1965 Masters Tournament

The 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1965 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1965
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field91 players, 49 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Winner's share$20,000
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
271 (−17)
Location Map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953.[2] It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career.

The "Big Three" (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6),[1][3] but Nicklaus shot a 64 (−8) on Saturday to post a 202 (−14), a gain of five shots on Player and eight on Palmer.[4][5] Nicklaus' round tied the course record set by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940; it was lowered to 63 by Nick Price in the third round in 1986.

Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64.[6] After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."[7]

Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion.

Art Wall Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20.

Field
1. Masters champions

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

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Jack Fleck, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (9,10)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

Tony Lema (8,11)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,11), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bobby Nichols (9,10), Bob Rosburg (9)

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

Deane Beman (6,a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Charles Coe (6,a), Richard Davies (6,a)

  • Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

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

7. 1964 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Don Allen (a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Gene Ferrell (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Ed Tutwiler (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1964 Masters Tournament

Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Don January (9), Dave Marr, Billy Maxwell (11), Johnny Pott (9,11), Mason Rudolph (10), Dan Sikes, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger (10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1964 U.S. Open

George Bayer, Gay Brewer (10), Bill Collins, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Ed Furgol, Tommy Jacobs

10. Top eight players and ties from 1964 PGA Championship

Tom Nieporte

11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team

Bob Goalby, Dave Ragan

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Frank Beard, Jack McGowan

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

Wes Ellis

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

Tommy Aaron

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 1965 PGA Tour

Doug Sanders, Bert Weaver

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Butler (8), Bob Charles (3,9), Chen Ching-Po, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9), Bruce Devlin (8), Harold Henning, Bernard Hunt, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson, Cobie Legrange, Stan Leonard, Kel Nagle (3,8), Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8), Leopoldo Ruiz, Ramón Sota, Nick Weslock (a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Africa Gary Player65−7
T2United States Tommy Aaron67−5
United States Tony Lema
United States Jack Nicklaus
United States Dan Sikes
6United States Frank Beard68−4
T7United States George Bayer69−3
United States Tommy Bolt
United States Wes Ellis
United States Raymond Floyd
United States Doug Sanders

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jack Nicklaus67-71=138−6
United States Arnold Palmer70-68=138
South Africa Gary Player65-73=138
4United States Dan Sikes67-72=139−5
5United States Tony Lema67-73=140−4
T6United States Tommy Aaron67-74=141−3
United States Doug Sanders69-72=141
8United States Bo Wininger70-72=142−2
9United States George Bayer69-74=143−1
T10United States Billy Casper72-72=144E
Australia Bruce Crampton72-72=144
United States Byron Nelson70-74=144
United States Bobby Nichols73-71=144
United States Tom Nieporte71-73=144
Spain Ramón Sota71-73=144

Source:[3][9][10]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus67-71-64=202−14
2South Africa Gary Player65-73-69=207−9
T3United States Arnold Palmer70-68-72=210−6
United States Dan Sikes67-72-71=210
5United States Mason Rudolph70-75-66=211−5
T6United States Tommy Aaron67-74-71=212−4
United States Gene Littler71-74-67=212
T8Canada George Knudson72-73-69=214−2
Spain Ramón Sota71-73-70=214
T10United States Billy Casper72-72-71=215−1
United States Doug Sanders69-72-74=215

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Third round, ties course record   31-33=64 (−8)

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States NicklausE−1−1−2−2−3−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−8−8

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1965

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Jack Nicklaus (c)67-71-64-69=271−1720,000
T2United States Arnold Palmer (c)70-68-72-70=280−810,200
South Africa Gary Player (c)65-73-69-73=280
4United States Mason Rudolph70-75-66-72=283−56,200
5United States Dan Sikes67-72-71-75=285−35,000
T6United States Gene Littler71-74-67-74=286−23,800
Spain Ramón Sota71-73-70-72=286
T8United States Frank Beard68-77-72-70=287−12,400
United States Tommy Bolt69-78-69-71=287
10Canada George Knudson72-73-69-74=288E1,800

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
United States Nicklaus−15−15−15−16−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−16−16−16−17−17
United States Palmer−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
South Africa Player−9−10−9−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−8−6−7−7−8−8−8−8
United States Rudolph−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−5
United States Sikes−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−4−2−2−3−3−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
  1. "Palmer, Nicklaus, Player tied in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 12.
  2. "Nicklaus in a Masters Romp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 12, 1965. p. 32.
  3. "Nicklaus, Palmer, Player lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 2, part 2.
  4. "Nicklaus threatens runaway with 64". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1965. p. 1B.
  5. Wright, Alfred (April 19, 1965). "All alone at the top". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  6. Nicklaus, Jack (2007). Jack Nicklaus: My Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-416-54224-7.
  7. "Jack Nicklaus Quotes". golf.about.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  8. "Putting tip helps Player get lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1965. p. 1C.
  9. "Masters scorecard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 10, 1965. p. 13.
  10. "Masters golf lead shared by Palmer, Nicklaus, Player". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 10, 1965. p. 1B.
  11. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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