1978 Masters Tournament
Encyclopedia
The 1978 Masters Tournament was a golf
tournament held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club
in Augusta, Georgia
. Gary Player
overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship
. Player, age 42, shot a final round of 64 (-8) to win by one stroke over Rod Funseth
, Tom Watson
, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green
, who shot an even par 72.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament held April 6-9 at the Augusta National Golf Club
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...
in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
. Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
. Player, age 42, shot a final round of 64 (-8) to win by one stroke over Rod Funseth
Rod Funseth
James Rodney Funseth was an American professional golfer who played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....
, Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green
Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
, who shot an even par 72.
Final leaderboard
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six... |
 South Africa |
72-72-69-64=277 | -11 | 45,000 |
| T2 | Rod Funseth Rod Funseth James Rodney Funseth was an American professional golfer who played on both the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour .... |
73-66-70-69=278 | -10 | 21,667 | |
| Hubert Green Hubert Green Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.... |
72-69-65-72=278 | ||||
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
73-68-68-69=278 | ||||
| T5 | Wally Armstrong Wally Armstrong Walter "Wally" Armstrong, III is a former American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour during the 1970s and 1980s.Armstrong was born in New London, Connecticut... |
72-70-70-68=280 | -8 | 11,750 | |
| Billy Kratzert Billy Kratzert William August Kratzert is an American professional golfer and sportscaster, who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.... |
70-74-67-69=280 | ||||
| 7 | Jack Nicklaus Jack Nicklaus Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a... |
72-73-69-67=281 | -7 | 10,000 | |
| 8 | Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was... |
73-67-71-71=282 | -6 | 8,500 | |
| T9 | David Graham David Graham (golfer) Anthony David Graham is a former professional golfer from Australia.Born in Windsor, Australia, Graham turned professional in 1962 at age 16 and spent much of his career in the United States, playing on the PGA Tour. Turning age 50 in 1996, he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the... |
75-69-67-72=283 | -5 | 6,750 | |
| Joe Inman Joe Inman Joseph Cooper Inman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Inman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the eldest of six children... |
69-73-72-69=283 |