1938 Masters Tournament

The 1938 Masters Tournament was contested from April 1 to April 4 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 5th Masters Tournament.

Due to adverse weather conditions, Round 1 was played on Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday.

Henry Picard fired a final round 70 to defeat Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl by two strokes.

Ben Hogan finished tied for 25th. It was his first participation in the Masters Tournament. The purse was $5,000.

Final leaderboard

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

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