1941 Masters Tournament

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1941 Masters Tournament

| image =

| dates = April 3–6, 1941

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6800|yd|-1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s71SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wn0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7310%2C4848379 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=United Press |title=Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes |date=April 4, 1941 |page=13}}

| field = 51 players

| cut = none

| purse = $5,000

| winners_share = $1,500

| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood

| score = 280 (−8)

| previous = 1940

| next = 1942

| 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 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

Wood opened with a 66 and led by five strokes after the first round.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B31IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6948%2C6057471 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters |date=April 4, 1941 |page=16}} During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34 (−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zKxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tCIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3317%2C3159912 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Craig Wood wins Masters with 280 |agency=Associated Press |date=April 7, 1941 |page=5-part 2}} The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CX1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4338%2C5535465 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf |date=April 7, 1941 |page=14}}

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941 U.S. Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/9dd3c18629344dbeb339b4899ed568a0 |work=Associated Press News |title=Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache |date=April 5, 2016 |accessdate=April 12, 2016}}

Through 2019, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

Field

;1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10,12), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (10)

;2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (11,a)

;4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

;5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (9,a)

;6. PGA champions

Paul Runyan (9,12)

;7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team

  • Not held

;8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team

  • Not held

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open

Bruce Coltart, Vic Ghezzi, Andy Gibson, Jock Hutchison Jr., Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Andrew Szwedko (a)

;11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

George Dawson (a), Duff McCullough (a)

;12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Art Doering (a)

;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Jimmy Thomson

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner

;16 Foreign invitations

Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose

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

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, April 3, 1941

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Woodalign="center"|66align="center"|−6
rowspan=4 align="center"|T2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Willie Gogginrowspan=4 align="center"|71rowspan=4 align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson
rowspan=2 align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooperrowspan=2 align="center"|72rowspan=2 align="center"|E
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Felix Serafin
rowspan=9 align="center"|T8{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Bullarowspan=9 align="center"|73rowspan=9 align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sammy Byrd
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tony Manero
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Toney Penna
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Ryan
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead

Source:

=Second round=

Friday, April 4, 1941

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood66-71=137align="center"|−7
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson71-69=140align="center"|−4
align="center"|3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little71-70=141align="center"|−3
rowspan=5 align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sammy Byrd73-70=143rowspan=5 align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Willie Goggin71-72=143
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan71-72=143
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner73-70=143
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jug McSpaden76-67=143
rowspan=2 align="center"|T9{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley73-72=145rowspan=2 align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooper72-73=145

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CH1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4326%2C5831784 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Wood retains lead in Masters tourney |date=April 5, 1941|page=12 }}

=Third round=

Saturday, April 5, 1941

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood66-71-71=208align="center"|−8
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sammy Byrd73-70-68=211align="center"|−5
align="center"|3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson71-69-73=213align="center"|−3
rowspan=2 align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Willie Goggin71-72-72=215rowspan=2 align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little71-70-74=215
align="center"|6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret77-69-71=217align="center"|+1
align="center"|7{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan71-72-75=218align="center"|+2
rowspan=3 align="center"|T8{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Chapman (a)76-73-70=219rowspan=3 align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi77-71-71=219
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner73-70-76=219

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tb1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wn0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7216%2C5529072 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |last=Carver |first=Lawton |agency=INS |title=Wood leads; Sam Byrd second |date=April 6, 1941 |page=9 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3FgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=38oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6614%2C3309710 |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |location=South Carolina |agency=Associated Press |last=Boni |first=Bill |title=Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney |date=April 6, 1941 |page=22}}

=Final round=

Sunday, April 6, 1941

==Final leaderboard==

class="wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-bottom:0;"

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

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

style="background:gold"

|align=center|1

{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood66-71-71-72=280align=center|−8align=center|1,500
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson (c)71-69-73-70=283align=center|−5align=center|800
align=center|3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sammy Byrd73-70-68-74=285align=center|−3align=center|600
align=center|4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan71-72-75-68=286align=center|−2align=center|500
align=center|5{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley73-72-75-68=288align=center|Ealign=center|400
rowspan=2 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi77-71-71-70=289rowspan=2 align=center|+1rowspan=2 align=center|275
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead73-75-72-69=289
align=center|8{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little71-70-74-75=290align=center|+2align=center|200
rowspan=3 align=center|T9{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Willie Goggin71-72-72-76=291rowspan=3 align=center|+3rowspan=3 align=center|117
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrum71-72-72-76=291
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jug McSpaden76-67-80-68=291

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|T12{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret (c)77-69-71-75=292rowspan=2 align=center|+4rowspan=2 align=center|100
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner73-70-76-73=292
rowspan=3 align=center|T14{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harry Cooper72-73-75-73=293rowspan=3 align=center|+5rowspan=37 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ralph Guldahl (c)76-71-75-71=293
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson73-75-72-73=293
align=center|17{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Ryan73-74-74-74=295align=center|+7
align=center|18{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute77-75-74-70=296align=center|+8
rowspan=9 align=center|T19style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Chapman (a)style="background:silver"|76-73-70-78=297rowspan=9 align=center|+9
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Hines76-74-75-72=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Kunes76-74-76-71=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Metz74-72-75-76=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Parks Jr.75-76-75-71=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Toney Penna73-74-80-70=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Sarazen (c)76-72-74-75=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Felix Serafin72-79-74-72=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith (c)74-72-77-74=297
align=center|28{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ray Mangrum76-70-78-74=298align=center|+10
rowspan=3 align=center|T29{{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Ferrier75-76-73-75=299rowspan=3 align=center|+11
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Foulis76-75-71-77=299
{{flagicon|ARG}} Martin Pose77-74-76-72=299
align=center|32{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Watrous74-75-76-75=300align=center|+12
align=center|33{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Leonard Dodson75-77-78-71=301align=center|+13
align=center|34{{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Dawson (a)74-78-77-73=302align=center|+14
rowspan=2 align=center|T35{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Paul Runyan78-78-74-73=303rowspan=2 align=center|+15
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Charlie Yates (a)78-75-75-75=303
align=center|37{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Walsh74-76-76-78=304align=center|+16
align=center|38{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Armour75-75-76-79=305align=center|+17
align=center|39{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Bulla73-76-78-79=306align=center|+18
align=center|40{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Jones76-74-78-79=307align=center|+19
align=center|41{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bruce Coltart80-78-75-75=308align=center|+20
align=center|42{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andy Gibson78-75-80-76=309align=center|+21
align=center|43{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jock Hutchison Jr.77-81-76-78=312align=center|+24
rowspan=2 align=center|T44{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tony Manero73-80-78-82=313rowspan=2 align=center|+25
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Duff McCullough (a)79-74-84-76=313
align=center|46{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Art Doering (a)77-79-77-81=314align=center|+26
align=center|47{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrew Szwedko (a)81-79-78-81=319align=center|+31
rowspan=3 align=center|WD{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Francis Ouimet (a)82align=center|+10
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Walter Hagen87align=center|+15
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Henry Ransomalign=center|

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}}

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