Golf tournament
The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament , held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club . Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday.[ 4] Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan , both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes.[ 1] 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986 ; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998 ). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open . For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.
It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940 , 1947 , and 1950 , but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.
Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend.[ 5] [ 6] 1957 .) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol . With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle,[ 7] previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.
Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.
Course
^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.
Field
1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. , Jimmy Demaret , Doug Ford (8), Ralph Guldahl , Claude Harmon , Ben Hogan (8,9), Herman Keiser , Cary Middlecoff , Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard , Gary Player (2,3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen , Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer , Ken Venturi (8,11)
3. The Open champions (last 10 years) 4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber , Dow Finsterwald , Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert , Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)
5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. Amateur Don Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)[ 9]
Grant and Mike Morley tied for 8th place but Grace won the place by the drawing of lots. Morley was later invited under a different category. 6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champion Bob Murphy (7,9,a)
7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron , Frank Beard , Gay Brewer , Terry Dill , Raymond Floyd , Paul Harney , Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. Open Wes Ellis , Rod Funseth , Rives McBee , Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph
10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA Championship Jacky Cupit , Dudley Wysong
11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team Johnny Pott
12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA Tour Bob Goalby , Bert Yancey
13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions. Gardner Dickinson
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions. Don Massengale
15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions. Mike Morley (a)
16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA Tour George Archer , Ken Still
17. Foreign invitations Peter Alliss , Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin , Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin , George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez , Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota , Bob Stanton , Hideyo Sugimoto , Dave Thomas , Bobby Verwey
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 6, 1967
Source: [ 10] [ 11]
Second round
Friday, April 7, 1967
Source: [ 12]
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 1967
Source: [ 13]
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 1967
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
15
Jacky Cupit 73-76-67-75=291
+3
2,400
T16
George Archer 75-67-72-78=292
+4
2,100
Wes Ellis 79-71-74-68=292
Tony Jacklin 71-70-74-77=292
Dave Marr 73-74-70-75=292
Doug Sanders 74-72-73-73=292
T21
Jay Hebert 72-77-68-76=293
+5
1,700
Bob Rosburg 73-72-76-72=293
Ken Venturi 76-73-71-73=293
T24
Peter Butler 72-73-77-72=294
+6
1,500
Billy Casper 70-74-75-75=294
T26
Frank Beard 74-75-75-71=295
+7
1,300
Tommy Bolt 72-77-72-74=295
Don January 74-74-76-71=295
Gene Littler 72-74-74-75=295
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 73-73-73-76=295
T31
Doug Ford (c)74-69-82-71=296
+8
1,300
Rod Funseth 74-73-78-71=296
George Knudson 72-74-75-75=296
Kel Nagle 73-75-74-74=296
Ramón Sota 74-73-73-76=296
T36
Gardner Dickinson 77-70-73-77=297
+9
1,275
Terry Dill 73-76-72-76=297
Al Geiberger 77-73-72-75=297
Downing Gray (a)70-76-75-76=297
0
Harold Henning 74-73-77-73=297
1,275
Phil Rodgers 72-77-75-73=297
T42
Deane Beman (a)74-76-74-74=298
+10
0
Rives McBee 75-73-74-76=298
1,275
T44
Don Allen (a)75-71-78-76=300
+12
0
Bobby Cole (a)75-73-74-78=300
T46
Ron Cerrudo (a)76-73-77-75=301
+13
Chen Ching-Po 74-76-72-79=301
1,250
Dave Thomas 74-74-72-81=301
T49
Bruce Crampton 77-73-75-77=302
+14
1,250
Don Massengale 74-73-77-78=302
Art Wall Jr. (c)74-76-77-75=302
52
Bob Murphy (a)73-77-76-77=303
+15
0
T53
Jack Burke Jr. (c)76-74-74-81=305
+17
1,250
Johnny Miller (a)72-78-81-74=305
0
55
Joe Carr (a)76-74-79-84=313
+25
CUT
Jerry Barber 77-74=151
+7
Gary Cowan (a)77-74=151
Raymond Floyd 74-77=151
Jack Nicklaus (c)72-79=151
Dudley Wysong 76-75=151
Jimmy Grant (a)76-76=152
+8
Johnny Pott 78-74=152
Luis Silverio (a)76-76=152
Ken Still 76-76=152
Hideyo Sugimoto 76-76=152
Bobby Verwey 79-73=152
Jimmy Demaret (c)81-73=154
+10
Mike Morley (a)74-80=154
Henry Picard (c)78-76=154
Bob Charles 76-79=155
+11
Ralph Guldahl (c)80-75=155
Herman Keiser (c)78-77=155
Bob Goalby 78-78=156
+12
Peter Alliss 80-77=157
+13
Dow Finsterwald 80-78=158
+14
Bob Stanton 78-80=158
Tommy Jacobs 80-79=159
+15
Dick Siderowf (a)78-81=159
Cary Middlecoff (c)84-76=160
+16
Jack Lewis Jr. (a)81-81=162
+18
WD
Gene Sarazen (c)84
+12
Claude Harmon (c)
DQ
Dick Mayer 79
+7
Sources:[ 14] [ 15]
Scorecard
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
−3
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−5
−6
−6
−5
−5
−5
−6
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−6
−7
−7
−6
−5
−5
−5
−6
−7
−7
−7
−7
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−5
−4
−4
E
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
E
E
E
E
−1
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−3
−3
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−6
−6
−5
−4
−5
−4
−2
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−2
−2
−1
E
E
E
E
E
−1
−1
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
References
^ a b Grimsley, Will (April 9, 1967). "Masters lead held by three" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B. ^ a b " . Miami News . (New York Times). April 10, 1967. p. C-1.^ "Gay Brewer wins Masters golf" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 10, 1967. p. 30.^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1967). "A Glory Day for Gay" . Sports Illustrated . p. 22.^ "Bogeys run Nicklaus out of Masters" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 15.^ "Yancey clings to one-shot Masters lead" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.^ "Ryder spot is elusive for Nicklaus" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1967. p. 12.^ "Augusta National Golf club: map" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 7, 1967. p. 21.^ "Double Bogey Forces Playoff in National Amateur" . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida). September 4, 1966. p. 3C.^ "Yancey's 67 sets pace in Masters golf" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 7, 1967. p. 20.^ "Yancey romances August; winds, fairways irk field" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 18.^ "Bert has 67-73; Nicklaus misses cutoff with 151" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 8, 1967. p. 7.^ "Three share Masters top" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 9, 1967. p. 1, sports.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
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