1938 Masters Tournament

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1938 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 2–4, 1938
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	42 players^[1]
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,000
Winner's share	$1,500
Champion
Henry Picard
285 (–3)

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, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday.

Henry Picard fired a final round 70 to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who also won the 1939 PGA Championship.

Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Henry Picard	United States	71-72-72-70=285	–3	1,500
T2	Harry Cooper	England United States	68-77-71-71=287	–1	700
T2	Ralph Guldahl	United States	73-70-73-71=287	–1	700
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
T6	Felix Serafin	United States	72-71-78-70=291	+3	275
T8	Dick Metz	United States	70-77-74-71=292	+4	175
T8	Jimmy Thomson	Scotland United States	74-70-76-72=292	+4	175
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

References

↑ "Past winners and results". The Masters. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

External links

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

v t e 1938 Men's Major Golf Championships

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