1974 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 1974
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
Length7,020 yards (6,419 m)[1]
Field78 players, 44 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$35,000
Champion
South Africa Gary Player
278 (−10)
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Location in Georgia

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 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.[2][3] It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery;[4][5] 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 (8,12), George Archer, Gay Brewer (8,12), Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper (8,11,12,13), Charles Coody, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,9,12), Gary Player (4,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

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

Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11)

5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

William C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)

  • Doug Ballenger, Danny Edwards, Jimmy Ellis, Mike Killian, and Bill Rogers forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament

Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open

Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), 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 (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), 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 (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jim Colbert67−5
T2United States Hubert Green68−4
United States Hale Irwin
United States Don Iverson
T5United States Frank Beard69−3
United States Raymond Floyd
United States Gene Littler
United States Jack Nicklaus
United States Dan Sikes
T10United States Billy Casper70−2
Australia Bruce Devlin
United States Jerry Heard
United States Babe Hiskey
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez
United States Art Wall Jr.

Source[7]

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Dave Stockton71-66=137−7
T2United States Hubert Green68-70=138−6
United States Hale Irwin68-70=138
T4United States Frank Beard69-70=139−5
United States Jim Colbert67-72=139
T6United States Jerry Heard70-70=140−4
United States Gene Littler69-71=140
United States Jack Nicklaus69-71=140
United States Dan Sikes69-71=140
United States Tom Weiskopf71-69=140

Source[8]

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Dave Stockton71-66-70=207−9
T2United States Jim Colbert67-72-69=208−8
South Africa Gary Player71-71-66=208
T4United States Bobby Nichols73-68-68=209−7
United States Phil Rodgers72-69-68=209
T6United States Hale Irwin68-70-72=210−6
United States Tom Weiskopf71-69-70=210
8United States Frank Beard68-70-72=211−5
T9United States Hubert Green68-70-74=212−4
United States Jack Nicklaus69-71-72=212

Source[9]

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1974

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1South Africa Gary Player (c)71-71-66-70=278−1035,000
T2United States Dave Stockton71-66-70-73=280−821,250
United States Tom Weiskopf71-69-70-70=280
T4United States Jim Colbert67-72-69-73=281−710,833
United States Hale Irwin68-70-72-71=281
United States Jack Nicklaus (c)69-71-72-69=281
T7United States Bobby Nichols73-68-68-73=282−64,750
United States Phil Rodgers72-69-68-73=282
T9England Maurice Bembridge73-74-72-64=283−53,900
United States Hubert Green68-70-74-71=283

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
South Africa Player−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−10−10
United States Stockton−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
United States Weiskopf−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8
United States Colbert−8−9−8−8−7−7−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−7
United States Irwin−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−7
United States Nicklaus−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−8−7−8−7−7−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source[3][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Colbert in Masters lead, but lookout". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1974. p. 1B.
  2. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (April 22, 1974). "Wee Gary springs his trap". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 "Player gets first big win in '74". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1974. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.
  5. ↑ "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "Beman, Deane". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Colbert leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1974. p. 1, part 2.
  8. ↑ "Masters results". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 13, 1974. p. 3B.
  9. ↑ "Player's only a stroke back, but Stockton is unworried". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 14, 1974. p. 4C.
  10. ↑ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ "1974 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
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