1973 Masters Tournament

The 1973 Masters Tournament was the 37th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. Due to weather delays, the final round was played on Monday for the first time since 1961.[2]

1973 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–9, 1973
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field	82 players, 57 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Winner's share	$30,000
Champion
Tommy Aaron
283 (−5)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Tommy Aaron, age 36, won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead.[2][3] Before this win at Augusta, Aaron was best known as the player who kept Roberto DeVicenzo's incorrect scorecard at the Masters five years earlier in 1968. Ironically, Aaron's final round playing partner in 1973, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card, and Aaron caught the mistake.[4] This was his third and last victory on the PGA Tour, and after this win, Aaron's best result in a major was a tie for 28th at the Masters in 1979.

Gary Player played in 52 Masters from 1957 through 2009;[5] and missed only this one, to recover from leg and abdominal surgery.[6][7][8] He returned in 1974 to win the second of his three green jackets.

Gay Brewer won the fourteenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a seven-under 20.[9] At the previous Masters, the 1967 champion was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.[10]

This Masters was the last as competitors for two former champions: Gene Sarazen (1935) and Ralph Guldahl (1939).

Field

1. Masters champions

George Archer (8), Gay Brewer (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (8), Ralph Guldahl, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,11,12), Arnold Palmer (9,11,12), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.

• Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10) did not play. Player missed his only Masters in 53 years to recover from surgery.[6][7]

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Orville Moody (9), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (10), Dave Stockton (12)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1972 U.S. Amateur

Doug Ballenger (a), Ben Crenshaw (7,8,a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Charles Harrison (a), Mike Killian (a), Marty West (7,a)

• Mark Hayes (7,a) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. Bruce Robertson forfeited his exemption by losing his amateur status.[11]

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

• Steve Melnyk forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

7. Members of the 1972 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1972 Masters Tournament

Homero Blancas (9), Gardner Dickinson (12), Al Geiberger, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Jerry Heard (10,11), Jim Jamieson (10,11), Jerry McGee, Steve Melnyk, Bobby Mitchell (11), Lanny Wadkins (11), Tom Weiskopf (9), Bert Yancey (9,11)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1972 U.S. Open

Don January, Don Massengale, Johnny Miller (11), Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11), Cesar Sanudo, Jim Simons, Kermit Zarley (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1972 PGA Championship

Tommy Aaron, Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders (11)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Bud Allin, Deane Beman, Jim Colbert, Bob Dickson, Rod Funseth, Lou Graham, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Babe Hiskey, Grier Jones, Bob Lunn, John Schlee, J. C. Snead (12), DeWitt Weaver

12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team

Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Gene Littler, Mason Rudolph

13. Foreign invitations

Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (8), Gary Cowan (6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin (8,11), David Graham (11), Han Chang-sang, Trevor Homer (6,a), Guy Hunt, Tony Jacklin (2,3), George Knudson (11), Takaaki Kono (8), Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shaw (11)

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (67)	South America (1)	Europe (5)	Oceania (5)	Asia (4)	Africa (0)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (4)	Australia (4)	Japan (2)
United States (65)		Scotland (1)	New Zealand (1)	South Korea (1)
				Taiwan (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972	69	77	73	66	285	−3	T3
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	73	70	71	74	288	E	T6
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	75	66	74	76	291	+3	T10
Billy Casper	United States	1970	75	73	72	73	293	+5	T17
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	77	72	76	70	295	+7	T24
Charles Coody	United States	1971	74	73	79	70	296	+8	T29
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	74	76	73	73	296	+8	T29
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	79	69	74	76	298	+10	T37
George Archer	United States	1969	73	74	74	78	299	+11	T43

Source[12][13]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Doug Ford	United States	1957	76	78	154	+10
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	82	80	162	+18
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	88	86	174	+30

Source[13]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1973

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tommy Aaron	United States	68	−4
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69	−3
	Jumbo Ozaki	Japan
T4	Bob Dickson	United States	70	−2
	J. C. Snead	United States
T6	Grier Jones	United States	71	−1
	Phil Rodgers	United States
T8	David Graham	Australia	72	E
	Hubert Green	United States
	Steve Melnyk	United States
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States
	Mason Rudolph	United States
	Cesar Sanudo	United States
	Dave Stockton	United States

Source[14]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1973

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Tommy Aaron	United States	68-73=141	−3
	Gay Brewer	United States	75-66=141
	Bob Dickson	United States	70-71=141
	J. C. Snead	United States	70-71=141
5	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	72-70=142	−2
T6	Bob Goalby	United States	73-70=143	−1
	Grier Jones	United States	71-72=143
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-70=143
	Jumbo Ozaki	Japan	69-74=143
T10	Bob Charles	United States	74-70=144	E
	Gardner Dickinson	United States	74-70=144
	Jim Jamieson	United States	73-71=144
	Johnny Miller	United States	75-69=144
	Mason Rudolph	United States	72-72=144

Source[15]

Third round

Sunday, April 8, 1973

Heavy rain on Saturday morning limited play to the first several pairs when the course was deemed unplayable. The third round was restarted in the late morning on Sunday from split tees.[16]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-70-68=211	−5
T2	Bob Goalby	United States	73-70-71=214	−2
	Jim Jamieson	United States	73-71-70=214
	J. C. Snead	United States	70-71-73=214
T5	Tommy Aaron	United States	68-73-74=215	−1
	Gay Brewer	United States	75-66-74=215
	Johnny Miller	United States	75-69-71=215
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	72-70-73=215
T9	Gardner Dickinson	United States	74-70-72=216	E
	Jumbo Ozaki	Japan	69-74-73=216

Source[17][18]

Final round

Monday, April 9, 1973

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tommy Aaron	United States	68-73-74-68=283	−5	30,000
2	J. C. Snead	United States	70-71-73-70=284	−4	22,500
T3	Jim Jamieson	United States	73-71-70-71=285	−3	12,500
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	69-77-73-66=285
	Peter Oosterhuis	England	73-70-68-74=285
T6	Bob Goalby	United States	73-70-71-74=288	E	6,250
	Johnny Miller	United States	75-69-71-73=288
T8	Bruce Devlin	Australia	73-72-72-72=289	+1	4,250
	Jumbo Ozaki	Japan	69-74-73-73=289
T10	Gay Brewer	United States	75-66-74-76=291	+3	3,425
	Gardner Dickinson	United States	74-70-72-75=291
	Don January	United States	75-71-75-70=291
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	72-70-73-76=291

Source[12][13]

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
Aaron	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5
Snead	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Jamieson	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3
Nicklaus	+2	+1	+1	+2	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3
Oosterhuis	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3
Goalby	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
Miller	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

References

1. Grimsley, Will (April 6, 1973). "Aaron's 68 paces Masters". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 22.
2. Jenkins, Dan (April 16, 1973). "Jack fell down and lost his crown". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
3. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1973). "Georgian Aaron wins Masters with a 283". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18.
4. "Aaron can count strokes, money". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. April 10, 1973. p. 6.
5. "Who Played the Most Masters Tournaments?". Retrieved April 14, 2013.
6. "Major surgery hinders Player from starting tour". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). Associated Press. February 23, 1973. p. B4.
7. "Gary Player reached Masters on pass of hat". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1973. p. 20.
8. "The Masters: Gary Player's 50th appearance". Retrieved April 14, 2013.
9. "Brewer takes Par Three test". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1973. p. 19.
10. "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia". Montreal Gazette. UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.
11. Robinson, Dave (April 3, 1973). "Robertson Loses Amateur Status". The Stanford Daily.
12. "Masters cash box". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1973. p. 20.
13. "1973 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
14. "Aaron gets lucky, leads Masters by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. April 6, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
15. "Brewer charges, Nicklaus falters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
16. "Rain postpones Masters classic". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). UPI. April 8, 1973. p. 1C.
17. "Englishman takes Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 9, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
18. "Oosterhuis has three stroke Masters lead". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. April 9, 1973. p. 1C.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1973 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1973 Masters leaderboard and scorecards