1959 Masters Tournament

1959 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 2–5, 1959
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	87 players, 42 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$76,100
Winner's share	$15,000
Champion
Art Wall, Jr.
284 (−4)
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Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1959 Masters Tournament was the 23rd Masters Tournament, held April 2–5 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Art Wall, Jr. shot a final round of 66 (−6), with birdies on five of the last six holes, for his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, the 1955 champion.^[2]^[3]^[4] Wall started the final round six strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for thirteenth place.^[5]

Defending champion Arnold Palmer was the third round co-leader,^[1]^[5] but a triple-bogey at the par-3 12th led to a 74 and a third-place finish, two strokes back.^[6]^[7]^[8] The purse in 1959 was a record $76,100 with a winner's share of $15,000 to Wall. The estimated gallery for the final round on Sunday was 30,000 spectators.^[3]^[4]

Jack Nicklaus, age 19, made his Masters debut with 76-74 (150) and missed the cut by one stroke. He played in 45 Masters, the first three as an amateur, and only missed one cut (1967) in the next 34 Masters tournaments. Nicklaus won a record six green jackets and was runner-up four times in his 22 top-10 finishes.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	74	71	68	72	285	−3	2
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958	71	70	71	74	286	−2	3
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	74	73	72	74	293	+5	T22
Doug Ford	United States	1957	76	73	73	72	294	+6	T25
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	73	74	76	72	295	+7	T30
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	71	77	76	72	296	+8	T34
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	75	73			WD

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	74	77	151	+7
Henry Picard	United States	1938	77	76	153	+9
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	78	77	155	+11
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	77	79	156	+12
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	78	84	162	+18
Craig Wood	United States	1941	83	81	164	+20
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	83	83	166	+22

Source^[9]^[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 2, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stan Leonard	Canada	69	−3
T2	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71	−1
	Chandler Harper	United States
	Arnold Palmer	United States
T5	Tommy Bolt	United States	72	E
	Jay Hebert	United States
	Gene Littler	United States
	Ángel Miguel	Spain
	Peter Thomson	Australia
T10	Ben Hogan	United States	73	+1
	Bill Hyndman (a)	United States
	Chuck Kocsis (a)	United States
	Billy Maxwell	United States
	Dick Mayer	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
	Mike Souchak	United States
	Dave Thomas	Wales
	Art Wall, Jr.	United States

Source:^[11]

Second round

Friday, April 3, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-70=141	−3
2	Stan Leonard	Canada	69-74=143	−1
T3	Julius Boros	United States	75-69=144	E
	Paul Harney	United States	75-69=144
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-71=144
	Ángel Miguel	Spain	72-72=144
	Ed Oliver	United States	75-69=144
	Mike Souchak	United States	73-71=144
	Dave Thomas	Wales	73-71=144
T10	Walter Burkemo	United States	75-70=145	+1
	Jack Fleck	United States	74-71=145
	Chandler Harper	United States	71-74=145
	Jay Hebert	United States	72-73=145
	Bill Hyndman (a)	United States	73-72=145
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	74-71=145
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	75-70=145
	Bo Wininger	United States	75-70=145

Source:^[9]^[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Stan Leonard	Canada	69-74-69=212	−4
T1	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-70-71=212	−4
3	Cary Middlecoff	United States	74-71-68=213	−3
4	Charles Coe (a)	United States	74-74-67=215	−1
T5	Walter Burkemo	United States	75-70-71=216	E
	Fred Hawkins	United States	77-71-68=216
	Jack Fleck	United States	74-71-71=216
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-71-72=216
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	75-70-71=216
T10	Jay Hebert	United States	72-73-72=217	+1
	Ed Oliver	United States	75-69-73=217
	Bo Wininger	United States	75-70-72=217

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	73-74-71-66=284	−4	15,000
2	Cary Middlecoff	United States	74-71-68-72=285	−3	7,500
3	Arnold Palmer	United States	71-70-71-74=286	−2	4,500
T4	Stan Leonard	Canada	69-74-69-75=287	−1	2,625
T4	Dick Mayer	United States	73-75-71-68=287	−1	2,625
6	Charles Coe (a)	United States	74-74-67-73=288	E	0
7	Fred Hawkins	United States	77-71-68-73=289	+1	2,100
T8	Julius Boros	United States	75-69-74-72=290	+2	1,740
	Jay Hebert	United States	72-73-72-73=290
	Gene Littler	United States	72-75-72-71=290
	Billy Maxwell	United States	73-71-72-74=290
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	75-70-71-74=290		0
	Gary Player	South Africa	73-75-71-71=290		1,740

Source:^[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	8
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Wall	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4
Middlecoff	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−1	−3	−3	−3	−3
Palmer	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2
Leonard	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

1 2 "Stan Leonard blasts out 69 to tie for first in Masters". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 5, 1959. p. 1-sports.
1 2 "Wall rallies, takes Masters on 284". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 6, 1959. p. 1, part 4.
1 2 "Wall birdies 5 of final 6; wins Masters in epic finish". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 6, 1959. p. 10.
1 2 "Birdies on five of last six holes give Art Wall a 66, Masters title". Milwaukee Journal. New York Times News Service. April 6, 1959. p. 10.
1 2 3 Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1959). "Leonard's 69 ties Palmer after 3d round of Masters". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ Brown, Gwilym (April 13, 1959). "Wall was wondrous". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 6, 1959). "Wall's sensational rally takes Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 26.
↑ Petersen, Leo H. (April 6, 1959). "Sensational closing round of 66 gives Art Wall Masters tourney title". Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio). UPI. p. 17.
1 2 "Masters score card". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1959. p. 10.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1959). "Palmer's 141 captures Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 7.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 3, 1959). "Leonard leads Masters with 69". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1959 Masters
Augusta.com – 1959 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1959 Men's Major Golf Championships

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