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1940 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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1940 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 4–7, 1940
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
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)
Field59 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
United States Jimmy Demaret
280 (−8)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum,[1][2] the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes,[3][4][5][6] and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986,[7] later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

Field

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1. Masters champions

Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9)

4. British Open champions
5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
  • Not held
8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

Ray Billows (11,a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a), Bud Ward (10,11,a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament

Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)

11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)

12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Rod Munday

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

Bill Holt (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum

16 Foreign invitations

Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday April 4, 1940

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Lloyd Mangrum 64 −8
2 United States Jimmy Demaret 67 −5
T3 United States Harry Cooper 69 −3
United States Byron Nelson
T5 United States Lawson Little 70 −2
United States Craig Wood
T7 United States Tommy Armour 71 −1
United States Willie Goggin
United States Jug McSpaden
United States Dick Metz
United States Henry Picard
United States Paul Runyan
United States Sam Snead

Source:[3][4][5]

Scorecard

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First round, set course record   32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986

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
United States Mangrum E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8

Source:[3][4][5]

Second round

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Friday April 5, 1940

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jimmy Demaret 67-72=139 −5
United States Lloyd Mangrum 64-75=139
3 United States Byron Nelson 69-72=141 −3
4 United States Henry Picard 71-71=142 −2
T5 United States Willie Goggin 71-72=143 −1
United States Sam Snead 71-72=143
T7 United States Harry Cooper 69-75=144 E
United States Jug McSpaden 73-71=144
T9 United States Tommy Armour 71-74=145 +1
United States Ed Dudley 73-72=145
United States Dick Metz 71-74=145
United States Paul Runyan 72-73=145
United States Craig Wood 70-75=145

Source:[8][9]

Third round

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Saturday April 6, 1940

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70=209 −7
2 United States Lloyd Mangrum 64-75-71=210 −6
T3 United States Sam Snead 71-72-69=212 −4
United States Craig Wood 70-75-67=212
5 United States Henry Picard 71-71-71=213 −3
6 United States Byron Nelson 69-72-74=215 −1
T7 United States Ed Dudley 73-72-71=216 E
United States Willie Goggin 71-72-73=216
United States Ben Hogan 73-74-69=216
T10 United States Harry Cooper 69-75-73=217 +1
United States Paul Runyan 72-73-72=217

Source:

Final round

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Sunday April 7, 1940

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70-71=280 −8 1,500
2 United States Lloyd Mangrum 64-75-71-74=284 −4 800
3 United States Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-74-70=285 −3 600
T4 United States Harry Cooper 69-75-73-70=287 −1 400
United States Ed Dudley 73-72-71-71=287
United States Willie Goggin 71-72-73-71=287
T7 United States Henry Picard (c) 71-71-71-75=288 E 200
United States Sam Snead 71-72-69-76=288
United States Craig Wood 70-75-67-76=288
T10 United States Ben Hogan 73-74-69-74=290 +2 100
United States Toney Penna 73-73-72-72=290

Sources:[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1940). "Demaret's 280 wins Masters; Mangrum 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 8, 1940). "Jimmy Demaret captures Masters Tournament". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. United Press. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum's 64 leads Augusta Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b c Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1940). "Mangrum leads Masters golf on record 64". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 33.
  5. ^ a b c "Lloyd Mangrum catches fire to set competitive golf scoring record". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 14.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 5, 1940). "Golf's Mr. Cinderella paces Masters play". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 44.
  7. ^ "Norman leads but Price has 63". Sunday Star News. Wilmington, North Carolina. Associated Press. April 13, 1986. p. 1B.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1940). "Mangrum and Demaret share Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  9. ^ "Ward shoots sparkling 68 to climb high among pros in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. April 6, 1940. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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