1936 Masters Tournament
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The 1936 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club
. It was the 3rd Masters Tournament. The purse was $5,000.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.
Horton Smith
sank a 50-foot chip-in for birdie at the 14th hole, and a follow-up birdie at the 15th hole to win the tournament for the second time.
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...
. It was the 3rd Masters Tournament. The purse was $5,000.
Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.
Horton Smith
Horton Smith
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...
sank a 50-foot chip-in for birdie at the 14th hole, and a follow-up birdie at the 15th hole to win the tournament for the second time.
Final leaderboard
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
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1 | Horton Smith Horton Smith Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :... |
United States | 74-71-68-72=285 | -3 | 1,500 |
2 | Harry Cooper Harry Cooper (golfer) Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s.... |
United States | 70-69-71-76=286 | -2 | 800 |
3 | Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S... |
United States | 78-67-72-70=287 | -1 | 600 |
T4 | Bobby Cruickshank Bobby Cruickshank Robert Allan Cruickshank was a prominent Scottish professional golfer on the PGA of America circuit from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. He was born in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland.-Career:... |
75-69-74-72=290 | +2 | 450 | |
Paul Runyan Paul Runyan Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor.... |
United States | 76-69-70-75=290 | |||
T6 | Ed Dudley | United States | 75-75-70-73=293 | +5 | 250 |
Ky Laffoon Ky Laffoon Ky Laffoon was an American golfer. He won 10 times on the PGA Tour, with four of the victories coming in 1934. He played on the 1935 Ryder Cup team. In 1939 his wife Irene Laffoon threatened to leave him if he could not control his temper on golf course... |
United States | 75-70-75-73=293 | |||
Ray Mangrum Ray Mangrum Ray B. Mangrum was an American professional golfer and the older brother of a more famous golfer, Lloyd Mangrum.... |
United States | 76-73-68-76=293 | |||
T9 | Johnny Dawson Johnny Dawson John W. Dawson was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect.Dawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he was a life-long amateur golfer, his amateur status was rescinded by the United States Golf Association for a time due to his employment with the Spalding sporting goods company... (a) |
United States | 77-70-70-77=294 | +6 | 0 |
Henry Picard Henry Picard Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison... |
United States | 75-72-74-73=294 | 150 | ||