1972 Masters Tournament

The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1972 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 6–9, 1972
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]
Field84 players, 47 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Winner's share$25,000
Champion
United States Jack Nicklaus
286 (−2)
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 opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth[2] of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up.[3] It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.

It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. This Masters was also the debut of twenty-year-old Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas, a future two-time champion who was low amateur at 295 (T19).

Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."[4][5]

Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Field
1. Masters champions

George Archer (9,11), Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (11), Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,11,12), Gary Player (3,8,10,11), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

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

Orville Moody (8), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12)

3. The Open champions (last five years)
4. PGA champions (last five years)

Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,11,12)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1971 U.S. Amateur

Rick Bendall (a), Ben Crenshaw (a), Tom Culligan (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Jim McLean (a), Eddie Pearce (a), Marty West (a)

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
  • Steve Melnyk (7,8) and Lanny Wadkins (7,9) forfeited their exemptions by turning professional but qualified in other categories.
7. Members of the 1971 U.S. Walker Cup team

William C. Campbell (a), John Farquhar (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Tom Kite (a), Jim Simons (9,a)

  • Allen Miller forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1971 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard (11,12), Dave Eichelberger (11), Al Geiberger, Bert Greene, Hale Irwin (11), Dick Lotz, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller (9,11), Bobby Mitchell (11), Bob Murphy, Ken Still, Tom Weiskopf (11)

  • Gene Littler (11,12) had been diagnosed with cancer and did not play.
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1971 U.S. Open

Jim Colbert, Jerry Heard (11), Larry Hinson, Jerry McGee, Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bob Rosburg (11), Lanny Wadkins, Bert Yancey

10. Top eight players and ties from 1971 PGA Championship

Miller Barber (11,12), Tommy Bolt, Gibby Gilbert, Dave Hill, Jim Jamieson

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Homero Blancas, Gardner Dickinson (12), Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Labron Harris Jr., Grier Jones, DeWitt Weaver

12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team

Mason Rudolph, J. C. Snead

13. Foreign invitations

Harry Bannerman, Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (9), Bobby Cole (9), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham, Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (2,3,11), Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Ramón Sota

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus68−4
2United States Sam Snead69−3
3United States Arnold Palmer70−2
T4United States Paul Harney71−1
United States Jim Simons (a)
T6United States Frank Beard72E
New Zealand Bob Charles
Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Gibby Gilbert
England Tony Jacklin
United States Jim Jamieson
United States Steve Melnyk
United States Bobby Nichols
United States Lanny Wadkins
United States Bert Yancey

Source[9]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus68-71=139−5
2United States Paul Harney71-69=140−4
3United States Bert Yancey72-69=141−3
4United States Jim Jamieson72-70=142−2
T5United States Charles Coody73-70=143−1
United States Bobby Nichols72-71=143
T7Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo75-69=144E
United States Jerry Heard73-71=144
United States Steve Melnyk72-72=144
United States Sam Snead69-75=144
United States Lanny Wadkins72-72=144

Source[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jack Nicklaus68-71-73=212−4
2United States Jim Jamieson72-70-71=213−3
T3United States Paul Harney71-69-75=215−1
United States Tom Weiskopf74-71-70=215
T5United States Homero Blancas76-71-69=216E
Australia Bruce Crampton72-75-69=216
United States Jerry Heard73-71-72=216
United States Bobby Mitchell73-72-71=216
T9United States Charles Coody73-70-74=217+1
United States Bert Yancey72-69-76=217

Source[11]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1972

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Jack Nicklaus (c)68-71-73-74=286−225,000
T2Australia Bruce Crampton72-75-69-73=289+115,833
United States Bobby Mitchell73-72-71-73=289
United States Tom Weiskopf74-71-70-74=289
T5United States Homero Blancas76-71-69-74=290+26,200
Australia Bruce Devlin74-75-70-71=290
United States Jerry Heard73-71-72-74=290
United States Jim Jamieson72-70-71-77=290
United States Jerry McGee73-74-71-72=290
T10South Africa Gary Player (c)73-75-72-71=291+33,600
United States Dave Stockton76-70-74-71=291

Sources:[12][13]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
United States Nicklaus−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2
Australia Crampton−1−1EEEE+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
United States MitchellEEEE+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
United States WeiskopfEE+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1
United States BlancasEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+3+3+3+2+2+1+1+2+2
United States Heard−1−1E−1E+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1+2+2+2
United States Jamieson−2−3−2−2−1−1EEEE+1+3+2+2+1+2+1+2
United States HarneyE+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+3+4+5+7+7+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
  1. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 7, 1972). "Nicklaus leading Masters with 68". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. p. 12.
  2. Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1972). "Nicklaus coasts to Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 25.
  3. Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1972). "Poa Jack beats himself". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  4. Rothenberg, Fred (April 12, 1979). "Jack Whitaker's welcome now". Boca Raton News. Florida. Associated Press. p. 2B.
  5. Sandomir, Richard (May 5, 2012). "Jack Whitaker was always camera ready". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  6. "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia". Montreal Gazette. UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.
  7. "Gay Brewer in hospital". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 12.
  8. "Brewer takes Par Three test". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1973. p. 19.
  9. "Nicklaus leads by 1". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
  10. "Nicklaus' 71 keeps lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1972. p. 1, part 2.
  11. "Golf: Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. April 9, 1972. p. 6B.
  12. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  13. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.