1969 Masters Tournament

The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1969 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 1969
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
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
George Archer
281 (−7)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf.[2][3][4][5] Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back.[6] Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971.

This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke, Jr.. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus.

It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981.

Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.

Course
Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1White Pine400410Camellia4704
2Woodbine555511Dogwood4454
3Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell1553
4Palm220313Azalea4755
5Magnolia450414Chinese Fir4204
6Juniper190315Firethorn5205
7Pampas365416Redbud1903
8Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina4004
9Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204
Out3,48536In3,49536
Source:[1]Total6,98072

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field
1. Masters champions

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

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

Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Lee Trevino (9), Ken Venturi

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

Julius Boros (8,9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,10,11), Don January (8), Dave Marr (8), Bobby Nichols (9,11)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. Amateur

Bob Barbarossa (a), John Bohmann (a), Bruce Fleisher (6,7,a), Vinny Giles (7,8,a), Hubert Green (a), Jack Lewis, Jr. (7,a), Rik Massengale (a), Allen Miller (a)[7]

  • Miller and Billy Joe Patton tied for 8th place but Miller won the place by the drawing of lots.[8] Canadian Gary Cowan also tied for 8th place but was not eligible.
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
  • Bob Dickson forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

Dick Siderowf (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (9,10), Miller Barber (10), Frank Beard (10), Gardner Dickinson (11), Ray Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman (9), Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (10,11), Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey (9), Kermit Zarley (10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open

Don Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton

10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA Championship

Frank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes

11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team

Gene Littler, Johnny Pott

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

Bob Murphy

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

Deane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still

14. Foreign invitations

Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (8,9,10), Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Harold Henning (8), Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso

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

Nationalities in the field
North America (64)South America (2)Europe (9)Oceania (4)Asia (2)Africa (2)
 Canada (1) Argentina (2) England (5) Australia (3) Japan (1) South Africa (2)
 United States (63) Wales (1) New Zealand (1) Taiwan (1)
 Ireland (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (1)

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Burke, Jr. United States195673727076291+3T24
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965, 196668757276291+3T24
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		73757074292+427
Gary Player South Africa196174707576295+7T33
Bob Goalby United States196870767675297+9T40
Art Wall Jr. United States195970777872297+9T40
Herman Keiser United States1946717780WD
Cary Middlecoff United States1955727680WD

Source[3][9]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Gay Brewer United States19677574149+5
Henry Picard United States19387576151+7
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 19547477151+7
Doug Ford United States19577381154+10
Gene Sarazen United States19357880158+14
Ralph Guldahl United States19397783160+16
Claude Harmon United States194883WD

Source[10][11][12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Casper United States66−6
T2George Archer United States67−5
Bruce Devlin Australia
4Jack Nicklaus United States68−4
T5Bruce Crampton Australia69−3
Bruce Fleisher (a) United States
Lionel Hebert United States
Gene Littler United States
Mason Rudolph United States
Dan Sikes United States
Bert Yancey United States

Source:[13]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Billy Casper United States66-71=137−7
Bruce Devlin Australia67-70=137
T3George Archer United States67-73=140−4
Dan Sikes United States69-71=140
T5Tommy Aaron United States71-71=142−2
Miller Barber United States71-71=142
Charles Coody United States74-68=142
Bruce Crampton Australia69-73=142
Al Geiberger United States71-71=142
Lionel Hebert United States69-73=142
Mason Rudolph United States69-73=142
Dave Stockton United States71-71=142
Tom Weiskopf United States71-71=142

Source:[10][11][12]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Casper United States66-71-71=208−8
2George Archer United States67-73-69=209−7
3Miller Barber United States71-71-68=210−6
T4Charles Coody United States74-68-69=211−5
Tom Weiskopf United States71-71-69=211
T6George Knudson Canada70-73-69=212−4
Lionel Hebert United States69-73-70=212
T8Bruce Devlin Australia67-70-76=213−3
Dan Sikes United States69-71-73=213
T10Don Bies United States74-70-70=214−2
Takaaki Kono Japan71-75-68=214
Gene Littler United States69-75-70=214

Source:[14]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1969

Billy Casper started the final round at 8-under par with a one-stroke lead over George Archer, but Casper bogeyed five of the first 10 holes. Meanwhile, Archer gained a three-stroke lead at 8-under after 9 holes over George Knudson, Charles Coody and Tom Weiskopf (who was playing with Archer). As the back nine unfolded there was a lot of movement on the leaderboard and standing on the 18th tee, five of the last 6 players on the course had a chance to win the tournament outright or force a Monday playoff. Only Miller Barber, playing with Casper in the final group, was out of contention for the title. And so the final three groups ended up on the 18th hole at the same time: Casper (−6) and Barber (-3) waiting on the tee with Archer (−7) and Weiskopf (−6) looking on from the fairway while Coody (−6) was left of the green needing a chip in and Knudson (−6) on the green some 26 feet away also needing a birdie to tie.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1George Archer United States67-73-69-72=281−720,000
T2Billy Casper United States66-71-71-74=282−612,333
George Knudson Canada70-73-69-70=282
Tom Weiskopf United States71-71-69-71=282
T5Charles Coody United States74-68-69-72=283−56,750
Don January United States74-73-70-66=283
7Miller Barber United States71-71-68-74=284−45,000
T8Tommy Aaron United States71-71-73-70=285−33,600
Lionel Hebert United States69-73-70-73=285
Gene Littler United States69-75-70-71=285

Source:[3][4][5]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Archer−7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7
Casper−8−8−8−7−7−6−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6
Knudson−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6
Weiskopf−5−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−6
Coody−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−8−7−8−7−6−5
January+2+1+1EEE−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−5
Barber−5−5−4−4−4−4−2−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−3−3−3−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References
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  5. "Stretch drive wins Masters for Archer". Milwaukee Journal. April 14, 1969. p. 12-part 2.
  6. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 14, 1969). "Archer stands tall as Masters champ". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 28.
  7. Paris, Hal (September 1, 1968). "Giles Posts Record 65 For Second". Youngstown Vindicator. p. D1.
  8. "Masters Invitation for Steve Spray". The Des Moines Register. February 23, 1969. p. 17.
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  12. "Devlin catches up on 18th-hole birdie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 12, 1969. p. 12.
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