1964 Masters Tournament

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1964 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 9–12, 1964
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	96 players, 48 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$129,800^[2]
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
Arnold Palmer
276 (−12)

The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).

Arnold Palmer, age 34, won by scoring three rounds in the 60s and a final round of 70 to win by six strokes. With this win, he became the first four-time winner of the Masters.^[3] This was his seventh and final major victory.

This was the last Masters tournament that Craig Wood entered. He never finished his 1st round though and he withdrew. Wood was runner-up in the first two Masters tournaments in 1934 and 1935 and he won the 1941 tournament.

Labron Harris, Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	69-68-69-70=276	−12	20,000
T2	Dave Marr	United States	70-73-69-70=282	−6	10,100
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-73-71-67=282	−6	10,100
4	Bruce Devlin	Australia	72-72-67-73=284	−4	6,100
T5	Billy Casper	United States	76-72-69-69=286	−2	3,700
	Jim Ferrier	Australia	71-73-69-73=286
	Paul Harney	United States	73-72-71-70=286
	Gary Player	South Africa	69-72-72-73=286
T9	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-72-75-69=287	−1	1,700
	Ben Hogan	United States	73-75-67-72=287
	Tony Lema	United States	75-68-74-70=287
	Mike Souchak	United States	73-74-70-70=287

References

↑ "Palmer sizzles, leads Masters by 4". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1964. p. 2-part 2.
↑ Moffit, David M. (April 13, 1964). "Palmer again aims at Grand Slam after unprecedented 4th Masters win". Youngstown Vindicator. UPI. p. 24.
↑ Wright, Alfred (April 20, 1964). "A Master to top them all". Sports Illustrated: 18.

External links

Masters.com – Past winners and results
About.com – 1964 Masters Tournament

v t e 1964 Men's Major Golf Championships

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