1936 Masters Tournament

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1936 Masters Tournament

| image =

| dates = April 3–6, 1936

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage =

| field = 53 players{{cite web|url=http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html |publisher=The Masters |title=Past winners and results |access-date=April 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024707/http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html |archive-date=October 12, 2013 }}

| cut = None

| purse = $5,000

| winners_share = $1,500

| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith

| score = 285 (−3)

| previous = 1935

| next = 1937

| map = USA#USA Georgia

| map_relief = yes

| map_label = Augusta National

| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Georgia

| coordinates = {{coord|33.503|N|82.020|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}

}}

The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c5BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1906%2C2301286|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Postpone opening of Augusta golf|date=April 2, 1936|page=19}} Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x8oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6786%2C3381644 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald |location=South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |last=Gould |first=Alan |title=National tourney at Augusta rained out |date=April 6, 1936 |page=5 }} On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from {{convert|50|ft}} at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d5BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6481%2C1103309|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Horton Smith wins Augusta Tourney|date=April 7, 1936|page=18}}

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Field

;1. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent

;2. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)

;3. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)

;4. British Amateur champions

;5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)

;6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team

  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.

;7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament

Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)

;8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)

;9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

;10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

;11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour

Wiffy Cox, Orville White

;12. Foreign invitations

Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda

;Additional invitations

Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

Round summaries

=First round=

Friday, April 3, 1936

Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooperalign="center"|70align="center"|−2
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Espinosaalign="center"|72align="center"|E
rowspan="3" align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Burkerowspan="3" align="center"|74rowspan="3" align="center"|+2
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ted Luther (a)
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith
rowspan="5" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Cruickshankrowspan="5" align="center"|75rowspan="5" align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Krueger
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Henry Picard

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dZBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2009%2C1660367 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=First round scores |date=April 4, 1936 |page=17}}

=Second round=

Saturday, April 4, 1936

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooper70-69=139align="center"|−5
rowspan="2" align="center"|T2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Cruickshank75-69=144rowspan="2" align="center"|E
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute76-68=144
rowspan="5" align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Espinosa72-73=145rowspan="5" align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon75-70=145
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Paul Runyan76-69=145
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Sarazen78-67=145
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith74-71=145
rowspan="4" align="center"|T9{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Dawson (a)77-70=147rowspan="4" align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi77-70=147
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson76-71=147
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Henry Picard75-72=147

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vnYbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KUwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5013%2C4507827 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |title=Masters' scores |date=April 5, 1936 |page=2, sports }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XIssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x8oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6922%2C3336332 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald |location=South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |last=Gould |first=Alan |title=Cooper boosts lead in Augusta National |date=April 5, 1936 |page=21 }}

=Third round=

Monday, April 6, 1936   (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooper70-69-71=210align="center"|−6
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith74-71-68=213align="center"|−3
align="center"|3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Paul Runyan76-69-70=215align="center"|−1
rowspan="3" align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Dawson (a)77-70-70=217rowspan="3" align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ray Mangrum76-73-68=217
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Sarazen78-67-72=217
align="center"|7{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74=218align="center"|+2
align="center"|8{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute76-68-75=219align="center"|+3
rowspan="3" align="center"|T9{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley75-75-70=220rowspan="3" align="center"|+4
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Espinosa72-73-75=220
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon75-70-75=220

=Final round=

Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

==Final leaderboard==

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style="background:gold"

| Champion

style="background:silver"

| Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

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|+style="text-align:left"|Top 10

!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)

style="background:gold"

|align=center|1

{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith (c)74-71-68-72=285align=center|−3align=center|1,500
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooper70-69-71-76=286align=center|−2align=center|800
align=center|3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Sarazen (c)78-67-72-70=287align=center|−1align=center|600
rowspan=2 align=center|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74-72=290rowspan=2 align=center|+2rowspan=2 align=center|450
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Paul Runyan76-69-70-75=290
rowspan=3 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley75-75-70-73=293rowspan=3 align=center|+5rowspan=3 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon75-70-75-73=293
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ray Mangrum76-73-68-76=293
rowspan=2 align=center|T9style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Dawson (a)style="background:silver"|77-70-70-77=294rowspan=2 align=center|+6align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Henry Picard75-72-74-73=294align=center|150

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
rowspan=2 align=center|T11{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Walter Hagen77-74-73-72=296rowspan=2 align=center|+8rowspan=2 align=center|100
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute76-68-75-77=296
rowspan=2 align=center|T13{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wiffy Cox82-69-75-72=298rowspan=2 align=center|+10rowspan=2 align=center|50
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson76-71-77-74=298
rowspan=5 align=center|T15{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Espinosa72-73-75-79=299rowspan=5 align=center|+11rowspan=40 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi77-70-77-75=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jug McSpaden77-75-71-76=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson76-78-71-74=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Orville White78-73-77-71=299
rowspan=5 align=center|T20{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Armour79-74-72-75=300rowspan=5 align=center|+12
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little75-75-73-77=300
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Parks Jr.76-75-72-77=300
{{flagicon|TWN}} Chin Sei-Sui76-74-71-79=300
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood88-67-69-76=300
align=center|25{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Revolta77-72-76-76=301align=center|+13
align=center|26{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Albert Campbell (a)82-73-68-79=302align=center|+14
align=center|27{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Metz79-78-76-70=303align=center|+15
align=center|28{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Burke74-77-74-79=304align=center|+16
rowspan=4 align=center|T29{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Farrell78-75-74-78=305rowspan=4 align=center|+17
{{flagicon|AUS}} Joe Kirkwood Sr.81-76-73-75=305
{{flagicon|JPN}} Toichira Toda81-74-75-75=305
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Watrous78-76-73-78=305
align=center|33{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Jones78-78-73-77=306align=center|+18
rowspan=2 align=center|T34{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Kaiser77-78-77-75=307rowspan=2 align=center|+19
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Charlie Yates (a)82-73-75-77=307
rowspan=2 align=center|T36{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Butch Krueger75-76-77-80=308rowspan=2 align=center|+20
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ted Luther74-75-77-82=308
align=center|38{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ted Turner76-79-80-75=310align=center|+22
rowspan=4 align=center|T39{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Hines79-82-74-76=311rowspan=4 align=center|+23
{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Jules Huot80-79-75-77=311
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Kunes81-76-76-78=311
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Walsh80-77-78-76=311
align=center|43{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Goodman (a)80-81-79-75=315align=center|+27
rowspan=2 align=center|T44{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Riegel (a)84-78-74-83=319rowspan=2 align=center|+31
{{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)83-75-74-87=319
rowspan=9 align=center|WD{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jock Hutchison79-77=156align=center|+12
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Eldred85-76=161rowspan=2 align=center|+17
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Haas (a)87-74=161
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Joe Turnesa80-82=162align=center|+18
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Munger (a)84-79=163align=center|+19
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jess Sweetser (a)89-79=168align=center|+24
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred McLeod88-81=169align=center|+25
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Barronrowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Sargent

Sources:{{cite web |title=Masters – Past Winners & Results |url=https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html |publisher=Augusta National Inc. |access-date=April 20, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Past results – Masters tournament |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=April 20, 2021}}

== Scorecard ==

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!Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par454343454443545344
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Smithstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|−2−2−2−2−2−2style="background: Pink;"|−3style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1−1−1style="background: Pink;"|−2style="background: Pink;"|−3−3−3−3
align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Cooper−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3−3−3style="background: Pink;"|−4style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2−2
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarazen+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2+2+2+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3+3style="background: Pink;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1style="background: Pink;"|EEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1−1−1−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d5BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168%2C1106552 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Leaders' cards |date=April 7, 1936 |page=18 }}

References

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