1960 Masters Tournament

1960 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1960
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field	83 players, 45 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Winner's share	$17,500
Champion
Arnold Palmer
282 (−6)

The 1960 Masters Tournament was the 24th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer birdied the final two holes to win by one stroke over runner-up Ken Venturi.^[2][3]

It was the second of his four Masters victories and the second of his seven major titles. Palmer, 30, also won the U.S. Open in 1960 and was the runner-up at the British Open.

Jack Nicklaus, age 20 and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, played in his second Masters. He made the cut for the first time at Augusta and finished tied for 13th place.

Third place finisher Dow Finsterwald received a two-stroke penalty after the second round for violating a local rule, practice putting on the green following the conclusion of a hole, and lost the title by two strokes. The incident had occurred in the first round, and was self-reported after the second round after he was informed by his playing partner Billy Casper that it was not allowed. Instead of leading at 139 (−5), Finsterwald was tied with Ben Hogan for second place after two rounds at 141, one stroke behind leader Palmer at 140.^[2][4]

The Par 3 contest was introduced this year, and Sam Snead won with a score of 23.

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	67-73-72-70=282	−6	17,500
2	Ken Venturi	United States	73-69-71-70=283	−5	10,500
3	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-70-72-71=284	−4	7,000
4	Billy Casper	United States	71-71-71-74=287	−1	5,250
5	Julius Boros	United States	72-71-70-75=288	E	4,200
T6	Walter Burkemo	United States	72-69-75-73=289	+1	2,800
	Ben Hogan	United States	73-68-72-76=289
	Gary Player	South Africa	72-71-72-74=289
T9	Lionel Hebert	United States	74-70-73-73=290	+2	1,575
	Stan Leonard	Canada	72-72-72-74=290

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Palmer	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6
Venturi	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Finsterwald	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
Casper	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1
Boros	−3	−3	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	E
Hogan	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1960 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1960 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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