The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th
Masters Tournament
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, held April 4–7 at
Augusta National Golf Club
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in
Augusta, Georgia
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. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).
Jack Nicklaus
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, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up
Tony Lema
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.
[ Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory.] It was the second of his record 18 major
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titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship
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in July.
Gene Sarazen
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, the 1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* ...
champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.
It was the last Masters for Horton Smith
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Tournament career
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Smith turned professional in 1926 and w ...
, winner of the inaugural event in 1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
and again in 1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease
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, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit
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at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup
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matches in Atlanta
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.
George Bayer
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won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.
Field
;1. Masters champions
Jack Burke Jr.
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(4), Jimmy Demaret
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(8), Doug Ford
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(4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon
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, Herman Keiser
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, Cary Middlecoff
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(2), Byron Nelson
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, Arnold Palmer
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(2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard
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, Gary Player
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(3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen
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, Horton Smith
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Tournament career
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Smith turned professional in 1926 and w ...
, Sam Snead
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(8), Art Wall Jr.
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(9,11), Craig Wood
*''Ralph Guldahl
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and Ben Hogan
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(2,3) did not play.''
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)
Tommy Bolt
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, Billy Casper
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(8,11), Jack Fleck
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(8,10), Ed Furgol
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, Gene Littler
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(8,9,11), Dick Mayer
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, Jack Nicklaus
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(8,9,10)
;3. The Open
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champions (last 10 years)
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champions (last 10 years)
Jerry Barber
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(8,11), Walter Burkemo
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, Dow Finsterwald
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(8,11), Chick Harbert
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Harbert won seven times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1954 PGA Championship, then a match play event. A three-time ...
, Jay Hebert
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(11), Lionel Hebert
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(8), Bob Rosburg (9)
;5. U.S. Amateur
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and Amateur
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champions (last 10 years)
Charles Coe
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(6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)
*''Deane Beman
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(6,9) and Harvie Ward
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did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.''
;6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup
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team
Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray
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(7,a), Billy Joe Patton
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(7,a), R. H. Sikes
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(a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff
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(a)
;7. 1962 U.S. Amateur
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quarter-finalists
Homero Blancas
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(a), Charles Coody
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(a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament
Julius Boros
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, Gay Brewer
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(9), Jacky Cupit
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, Gardner Dickinson
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, Paul Harney
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(10), Don January
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, Billy Maxwell
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(9), Johnny Pott
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, Mike Souchak
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(9,11), Ken Venturi
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;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open
Bob Goalby
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(9), Tommy Jacobs
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, Bobby Nichols
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(10), Phil Rodgers
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, Doug Sanders
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;10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship
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George Bayer
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, Dave Ragan
;11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup
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team
Bill Collins
;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour
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Tony Lema
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, Jerry Pittman
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Pittman grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Southern Methodist University.
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;13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions
Bo Wininger
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;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Wes Ellis
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;15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Bill Hyndman
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(a)
;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour
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Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes
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;17. Foreign invitations
Al Balding
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(8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá
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, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po
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, Bruce Crampton
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, Gerard de Wit
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, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard
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, Ángel Miguel
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, Kel Nagle
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, Koichi Ono
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, Chi-Chi Rodríguez
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, Miguel Sala
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, Alvie Thompson
*''Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.''
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, April 4, 1963''
Source:
Second round
''Friday, April 5, 1963''
Source:
Third round
''Saturday, April 6, 1963''
Source:
Final round
''Sunday, April 7, 1963''
Final leaderboard
Sources:
Scorecard
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
References
External links
Masters.com
– Past winners and results
Augusta.com
– 1963 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
1963 in golf
1963 in American sports
1963 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
April 1963 sports events in the United States