,500 |
T2 | Harry Cooper | 68-77-71-71=287 | −1 | 700 |
Ralph Guldahl | 73-70-73-71=287 | |||
4 | Paul Runyan | 71-73-74-70=288 | E | 500 |
5 | Byron Nelson (c) | 73-74-70-73=290 | +2 | 400 |
T6 | Ed Dudley | 70-69-77-75=291 | +3 | 275 |
Felix Serafin | 72-71-78-70=291 | |||
T8 | Dick Metz | 70-77-74-71=292 | +4 | 175 |
Jimmy Thomson | 74-70-76-72=292 | |||
T10 | Vic Ghezzi | 75-74-70-74=293 | +5 | 100 |
Jimmy Hines | 75-71-75-72=293 | |||
Lawson Little | 72-75-74-72=293 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( $) | |
T13 | Billy Burke | 73-73-76-73=295 | +7 | ||
Gene Sarazen (c) | 78-70-68-79=295 | ||||
15 | Stanley Horne | 74-74-77-71=296 | +8 | ||
T16 | Bobby Jones | 76-74-72-75=297 | +9 | ||
Jug McSpaden | 72-75-77-73=297 | ||||
T18 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72-75-77-74=298 | +10 | ||
Ray Mangrum | 78-72-76-72=298 | ||||
Johnny Revolta | 73-72-76-77=298 | ||||
Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) | 74-69-75-80=298 | ||||
T22 | Chuck Kocsis (a) | 76-73-77-73=299 | +11 | ||
Horton Smith (c) | 75-75-78-71=299 | ||||
24 | Sam Parks Jr. | 75-75-76-74=300 | +12 | ||
T25 | Wiffy Cox | 74-78-74-75=301 | +13 | ||
Ben Hogan | 75-76-78-72=301 | ||||
T27 | Ky Laffoon | 78-76-74-74=302 | +14 | ||
Tony Manero | 72-78-82-70=302 | ||||
Frank Walsh | 74-75-77-76=302 | ||||
Al Watrous | 73-77-76-76=302 | ||||
T31 | Toney Penna | 71-76-77-80=304 | +16 | ||
Sam Snead | 78-78-75-73=304 | ||||
33 | Jess Sweetser (a) | 82-75-73-75=305 | +17 | ||
T34 | Leo Mallory | 76-75-81-74=306 | +18 | ||
Craig Wood | 73-75-83-75=306 | ||||
T36 | Ross Somerville (a) | 77-78-82-71=308 | +20 | ||
Bud Ward (a) | 77-76-79-76=308 | ||||
38 | Willie Macfarlane | 76-80-75-78=309 | +21 | ||
39 | Charlie Yates (a) | 76-78-82-76=312 | +24 | ||
WD | Frank Strafaci (a) | 74-74-82=230 | +14 | ||
Denny Shute | 75-78-78=231 | +15 | |||
Leonard Dodson | 78-78=156 | +12 |