1936 Masters Tournament
DatesApril 3–6, 1936
LocationAugusta, Georgia
CourseAugusta National Golf Club
OrgAugusta National Golf Club
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Field53 players[1]
CutNone
Purse$5,000
Winners share$1,500
ChampionHorton Smith
Score285 (−3)
Previous1935
Next1937
Coordinates33.503°N 82.020°W

The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday.[2] Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday.[3] On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from 50 feet (15 m) at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.[4]

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Field

1. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent

2. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)

3. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)

4. British Amateur champions
5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)

6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament

Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)

8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)

9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour

Wiffy Cox, Orville White

12. Foreign invitations

Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda

Additional invitations

Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

Round summaries

First round

Friday, April 3, 1936

Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.[2]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper70−2
2Al Espinosa72E
T3Billy Burke74+2
Ted Luther (a)
Horton Smith
T6Bobby Cruickshank75+3
Al Krueger
Ky Laffoon
Lawson Little
Henry Picard

Source:[5]

Second round

Saturday, April 4, 1936

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper70-69=139−5
T2Bobby Cruickshank75-69=144E
Denny Shute76-68=144
T4Al Espinosa72-73=145+1
Ky Laffoon75-70=145
Paul Runyan76-69=145
Gene Sarazen78-67=145
Horton Smith74-71=145
T9Johnny Dawson (a)77-70=147+3
Vic Ghezzi77-70=147
Byron Nelson76-71=147
Henry Picard75-72=147

Source:[6][7]

Third round

Monday, April 6, 1936   (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.[3]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper70-69-71=210−6
2Horton Smith74-71-68=213−3
3Paul Runyan76-69-70=215−1
T4Johnny Dawson (a)77-70-70=217+1
Ray Mangrum76-73-68=217
Gene Sarazen78-67-72=217
7Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74=218+2
8Denny Shute76-68-75=219+3
T9Ed Dudley75-75-70=220+4
Al Espinosa72-73-75=220
Ky Laffoon75-70-75=220

Final round

Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Horton Smith (c)74-71-68-72=285−31,500
2Harry Cooper70-69-71-76=286−2800
3Gene Sarazen (c)78-67-72-70=287−1600
T4Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74-72=290+2450
Paul Runyan76-69-70-75=290
T6Ed Dudley75-75-70-73=293+5250
Ky Laffoon75-70-75-73=293
Ray Mangrum76-73-68-76=293
T9Johnny Dawson (a)77-70-70-77=294+60
Henry Picard75-72-74-73=294150
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T11Walter Hagen77-74-73-72=296+8100
Denny Shute76-68-75-77=296
T13Wiffy Cox82-69-75-72=298+1050
Byron Nelson76-71-77-74=298
T15Al Espinosa72-73-75-79=299+11
Vic Ghezzi77-70-77-75=299
Jug McSpaden77-75-71-76=299
Jimmy Thomson76-78-71-74=299
Orville White78-73-77-71=299
T20Tommy Armour79-74-72-75=300+12
Lawson Little75-75-73-77=300
Sam Parks Jr.76-75-72-77=300
Chin Sei-Sui76-74-71-79=300
Craig Wood88-67-69-76=300
25Johnny Revolta77-72-76-76=301+13
26Albert Campbell (a)82-73-68-79=302+14
27Dick Metz79-78-76-70=303+15
28Billy Burke74-77-74-79=304+16
T29Johnny Farrell78-75-74-78=305+17
Joe Kirkwood Sr.81-76-73-75=305
Toichira Toda81-74-75-75=305
Al Watrous78-76-73-78=305
33Bobby Jones78-78-73-77=306+18
T34Bill Kaiser77-78-77-75=307+19
Charlie Yates (a)82-73-75-77=307
T36Butch Krueger75-76-77-80=308+20
Ted Luther74-75-77-82=308
38Ted Turner76-79-80-75=310+22
T39Jimmy Hines79-82-74-76=311+23
Jules Huot80-79-75-77=311
Gene Kunes81-76-76-78=311
Frank Walsh80-77-78-76=311
43Johnny Goodman (a)80-81-79-75=315+27
T44Bobby Riegel (a)84-78-74-83=319+31
Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)83-75-74-87=319
WDJock Hutchison79-77=156+12
Vincent Eldred85-76=161+17
Fred Haas (a)87-74=161
Joe Turnesa80-82=162+18
Jack Munger (a)84-79=163+19
Jess Sweetser (a)89-79=168+24
Fred McLeod88-81=169+25
Herman Barron
George Sargent

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Smith−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3
Cooper−6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2
Sarazen+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

References

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  2. ^ "Postpone opening of Augusta golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 2, 1936. p. 19.
  3. ^ Gould, Alan (April 6, 1936). "National tourney at Augusta rained out". Spartanburg Herald. Associated Press. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Horton Smith wins Augusta Tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1936. p. 18.
  5. ^ "First round scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1936. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Masters' scores". Pittsburgh Press. April 5, 1936. p. 2, sports.
  7. ^ Gould, Alan (April 5, 1936). "Cooper boosts lead in Augusta National". Spartanburg Herald. Associated Press. p. 21.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Leaders' cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1936. p. 18.