1984 Masters Tournament

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1984 Masters Tournament

| image = 1984_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg

| caption = Front cover of the 1984 Masters Guide

| dates = April 12–15, 1984

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6905|yd}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9ldWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5978%2C8376297|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press|title=Masters Scores|date=April 13, 1984|page=32}}

| field = 88 players, 47 after cut

| cut = 146 (+2)

| purse = $612,900

| winners_share = $108,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw

| score = 277 (−11)

| previous = 1983

| next = 1985

| 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 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FOZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6479%2C4043532 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Crenshaw doesn't miss this one |agency=Associated Press |date=April 16, 1984 |page=1C }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1984/04/23/620090/a-breakthrough-for-the-heartbreak-kid|magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Jenkins |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Jenkins |title=Breakthrough for the Heartbreak Kid |date=April 23, 1984 |page=20}}

The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135 (−9), three strokes ahead of Tom Kite.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2qFdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-FwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1057%2C2205735 |newspaper=Observer-Reporter |location=(Washington, Pennsylvania) |title=Lye pulls surprises to take Masters lead |agency=Associated Press |date=April 14, 1984 |page=B-7}} Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E-ZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6148%2C3892505 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=(Oregon)|agency=Associated Press |title=Lye leads as storm halts play |date=April 15, 1984 |page=1F}} After 54 holes, Kite led at 207 (−9) and Lye was a stroke back. Crenshaw was two strokes back at 209 and shot a final round 68 (−4) to slip on his first green jacket. He won again eleven years later in 1995.

Defending champion Seve Ballesteros was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the second round for grounding his club within the confines of a water hazard at the 13th hole and missed the cut by a stroke. He also missed the cut as defending champion in 1981.

Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1979.

Course

{{main|Augusta National Golf Club}}

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

!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par

1align=left|Tea Olive4004rowspan=10|10align=left|Camellia4854
2align=left|Pink Dogwood555511align=left|White Dogwood4554
3align=left|Flowering Peach360412align=left|Golden Bell1553
4align=left|Flowering Crab Apple205313align=left|Azalea4655
5align=left|Magnolia435414align=left|Chinese Fir4054
6align=left|Juniper180315align=left|Firethorn5005
7align=left|Pampas360416align=left|Redbud1703
8align=left|Yellow Jasmine535517align=left|Nandina4004
9align=left|Carolina Cherry435418align=left|Holly4054
colspan=2|Out3,46536colspan=2|In3,44036
colspan=5 align=left|Source:{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EqldAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U10NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1164%2C1504126 |newspaper=Observer-Reporter |location=(Washington, Pennsylvania) |title=The course to master |agency=Associated Press |date=April 11, 1984 |page=B-10}}colspan=2|Total6,90572

Field

;1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9,11,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,9,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,9,12,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,10,11,12,13)

;The following categories only apply to Americans

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

Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Larry Nelson (4,9)

;3. The Open champions (last five years)

Bill Rogers

;4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hal Sutton (9,10,12)

;5. 1983 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Clark Burroughs (a), Chris Perry (a), Clifton Pierce (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a)

;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

;7. Members of the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup team

Nathaniel Crosby (a), Rick Fehr (a), William Hoffer (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Bob Lewis (a), David Tentis (a), Billy Tuten (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1983 Masters Tournament

Ben Crenshaw (11,12,13), Keith Fergus, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (10,12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Johnny Miller (12), Gil Morgan (9,12,13), Dan Pohl (10), Jack Renner (11), Scott Simpson (9), J. C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13), Tom Weiskopf

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1983 U.S. Open

Chip Beck, Lennie Clements, Ralph Landrum, Pat McGowan (10), Mike Nicolette, Andy North, David Ogrin, Calvin Peete (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1983 PGA Championship

John Fought, Bruce Lietzke (11)

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Andy Bean (12), Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell (12), Jim Colbert (12), John Cook (12), Fred Couples (12), Bob Eastwood (12), Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Morris Hatalsky, Gary Koch (12), Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye (12), John Mahaffey, Mark McCumber (12), Larry Mize, Tom Purtzer, Payne Stewart (12), Curtis Strange (12,13)

;12. Top 30 players from the 1983 PGA Tour money list

Ed Fiori, Jay Haas (13)

;13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team

Bob Gilder

;14. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki (8), Nick Faldo (8), David Graham (2,4,9,11,12), Bernhard Langer, Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8), Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philip Parkin (6,a), Nick Price (11)

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

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, April 12, 1984

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshawalign="center"|67align="center"|−5
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Trevinoalign="center"|68align="center"|−4
rowspan=4 align="center"|T3{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Isao Aokirowspan=4 align="center"|69rowspan=4 align="center"|−3
{{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Lye
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Purtzer
rowspan=6 align="center"|T7{{flagicon|USA}} George Archerrowspan=6 align="center"|70rowspan=6 align="center"|−2
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo
{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Floyd
{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Kite
{{flagicon|USA}} Gary Koch

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EeZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4418%2C3096008 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Crenshaw leads Masters |date=April 13, 1984 |page=1D}}

=Second round=

Friday, April 13, 1984

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Lye69-66=135align="center"|−9
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Kite70-68=138align="center"|−6
rowspan=3 align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw67-72=139rowspan=3 align="center"|−5
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo70-69=139
{{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham69-70=139
rowspan=7 align="center"|T6{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Isao Aoki69-72=141rowspan=7 align="center"|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Bean71-70=141
{{flagicon|USA}} David Edwards71-70=141
{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin70-71=141
{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Mize71-70=141
{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Trevino68-73=141
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson74-67=141

Source:{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EuZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5149%2C3222611 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=wire services |title=Lye tames Masters with a 66 |date=April 14, 1984 |page=1B}}

=Third round=

Saturday, April 14, 1984

Sunday, April 15, 1984

The third round had an hour-long weather delay and another thunderstorm hit shortly after 6 pm EST, which halted play for the day. Nineteen players did not complete the round on Saturday; the final pairing of Mark Lye and Tom Kite had just hit their tee shots at the par-3 12th hole. Play was resumed at 8 am on Sunday morning.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E-ZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6148%2C3892505 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Lye leads as storm halts play |date=April 15, 1984 |page=1F}}

class="wikitable"

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

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Kite70-68-69=207align="center"|−9
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Lye69-66-73=208align="center"|−8
rowspan=3 align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crenshaw67-72-70=209rowspan=3 align="center"|−7
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo70-69-70=209
{{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham69-70-70=209
align="center"|6{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson74-67-69=210align="center"|−6
rowspan=3 align="center"|T7{{flagicon|USA}} Rex Caldwell71-71-69=211rowspan=3 align="center"|−5
{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples71-73-67=211
{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Nelson76-69-66=211
rowspan=2 align="center"|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Levi71-72-69=212rowspan=2 align="center"|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Mize71-70-71=212

Source:

=Final round=

Sunday, April 15, 1984

==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}} Ben Crenshaw67-72-70-68=277align=center|−11align=center|108,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson (c)74-67-69-69=279align=center|−9align=center|64,800
rowspan=2 align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA}} David Edwards71-70-72-67=280rowspan=2 align=center|−8rowspan=2 align=center|34,800
{{flagicon|USA}} Gil Morgan73-71-69-67=280
align=center|5{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Nelson76-69-66-70=281align=center|−7align=center|24,000
rowspan=4 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Ronnie Black71-74-69-68=282rowspan=4 align=center|−6rowspan=4 align=center|19,425
{{flagicon|AUS}} David Graham69-70-70-73=282
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Kite70-68-69-75=282
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Lye69-66-73-74=282
align=center|10{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples71-73-67-72=283align=center|−5align=center|16,200

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}} Rex Caldwell71-71-69-73=284rowspan=4 align=center|−4rowspan=4 align=center|13,200
{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Levi71-72-69-72=284
{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Mize71-70-71-72=284
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Renner71-73-71-69=284
rowspan=3 align=center|T15{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo70-69-70-76=285rowspan=3 align=center|−3rowspan=3 align=center|10,200
{{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Floyd (c)70-73-70-72=285
{{flagicon|USA}} Calvin Peete79-66-70-70=285
rowspan=3 align=center|T18{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Bean71-70-72-73=286rowspan=3 align=center|−2rowspan=3 align=center|8,400
{{flagicon|USA}} Danny Edwards72-71-70-73=286
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (c)73-73-70-70=286
rowspan=4 align=center|T21{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Haas74-71-70-72=287rowspan=4 align=center|−1rowspan=4 align=center|6,475
{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin70-71-74-72=287
{{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Gary Player (c)71-72-73-71=287
{{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewart76-69-68-74=287
rowspan=6 align=center|T25{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Isao Aoki69-72-73-74=288rowspan=6 align=center|Erowspan=2 align=center|4,680
{{flagicon|USA}} George Archer (c)70-74-71-73=288
style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Fehr (a)style="background:silver"|72-71-70-75=288align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Jacobsen72-70-75-71=288rowspan=3 align=center|4,680
{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman75-71-73-69=288
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Purtzer69-74-76-69=288
rowspan=2 align=center|T31{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernhard Langer73-70-74-72=289rowspan=2 align=center|+1rowspan=2 align=center|4,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller (c)72-73-70-74=289
rowspan=2 align=center|T33{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Lietzke75-70-75-70=290rowspan=2 align=center|+2rowspan=2 align=center|3,600
{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima75-70-70-75=290
rowspan=5 align=center|T35{{flagicon|USA}} Gary Koch70-75-70-76=291rowspan=5 align=center|+3rowspan=5 align=center|3,100
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark McCumber73-71-74-73=291
{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Pohl74-71-72-74=291
{{flagicon|USA}} Craig Stadler (c)74-70-74-73=291
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Weiskopf74-71-74-72=291
align=center|40{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Simpson72-70-76-74=292align=center|+4align=center|2,800
rowspan=2 align=center|T41{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Lewis (a)73-70-75-75=293rowspan=2 align=center|+5align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA}} Andy North76-68-80-69=293align=center|2,600
align=center|43{{flagicon|USA}} Lee Trevino68-73-74-79=294align=center|+6align=center|2,500
align=center|44{{flagicon|USA}} Morris Hatalsky73-71-75-76=295align=center|+7align=center|2,300
align=center|45{{flagicon|USA}} David Ogrin73-73-76-74=296align=center|+8align=center|2,200
rowspan=2 align=center|T46{{flagicon|USA}} Clark Burroughs (a)72-74-75-76=297rowspan=2 align=center|+9align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Strange71-74-75-77=297align=center|2,100
rowspan=41 align=center|CUT{{flagicon|ESP}} Seve Ballesteros (c)73-74=147rowspan=8 align=center|+3rowspan=41 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Coody (c)75-72=147
{{flagicon|USA}} John Cook73-74=147
{{flagicon|USA}} John Fought73-74=147
{{flagicon|USA}} Pat McGowan72-75=147
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Oosterhuis74-73=147
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Rogers76-71=147
{{flagicon|USA}} Hal Sutton74-73=147
{{flagicon|USA}} Chip Beck74-74=148rowspan=5 align=center|+4
{{flagicon|USA}} Gay Brewer (c)74-74=148
{{flagicon|USA}} Lennie Clements75-73=148
{{flagicon|USA}} Keith Fergus74-74=148
{{flagicon|USA}} John Mahaffey73-75=148
{{flagicon|USA}} Nathaniel Crosby (a)73-76=149rowspan=5 align=center|+5
{{flagicon|USA}} Pat Lindsey75-74=149
{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Miller74-75=149
{{flagicon|USA}} J. C. Snead75-74=149
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Thorpe77-72=149
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert73-77=150rowspan=4 align=center|+6
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Eastwood72-78=150
{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Perry (a)73-77=150
{{flagicon|USA}} Clifton Pierce (a)73-77=150
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Casper (c)73-78=151rowspan=5 align=center|+7
{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Fiori73-78=151
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Holtgrieve (a)78-73=151
{{flagicon|WAL}} Philip Parkin (a)73-78=151
{{flagicon|USA}} Lanny Wadkins74-77=151
{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Aaron (c)76-76=152rowspan=5 align=center|+8
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Gilder78-74=152
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Goalby (c)79-73=152
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Nicolette76-76=152
{{flagicon|USA}} David Tentis (a)74-78=152
{{flagicon|USA}} Arnold Palmer (c)77-76=153rowspan=2 align=center|+9
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price77-76=153
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Hayes76-78=154align=center|+10
{{flagicon|USA}} Doug Ford (c)77-78=155rowspan=3 align=center|+11
{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Sigel (a)79-76=155
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Tuten (a)80-75=155
{{flagicon|USA}} Art Wall Jr. (c)75-81=156align=center|+12
{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Landrum79-78=157align=center|+13
{{flagicon|USA}} William Hoffer (a)83-82=165align=center|+21

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}} Crenshaw−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11style="background: Pink;"|−12−12style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11−11
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Watsonstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Edwardsstyle="background: Pink;"|−4style="background: Pink;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Morganstyle="background: Pink;"|−4style="background: Pink;"|−5−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Nelsonstyle="background: Pink;"|−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Green;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8style="background: Green;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Black−2−2style="background: Pink;"|−3−3−3−3−3style="background: Pink;"|−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4style="background: Pink;"|−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6
align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Grahamstyle="background: Green;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Kite−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9−9−9−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8−8style="background: Olive;"|−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lyestyle="background: Pink;"|−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8−8style="background: Green;"|−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Couples−5−5style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4style="background: Green;"|−2−2−2−2style="background: Pink;"|−3−3−3−3−3style="background: Pink;"|−4−4style="background: Pink;"|−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

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