1970 Masters Tournament

The 1970 Masters Tournament was the 34th Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 83 players started the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 (+6).

1970 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 9–13, 1970
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field83 players, 48 after cut[2]
Cut150 (+6)[1]
Winner's share$25,000
Champion
Billy Casper
279 (−9), playoff
Augusta 
Location in the United States

Billy Casper defeated Gene Littler 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff on Monday to win his third major championship. It was the last 18-hole playoff at the Masters; the format was changed to sudden-death in 1976 and first used in 1979.[3] To get into the playoff, Casper scored a final round of 71 (−1), while Littler shot a 70 to tie at 279 (−9).[4]

Jack Nicklaus shot 69-69 on the weekend, but was hampered by a second round 75 and finished in 8th place. It was the final Masters tournament as a player for 1938 champion Henry Picard, who withdrew without finishing the first round.[5] Three-time Masters champion Sam Snead finished in a tie for 23rd place at the age of 57. It was the Masters debut of two-time champion Tom Watson, then a 20-year-old amateur from Stanford who shot 77-76 and missed the cut by three strokes.[6]

Harold Henning won the eleventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 21.

Dick Schaap's The Masters: The Winning of a Golf Classic covered in detail the 1970 tournament. [7]

Field
1. Masters champions

George Archer (8,9), Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr. (8), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,11), Arnold Palmer (9), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2.3,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Billy Casper (8,11), Orville Moody (9,10)

3. The Open champions (last five years)
4. PGA champions (last five years)

Julius Boros (9), Raymond Floyd (9,10,11), Al Geiberger (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Marr (9)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1969 U.S. Amateur

Charles Coe (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), John Farquhar (a), Steve Melnyk (6,7,a), Allen Miller (7,a), Ed Updegraff (7,a), Tom Watson (a), Bob Zender (a)[8][9]

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
7. Members of the 1969 U.S. Walker Cup team

John Bohmann (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Joe Inman (a), Dick Siderowf (a), Lanny Wadkins (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1969 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron (11), Miller Barber (9,10,11), Frank Beard (11), Deane Beman (9), Charles Coody (9,10), Dale Douglass (9,11), Lionel Hebert, Dave Hill (9,11), Gene Littler (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (11), Dave Stockton, Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1969 U.S. Open

Bunky Henry, Howie Johnson, Bob Murphy, Dean Refram, Phil Rodgers, Bob Rosburg, Kermit Zarley

10. Top eight players and ties from 1969 PGA Championship

Bert Greene, Terry Wilcox, Jimmy Wright, Larry Ziegler

11. Members of the U.S. 1969 Ryder Cup team

Ken Still

12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions.[10]

Bob Lunn

13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters[10]

Homero Blancas, Larry Hinson, Grier Jones, Dick Lotz, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, R. H. Sikes

14. Foreign invitations

Maurice Bembridge, Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles, Bruce Crampton (8,9), Roberto De Vicenzo (3), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Bernard Gallacher, Harold Henning (8), Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (3), George Knudson (8), Takaaki Kono (8), Sukree Onsham

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Nationalities in the field
North America (68)South America (1)Europe (6)Oceania (3)Asia (3)Africa (2)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (4) Australia (2) Japan (1) South Africa (2)
 United States (67) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) Thailand (1)
 Italy (1) Taiwan (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Gary Player South Africa196174686870280−83
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 196671756969284−48
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 195476737172292+4T23
George Archer United States196973727475294+6T31
Gay Brewer United States196778707274294+6T31
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		75737473295+7T36

Source[11]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Art Wall, Jr. United States19597676152+8
Cary Middlecoff United States19557875153+9
Doug Ford United States19577679155+11
Bob Goalby United States19687778155+11
Gene Sarazen United States19358174155+11
Herman Keiser United States19467979158+14
Jack Burke, Jr. United States19567880158+14
Ralph Guldahl United States19398483167+23
Henry Picard United States1938WD

Source[1][5][11]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1970

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Aaron United States68−4
T2Gene Littler United States69−3
Bert Yancey United States
T4Charles Coody United States70−2
Bob Lunn United States
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States
Dan Sikes United States
R. H. Sikes United States
T9Frank Beard United States71−1
Jack Nicklaus United States

Source:[12]

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1970

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Gene Littler United States69-70=139−5
Bert Yancey United States69-70=139
T3Billy Casper United States72-68=140−4
Bob Lunn United States70-70=140
T5Tommy Aaron United States68-74=142−2
Gary Player South Africa74-68=142
T7 Dave Hill United States73-70=143−1
Takaaki Kono Japan75-68=143
T9Charles Coody United States70-74=144E
Larry Hinson United States72-72=144
Dave Stockton United States72-72=144

Source:[13]

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1970

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Casper United States72-68-68=208−8
2Gene Littler United States69-70-70=209−7
3Gary Player South Africa74-68-68=210−6
T4Tommy Aaron United States68-74-69=211−5
Charles Coody United States70-74-67=211
Bert Yancey United States69-70-72=211
T7Dave Hill United States73-70-70=213−3
Dave Stockton United States72-72-69=213
9Takaaki Kono Japan75-68-71=214−2
T10Frank Beard United States71-76-68=215−1
Larry Hinson United States72-72-71=215
Bob Lunn United States70-70-75=215
Jack Nicklaus United States71-75-69=215

Source:[14]

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1970

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Billy Casper United States72-68-68-71=279−9Playoff
Gene Littler United States69-70-70-70=279
3Gary Player South Africa74-68-68-70=280−814,000
4Bert Yancey United States69-70-72-70=281−710,000
T5Tommy Aaron United States68-74-69-72=283−56,667
Dave Hill United States73-70-70-70=283
Dave Stockton United States72-72-69-70=283
8Jack Nicklaus United States71-75-69-69=284−44,500
9Frank Beard United States71-76-68-70=285−34,000
T10Bob Lunn United States70-70-75-72=287−13,500
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States70-76-73-68=287

Source:[15]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Casper−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−7−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−9
Littler−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−9−9−9−9
Player−6−6−6−7−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−8−8−9−9−8
Yancey−5−6−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1970

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Billy Casper United States69−325,000
2Gene Littler United States74+217,500

Source:[16]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Casper−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−2−3−2−2−1−1−2−3−3
LittlerE+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+4+4+4+3+3+2+2+3+2

Source:[17]

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  3. "Masters playoff format is changed". CNN.com. April 7, 2004. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
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  5. "Aaron leads first round". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. April 10, 1970. p. C1.
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  7. Schaap, Dick (1970). The Masters: The Winning of a Golf Classic. Random House.
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  13. "Yancey, Littler pace Masters with 139s". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1970. p. 1B.
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  16. "Golf buddies Littler and Casper play off for Masters title today". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 13, 1970. p. 13.
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