1972 Masters Tournament

The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1972 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 1972
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]
Field84 players, 47 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Winner's share$25,000
Champion
Jack Nicklaus
286 (−2)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth[2] of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up.[3] It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.

It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. The 1972 Masters was also the debut of 20 year old University of Texas golfer and future two-time champion Ben Crenshaw who was low amateur at 295 (T19).

Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."[4][5]

Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Field
1. Masters champions

George Archer (9,11), Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (11), Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,11,12), Gary Player (3,8,10,11), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

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

Orville Moody (8), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12)

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

Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,11,12)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1971 U.S. Amateur

Rick Bendall (a), Ben Crenshaw (a), Tom Culligan (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Jim McLean (a), Eddie Pearce (a), Marty West (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
  • Steve Melnyk (7,8) and Lanny Wadkins (7,9) forfeited their exemptions by turning professional but qualified in other categories.
7. Members of the 1971 U.S. Walker Cup team

William C. Campbell (a), John Farquhar (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Tom Kite (a), Jim Simons (9,a)

  • Allen Miller forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1971 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard (11,12), Dave Eichelberger (11), Al Geiberger, Bert Greene, Hale Irwin (11), Dick Lotz, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller (9,11), Bobby Mitchell (11), Bob Murphy, Ken Still, Tom Weiskopf (11)

  • Gene Littler (11,12) had been diagnosed with cancer and did not play.
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1971 U.S. Open

Jim Colbert, Jerry Heard (11), Larry Hinson, Jerry McGee, Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bob Rosburg (11), Lanny Wadkins, Bert Yancey

10. Top eight players and ties from 1971 PGA Championship

Miller Barber (11,12), Tommy Bolt, Gibby Gilbert, Dave Hill, Jim Jamieson

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Homero Blancas, Gardner Dickinson (12), Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Labron Harris Jr., Grier Jones, DeWitt Weaver

12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team

Mason Rudolph, J. C. Snead

13. Foreign invitations

Harry Bannerman, Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (9), Bobby Cole (9), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham, Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (2,3,11), Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Ramón Sota

  • 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 (5)Oceania (4)Asia (4)Africa (2)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (2) Australia (3) Japan (2) South Africa (2)
 United States (67) Scotland (2) New Zealand (1) Taiwan (2)
 Spain (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 196668717374286−21
Gary Player South Africa196173757271291+3T10
George Archer United States196973757272292+4T12
Charles Coody United States197173707475292+4T12
Billy Casper United States197075717474294+6T17
Bob Goalby United States196873767273294+6T17
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 195469757677297+9T27
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		70757481300+12T33

Source[2][9]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Art Wall, Jr. United States19597775152+8
Doug Ford United States19577678154+10
Gene Sarazen United States19357979158+14
Herman Keiser United States19468079159+15
Ralph Guldahl United States19398980169+25

Source[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1972

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States68−4
2Sam Snead United States69−3
3Arnold Palmer United States70−2
T4Paul Harney United States71−1
Jim Simons (a) United States
T6Frank Beard United States72Even
Bob Charles New Zealand
Bruce Crampton Australia
Gibby Gilbert United States
Tony Jacklin England
Jim Jamieson United States
Steve Melnyk United States
Bobby Nichols United States
Lanny Wadkins United States
Bert Yancey United States

Source[10]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1972

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States68-71=139−5
2Paul Harney United States71-69=140−4
3Bert Yancey United States72-69=141−3
4Jim Jamieson United States72-70=142−2
T5Charles Coody United States73-70=143−1
Bobby Nichols United States72-71=143
T7Roberto De Vicenzo Argentina75-69=144Even
Jerry Heard United States73-71=144
Steve Melnyk United States72-72=144
Sam Snead United States69-75=144
Lanny Wadkins United States72-72=144

Source[11]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1972

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus United States68-71-73=212−4
2Jim Jamieson United States72-70-71=213−3
T3Paul Harney United States71-69-75=215−1
Tom Weiskopf United States74-71-70=215
T5Homero Blancas United States76-71-69=216Even
Bruce Crampton Australia72-75-69=216
Jerry Heard United States73-71-72=216
Bobby Mitchell United States73-72-71=216
T9Charles Coody United States73-70-74=217+1
Bert Yancey United States72-69-76=217

Source[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1972

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States68-71-73-74=286−225,000
T2Bruce Crampton Australia72-75-69-73=289+115,833
Bobby Mitchell United States73-72-71-73=289
Tom Weiskopf United States74-71-70-74=289
T5Homero Blancas United States76-71-69-74=290+26,200
Bruce Devlin Australia74-75-70-71=290
Jerry Heard United States73-71-72-74=290
Jim Jamieson United States72-70-71-77=290
Jerry McGee United States73-74-71-72=290
T10Gary Player South Africa73-75-72-71=291+33,600
Dave Stockton United States76-70-74-71=291

Source[2][9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Nicklaus−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2
Crampton−1−1EEEE+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
MitchellEEEE+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
WeiskopfEE+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1
BlancasEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+3+3+3+2+2+1+1+2+2
Heard−1−1E−1E+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+2+2+2
Jamieson−2−3−2−2−1−1EEEE+1+3+2+2+1+2+1+2
HarneyE+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+3+4+5+7+7+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
  1. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 7, 1972). "Nicklaus leading Masters with 68". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. p. 12.
  2. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1972). "Nicklaus coasts to Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 25.
  3. Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1972). "Poa Jack beats himself". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  4. Rothenberg, Fred (April 12, 1979). "Jack Whitaker's welcome now". Boca Raton News. Florida. Associated Press. p. 2B.
  5. Sandomir, Richard (May 5, 2012). "Jack Whitaker was always camera ready". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  6. "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia". Montreal Gazette. UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.
  7. "Gay Brewer in hospital". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 12.
  8. "Brewer takes Par Three test". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1973. p. 19.
  9. "1972 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  10. "Nicklaus leads by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
  11. "Nicklaus' 71 keeps lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
  12. "Golf: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. April 9, 1972. p. 6B.

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