1934 Masters Tournament

1934 Masters Tournament
	Front cover of the 1934 Masters Official program
Tournament information
Dates	March 22–25, 1934
Location	Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,700 yards (6,126 m)
Field	72 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
	Horton Smith
	284 (−4)
	1935 →

Augusta

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Location in the United States

The 1934 Masters Tournament was the first Masters Tournament, held March 22–25 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was officially known as the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament" for its first five editions, but informally as the Masters from the start.^[1]

CBS Radio broadcast updates daily, making this the second golf tournament to live broadcast.^[3] The sportscaster was Herbert H. Ramsay, former U.S. Golf Association president.^[3] This tournament also marked the return of Bobby Jones from retirement.^[3]

Horton Smith won the event with a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt at the 17th hole (now the 8th hole), and finished at 284 (−4), one stroke ahead of runner-up Craig Wood. (The current nines were reversed in 1934, switched to the current configuration prior to the 1935 event.) Tournament co-founder and host Bobby Jones finished ten strokes back at 294, tied for thirteenth place. The total purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.^[4]^[5]

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Camellia	430	4	10	Tea Olive	400	4
2	White Dogwood	415	4	11	Pink Dogwood	525	5
3	Golden Bell	150	3	12	Flowering Peach	350	4
4	Azalea	480	5	13	Flowering Crab Apple	190	3
5	Chinese Fir	425	4	14	Magnolia	440	4
6	Firethorn	485	5	15	Juniper	185	3
7	Redbud	145	3	16	Pampas	340	4
8	Nandina	400	4	17	Yellow Jasmine	500	5
9	Holly	420	4	18	Carolina Cherry	420	4
Out		3,350	36	In		3,350	36
Source:^[1]				Total		6,700	72

The holes' current names (2013) are listed above; the current nines were switched for 1934 only.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 22, 1934

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Horton Smith	70	−2
	Jimmy Hines
	Emmet French
T4	Craig Wood	71	−1
	Walter Hagen
	Henry Picard
	Johnny Golden
T8	Billy Burke	72	E
T8	Ky Laffoon	72	E
T10	Denny Shute	73	+1
	Joe Paletti
	Leo Diegel

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, March 23, 1934

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Horton Smith	70-72=142	−2
T2	Ed Dudley	74-69=143	−1
T2	Billy Burke	72-71=143	−1
T4	Macdonald Smith	74-70=144	E
	Jimmy Hines	70-74=144
	Ralph Stonehouse	74-70=144
T7	Al Espinosa	75-70=145	+1
	Leo Diegel	73-72=145
	Paul Runyan	74-71=145
	Craig Wood	71-74=145

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, March 24, 1934

Place	Name	Score	To par
1	Horton Smith	70-72-70=212	−4
2	Billy Burke	72-71-70=213	−3
T3	Craig Wood	71-74-69=214	−2
T3	Ed Dudley	74-69-71=214	−2
5	Paul Runyan	74-71-70=215	−1
T6	Walter Hagen	71-76-70=217	+1
T6	Willie Macfarlane	74-73-70=217	+1
T8	Jimmy Hines	70-74-74=218	+2
	Bill Schwartz	75-72-71=218
	Macdonald Smith	74-70-74=218

Final round

Sunday, March 25, 1934

Place	Name	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Horton Smith	70-72-70-72=284	−4	1,500
2	Craig Wood	71-74-69-71=285	−3	800
T3	Billy Burke	72-71-70-73=286	−2	550
T3	Paul Runyan	74-71-70-71=286	−2	550
5	Ed Dudley	74-69-71-74=288	E	400
6	Willie Macfarlane	74-73-70-74=291	+3	300
T7	Al Espinosa	75-70-75-72=292	+4	175
	Jimmy Hines	70-74-74-74=292
	Harold "Jug" McSpaden	77-74-72-69=292
	Macdonald Smith	74-70-74-74=292

Source:^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jones vies with stars in comeback". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. March 22, 1934. p. 19.
^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Barrett, David (2012). Making the Masters : Bobby Jones, Clifford Roberts, and the birth of America's greatest golf tournament. New York: Constable & Robinson. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-62087-304-5. OCLC 821185700.
^ ^a ^b "Horton Smith wins; Jones far behind". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 26, 1934. p. 13.
^ Rice, Grantland (March 26, 1934). "Horton Smith captures masters' tourney, Jones outside money". Spokesman-Review. p. 9.
^ "Jones off form in comeback attempt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 23, 1934. p. 19.
^ "Jones continues shaky at Augusta". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 24, 1934. p. 15.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1934 Masters leaderboard

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[jvwsicb-1] "Jones vies with stars in comeback". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Associated Press. March 22, 1934. p. 19.

[masters-2] "Past winners and results". The Masters. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

[:0-3] Barrett, David (2012). Making the Masters : Bobby Jones, Clifford Roberts, and the birth of America's greatest golf tournament. New York: Constable & Robinson. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-62087-304-5. OCLC 821185700.

[ppg34msrrd4-4] "Horton Smith wins; Jones far behind". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 26, 1934. p. 13.

[spk34ms4rice-5] Rice, Grantland (March 26, 1934). "Horton Smith captures masters' tourney, Jones outside money". Spokesman-Review. p. 9.

[ppg34msrrd1-6] "Jones off form in comeback attempt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 23, 1934. p. 19.

[ppg34msrrd2-7] "Jones continues shaky at Augusta". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 24, 1934. p. 15.

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