Golf tournament
The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament , held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia .
Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth[ 2] [ 3] 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
Source [ 9]
Second round
Friday, April 7, 1972
Source [ 10]
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 1972
Source [ 11]
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 1972
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T12
George Archer (c)73-75-72-72=292
+4
3,100
Charles Coody (c)73-70-74-75=292
Al Geiberger 76-70-74-72=292
Steve Melnyk 72-72-74-74=292
Bert Yancey 72-69-76-75=292
T17
Billy Casper (c)75-71-74-74=294
+6
2,750
Bob Goalby (c)73-76-72-73=294
T19
Ben Crenshaw (a)73-74-74-74=295
+7
0
Takaaki Kono 76-72-73-74=295
2,500
Lanny Wadkins 72-72-77-74=295
T22
Bob Charles 72-76-74-74=296
+8
2,160
Roberto De Vicenzo 75-69-76-76=296
Gardner Dickinson 77-72-73-74=296
Hubert Green 75-74-74-73=296
Paul Harney 71-69-75-81=296
T27
Tony Jacklin 72-76-75-74=297
+9
1,750
Tom Kite (a)74-74-76-73=297
0
Sam Snead (c)69-75-76-77=297
1,750
30
J. C. Snead 74-77-72-75=298
+10
1,750
T31
Bert Greene 75-75-77-72=299
+11
1,750
Bobby Nichols 72-71-80-76=299
T33
Harry Bannerman 78-72-72-78=300
+12
1,675
Grier Jones 73-75-76-76=300
Arnold Palmer (c)70-75-74-81=300
Lee Trevino 75-76-77-72=300
37
Lu Liang-Huan 75-72-80-74=301
+13
1,675
T38
Gibby Gilbert 72-76-74-81=303
+15
1,675
Peter Oosterhuis 74-76-80-73=303
40
Ken Still 74-77-77-76=304
+16
1,675
T41
Frank Beard 72-79-79-76=306
+18
1,600
Jim Simons (a)71-79-76-80=306
0
T43
Jim McLean (a)75-75-78-79=307
+19
Bob Murphy 75-76-77-79=307
1,600
T45
Larry Hinson 77-74-79-78=308
+20
1,600
Bob Rosburg 74-73-83-78=308
47
DeWitt Weaver 74-76-81-79=310
+22
1,600
CUT
Rick Bendall (a)77-75=152
+8
Julius Boros 77-75=152
Hale Irwin 81-71=152
Don January 75-77=152
Johnny Miller 76-76=152
Mason Rudolph 74-78=152
Art Wall Jr. (c)77-75=152
Tommy Bolt 76-77=153
+9
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 74-79=153
Tommy Aaron 78-76=154
+10
Doug Ford (c)76-78=154
Labron Harris Jr. 79-75=154
Dave Hill 76-78=154
Masashi Ozaki 74-80=154
Eddie Pearce (a)79-75=154
Bobby Cole 78-77=155
+11
Dave Eichelberger 78-77=155
David Graham 76-79=155
Hsieh Yung-yo 79-76=155
Dick Lotz 77-78=155
Vinny Giles (a)78-78=156
+12
Miller Barber 75-82=157
+13
Jim Colbert 74-83=157
Ramón Sota 78-79=157
Marty West (a)80-77=157
Gary Cowan (a)76-82=158
+14
Raymond Floyd 76-82=158
Gene Sarazen (c)79-79=158
Tom Culligan (a)78-81=159
+15
Jim Gabrielsen (a)81-78=159
Herman Keiser (c)80-79=159
Bill Hyndman (a)75-85=160
+16
Orville Moody 80-81=161
+17
Brian Barnes 85-80=165
+21
John Farquhar (a)84-81=165
Ralph Guldahl (c)89-80=169
+25
WD
William C. Campbell (a)75
+3
Sources:[ 12] [ 13]
Scorecard
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
−4
−5
−5
−5
−5
−5
−4
−5
−5
−5
−4
−4
−4
−3
−2
−2
−2
−2
−1
−1
E
E
E
E
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
+2
+1
+1
+1
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
E
+1
+2
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+2
+3
+3
+3
+3
+2
+2
+1
+1
E
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+3
+3
+3
+2
+2
+1
+1
+2
+2
−1
−1
E
−1
E
+1
+1
+2
+1
+1
+1
E
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
−2
−3
−2
−2
−1
−1
E
E
E
E
+1
+3
+2
+2
+1
+2
+1
+2
E
+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
^ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 7, 1972). "Nicklaus leading Masters with 68" . Pittsburgh-Post Gazette . p. 12. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (April 10, 1972). "Nicklaus coasts to Masters" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . p. 25. ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1972). "Poa Jack beats himself" . Sports Illustrated . p. 22.^ Rothenberg, Fred (April 12, 1979). "Jack Whitaker's welcome now" . Boca Raton News . Florida. Associated Press. p. 2B. ^ Sandomir, Richard (May 5, 2012). "Jack Whitaker was always camera ready" . New York Times . Retrieved April 8, 2016 . ^ "Golfer Brewer: ulcers, hernia" . Montreal Gazette . UPI. April 11, 1972. p. 16.^ "Gay Brewer in hospital" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 12.^ "Brewer takes Par Three test" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 5, 1973. p. 19.^ "Nicklaus leads by 1" . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press. April 7, 1972. p. 1, part 2.^ "Nicklaus' 71 keeps lead" . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press. April 8, 1972. p. 1, part 2.^ "Golf: Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. April 9, 1972. p. 6B.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
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