1941 Masters Tournament

1941 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1941
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)^[1]
Field	51 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Craig Wood
280 (−8)
«1940 1942»

Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

Wood opened with a 66 and led by five strokes after the first round.^[1]^[2] During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34 (−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory.^[3] The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.^[4]

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941 U.S. Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.^[5]

Through 2016, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Byron Nelson	United States	1937	71	69	73	70	283	−5	2
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940	77	69	71	75	292	+4	T12
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	76	71	75	71	293	+5	T14
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	76	72	74	75	297	+9	T19
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	74	72	77	74	297	+9	T19

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1941

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Craig Wood	United States	66	−6
T2	Willie Goggin	United States	71	−1
	Ben Hogan	United States
	Lawson Little	United States
	Byron Nelson	United States
T6	Harry Cooper	United States	72	E
T6	Felix Serafin	United States	72	E
T8	Johnny Bulla	United States	73	+1
	Sammy Byrd	United States
	Ed Dudley	United States
	Clayton Heafner	United States
	Tony Manero	United States
	Toney Penna	Italy United States
	Jack Ryan	United States
	Jimmy Thomson	Scotland United States
	Sam Snead	United States

Source:^[1]^[2]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1941

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Craig Wood	United States	66-71=137	−7
2	Byron Nelson	United States	71-69=140	−4
3	Lawson Little	United States	71-70=141	−3
T4	Sammy Byrd	United States	73-70=143	−1
	Willie Goggin	United States	71-72=143
	Ben Hogan	United States	71-72=143
	Clayton Heafner	United States	73-70=143
	Jug McSpaden	United States	76-67=143
T9	Ed Dudley	United States	73-72=145	+1
T9	Harry Cooper	United States	72-73=145	+1

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1941

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Craig Wood	United States	66-71-71=208	−8
2	Sammy Byrd	United States	73-70-68=211	−5
3	Byron Nelson	United States	71-69-73=213	−3
T4	Willie Goggin	United States	71-72-72=215	−1
T4	Lawson Little	United States	71-70-74=215	−1
6	Jimmy Demaret	United States	77-69-71=217	+1
7	Ben Hogan	United States	71-72-75=218	+2
T8	Dick Chapman (a)	United States	76-73-70=219	+3
	Vic Ghezzi	United States	77-71-71=219
	Clayton Heafner	United States	73-70-76=219

Source:^[7]^[8]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1941

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Craig Wood	United States	66-71-71-72=280	−8	1,500
2	Byron Nelson	United States	71-69-73-70=283	−5	800
3	Sammy Byrd	United States	73-70-68-74=285	−3	600
4	Ben Hogan	United States	71-72-75-68=286	−2	500
5	Ed Dudley	United States	73-72-75-68=288	E	300
T6	Vic Ghezzi	United States	77-71-71-70=289	+1	275
T6	Sam Snead	United States	73-75-72-69=289	+1	275
8	Lawson Little	United States	71-70-74-75=290	+2	200
T9	Willie Goggin	United States	71-72-72-76=291	+3	117
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	75-74-72-70=291
	Jug McSpaden	United States	76-67-80-68=291

Source:^[1]^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 "Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes". St. Petersburg Times (Florida). United Press. April 4, 1941. p. 13.
1 2 "Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1941. p. 16.
1 2 "Craig Wood wins Masters with 280". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 7, 1941. p. 5-part 2.
1 2 "Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1941. p. 14.
↑ "Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache". Daily Mail (London). Associated Press. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
↑ "Wood retains lead in Masters tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1941. p. 12.
↑ Carver, Lawton (April 6, 1941). "Wood leads; Sam Byrd second". St. Petersburg Times (Florida). INS. p. 9.
↑ Boni, Bill (April 6, 1941). "Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney". Spartanburg Herald-Journal (South Carolina). Associated Press. p. 22.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1941 Masters
Augusta.com – 1941 Masters leaderboard

1941 Men's Major Golf Championships

The Masters U.S. Open PGA Championship

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