Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 31 – April 2, 1939 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W Coordinates: 33°30′11″N82°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 | 46 players [1] |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $5,000 |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
Ralph Guldahl | |
279 (−9) | |
Location Map | |
Location in Georgia | |
The 1939 Masters Tournament was the sixth Masters Tournament, held from March 31 to April 2 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was postponed to Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. [2]
Ralph Guldahl won his only Masters title with a tournament record 279 (−9), one stroke better than runner-up Sam Snead. He had finished as a runner-up the previous two years, and it was the third of Guldahl's three major titles; he won consecutive U.S. Open titles in 1937 and 1938. The previous Masters record was 282 (−6) in 1935, [3] and Guldahl's mark stood until 1953, when Ben Hogan shot 274 (−14).
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. The gallery for Sunday's final two rounds was estimated at 10,000 spectators. [4] Challenging weather conditions during the second round on Saturday included hail, wind, rain, and some sun breaks. [5] [6]
Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Henry Picard (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10,12), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)
Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Billy Burke (9), Johnny Farrell, Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Tony Manero (7,9)
Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Willie Turnesa (11,a)
Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,7,10)
Charlie Yates (8,a)
Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)
Ray Billows (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a)
Harry Cooper (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon, Ray Mangrum, Jug McSpaden (10), Dick Metz (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous
Joe Belfore, Jim Foulis (12), Frank Moore, Toney Penna
Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), Joe Thompson (a)
Ted Adams (a) winner of 1938 Canadian Amateur Championship
Friday, March 31, 1939
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Burke | United States | 69 | −3 |
2 | Sam Snead | United States | 70 | −2 |
T3 | Tommy Armour | United States | 71 | −1 |
Byron Nelson | United States | |||
Henry Picard | United States | |||
T6 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 72 | E |
Ralph Guldahl | United States | |||
Ky Laffoon | United States | |||
Lawson Little | United States | |||
Dick Metz | United States | |||
Toney Penna | United States | |||
Craig Wood | United States |
Source: [7]
Saturday, April 1, 1939
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 73-66=139 | −5 |
T2 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 72-68=140 | −4 |
Byron Nelson | United States | 71-69=140 | ||
Sam Snead | United States | 70-70=140 | ||
5 | Billy Burke | United States | 69-72=141 | −3 |
6 | Henry Picard | United States | 71-71=142 | −2 |
7 | Lawson Little | United States | 72-72=144 | E |
T8 | Tommy Armour | United States | 71-74=145 | +1 |
Craig Wood | United States | 72-73=145 | ||
T10 | Ben Hogan | United States | 75-71=146 | +2 |
Jimmy Thomson | United States | 75-71=146 |
Sunday, April 2, 1939 (morning)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Ralph Guldahl | United States | 72-68-70=210 | −6 |
2 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 73-66-72=211 | −5 |
T3 | Billy Burke | United States | 69-72-71=212 | −4 |
Lawson Little | United States | 72-72-68=212 | ||
Byron Nelson | United States | 71-69-72=212 | ||
Sam Snead | United States | 70-70-72=212 | ||
7 | Craig Wood | United States | 72-73-71=216 | E |
T8 | Ben Hogan | United States | 75-71-72=218 | +2 |
Henry Picard | United States | 71-71-76=218 | ||
T10 | Ed Dudley | United States | 75-75-69=219 | +3 |
Toney Penna | United States | 72-75-72=219 |
Sunday, April 2, 1939 (afternoon)
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | Ralph Guldahl | 72-68-70-69=279 | −9 | 1,500 |
2 | Sam Snead | 70-70-72-68=280 | −8 | 800 |
T3 | Billy Burke | 69-72-71-70=282 | −6 | 550 |
Lawson Little | 72-72-68-70=282 | |||
5 | Gene Sarazen (c) | 73-66-72-72=283 | −5 | 400 |
6 | Craig Wood | 72-73-71-68=284 | −4 | 300 |
7 | Byron Nelson (c) | 71-69-72-75=287 | −1 | 250 |
8 | Henry Picard (c) | 71-71-76-71=289 | +1 | 175 |
9 | Ben Hogan | 75-71-72-72=290 | +2 | 175 |
T10 | Ed Dudley | 75-75-69-72=291 | +3 | 100 |
Toney Penna | 72-75-72-72=291 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
T12 | Tommy Armour | 71-74-76-72=293 | +5 | 33 | |
Vic Ghezzi | 73-76-72-72=293 | ||||
Jug McSpaden | 75-72-74-72=293 | ||||
15 | Denny Shute | 78-71-73-72=294 | +6 | ||
T16 | Paul Runyan | 73-71-75-76=295 | +7 | ||
Felix Serafin | 74-76-73-72=295 | ||||
T18 | Chick Harbert (a) | 74-73-75-74=296 | +8 | ||
Jimmy Thomson | 75-71-73-77=296 | ||||
Charlie Yates (a) | 74-73-74-75=296 | ||||
21 | Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) | 78-75-73-71=297 | +9 | ||
T22 | Jimmy Hines | 76-73-74-75=298 | +10 | ||
Ky Laffoon | 72-75-73-78=298 | ||||
Frank Moore | 75-74-75-74=298 | ||||
25 | Al Watrous | 75-75-74-75=299 | +11 | ||
T26 | Tony Manero | 76-73-77-74=300 | +12 | ||
Horton Smith (c) | 75-79-74-72=300 | ||||
Willie Turnesa (a) | 78-70-79-73=300 | ||||
T29 | Jess Sweetser (a) | 75-75-75-77=302 | +14 | ||
Frank Walsh | 76-76-72-78=302 | ||||
T31 | Dick Metz | 72-80-77-74=303 | +15 | ||
Johnny Revolta | 77-74-76-76=303 | ||||
T33 | Harry Cooper | 76-77-73-78=304 | +16 | ||
Jimmy Demaret | 72-81-77-74=304 | ||||
Walter Hagen | 76-76-76-76=304 | ||||
Bobby Jones | 76-77-78-73=304 | ||||
T37 | Dick Chapman (a) | 78-77-77-77=309 | +21 | ||
Jim Foulis | 80-76-77-76=309 | ||||
39 | Johnny Farrell | 81-75-79-77=312 | +24 | ||
40 | Ted Adams (a) | 78-77-83-76=314 | +26 | ||
41 | Ray Billows (a) | 75-84-78-80=317 | +29 | ||
42 | Joe Belfore | 83-79-78-78=318 | +30 | ||
43 | Joe Thompson | 81-84-79-78=322 | +34 | ||
WD | Jock Hutchison | 79-77=156 | +12 | ||
Ray Mangrum | 77 | +5 | |||
Stanley Horne | 82 | +10 |
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