1972 Masters Tournament

1972 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1972
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	85 players, 47 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Winner's share	$25,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
286 (−2)
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Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth^[2] of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up.^[3] It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.

It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. The 1972 Masters was also the debut of 20 year old University of Texas golfer and future two-time champion Ben Crenshaw who was low amateur at 295 (T19).

Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."^[4]^[5]

Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966	68	71	73	74	286	−2	1
Gary Player	South Africa	1961	73	75	72	71	291	+3	T10
George Archer	United States	1969	73	75	72	72	292	+4	T12
Charles Coody	United States	1971	73	70	74	75	292	+4	T12
Billy Casper	United States	1970	75	71	74	74	294	+6	T17
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	73	76	72	73	294	+6	T17
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	69	75	76	77	297	+9	T27
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	70	75	74	81	300	+12	T33

Source^[2]^[6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	77	75	152	+8
Doug Ford	United States	1957	76	78	154	+10
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	79	79	158	+14
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	80	79	159	+15
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	89	80	169	+25

Source^[6]

Gay Brewer, the 1967 champion, was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1972

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68	−4
2	Sam Snead	United States	69	−3
3	Arnold Palmer	United States	70	−2
T4	Paul Harney	United States	71	−1
T4	Jim Simons (a)	United States	71	−1
T6	Frank Beard	United States	72	Even
	Bob Charles	New Zealand
	Bruce Crampton	Australia
	Gibby Gilbert	United States
	Tony Jacklin	England
	Jim Jamieson	United States
	Steve Melnyk	United States
	Bobby Nichols	United States
	Lanny Wadkins	United States
	Bert Yancey	United States

Source^[10]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1972

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68-71=139	−5
2	Paul Harney	United States	71-69=140	−4
3	Bert Yancey	United States	72-69=141	−3
4	Jim Jamieson	United States	72-70=142	−2
T5	Charles Coody	United States	73-70=143	−1
T5	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-71=143	−1
T7	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	75-69=144	Even
	Jerry Heard	United States	73-71=144
	Steve Melnyk	United States	72-72=144
	Sam Snead	United States	69-75=144
	Lanny Wadkins	United States	72-72=144

Source^[11]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1972

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68-71-73=212	−4
2	Jim Jamieson	United States	72-70-71=213	−3
T3	Paul Harney	United States	71-69-75=215	−1
T3	Tom Weiskopf	United States	74-71-70=215	−1
T5	Homero Blancas	United States	76-71-69=216	Even
	Bruce Crampton	Australia	72-75-69=216
	Jerry Heard	United States	73-71-72=216
	Bobby Mitchell	United States	73-72-71=216
T9	Charles Coody	United States	73-70-74=217	+1
T9	Bert Yancey	United States	72-69-76=217	+1

Source^[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1972

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	68-71-73-74=286	−2	25,000
T2	Bruce Crampton	Australia	72-75-69-73=289	+1	15,833
	Bobby Mitchell	United States	73-72-71-73=289
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	74-71-70-74=289
T5	Homero Blancas	United States	76-71-69-74=290	+2	6,200
	Bruce Devlin	Australia	74-75-70-71=290
	Jerry Heard	United States	73-71-72-74=290
	Jim Jamieson	United States	72-70-71-77=290
	Jerry McGee	United States	73-74-71-72=290
T10	Gary Player	South Africa	73-75-72-71=291	+3	3,600
T10	Dave Stockton	United States	76-70-74-71=291	+3	3,600

Source^[2]^[6]

References

↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 7, 1972). "Nicklaus leading Masters with 68". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. p. 12.
1 2 3 Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1972). "Nicklaus coasts to Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 25.
↑ Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1972). "Poa Jack beats himself". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
↑ Rothenberg, Fred (April 12, 1979). "Jack Whitaker's welcome now". Boca Raton News (Florida). Associated Press. p. 2B.
↑ Sandomir, Richard (May 5, 2012). "Jack Whitaker was always camera ready". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
1 2 3 "1972 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
↑ "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia". Montreal Gazette. UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.
↑ "Gay Brewer in hospital". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 12.
↑ "Brewer takes Par Three test". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1973. p. 19.
↑ "Nicklaus leads by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Nicklaus' 71 keeps lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Golf: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). April 9, 1972. p. 6B.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com: 1972 Masters
Augusta.com – 1972 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1972 Men's Major Golf Championships

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