1973 Masters Tournament

The 1973 Masters Tournament was the 37th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. Due to weather delays, the final round was played on Monday for the first time since 1961.[2]

1973 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–9, 1973
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]
Field82 players, 57 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Winner's share$30,000
Champion
Tommy Aaron
283 (−5)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

Tommy Aaron, age 36, won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead.[2][3] Before this win at Augusta, Aaron was best known as the player who kept Roberto De Vicenzo's incorrect scorecard at the Masters five years earlier in 1968. Ironically, Aaron's final round playing partner in 1973, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card, and Aaron caught the mistake.[4] This was his third and last victory on the PGA Tour, and after this win, Aaron's best result in a major was a tie for 28th at the Masters in 1979.

Gary Player played in 52 Masters from 1957 through 2009;[5] and missed only this one, to recover from leg and abdominal surgery.[6][7][8] He returned in 1974 to win the second of his three green jackets.

Gay Brewer won the fourteenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a seven-under 20.[9] At the previous Masters, the 1967 champion was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.[10]

This Masters was the last as competitors for two former champions: Gene Sarazen (1935) and Ralph Guldahl (1939).

Field
1. Masters champions

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

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

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

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

Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (10), Dave Stockton (12)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1972 U.S. Amateur

Doug Ballenger (a), Ben Crenshaw (7,8,a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Charles Harrison (a), Mike Killian (a), Marty West (7,a)

  • Mark Hayes (7,a) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. Bruce Robertson forfeited his exemption by losing his amateur status.[11]
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
  • Steve Melnyk forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1972 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1972 Masters Tournament

Homero Blancas (9), Gardner Dickinson (12), Al Geiberger, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Jerry Heard (10,11), Jim Jamieson (10,11), Jerry McGee, Steve Melnyk, Bobby Mitchell (11), Lanny Wadkins (11), Tom Weiskopf (9), Bert Yancey (9,11)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1972 U.S. Open

Don January, Don Massengale, Johnny Miller (11), Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11), Cesar Sanudo, Jim Simons, Kermit Zarley (11)

10. Top eight players and ties from 1972 PGA Championship

Tommy Aaron, Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders (11)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Buddy Allin, Deane Beman, Jim Colbert, Bob Dickson, Rod Funseth, Lou Graham, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Babe Hiskey, Grier Jones, Bob Lunn, John Schlee, J. C. Snead (12), DeWitt Weaver

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

Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Gene Littler, Mason Rudolph

13. Foreign invitations

Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (8), Gary Cowan (6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin (8,11), David Graham (11), Han Chang-sang, Trevor Homer (6,a), Guy Hunt, Tony Jacklin (2,3), George Knudson (11), Takaaki Kono (8), Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shaw (11)

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

Nationalities in the field
North America (67)South America (1)Europe (5)Oceania (5)Asia (4)Africa (0)
 Canada (2) Argentina (1) England (4) Australia (4) Japan (2)
 Mexico (1) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) South Korea (1)
 United States (64) Taiwan (1)

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972		69777366285−3T3
Bob Goalby United States196873707174288ET6
Gay Brewer United States196775667476291+3T10
Billy Casper United States197075737273293+5T17
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		77727670295+7T24
Charles Coody United States197174737970296+8T29
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 195474767373296+8T29
Art Wall Jr. United States195979697476298+10T37
George Archer United States196973747478299+11T43

Source[12][13]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Doug Ford United States19577678154+10
Ralph Guldahl United States19398280162+18
Gene Sarazen United States19358886174+30

Source[13]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1973

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Aaron United States68−4
T2Jack Nicklaus United States69−3
Jumbo Ozaki Japan
T4Bob Dickson United States70−2
J. C. Snead United States
T6Grier Jones United States71−1
Phil Rodgers United States
T8David Graham Australia72E
Hubert Green United States
Steve Melnyk United States
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States
Mason Rudolph United States
Cesar Sanudo Mexico
Dave Stockton United States

Source[14]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1973

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tommy Aaron United States68-73=141−3
Gay Brewer United States75-66=141
Bob Dickson United States70-71=141
J. C. Snead United States70-71=141
5Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States72-70=142−2
T6Bob Goalby United States73-70=143−1
Grier Jones United States71-72=143
Peter Oosterhuis England73-70=143
Jumbo Ozaki Japan69-74=143
T10Bob Charles United States74-70=144E
Gardner Dickinson United States74-70=144
Jim Jamieson United States73-71=144
Johnny Miller United States75-69=144
Mason Rudolph United States72-72=144

Source[15]

Third round

Sunday, April 8, 1973

Heavy rain on Saturday morning limited play to the first several pairs when the course was deemed unplayable. The third round was restarted in the late morning on Sunday from split tees.[16]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Peter Oosterhuis England73-70-68=211−5
T2Bob Goalby United States73-70-71=214−2
Jim Jamieson United States73-71-70=214
J. C. Snead United States70-71-73=214
T5Tommy Aaron United States68-73-74=215−1
Gay Brewer United States75-66-74=215
Johnny Miller United States75-69-71=215
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States72-70-73=215
T9Gardner Dickinson United States74-70-72=216E
Jumbo Ozaki Japan69-74-73=216

Source[17][18]

Final round

Monday, April 9, 1973

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Tommy Aaron United States68-73-74-68=283−530,000
2J. C. Snead United States70-71-73-70=284−422,500
T3Jim Jamieson United States73-71-70-71=285−312,500
Jack Nicklaus United States69-77-73-66=285
Peter Oosterhuis England73-70-68-74=285
T6Bob Goalby United States73-70-71-74=288E6,250
Johnny Miller United States75-69-71-73=288
T8Bruce Devlin Australia73-72-72-72=289+14,250
Jumbo Ozaki Japan69-74-73-73=289
T10Gay Brewer United States75-66-74-76=291+33,425
Gardner Dickinson United States74-70-72-75=291
Don January United States75-71-75-70=291
Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States72-70-73-76=291

Source[12][13]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Aaron−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−4−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
Snead−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−3−4−4−4−4−4−4
Jamieson−3−4−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−3
Nicklaus+2+1+1+2+1EE−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−3
Oosterhuis−5−5−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−4−4−3−3−3−3
Goalby−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1EE+1+1+1+1E
Miller−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
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  2. Jenkins, Dan (April 16, 1973). "Jack fell down and lost his crown". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  3. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1973). "Georgian Aaron wins Masters with a 283". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18.
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  5. "Who Played the Most Masters Tournaments?". Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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  10. "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia". Montreal Gazette. UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.
  11. Robinson, Dave (April 3, 1973). "Robertson Loses Amateur Status". The Stanford Daily.
  12. "Masters cash box". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1973. p. 20.
  13. "1973 Masters". databasegolf.com. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
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  15. "Brewer charges, Nicklaus falters". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
  16. "Rain postpones Masters classic". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). UPI. April 8, 1973. p. 1C.
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  18. "Oosterhuis has three stroke Masters lead". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). UPI. April 9, 1973. p. 1C.

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