Golf tournament
The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament , held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia . Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship . Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth , defending champion Tom Watson , and 54-hole leader Hubert Green , the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.[ 2] [ 3]
Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 m), including a final one of 15 feet (4.6 m) for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Player became the oldest winner of the Masters and the first over forty in nearly a quarter century; Sam Snead won his third green jacket at age 41 in 1954 . Player retained the honor for eight years, until Jack Nicklaus won his sixth at 46 in 1986 .
Field
1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron , George Archer (8), Gay Brewer , Billy Casper (8), Charles Coody (10), Raymond Floyd (8,11,12), Doug Ford , Bob Goalby , Jack Nicklaus (4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8), Gary Player (3,8,9), Sam Snead , Art Wall Jr. , Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12)
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Lou Graham (8,9,10,12), Hubert Green (8,9,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Johnny Miller (3), Jerry Pate (8,10,11)
3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Weiskopf (8,9,11)
4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (12), Lee Trevino (11), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)
5. 1977 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Doug Fischesser (a), Ralph Landrum (a), Jay Sigel (7,a)
John Fought (6,7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Siderowf (7,a)
Bill Sander (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.7. Members of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1977 Masters Tournament Andy Bean , Jim Colbert , Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards , Lee Elder , Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite , Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale , Andy North (11), John Schlee , Bob Wynn
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1977 U.S. Open Wally Armstrong , Terry Diehl , Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman , Gary Jacobson , Lyn Lott , Mike McCullough , Steve Melnyk , Tom Purtzer
10. Top eight players and ties from 1977 PGA Championship Jerry McGee (11,12)
11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Miller Barber , Dave Eichelberger , Mike Hill , Mac McLendon , Gil Morgan , Mike Morley , Bill Rogers , Jim Simons , Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson
12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team Dave Hill
13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki , Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido , David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima , Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki , Manuel Piñero
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 6, 1978
Source: [ 6]
Second round
Friday, April 7, 1978
Source: [ 7]
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 1978
Source: [ 8]
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 1978
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T11
Don January 72-70-72-70=284
−4
4,417
Jerry McGee 71-73-71-69=284
Tom Weiskopf 72-71-70-71=284
T14
Peter Oosterhuis 74-70-70-71=285
−3
3,300
Lee Trevino 70-69-72-74=285
T16
Raymond Floyd (c)76-71-71-68=286
−2
2,950
Lindy Miller (a)74-71-70-71=286
0
T18
Seve Ballesteros 74-71-68-74=287
−1
2,550
Tom Kite 71-74-71-71=287
Gil Morgan 73-73-70-71=287
Jerry Pate 72-71-72-72=287
Ed Sneed 74-70-70-73=287
Lanny Wadkins 74-70-73-70=287
T24
Miller Barber 75-67-73-73=288
E
2,200
Andy Bean 76-68-73-71=288
Gene Littler 72-68-70-78=288
Leonard Thompson 72-69-75-72=288
28
Bobby Cole 77-70-70-72=289
+1
2,000
T29
Gay Brewer (c)73-71-69-77=290
+2
1,975
Mac McLendon 72-72-72-74=290
Bill Rogers 76-70-68-76=290
T32
Jim Colbert 74-73-75-69=291
+3
1,950
Terry Diehl 74-72-74-71=291
Johnny Miller 77-72-72-70=291
Andy North 73-76-72-70=291
36
Tommy Aaron (c)73-74-71-74=292
+4
1,925
T37
Ben Crenshaw 75-70-74-74=293
+5
1,900
Mike Hill 73-75-74-71=293
Arnold Palmer (c)73-69-74-77=293
Tom Purtzer 78-69-74-72=293
41
Lyn Lott 72-76-71-75=294
+6
1,875
T42
Lee Elder 73-75-74-73=295
+7
1,850
Al Geiberger 75-73-75-72=295
John Schlee 68-75-77-75=295
T45
Vance Heafner (a)73-74-74-75=296
+8
0
Dave Hill 72-76-74-74=296
1,825
T47
Jay Haas 74-73-74-76=297
+9
1,800
Gary Hallberg (a)73-73-78-73=297
0
49
Dick Siderowf (a)77-72-78-71=298
+10
50
Bob Wynn 74-70-78-77=299
+11
1,750
51
Steve Melnyk 71-78-75-76=300
+12
1,725
52
Bob Goalby (c)73-75-78-75=301
+13
1,700
53
Peter McEvoy (a)73-75-77-77=302
+14
0
CUT
Charles Coody (c)75-75=150
+6
Dave Eichelberger 79-71=150
Lou Graham 75-75=150
Masashi Ozaki 76-74=150
Manuel Piñero 78-72=150
Billy Casper (c)76-75=151
+7
Mike Morley 78-73=151
Dave Stockton 76-75=151
Isao Aoki 79-73=152
+8
Art Wall Jr. (c)74-78=152
Gary Jacobson 79-74=153
+9
Jay Sigel (a)76-77=153
Doug Ford (c)78-76=154
+10
Sam Snead (c)79-75=154
Antonio Garrido 77-78=155
+11
Ralph Landrum (a)79-77=156
+12
Rik Massengale 81-75=156
Jim Simons 79-77=156
Danny Edwards 79-79=158
+14
Tsuneyuki Nakajima 80-80=160
+16
Mike Brannan (a)80-82=162
+18
Doug Fischesser (a)81-84=165
+21
Fred Ridley (a)84-81=165
WD
George Archer (c)81
+9
Mike McCullough 82
+10
Sources:[ 9] [ 10]
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
−3
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−4
−4
−5
−6
−6
−7
−8
−8
−9
−10
−10
−11
−7
−8
−8
−8
−7
−7
−7
−8
−8
−9
−9
−9
−10
−9
−10
−10
−10
−10
−9
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−9
−10
−10
−10
−9
−9
−10
−10
−11
−10
−10
−10
−7
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−10
−9
−10
−11
−11
−10
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source: [ 4]
References
^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 7, 1978). "The Masters leader – Oh, Schlee" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved August 18, 2021 . ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 10, 1978). "3rd win to Player in Masters" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . p. 17. Retrieved August 18, 2021 . ^ a b Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1978). "And then there was one" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 18, 2021 .^ a b Loomis, Tom (April 10, 1978). "Champ Player fired 64, then 'choked' . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). p. 14. ^ "What Are the Worst Choke Jobs in Golf History?" . Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015 .^ "Schlee tames Masters field" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 7, 1978. p. 3D.^ "Trevino plays to center stage at Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 8, 1978. p. 1C.^ "Green chips his way three ahead in Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire service. April 9, 1978. p. 2B.^ "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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