1962 Masters Tournament

The 1962 Masters Tournament was the 26th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer won the third of his four Masters titles in the tournament's first three-way playoff.[1][2] It was the fifth of his seven major titles.

1962 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–9, 1962
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	110 players, 52 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$109,100
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
Arnold Palmer
280 (−8), playoff

Augusta 

Location in the United States

The other two in the 18-hole Monday playoff were also major championship winners: defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, winner of the PGA Championship in 1958. Out in 37 and down three strokes to Player at the turn, Palmer shot a 31 on the back nine for 68, while Player shot a 71 and Finsterwald a 77.[3] In the lead after three rounds, Palmer was five-over for his final round after a double bogey at the 10th hole. After five pars, he birdied 16 and 17 to get into the Monday playoff with a 75 (+3).[4] The gallery for the playoff was estimated at 16,000 spectators.[1]

Henry Picard, the 1938 champion, made his final cut at Augusta at age 55. Jack Nicklaus, 22, tied for 15th in his fourth appearance, the first as a professional. He won the next major, the U.S. Open, in a playoff over Palmer at Oakmont near Pittsburgh.

With near misses in 1959 and 1961, Palmer said that it could have been his fifth consecutive title at Augusta.[2]

The 36-hole cut was increased this year to include the low 44 plus ties and anyone within 10 shots of the lead (previously it was the low 40 plus ties and anyone within 10 shots of the lead). 110 players entered the tournament and 52 made the cut at 149 (+5).

Bruce Crampton won the third Par 3 contest with a score of 22.

Field

1. Masters champions

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

• Ralph Guldahl (2) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros, Billy Burke, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,10,11), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Mayer (8), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (8)

3. The Open champions

Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

4. PGA champions

Jerry Barber (10,11), Walter Burkemo (8), Jim Ferrier, Dow Finsterwald (9,11), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert, Johnny Revolta, Bob Rosburg (8), Jim Turnesa

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Deane Beman (6,8,a), Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (6,8,a), Ed Updegraff (a)

6. Members of the 1961 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gene Andrews (a), Don Cherry (a), Bob Cochran (a), Robert W. Gardner (8,a), Bill Hyndman (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a)

• Bud Taylor did not play. Patton was first reserve for the team. Nicklaus had turned professional but qualified under other categories.

7. 1961 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Sam Carmichael (a), Gene Francis (a), Marion Methvin (a), Richard Norville (a), Dudley Wysong (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1961 Masters Tournament

Bill Collins (11), Paul Harney, Fred Hawkins, Don January (10), Ted Kroll (10), Jack Nicklaus (9), Johnny Pott (10), Doug Sanders (9,10), Ken Venturi

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1961 U.S. Open

Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Dave Douglas, Al Geiberger, Bob Goalby, Eric Monti, Mike Souchak (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1961 PGA Championship

Wes Ellis

11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1961 PGA Tour

George Bayer, Gay Brewer

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

Dave Marr

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

Billy Maxwell

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

R. H. Sikes (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1962 PGA Tour

Dave Ragan, Phil Rodgers

17. Foreign invitations

Ben Arda, Al Balding, David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá (8), Bob Charles, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton, Fidel de Luca, Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), José Maria Gonzalez, Mário Gonzalez, Tom Haliburton, Harold Henning, Denis Hutchinson, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Frank Phillips, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Leopoldo Ruiz, Miguel Sala, Syd Scott, Norman Von Nida, Brian Wilkes

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (86)	South America (7)	Europe (6)	Oceania (6)	Asia (1)	Africa (4)
Canada (3)	Argentina (4)	England (1)	Australia (5)	Philippines (1)	South Africa (4)
Mexico (1)	Brazil (2)	Scotland (2)	New Zealand (1)
Puerto Rico (1)	Colombia (1)	Netherlands (1)
United States (81)		Spain (2)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960	70	66	69	75	280	−8	1
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	67	71	71	71	280	−8	2
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	73	73	71	70	287	−1	T5
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	72	75	70	74	291	+3	T15
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	75	74	73	73	295	+7	T29
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	72	76	72	76	296	+8	T33
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	78	71	75	73	297	+9	38
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	78	69	73	78	298	+10	T39
Henry Picard	United States	1938	75	73	76	74	298	+10	T39
Doug Ford	United States	1957	75	72	76	78	301	+13	T44
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	74	74			WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	76	74	150	+6
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	79	77	156	+12
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	92	88	180	+36
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	75		WD

Source[5][6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	67	−5
2	Julius Boros	United States	69	−3
T3	Arnold Palmer	United States	70	−2
	Mike Souchak	United States
	Dave Ragan	United States
	Gardner Dickinson	United States
T7	George Bayer	United States	71	−1
	Billy Maxwell	United States
	Bob Rosburg	United States
	Don January	United States
	Gene Littler	United States

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-66=136	−8
2	Gary Player	South Africa	67-71=138	−6
3	Gene Littler	United States	71-68=139	−5
4	Gardner Dickinson	United States	70-71=141	−3
T5	Julius Boros	United States	69-73=142	−2
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-68=142
	Mike Souchak	United States	70-72=142
T8	Al Balding	Canada	75-68=143	−1
	Dave Ragan	United States	70-73=143
T10	Jerry Barber	United States	72-72=144	E
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	72-72=144
	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-73=144
	Bob Rosburg	United States	71-73=144
	Don January	United States	71-73=144

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-66-69=205	−11
2	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-68-65=207	−9
3	Gary Player	South Africa	67-71-71=209	−7
4	Gene Littler	United States	71-68-71=210	−6
T5	Jerry Barber	United States	72-72-69=213	−3
	Gardner Dickinson	United States	70-71-72=213
7	Julius Boros	United States	69-73-72=214	−2
8	Gay Brewer	United States	74-71-70=215	−1
T9	Lionel Hebert	United States	72-73-71=216	E
	Ken Venturi	United States	75-70-71=216
	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-73-72=216
	Mike Souchak	United States	70-72-74=216

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-66-69-75=280	−8	Playoff
	Gary Player	South Africa	67-71-71-71=280
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-68-65-73=280
4	Gene Littler	United States	71-68-71-72=282	−6	6,000
T5	Jerry Barber	United States	72-72-69-74=287	−1	3,600
	Jimmy Demaret	United States	73-73-71-70=287
	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-73-72-71=287
	Mike Souchak	United States	70-72-74-71=287
T9	Charles Coe (a)	United States	72-74-71-71=288	E	0
	Ken Venturi	United States	75-70-71-72=288		2,000

Scorecard

Final round

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
Palmer	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8
Player	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−7	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Finsterwald	−9	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8
Littler	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 9, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	68	−4	20,000
2	Gary Player	South Africa	71	−1	12,000
3	Dow Finsterwald	United States	77	+5	8,000

Source:[7]

Scorecard

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
Palmer	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Player	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	+1	E	E	E	−1
Finsterwald	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5

Source:[7]

References

1. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1962). "Palmer's 68 wins title in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
2. Drum, Bob (April 10, 1962). "Palmer Masters golf champion for third time". Pittsburgh Press. p. 35.
3. Wright, Alfred (April 16, 1962). "Arnold Palmer gets a big revenge". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
4. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 9, 1962). "Palmer, 2 others tied in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
5. "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1962. p. 20.
6. "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1962. p. 13.
7. Grimsley, Will (April 10, 1962). "Palmer's 68 wins by three: playoff cards". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 2–2.

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners and results
• About.com – 1962 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1962 Masters leaderboard and scorecards