1940 Masters Tournament

1940 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 4–7, 1940
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,800 yards (6,220 m)
Field	59 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Jimmy Demaret
280 (−8)
«1939 1941»

Augusta

Location in the United States

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.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Byron Nelson	United States	1937	69	72	74	70	285	−3	3
Henry Picard	United States	1938	71	71	71	75	288	E	T7
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	74	73	71	74	292	+4	T14
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	74	71	77	73	295	+7	T21
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	76	76	80	77	309	+21	T47

The Masters did not have a 36-hole cut until 1957

Round summaries

First round

Thursday April 4, 1940

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

Source:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Scorecard

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
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

Friday April 5, 1940

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

Source:^[8]^[9]

Third round

Saturday April 6, 1940

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

Source:

Final round

Sunday April 7, 1940

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

Source:^[1]^[2]

References

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

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1940 Masters
Augusta.com – 1940 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1940 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open PGA Championship

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