1978 Masters Tournament

The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.[2][3]

1978 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 1978
LocationAugusta, Georgia
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,040 yards (6,437 m)[1]
Field78 players, 53 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Winner's share$45,000
Champion
Gary Player
277 (−11)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 m), including a final one of 15 feet (4.6 m) for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.[2][4][5]

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper (8), Charles Coody (10), Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (3,8,9), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12)

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

Lou Graham (8,9,10,12), Hubert Green (8,9,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Johnny Miller (3), Jerry Pate (8,10,11)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Dave Stockton (12), Lee Trevino (11), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)

5. 1977 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Doug Fischesser (a), Ralph Landrum (a), Jay Sigel (7,a)

  • John Fought (6,7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Siderowf (7,a)

  • Bill Sander (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
7. Members of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team

Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1977 Masters Tournament

Andy Bean, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale, Andy North (11), John Schlee, Bob Wynn

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1977 U.S. Open

Wally Armstrong, Terry Diehl, Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman, Gary Jacobson, Lyn Lott, Mike McCullough, Steve Melnyk, Tom Purtzer

10. Top eight players and ties from 1977 PGA Championship

Jerry McGee (11,12)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Miller Barber, Dave Eichelberger, Mike Hill, Mac McLendon, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bill Rogers, Jim Simons, Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson

12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team

Dave Hill

13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido, David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Manuel Piñero

  • 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 (0)Europe (5)Oceania (1)Asia (3)Africa (2)
 United States (67) England (2) Australia (1) Japan (3) South Africa (2)
 Spain (3)

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Gary Player South Africa1961, 197472726964277−111
Tom Watson United States197773686869278−10T2
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1965,
1966, 1972, 1975		72736967281−77
Raymond Floyd United States197676717168286−2T16
Gay Brewer United States196773716977290+2T29
Tommy Aaron United States197373747174292+436
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		73697477293+5T37
Bob Goalby United States196873757875301+1352

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Charles Coody United States19717575150+6
Billy Casper United States19707675151+7
Art Wall Jr. United States19597478152+8
Doug Ford United States19577876154+10
Sam Snead United States1949, 1952, 19547975154+10
George Archer United States196981WD

Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1978

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Schlee United States68−4
2Joe Inman United States69−3
T3Bill Kratzert United States70−2
Lee Trevino United States
T5Tom Kite United States71−1
Jerry McGee United States
Steve Melnyk United States
T8Wally Armstrong United States72E
Hubert Green United States
Dave Hill United States
Don January United States
Gene Littler United States
Lyn Lott United States
Mac McLendon United States
Jack Nicklaus United States
Jerry Pate United States
Gary Player South Africa
Leonard Thompson United States
Tom Weiskopf United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1978

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Rod Funseth United States73-66=139−5
Lee Trevino United States70-69=139
T3Hale Irwin United States73-67=140−4
Gene Littler United States72-68=140
T5Hubert Green United States72-69=141−3
Leonard Thompson United States72-69=141
Tom Watson United States73-68=141
T8Wally Armstrong United States72-70=142−2
Miller Barber United States75-67=142
Joe Inman United States69-73=142
Don January United States72-70=142
Arnold Palmer United States73-69=142

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1978

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hubert Green United States72-69-65=206−10
T2Rod Funseth United States73-66-70=209−7
Tom Watson United States73-68-68=209
4Gene Littler United States72-68-70=210−6
T5David Graham Australia75-69-67=211−5
Hale Irwin United States73-67-71=211
Billy Kratzert United States70-74-67=211
Lee Trevino United States70-69-72=211
9Wally Armstrong United States72-70-70=212−4
T10Seve Ballesteros Spain74-71-68=213−3
Gay Brewer United States73-71-69=213
Gary Player South Africa72-72-69=213
Tom Weiskopf United States72-71-70=213

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1978

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Gary Player South Africa72-72-69-64=277−1145,000
T2Rod Funseth United States73-66-70-69=278−1021,667
Hubert Green United States72-69-65-72=278
Tom Watson United States73-68-68-69=278
T5Wally Armstrong United States72-70-70-68=280−811,750
Billy Kratzert United States70-74-67-69=280
7Jack Nicklaus United States72-73-69-67=281−710,000
8Hale Irwin United States73-67-71-71=282−68,500
T9David Graham Australia75-69-67-72=283−56,750
Joe Inman United States69-73-72-69=283

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10 11  12 131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Player−3−4−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−6−6−7−8−8−9−10−10−11
Funseth−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−10−9−10−10−10−10
Green−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−10−10−11−10−10−10
Watson−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−9−10−11−11−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[4]

References
  1. Parascenzo, Marino (April 7, 1978). "The Masters leader – Oh, Schlee". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 10.
  2. Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1978). "And then there was one". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
  3. Parascenzo, Marino (April 10, 1978). "3rd win to Player in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
  4. Loomis, Tom (April 10, 1978). "Champ Player fired 64, then 'choked'". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 14.
  5. http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/hubert_green.htm
  6. "Trevino plays to center stage at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 8, 1978. p. 1C.
  7. "Schlee tames Masters field". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 7, 1978. p. 3D.
  8. "Green chips his way three ahead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service. April 9, 1978. p. 2B.

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