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1962 Masters Tournament
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. 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. 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). 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)

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

Place Player Score To par
1 South Africa Gary Player 67 −5
2 United States Julius Boros 69 −3
T3 United States Arnold Palmer 70 −2
United States Mike Souchak
United States Dave Ragan
United States Gardner Dickinson
T7 United States George Bayer 71 −1
United States Billy Maxwell
United States Bob Rosburg
United States Don January
United States Gene Littler

Source

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1962

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Arnold Palmer 70-66=136 −8
2 South Africa Gary Player 67-71=138 −6
3 United States Gene Littler 71-68=139 −5
4 United States Gardner Dickinson 70-71=141 −3
T5 United States Julius Boros 69-73=142 −2
United States Dow Finsterwald 74-68=142
United States Mike Souchak 70-72=142
T8 Canada Al Balding 75-68=143 −1
United States Dave Ragan 70-73=143
T10 United States Jerry Barber 72-72=144 E
Puerto Rico Chi-Chi Rodríguez 72-72=144
United States Billy Maxwell 71-73=144
United States Bob Rosburg 71-73=144
United States Don January 71-73=144

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Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1962

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Arnold Palmer 70-66-69=205 −11
2 United States Dow Finsterwald 74-68-65=207 −9
3 South Africa Gary Player 67-71-71=209 −7
4 United States Gene Littler 71-68-71=210 −6
T5 United States Jerry Barber 72-72-69=213 −3
United States Gardner Dickinson 70-71-72=213
7 United States Julius Boros 69-73-72=214 −2
8 United States Gay Brewer 74-71-70=215 −1
T9 United States Lionel Hebert 72-73-71=216 E
United States Ken Venturi 75-70-71=216
United States Billy Maxwell 71-73-72=216
United States Mike Souchak 70-72-74=216

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1962

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 United States Dow Finsterwald 74-68-65-73=280 −8 Playoff
United States Arnold Palmer (c) 70-66-69-75=280
South Africa Gary Player (c) 67-71-71-71=280
4 United States Gene Littler 71-68-71-72=282 −6 6,000
T5 United States Jerry Barber 72-72-69-74=287 −1 3,600
United States Jimmy Demaret (c) 73-73-71-70=287
United States Billy Maxwell 71-73-72-71=287
United States Mike Souchak 70-72-74-71=287
T9 United States Charles Coe (a) 72-74-71-71=288 E 0
United States Ken Venturi 75-70-71-72=288 2,000

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
United States Palmer −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8
South Africa Player −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
United States Finsterwald −9 −10 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8
United States Littler −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 9, 1962

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Arnold Palmer 68 −4 20,000
2 South Africa Gary Player 71 −1 12,000
3 United States Dow Finsterwald 77 +5 8,000

Source:

Scorecard

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
United States Palmer E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4
South Africa Player −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E +1 E E E −1
United States Finsterwald +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5

Source:

References

  1. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1962). "Palmer's 68 wins title in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
  2. ^ Drum, Bob (April 10, 1962). "Palmer Masters golf champion for third time". Pittsburgh Press. p. 35.
  3. ^ Wright, Alfred (April 16, 1962). "Arnold Palmer gets a big revenge". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  4. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 9, 1962). "Palmer, 2 others tied in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1962. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1962. p. 13.
  7. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ Grimsley, Will (April 10, 1962). "Palmer's 68 wins by three: playoff cards". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 2.
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