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1963 Masters Tournament

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1963 Masters Tournament

| image = 1963_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg

| caption = Front cover of the 1963 Masters Guide

| dates = April 4–7, 1963

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6850|yd|0}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5656%2C1049613 |newspaper=Pittsburgh-Post Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Souchak takes sole Masters lead |date=April 6, 1963 |page=14}}

| field = 84 players, 50 after cut

| cut = 152 (+8)

| purse = $112,500{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jc5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5373%2C1220698 |newspaper=Pittsburgh-Post Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown |date=April 8, 1963 |page=25}}

| winners_share = $20,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus

| score = 286 (−2)

| previous = 1962

| next = 1964

| 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 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).

Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/08/page/61/article/nicklaus-wins-masters-title-with-286 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286 |date=April 8, 1963 |page=1, part 3}} Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/04/15/618752/young-jack-the-mighty-master |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Wright |first=Alfred |title=Young Jack the Mighty Master |date=April 15, 1963 |page=26}} It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.

Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.

It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vBkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4282%2C462285 |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=(Pennsylvania) |agency=UPI |title=Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies |date=October 15, 1963 |page=18 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xzAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WgEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3305%2C3617091 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Golf champ Smith dies at age 55 |date=October 15, 1963 |page=24 }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-soqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2910%2C3162567

|newspaper=Palm Beach Post |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Ex-Masters king Horton Smith dies |date=October 16, 1963 |page=15}}

George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Field

;1. Masters champions

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

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)

;3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

;4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)

  • Deane Beman (6,9) and Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

;7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament

Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open

Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship

George Bayer, Dave Ragan

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

Bill Collins

;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour

Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman

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

Bo Wininger

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

Wes Ellis

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

Bill Hyndman (a)

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour

Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes

;17. Foreign invitations

Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

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

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, April 4, 1963

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

rowspan="2" align="center"|T1{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchakrowspan="2" align="center"|69rowspan="2" align="center"|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Wininger
rowspan="3" align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Furgolrowspan="3" align="center"|70rowspan="3" align="center"|−2
{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Hebert
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Snead
rowspan="2" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA}} George Bayerrowspan="2" align="center"|71rowspan="2" align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player
rowspan="2" align="center"|T8{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Coe (a)rowspan="2" align="center"|72rowspan="2" align="center"|E
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Maxwell
rowspan="4" align="center"|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Downing Gray (a)rowspan="4" align="center"|73rowspan="4" align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA}} Don January
{{flagicon|USA}} Dick Mayer
{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Sanders

Source:{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/05/page/61/article/wininger-souchak-lead-in-masters |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters |date=April 5, 1963 |page=1, part 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i85RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1437%2C932001 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Masters golf tournament scoreboard | date=April 5, 1963 |page=22 }}

=Second round=

Friday, April 5, 1963

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak69-70=139align="center"|−5
rowspan="2" align="center"|T2{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Hebert70-70=140rowspan="2" align="center"|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus74-66=140
rowspan="2" align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Furgol70-71=141rowspan="2" align="center"|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Wininger69-72=141
rowspan="3" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Lema74-69=143rowspan="3" align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|USA}} Dick Mayer73-70=143
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Snead70-73=143
rowspan="2" align="center"|T9{{flagicon|USA}} Julius Boros76-69=145rowspan="2" align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player71-74=145

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jM5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KmwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2147%2C1050636 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Masters scoreboard | date=April 6, 1963 |page=14 }}{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/06/page/95/article/nicklaus-gets-66-trails-souchak-by-1 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1 |date=April 6, 1963 }}

=Third round=

Saturday, April 6, 1963

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus74-66-74=214align="center"|−2
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Furgol70-71-74=215align="center"|−1
align="center"|3{{flagicon|USA}} Julius Boros76-69-71=216align="center"|E
rowspan="2" align="center"|T4{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Lema74-69-74=217rowspan="2" align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Snead70-73-74=217
rowspan="3" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|TWN}} Chen Ching-Po76-71-71=218rowspan="3" align="center"|+2
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak69-70-79=218
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Wininger69-72-77=218
rowspan="3" align="center"|T9{{flagicon|CAN|1957}} Stan Leonard74-72-73=219rowspan="3" align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player71-74-74=219
{{flagicon|USA}} Mason Rudolph75-72-72=219

Source:{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/04/07/page/37/article/nicklaus-leads-rain-soaked-masters |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nicklaus leads rain-soaked Masters |date=April 7, 1963 }}

=Final round=

Sunday, April 7, 1963

==Final leaderboard==

class="wikitable"
style="background:gold"

| Champion

style="background:silver"

| Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

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}} Jack Nicklaus74-66-74-72=286align=center|−2align=center|20,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Lema74-69-74-70=287align=center|−1align=center|12,000
rowspan=2 align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Julius Boros76-69-71-72=288rowspan=2 align=center|Erowspan=2 align=center|7,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Snead (c)70-73-74-71=288
rowspan=3 align=center|T5{{flagicon|USA}} Dow Finsterwald74-73-73-69=289rowspan=3 align=center|+1rowspan=3 align=center|4,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Furgol70-71-74-74=289
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player (c)71-74-74-70=289
align=center|8{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Wininger69-72-77-72=290align=center|+2align=center|2,400
rowspan=2 align=center|T9{{flagicon|USA}} Don January73-75-72-71=291rowspan=2 align=center|+3rowspan=2 align=center|1,800
{{flagicon|USA}} Arnold Palmer (c)74-73-73-71=291

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em; margin-top:-1px"
scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
rowspan=4 align=center|T11{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Casper79-72-71-70=292rowspan=4 align=center|+4rowspan=4 align=center|1,350
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Crampton74-74-72-72=292
{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Ford (c)75-73-75-69=292
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Souchak69-70-79-74=292
rowspan=6 align=center|T15{{flagicon|NZL}} Bob Charles74-72-76-71=293rowspan=6 align=center|+5rowspan=6 align=center|1,100
{{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Ching-Po76-71-71-75=293
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Maxwell72-75-76-70=293
{{flagicon|USA}} Dick Mayer73-70-80-70=293
{{flagicon|USA}} Mason Rudolph75-72-72-74=293
{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Sikes74-76-72-71=293
rowspan=3 align=center|T21{{flagicon|CAN|1957}} Stan Leonard74-72-73-75=294rowspan=3 align=center|+6rowspan=3 align=center|1,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Pott75-76-74-69=294
{{flagicon|USA}} Art Wall Jr. (c)75-74-73-72=294
rowspan=3 align=center|T24{{flagicon|USA}} Wes Ellis74-72-79-70=295rowspan=3 align=center|+7rowspan=3 align=center|1,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Littler77-72-78-68=295
{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Nichols76-74-73-72=295
align=center|27{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Hebert70-70-81-75=296align=center|+8align=center|750
rowspan=4 align=center|T28{{flagicon|USA}} George Bayer71-75-84-67=297rowspan=4 align=center|+9rowspan=4 align=center|750
{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Jacobs78-74-73-72=297
{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Sanders73-74-77-73=297
{{flagicon|CAN|1957}} Alvie Thompson79-72-75-71=297
rowspan=2 align=center|T32style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA}} Labron Harris Jr. (a)style="background:silver"|79-71-73-75=298rowspan=2 align=center|+10align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA}} Dave Ragan74-75-76-73=298align=center|750
align=center|34{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Venturi77-74-77-71=299align=center|+11align=center|750
rowspan=2 align=center|T35{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Hyndman (a)74-72-80-74=300rowspan=2 align=center|+12align=center|0
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Nagle75-74-76-75=300align=center|750
rowspan=2 align=center|T37{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Bolt75-76-76-74=301rowspan=2 align=center|+13align=center|750
{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Coe (a)72-75-79-75=301rowspan=2 align=center|0
rowspan=3 align=center|T39{{flagicon|USA}} Homero Blancas (a)75-77-76-74=302rowspan=3 align=center|+14
{{flagicon|ARG}} Antonio Cerdá75-71-78-78=302rowspan=2 align=center|750
{{flagicon|USA}} Lionel Hebert75-74-77-76=302
align=center|42{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Fleck74-77-77-75=303align=center|+15align=center|750
rowspan=2 align=center|T43{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Burkemo75-77-78-74=304rowspan=2 align=center|+16rowspan=2 align=center|750
{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Demaret (c)75-75-81-73=304
align=center|45{{flagicon|USA}} Herman Keiser (c)75-77-79-74=305align=center|+17align=center|750
rowspan=2 align=center|T46{{flagicon|USA}} Downing Gray (a)73-76-81-76=306rowspan=2 align=center|+18rowspan=3 align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA}} R. H. Sikes (a)76-76-77-77=306
align=center|48{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Joe Patton (a)80-72-74-81=307align=center|+19
align=center|49{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Sarazen (c)74-73-81-80=308align=center|+20align=center|750
rowspan=30 align=center|CUT{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Barber80-73=153rowspan=5 align=center|+9rowspan=35 align=center|
{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Koichi Ono82-71=153
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Rodgers77-76=153
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Rosburg77-76=153
{{flagicon|COL}} Miguel Sala75-78=153
{{flagicon|CAN|1957}} Al Balding82-72=154rowspan=5 align=center|+10
{{flagicon|USA}} Gay Brewer82-72=154
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Burke Jr. (c)78-76=154
{{flagicon|USA}} Gardner Dickinson78-76=154
{{flagicon|USA}} Chick Harbert75-79=154
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Gabrielsen (a)80-75=155rowspan=3 align=center|+11
{{flagicon|ARG}} Jorge Ledesma (a)76-79=155
{{flagicon|PRI}} Chi-Chi Rodríguez80-75=155
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Goalby80-76=156rowspan=3 align=center|+12
{{flagicon|USA}} Byron Nelson (c)79-77=156
{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Smith (a)80-76=156
{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Ángel Miguel78-79=157rowspan=3 align=center|+13
{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Pittman78-79=157
{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Updegraff (a)82-75=157
{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Desjardins (a)77-81=158rowspan=3 align=center|+14
{{flagicon|MEX}} Juan Antonio Estrada (a)81-77=158
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Newcomb (a)81-77=158
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Collins82-77=159align=center|+15
{{flagicon|USA}} Robert W. Gardner (a)78-82=160align=center|+16
{{flagicon|SCO}} David Blair (a)83-79=162align=center|+18
{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Davies (a)79-84=163rowspan=2 align=center|+19
{{flagicon|NLD}} Gerard de Wit87-76=163
{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Coody (a)80-84=164align=center|+20
{{flagicon|USA}} Cary Middlecoff (c)87-81=168align=center|+24
{{flagicon|USA}} Horton Smith (c)91-86=177align=center|+33
rowspan=5 align=center|WD{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Harney75-77-78=230align=center|+14
{{flagicon|USA}} Jacky Cupit82rowspan=2 align=center|+10
{{flagicon|USA}} Claude Harmon (c)82
{{flagicon|USA}} Henry Picard (c)rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA}} Craig Wood (c)

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}} Nicklaus−2−2−2−2−2−2−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|Estyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1−1style="background: Pink;"|−2−2−2
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lemastyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1style="background: Pink;"|EEEEEEEstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+1+1style="background: Pink;"|EEEEEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Borosstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+1style="background: Pink;"|EEstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+1+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1+1+1style="background: Pink;"|EEEEEEE
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Snead+1style="background: Pink;"|EEEEEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|EEEEEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1style="background: Pink;"|−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|E
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Finsterwaldstyle="background: Pink;"|+3style="background: Pink;"|+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3+3style="background: Pink;"|+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3+3style="background: Pink;"|+2+2+2+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3+3style="background: Pink;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1+1
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Furgol−1−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|Estyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+1+1+1+1+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3+3+3+3style="background: Pink;"|+2+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1
align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Playerstyle="background: Pink;"|+2+2+2+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1style="background: Pink;"|EEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|Estyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+1

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

References

{{reflist}}

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/1963leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1963 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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