1938 Masters Tournament

1938 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 2–4, 1938
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	42 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
	Henry Picard
	285 (−3)
Location map
	Augusta National Location in the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia
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The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday,^[2] rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday,^[3] and the final round was on Monday.^[4]

Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl.^[5] It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.^[6]

Field

1. Masters champions

Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team

Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)

8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)

Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood

Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open

Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh

Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.

11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.

12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour

Ben Hogan, Dick Metz

14 Foreign invitations

Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)

Round summaries

First round

Saturday, April 2, 1938

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Harry Cooper	68	−4
T2	Ed Dudley	70	−2
T2	Dick Metz	70	−2
T4	Toney Penna	71	−1
	Henry Picard
	Paul Runyan
T7	Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
	Lawson Little
	Tony Manero
	Jug McSpaden
	Felix Serafin

Source:^[2]

Second round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ed Dudley	70-69=139	−5
T2	Ralph Guldahl	73-70=143	−1
	Henry Picard	71-72=143
	Felix Serafin	72-71=143
T5	Paul Runyan	71-73=144	E
T5	Jimmy Thomson	74-70=144	E
T7	Harry Cooper	68-77=145	+1
T7	Johnny Revolta	73-72=145	+1
T9	Jimmy Hines	75-71=146	+2
T9	Billy Burke	73-73=146	+2

Third round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Henry Picard	71-72-72=215	−1
T2	Harry Cooper	68-77-71=216	E
	Ed Dudley	70-69-77=216
	Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73=216
	Gene Sarazen	78-70-68=216
6	Byron Nelson	73-74-70=217	+1
7	Paul Runyan	71-73-74=218	+2
8	Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70=219	+3
9	Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76=220	+4
T10	Jimmy Hines	75-71-75=221	+5
	Lawson Little	72-75-74=221
	Dick Metz	70-77-74=221
	Johnny Revolta	73-72-76=221
	Felix Serafin	72-71-78=221

Source:^[3]

Final round

Monday, April 4, 1938

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Henry Picard	71-72-72-70=285	−3	1,500
T2	Harry Cooper	68-77-71-71=287	−1	700
T2	Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73-71=287	−1	700
4	Paul Runyan	71-73-74-70=288	E	500
5	Byron Nelson (c)	73-74-70-73=290	+2	400
T6	Ed Dudley	70-69-77-75=291	+3	275
T6	Felix Serafin	72-71-78-70=291	+3	275
T8	Dick Metz	70-77-74-71=292	+4	175
T8	Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76-72=292	+4	175
T10	Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70-74=293	+5	100
	Jimmy Hines	75-71-75-72=293
	Lawson Little	72-75-74-72=293

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Billy Burke	73-73-76-73=295	+7
T13	Gene Sarazen (c)	78-70-68-79=295	+7
15	Stanley Horne	74-74-77-71=296	+8
T16	Bobby Jones	76-74-72-75=297	+9
T16	Jug McSpaden	72-75-77-73=297	+9
T18	Bobby Cruickshank	72-75-77-74=298	+10
	Ray Mangrum	78-72-76-72=298
	Johnny Revolta	73-72-76-77=298
	Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)	74-69-75-80=298
T22	Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-73-77-73=299	+11
T22	Horton Smith (c)	75-75-78-71=299	+11
24	Sam Parks Jr.	75-75-76-74=300	+12
T25	Wiffy Cox	74-78-74-75=301	+13
T25	Ben Hogan	75-76-78-72=301	+13
T27	Ky Laffoon	78-76-74-74=302	+14
	Tony Manero	72-78-82-70=302
	Frank Walsh	74-75-77-76=302
	Al Watrous	73-77-76-76=302
T31	Toney Penna	71-76-77-80=304	+16
T31	Sam Snead	78-78-75-73=304	+16
33	Jess Sweetser (a)	82-75-73-75=305	+17
T34	Leo Mallory	76-75-81-74=306	+18
T34	Craig Wood	73-75-83-75=306	+18
T36	Ross Somerville (a)	77-78-82-71=308	+20
T36	Bud Ward (a)	77-76-79-76=308	+20
38	Willie Macfarlane	76-80-75-78=309	+21
39	Charlie Yates (a)	76-78-82-76=312	+24
WD	Frank Strafaci (a)	74-74-82=230	+14
	Denny Shute	75-78-78=231	+15
	Leonard Dodson	78-78=156	+12

Sources:^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
^ ^a ^b McLemore, Henry (April 3, 1938). "Cooper's par-smashing 68 leads classy field in Masters' golf tourney". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
^ ^a ^b "Picard's 215 nets lead in Masters' Tournament". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1938. p. 17.
^ Rice, Grantland (April 2, 1938). "Rain postpones Masters' golf". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 13.
^ Rice, Grantland (April 5, 1938). "Sore thumb helps Henry Picard win". Milwaukee Journal. p. 6, part 2.
^ "Picard takes Augusta title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 5, 1938. p. 8.
^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1938 Masters leaderboard

[masters-1] "Past winners and results". The Masters. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[cpsm68-2] McLemore, Henry (April 3, 1938). "Cooper's par-smashing 68 leads classy field in Masters' golf tourney". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.

[picnets-3] "Picard's 215 nets lead in Masters' Tournament". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1938. p. 17.

[rpmgf-4] Rice, Grantland (April 2, 1938). "Rain postpones Masters' golf". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 13.

[sthpwn-5] Rice, Grantland (April 5, 1938). "Sore thumb helps Henry Picard win". Milwaukee Journal. p. 6, part 2.

[pctkagtl-6] "Picard takes Augusta title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. April 5, 1938. p. 8.

[7] "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[8] "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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