The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth

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, held April 1–4 at

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. Opening with a six-under 66, Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds, but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third. On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively. The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in

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to commemorate the feat. At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five

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titles; he won the Masters again in

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, which was not held again until

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. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in

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and

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and the Masters in

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made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Field

;1. Masters champions

Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...

(2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12) ;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5),

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, Tony Manero (10,12),

Sam Parks Jr. Samuel McLaughlin Parks Jr. (June 23, 1909 – April 7, 1997) was an American professional golfer, the winner of the U.S. Open in 1935, his only major title. Born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Parks used his knowledge of the near ...

(7,9), George Sargent ;3.

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champions

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(5,9),

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(5,a) ;4.

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champions Jock Hutchison (6),

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(6,9,10,12) ;5.

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champions ;6.

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champions

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(7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10) ;7. Members of the U.S.

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team Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12) *''

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(2,6) and

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(2,4,6,9) did not play.'' ;8. Members of the U.S.

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team

Charlie Yates Charles Richardson Yates (September 9, 1913 – October 17, 2005) was an American amateur golfer. He is noted for winning the 1938 Amateur Championship, captaining the United States Walker Cup team and being the long-time Secretary of Augusta Nat ...

(a) *'' Albert Campbell (9,11,a), George Dunlap (a),

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(a),

Johnny Fischer John W. Fischer (March 10, 1912 – May 25, 1984) was an American amateur golfer in the 1930s. Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the Big Ten Conference individual championship in 1932 ...

(11,a),

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(a),

Johnny Goodman John George Goodman (December 28, 1909 – August 8, 1970) was the last amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open, in 1933, and also won the U.S. Amateur in 1937. Born to Lithuanian immigrants in South Omaha, Nebraska, Goodman was orphaned at the ...

(10,11,a), Francis Ouimet (a),

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(a), George Voigt (11,a) and Ed White (a) did not play.'' ;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10),

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(10),

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, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10),

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(10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12),

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*''

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(a),

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(2,10), Dick Metz (10) and Orville White did not play.'' ;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open

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, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan,

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(a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a),

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and

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did not play'' ;11. 1936

quarter-finalists John Riddell (a) *''

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(a) and Russell Martin (a) did not play.'' ;12.

1936 PGA Championship The 1936 PGA Championship was the 19th PGA Championship, held November 16–22 at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Then a match play championship, Denny Shute won the first of his consecutive PGA Championships, defeating Jimmy Tho ...

quarter-finalists Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn ;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson Leonard Dodson (March 29, 1912 – January 14, 1997) was an American professional golfer. One of four boys, Dodson was born in Mumford, Missouri, and grew up in the Springfield area. Dodson won three times on the early PGA Tour between 1936 and ...

;14 Foreign invitations Francis Francis (a) ;Additional invitation Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, April 1, 1937'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, April 2, 1937'' Source:

Third round

''Saturday, April 3, 1937'' Source:

Final round

''Sunday, April 4, 1937''

Final leaderboard

Sources:

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:

References

External links

Masters.com
– past winners and results
Augusta.com
– 1937 Masters leaderboard and scorecards {{DEFAULTSORT:Masters Tournament

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