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1967 Masters Tournament

The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.[2][3][4]

1967 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 1967
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
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field83 players, 55 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$163,350 [2]
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
United States Gay Brewer
280 (−8)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday.[4] Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes.[1] It was later equaled by Player in 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open. For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.

It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950, but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.

Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend.[5][6] (The 36-hole cut at Augusta was introduced a decade earlier, in 1957.) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle,[7] His win in the previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.

Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.

Course edit

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 White Pine 400 4 10 Camellia 470 4
2 Woodbine 555 5 11 Dogwood 445 4
3 Flowering Peach 355 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Palm 220 3 13 Azalea 475 5
5 Magnolia 450 4 14 Chinese Fir 420 4
6 Juniper 190 3 15 Firethorn 520 5
7 Pampas 365 4 16 Redbud 190 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 530 5 17 Nandina 400 4
9 Carolina Cherry 420 4 18 Holly 420 4
Out 3,485 36 In 3,495 36
Source:[8] Total 6,980 72

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

Field edit

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (8,11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald, Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. Amateur

Don Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)[9]

  • Grant and Mike Morley tied for 8th place but Grace won the place by the drawing of lots. Morley was later invited under a different category.
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champion

Bob Murphy (7,9,a)

7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard, Gay Brewer, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. Open

Wes Ellis, Rod Funseth, Rives McBee, Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph

10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA Championship

Jacky Cupit, Dudley Wysong

11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team

Johnny Pott

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA Tour

Bob Goalby, Bert Yancey

13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.

Gardner Dickinson

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions.

Don Massengale

15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions.

Mike Morley (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA Tour

George Archer, Ken Still

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Alliss, Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin, George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota, Bob Stanton, Hideyo Sugimoto, Dave Thomas, Bobby Verwey

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, April 6, 1967

Place Player Score To par
1   Bert Yancey 67 −5
T2   Billy Casper 70 −2
  Downing Gray (a)
T4   Julius Boros 71 −1
  Tony Jacklin
T6   Tommy Bolt 72 E
  Peter Butler
  Jay Hebert
  George Knudson
  Gene Littler
  Johnny Miller (a)
  Bobby Nichols
  Jack Nicklaus
  Phil Rodgers
  Mason Rudolph
  Sam Snead

Source:[10][11]

Second round edit

Friday, April 7, 1967

Place Player Score To par
1   Bert Yancey 67-73=140 −4
T2   Julius Boros 71-70=141 −3
  Gay Brewer 73-68=141
  Tony Jacklin 71-70=141
  Bobby Nichols 72-69=141
6   George Archer 75-67=142 −2
T7   Tommy Aaron 75-68=143 −1
  Doug Ford 74-69=143
T9   Billy Casper 70-64=144 E
  Bruce Devlin 74-70=144
  Paul Harney 73-71=144
  Gary Player 75-69=144

Source:[12]

Third round edit

Saturday, April 8, 1967

Place Player Score To par
T1   Julius Boros 71-70-70=211 −5
  Bobby Nichols 72-69-70=211
  Bert Yancey 67-73-71=211
T4   Gay Brewer 73-68-72=213 −3
  Ben Hogan 74-73-66=213
6   George Archer 75-67-72=214 −2
T7   Tony Jacklin 71-70-74=215 −1
  Lionel Hebert 77-71-67=215
T9   Jacky Cupit 73-76-67=216 E
  Arnold Palmer 73-73-70=216
  Gary Player 75-69-72=216

Source:[13]

Final round edit

Sunday, April 9, 1967

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Gay Brewer 73-68-72-67=280 −8 20,000
2   Bobby Nichols 72-69-70-70=281 −7 14,000
3   Bert Yancey 67-73-71-73=284 −4 9,000
4   Arnold Palmer (c) 73-73-70-69=285 −3 6,600
5   Julius Boros 71-70-70-75=286 −2 5,500
T6   Paul Harney 73-71-74-69=287 −1 4,150
  Gary Player (c) 75-69-72-71=287
T8   Tommy Aaron 75-68-74-71=288 E 3,350
  Lionel Hebert 77-71-67-73=288
T10   Roberto De Vicenzo 73-72-74-71=290 +2 2,720
  Bruce Devlin 74-70-75-71=290
  Ben Hogan (c) 74-73-66-77=290
  Mason Rudolph 72-76-72-70=290
  Sam Snead (c) 72-76-71-71=290

Sources:[14][15]

Scorecard edit

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
  Brewer −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Nichols −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
  Yancey −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −4 −4
  Palmer E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Boros −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −5 −4 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2
  Hogan −2 −1 E E E E E −1 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References edit

  1. ^ a b Grimsley, Will (April 9, 1967). "Masters lead held by three". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  2. ^ a b "'I redeemed myself': Brewer". Miami News. (New York Times). April 10, 1967. p. C-1.
  3. ^ "Gay Brewer wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1967. p. 30.
  4. ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1967). "A Glory Day for Gay". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. ^ "Bogeys run Nicklaus out of Masters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Yancey clings to one-shot Masters lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Ryder spot is elusive for Nicklaus". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1967. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Augusta National Golf club: map". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1967. p. 21.
  9. ^ "Double Bogey Forces Playoff in National Amateur". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). September 4, 1966. p. 3C.
  10. ^ "Yancey's 67 sets pace in Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1967. p. 20.
  11. ^ "Yancey romances August; winds, fairways irk field". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 18.
  12. ^ "Bert has 67-73; Nicklaus misses cutoff with 151". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.
  13. ^ "Three share Masters top". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1967. p. 1, sports.
  14. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  15. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links edit

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