1962 Masters Tournament

{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1962 Masters Tournament

| image = 1962_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg

| caption = Front cover of the 1962 Masters Guide

| dates = April 5–9, 1962

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage =

| field = 110 players, 52 after cut

| cut = 149 (+5)

| purse = $109,100

| winners_share = $20,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Arnold Palmer

| score = 280 (−8), playoff

| previous = 1961

| next = 1963

| 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 1962 Masters Tournament was the 26th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer won the third of his four Masters titles in the tournament's first three-way playoff.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5T1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0IMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5680%2C1266803 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Gundelfinger |first=Phil |title=Palmer's 68 wins title in Masters |date=April 10, 1962 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lYEkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v04EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7354%2C3892854 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |last=Drum |first=Bob |title=Palmer Masters golf champion for third time |date=April 10, 1962 |page=35}} It was the fifth of his seven major titles.

The other two in the 18-hole Monday playoff were also major championship winners: defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald, winner of the PGA Championship in 1958. Out in 37 and down three strokes to Player at the turn, Palmer shot a 31 on the back nine for 68, while Player shot a 71 and Finsterwald a 77.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1962/04/16/592252/arnold-palmer-gets-a-big-revenge |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Arnold Palmer gets a big revenge |last=Wright |first=Alfred |date=April 16, 1962 |page=12}} In the lead after three rounds, Palmer was five-over for his final round after a double bogey at the 10th hole. After five pars, he birdied 16 and 17 to get into the Monday playoff with a 75 (+3).{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5D1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0IMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5836%2C1083886|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|title=Palmer, 2 others tied in Masters|first=Phil|last=Gundelfinger|date=April 9, 1962|page=1}} The gallery for the playoff was estimated at 16,000 spectators.

Henry Picard, the 1938 champion, made his final cut at Augusta at age 55. Jack Nicklaus, 22, tied for 15th in his fourth appearance, the first as a professional. He won the next major, the U.S. Open, in a playoff over Palmer at Oakmont near Pittsburgh.

With near misses in 1959 and 1961, Palmer said that it could have been his fifth consecutive title at Augusta.

The 36-hole cut was increased this year to include the low 44 plus ties and anyone within 10 shots of the lead (previously it was the low 40 plus ties). 110 players entered the tournament and 52 made the cut at 149 (+5).

Bruce Crampton won the third Par 3 contest with a score of 22.

Field

;1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4,8), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,3,4,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson (2,4), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard (4), Gary Player (3,9), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (3,4,8), Art Wall Jr. (10,11)

Ralph Guldahl (2) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros, Billy Burke, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,10,11), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Mayer (8), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (8)

;3. The Open champions

Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

;4. PGA champions

Jerry Barber (10,11), Walter Burkemo (8), Jim Ferrier, Dow Finsterwald (9,11), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert, Johnny Revolta, Bob Rosburg (8), Jim Turnesa

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Deane Beman (6,8,a), Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (6,8,a), Ed Updegraff (a)

;6. Members of the 1961 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gene Andrews (a), Don Cherry (a), Bob Cochran (a), Robert W. Gardner (8,a), Bill Hyndman (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a)

Bud Taylor did not play. Patton was first reserve for the team. Nicklaus had turned professional but qualified under other categories.

;7. 1961 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Sam Carmichael (a), Gene Francis (a), Marion Methvin (a), Richard Norville (a), Dudley Wysong (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1961 Masters Tournament

Bill Collins (11), Paul Harney, Fred Hawkins, Don January (10), Ted Kroll (10), Jack Nicklaus (9), Johnny Pott (10), Doug Sanders (9,10), Ken Venturi

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1961 U.S. Open

Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Dave Douglas, Al Geiberger, Bob Goalby, Eric Monti, Mike Souchak (11)

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1961 PGA Championship

Wes Ellis

;11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team

;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1961 PGA Tour

George Bayer, Gay Brewer

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

Dave Marr

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

Billy Maxwell

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

R. H. Sikes (a)

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1962 PGA Tour

Dave Ragan, Phil Rodgers

;17. Foreign invitations

Ben Arda, Al Balding, David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá (8), Bob Charles, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton, Fidel de Luca, Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), José Maria Gonzalez, Mário Gonzalez, Tom Haliburton, Harold Henning, Denis Hutchinson, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Frank Phillips, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Leopoldo Ruiz, Miguel Sala, Syd Scott, Norman Von Nida, Brian Wilkes

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

Round summaries

= First round =

Thursday, April 5, 1962

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	align=center\|67	align="center"\|−5
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	align=center\|69	align="center"\|−3
rowspan=4 align=center\|T3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	rowspan=4 align=center\|70	rowspan=4 align="center"\|−2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson
rowspan=5 align=center\|T7	{{flagicon\|USA}} George Bayer	rowspan=5 align=center\|71	rowspan=5 align="center"\|−1
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler

Source{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4j1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0IMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3123%2C897379 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Masters scorecard | date=April 6, 1962 |page=20 }}

= Second round =

Friday, April 6, 1962

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	70-66=136	align="center"\|−8
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	67-71=138	align="center"\|−6
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68=139	align="center"\|−5
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71=141	align="center"\|−3
rowspan=3 align=center\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73=142	rowspan=3 align="center"\|−2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68=142
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72=142
rowspan=2 align="center"\|T8	{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Al Balding	75-68=143	rowspan=2 align="center"\|−1
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan	70-73=143
rowspan=5 align="center"\|T10	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72=144	rowspan=5 align="center"\|E
{{flagicon\|PRI}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-72=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg	71-73=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January	71-73=144

Source{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4z1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0IMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3028%2C1031201 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Masters scorecard | date=April 7, 1962 |page=13 }}

= Third round =

Saturday, April 7, 1962

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align="center"\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	70-66-69=205	align="center"\|−11
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68-65=207	align="center"\|−9
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	67-71-71=209	align="center"\|−7
align="center"\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68-71=210	align="center"\|−6
rowspan="2" align="center"\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72-69=213	rowspan=2 align="center"\|−3
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71-72=213
align="center"\|7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73-72=214	align="center"\|−2
align="center"\|8	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gay Brewer	74-71-70=215	align="center"\|−1
rowspan="4" align="center"\|T9	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lionel Hebert	72-73-71=216	rowspan="4" align="center"\|E
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken Venturi	75-70-71=216
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73-72=216
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72-74=216

= Final round =

Sunday, April 8, 1962

==Final leaderboard==

class="wikitable"

style="background:gold"

| Champion

style="background:silver"

| Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur

class="wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-bottom:0;" \|+style="text-align:left"\|Top 10 !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
rowspan=3 align=center\|T1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68-65-73=280	rowspan=3 align=center\|−8	rowspan=3 align=center\|Playoff
{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer (c)	70-66-69-75=280
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player (c)	67-71-71-71=280
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68-71-72=282	align=center\|−6	align=center\|6,000
rowspan=4 align=center\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72-69-74=287	rowspan=4 align=center\|−1	rowspan=4 align=center\|3,600
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Demaret (c)	73-73-71-70=287
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73-72-71=287
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72-74-71=287
rowspan=2 align=center\|T9	style="background:silver"\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Charles Coe (a)	style="background:silver"\|72-74-71-71=288	rowspan=2 align=center\|E	align=center\|0
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken Venturi	75-70-71-72=288	align=center\|2,000

scope="col" colspan="6" \| Leaderboard below the top 10
class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-top:-1px;"
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
rowspan=4 align=center\|T11	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73-72-76=290	rowspan=4 align=center\|+2	rowspan=4 align=center\|1,450
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gay Brewer	74-71-70-75=290
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Fleck	72-75-74-69=290
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Harold Henning	75-73-72-70=290
rowspan=5 align=center\|T15	{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Casper	73-73-73-72=291	rowspan=5 align=center\|+3	rowspan=5 align=center\|1,160
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71-72-78=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Paul Harney	74-71-74-72=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	74-75-70-72=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Snead (c)	72-75-70-74=291
rowspan=4 align=center\|T20	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jacky Cupit	73-73-72-74=292	rowspan=4 align=center\|+4	rowspan=4 align=center\|1,000
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lionel Hebert	72-73-71-76=292
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January	71-73-74-74=292
{{flagicon\|USA}} Johnny Pott	77-71-75-69=292
align=center\|24	{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Al Balding	75-68-78-72=293	align=center\|+5	align=center\|1,000
rowspan=4 align=center\|T25	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Bob Charles	75-72-73-74=294	rowspan=4 align=center\|+6	rowspan=4 align=center\|625
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Goalby	74-74-73-73=294
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ted Kroll	72-74-72-76=294
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan	70-73-76-75=294
rowspan=4 align=center\|T29	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Collins	75-70-75-75=295	rowspan=4 align=center\|+7	rowspan=4 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bruce Crampton	72-75-74-74=295
{{flagicon\|USA}} Cary Middlecoff (c)	75-74-73-73=295
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lew Worsham	75-70-78-72=295
rowspan=5 align=center\|T33	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Roberto De Vicenzo	77-72-70-77=296	rowspan=5 align=center\|+8	rowspan=5 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lloyd Mangrum	75-74-71-76=296
{{flagicon\|USA}} Byron Nelson (c)	72-76-72-76=296
{{flagicon\|PRI}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-72-75-77=296
{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Sanders	74-74-73-75=296
align=center\|38	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Hogan (c)	78-71-75-73=297	align=center\|+9	align=center\|500
rowspan=3 align=center\|T39	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Burke Jr. (c)	78-69-73-78=298	rowspan=3 align=center\|+10	rowspan=3 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Antonio Cerdá	74-75-75-74=298
{{flagicon\|USA}} Henry Picard (c)	75-73-76-74=298
align=center\|42	{{flagicon\|USA}} Don Cherry (a)	77-72-73-77=299	align=center\|+11	align=center\|0
align=center\|43	{{flagicon\|USA}} Chick Harbert	75-74-74-77=300	align=center\|+12	align=center\|500
rowspan=4 align=center\|T44	{{flagicon\|USA}} George Bayer	71-76-74-80=301	rowspan=4 align=center\|+13	rowspan=4 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Ford (c)	75-72-76-78=301
{{flagicon\|BRA}} José Maria Gonzalez	75-74-73-79=301
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Brian Wilkes	74-75-74-78=301
rowspan=3 align=center\|T48	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Juan Antonio Estrada (a)	75-74-76-77=302	rowspan=3 align=center\|+14	align=center\|0
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Mário Gonzalez	73-76-77-76=302	rowspan=2 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Chandler Harper	73-76-79-74=302
rowspan=51 align=center\|CUT	{{flagicon\|USA}} Walter Burkemo	74-76=150	rowspan=8 align=center\|+6	rowspan=60 align=center\|
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Cochran (a)	80-70=150
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Gerard de Wit	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Wes Ellis	74-76=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Mayer	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|COL}} Miguel Sala	74-76=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Charlie Smith (a)	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Art Wall Jr. (c)	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Carmichael (a)	76-75=151	rowspan=11 align=center\|+7
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Douglas	73-78=151
{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Stan Leonard	77-74=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Marr	78-73=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Marion Methvin (a)	72-79=151
{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Ángel Miguel	74-77=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Monti	77-74=151
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Frank Phillips	79-72=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Phil Rodgers	76-75=151
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Syd Scott	75-76=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ed Updegraff (a)	74-77=151
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Denis Hutchinson	76-76=152	align=center\|+8
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Ferrier	80-73=153	rowspan=2 align=center\|+9
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ed Furgol	76-77=153
{{flagicon\|USA}} Tommy Bolt	74-80=154	rowspan=5 align=center\|+10
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Fidel de Luca	79-75=154
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Kel Nagle	75-79=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Joe Patton (a)	76-78=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Turnesa	79-75=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Deane Beman (a)	80-75=155	rowspan=2 align=center\|+11
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Norman Von Nida	78-77=155
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Andrews (a)	77-79=156	rowspan=11 align=center\|+12
{{flagicon\|PHL}} Ben Arda	79-77=156
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bruce Devlin	80-76=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Francis (a)	81-75=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Al Geiberger	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|SCO}} Tom Haliburton	83-73=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Claude Harmon (c)	79-77=156
{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Sebastián Miguel	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Richard Norville (a)	80-76=156
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Leopoldo Ruiz	82-74=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Denny Shute	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dudley Wysong (a)	78-79=157	align=center\|+13
{{flagicon\|SCO}} David Blair (a)	81-77=158	rowspan=3 align=center\|+14
{{flagicon\|USA}} Robert W. Gardner (a)	78-80=158
{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Hawkins	81-77=158
{{flagicon\|USA}} Vic Ghezzi	81-78=159	align=center\|+15
{{flagicon\|USA}} R. H. Sikes (a)	80-80=160	align=center\|+16
{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Gary Cowan (a)	83-80=163	rowspan=3 align=center\|+19
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Parks Jr.	84-79=163
{{flagicon\|USA}} Johnny Revolta	81-82=163
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Chapman (a)	80-84=164	align=center\|+20
{{flagicon\|USA}} Horton Smith (c)	92-88=180	align=center\|+36
rowspan=8 align=center\|WD	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Sarazen (c)	74-74=148	align=center\|+4
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Hebert	74	align=center\|+2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Herman Keiser (c)	75	align=center\|+3
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Hyndman (a)	76	align=center\|+4
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Burke	rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4 align=center\|
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jock Hutchison
{{flagicon\|USA}} Tony Manero
{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred McLeod
align=center\|DQ	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg	71-73-78=222	align=center\|+6

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 ==

Final round

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

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

Par

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Palmer

−11

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9

−9

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8

−8

style="background: Green;"|−6

−6

style="background: Pink;"|−7

style="background: Pink;"|−8

−8

align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Player

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6

−6

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5

−5

style="background: Pink;"|−6

style="background: Pink;"|−7

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6

style="background: Pink;"|−7

style="background: Pink;"|−8

−8

style="background: Pink;"|−9

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8

−8

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Finsterwald

−9

style="background: Pink;"|−10

−10

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8

−8

style="background: Pink;"|−9

−9

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8

−8

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Littler

−6

style="background: Pink;"|−7

−7

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6

−6

style="background: Pink;"|−7

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%;

|style="background: Pink;" width=10|

|Birdie

|style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10|

|Bogey

|style="background: Green;" width=10|

|Double bogey

= Playoff =

Monday, April 9, 1962

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)
style="background:gold" \| align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	align=center\|68	align=center\|−4	align=center\|20,000
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	align=center\|71	align=center\|−1	align=center\|12,000
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	align=center\|77	align=center\|+5	align=center\|8,000

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ww8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7376%2C4899796 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Palmer's 68 wins by three: playoff cards |first=Will |last=Grimsley |agency=Associated Press |date=April 10, 1962 |pages=2}}

== Scorecard ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

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

Par

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Palmer

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1

style="background: Pink;"|E

style="background: Pink;"|−1

style="background: Pink;"|−2

style="background: Pink;"|−3

−3

style="background: Pink;"|−4

−4

align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Player

style="background: Pink;"|−1

style="background: Pink;"|−2

−2

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1

style="background: Pink;"|−2

−2

style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1

−1

style="background: PaleGreen;"|E

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1

style="background: Pink;"|E

style="background: Pink;"|−1

align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Finsterwald

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+4

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+5

style="background: Pink;"|+4

style="background: PaleGreen;"|+5

Source:

References

External links

[http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Masters.com] – Past winners and results
[http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1962leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1962 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1962

Category:1962 in golf

Category:1962 in American sports

Category:1962 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:April 1962 sports events in the United States

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	align=center\|67	align="center"\|−5
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	align=center\|69	align="center"\|−3
rowspan=4 align=center\|T3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	rowspan=4 align=center\|70	rowspan=4 align="center"\|−2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson
rowspan=5 align=center\|T7	{{flagicon\|USA}} George Bayer	rowspan=5 align=center\|71	rowspan=5 align="center"\|−1
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	70-66=136	align="center"\|−8
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	67-71=138	align="center"\|−6
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68=139	align="center"\|−5
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71=141	align="center"\|−3
rowspan=3 align=center\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73=142	rowspan=3 align="center"\|−2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68=142
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72=142
rowspan=2 align="center"\|T8	{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Al Balding	75-68=143	rowspan=2 align="center"\|−1
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan	70-73=143
rowspan=5 align="center"\|T10	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72=144	rowspan=5 align="center"\|E
{{flagicon\|PRI}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-72=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg	71-73=144
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January	71-73=144

class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
align="center"\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer	70-66-69=205	align="center"\|−11
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68-65=207	align="center"\|−9
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player	67-71-71=209	align="center"\|−7
align="center"\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68-71=210	align="center"\|−6
rowspan="2" align="center"\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72-69=213	rowspan=2 align="center"\|−3
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71-72=213
align="center"\|7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73-72=214	align="center"\|−2
align="center"\|8	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gay Brewer	74-71-70=215	align="center"\|−1
rowspan="4" align="center"\|T9	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lionel Hebert	72-73-71=216	rowspan="4" align="center"\|E
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken Venturi	75-70-71=216
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73-72=216
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72-74=216

class="wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-bottom:0;" \|+style="text-align:left"\|Top 10 !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
rowspan=3 align=center\|T1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dow Finsterwald	74-68-65-73=280	rowspan=3 align=center\|−8	rowspan=3 align=center\|Playoff
{{flagicon\|USA}} Arnold Palmer (c)	70-66-69-75=280
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Gary Player (c)	67-71-71-71=280
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Littler	71-68-71-72=282	align=center\|−6	align=center\|6,000
rowspan=4 align=center\|T5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Barber	72-72-69-74=287	rowspan=4 align=center\|−1	rowspan=4 align=center\|3,600
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Demaret (c)	73-73-71-70=287
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Maxwell	71-73-72-71=287
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Souchak	70-72-74-71=287
rowspan=2 align=center\|T9	style="background:silver"\|{{flagicon\|USA}} Charles Coe (a)	style="background:silver"\|72-74-71-71=288	rowspan=2 align=center\|E	align=center\|0
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken Venturi	75-70-71-72=288	align=center\|2,000

scope="col" colspan="6" \| Leaderboard below the top 10
class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-top:-1px;"
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
rowspan=4 align=center\|T11	{{flagicon\|USA}} Julius Boros	69-73-72-76=290	rowspan=4 align=center\|+2	rowspan=4 align=center\|1,450
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gay Brewer	74-71-70-75=290
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Fleck	72-75-74-69=290
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Harold Henning	75-73-72-70=290
rowspan=5 align=center\|T15	{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Casper	73-73-73-72=291	rowspan=5 align=center\|+3	rowspan=5 align=center\|1,160
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gardner Dickinson	70-71-72-78=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Paul Harney	74-71-74-72=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	74-75-70-72=291
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Snead (c)	72-75-70-74=291
rowspan=4 align=center\|T20	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jacky Cupit	73-73-72-74=292	rowspan=4 align=center\|+4	rowspan=4 align=center\|1,000
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lionel Hebert	72-73-71-76=292
{{flagicon\|USA}} Don January	71-73-74-74=292
{{flagicon\|USA}} Johnny Pott	77-71-75-69=292
align=center\|24	{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Al Balding	75-68-78-72=293	align=center\|+5	align=center\|1,000
rowspan=4 align=center\|T25	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Bob Charles	75-72-73-74=294	rowspan=4 align=center\|+6	rowspan=4 align=center\|625
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Goalby	74-74-73-73=294
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ted Kroll	72-74-72-76=294
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Ragan	70-73-76-75=294
rowspan=4 align=center\|T29	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Collins	75-70-75-75=295	rowspan=4 align=center\|+7	rowspan=4 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bruce Crampton	72-75-74-74=295
{{flagicon\|USA}} Cary Middlecoff (c)	75-74-73-73=295
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lew Worsham	75-70-78-72=295
rowspan=5 align=center\|T33	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Roberto De Vicenzo	77-72-70-77=296	rowspan=5 align=center\|+8	rowspan=5 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Lloyd Mangrum	75-74-71-76=296
{{flagicon\|USA}} Byron Nelson (c)	72-76-72-76=296
{{flagicon\|PRI}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-72-75-77=296
{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Sanders	74-74-73-75=296
align=center\|38	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Hogan (c)	78-71-75-73=297	align=center\|+9	align=center\|500
rowspan=3 align=center\|T39	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Burke Jr. (c)	78-69-73-78=298	rowspan=3 align=center\|+10	rowspan=3 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Antonio Cerdá	74-75-75-74=298
{{flagicon\|USA}} Henry Picard (c)	75-73-76-74=298
align=center\|42	{{flagicon\|USA}} Don Cherry (a)	77-72-73-77=299	align=center\|+11	align=center\|0
align=center\|43	{{flagicon\|USA}} Chick Harbert	75-74-74-77=300	align=center\|+12	align=center\|500
rowspan=4 align=center\|T44	{{flagicon\|USA}} George Bayer	71-76-74-80=301	rowspan=4 align=center\|+13	rowspan=4 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Ford (c)	75-72-76-78=301
{{flagicon\|BRA}} José Maria Gonzalez	75-74-73-79=301
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Brian Wilkes	74-75-74-78=301
rowspan=3 align=center\|T48	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Juan Antonio Estrada (a)	75-74-76-77=302	rowspan=3 align=center\|+14	align=center\|0
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Mário Gonzalez	73-76-77-76=302	rowspan=2 align=center\|500
{{flagicon\|USA}} Chandler Harper	73-76-79-74=302
rowspan=51 align=center\|CUT	{{flagicon\|USA}} Walter Burkemo	74-76=150	rowspan=8 align=center\|+6	rowspan=60 align=center\|
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Cochran (a)	80-70=150
{{flagicon\|NLD}} Gerard de Wit	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Wes Ellis	74-76=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Mayer	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|COL}} Miguel Sala	74-76=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Charlie Smith (a)	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Art Wall Jr. (c)	76-74=150
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Carmichael (a)	76-75=151	rowspan=11 align=center\|+7
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Douglas	73-78=151
{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Stan Leonard	77-74=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Marr	78-73=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Marion Methvin (a)	72-79=151
{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Ángel Miguel	74-77=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Eric Monti	77-74=151
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Frank Phillips	79-72=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Phil Rodgers	76-75=151
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Syd Scott	75-76=151
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ed Updegraff (a)	74-77=151
{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1928}} Denis Hutchinson	76-76=152	align=center\|+8
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Ferrier	80-73=153	rowspan=2 align=center\|+9
{{flagicon\|USA}} Ed Furgol	76-77=153
{{flagicon\|USA}} Tommy Bolt	74-80=154	rowspan=5 align=center\|+10
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Fidel de Luca	79-75=154
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Kel Nagle	75-79=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Joe Patton (a)	76-78=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Turnesa	79-75=154
{{flagicon\|USA}} Deane Beman (a)	80-75=155	rowspan=2 align=center\|+11
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Norman Von Nida	78-77=155
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Andrews (a)	77-79=156	rowspan=11 align=center\|+12
{{flagicon\|PHL}} Ben Arda	79-77=156
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bruce Devlin	80-76=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Francis (a)	81-75=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Al Geiberger	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|SCO}} Tom Haliburton	83-73=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Claude Harmon (c)	79-77=156
{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Sebastián Miguel	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Richard Norville (a)	80-76=156
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Leopoldo Ruiz	82-74=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Denny Shute	77-79=156
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dudley Wysong (a)	78-79=157	align=center\|+13
{{flagicon\|SCO}} David Blair (a)	81-77=158	rowspan=3 align=center\|+14
{{flagicon\|USA}} Robert W. Gardner (a)	78-80=158
{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Hawkins	81-77=158
{{flagicon\|USA}} Vic Ghezzi	81-78=159	align=center\|+15
{{flagicon\|USA}} R. H. Sikes (a)	80-80=160	align=center\|+16
{{flagicon\|CAN\|1957}} Gary Cowan (a)	83-80=163	rowspan=3 align=center\|+19
{{flagicon\|USA}} Sam Parks Jr.	84-79=163
{{flagicon\|USA}} Johnny Revolta	81-82=163
{{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Chapman (a)	80-84=164	align=center\|+20
{{flagicon\|USA}} Horton Smith (c)	92-88=180	align=center\|+36
rowspan=8 align=center\|WD	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Sarazen (c)	74-74=148	align=center\|+4
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jay Hebert	74	align=center\|+2
{{flagicon\|USA}} Herman Keiser (c)	75	align=center\|+3
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Hyndman (a)	76	align=center\|+4
{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Burke	rowspan=4\|	rowspan=4 align=center\|
{{flagicon\|USA}} Jock Hutchison
{{flagicon\|USA}} Tony Manero
{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred McLeod
align=center\|DQ	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Rosburg	71-73-78=222	align=center\|+6