1940 Masters Tournament
DatesApril 4–7, 1940
LocationAugusta, Georgia
CourseAugusta National Golf Club
OrgAugusta National Golf Club
TourPGA Tour
Par72
Yardage6,800 yards (6,220 m)
Field59 players
Cutnone
Purse$5,000
Winners share$1,500
ChampionJimmy Demaret
Score280 (−8)
Previous1939
Next1941
Coordinates33.503°N 82.020°W

The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum,[1][2] the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes,[3][4][5][6] and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986,[7] later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

Field

1. Masters champions

Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9,10,12)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9)

4. British Open champions
5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
  • Not held
8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

Ray Billows (11,a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a), Bud Ward (10,11,a)

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament

Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)

11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)

12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Rod Munday

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Bill Holt (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum

16 Foreign invitations

Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday April 4, 1940

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Lloyd Mangrum64−8
2Jimmy Demaret67−5
T3Harry Cooper69−3
Byron Nelson
T5Lawson Little70−2
Craig Wood
T7Tommy Armour71−1
Willie Goggin
Jug McSpaden
Dick Metz
Henry Picard
Paul Runyan
Sam Snead

Source:[3][4][5]

Scorecard

First round, set course record   32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
MangrumE−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−4−3−3−4−5−5−6−6−7−8

Source:[3][4][5]

Second round

Friday April 5, 1940

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Jimmy Demaret67-72=139−5
Lloyd Mangrum64-75=139
3Byron Nelson69-72=141−3
4Henry Picard71-71=142−2
T5Willie Goggin71-72=143−1
Sam Snead71-72=143
T7Harry Cooper69-75=144E
Jug McSpaden73-71=144
T9Tommy Armour71-74=145+1
Ed Dudley73-72=145
Dick Metz71-74=145
Paul Runyan72-73=145
Craig Wood70-75=145

Source:[8][9]

Third round

Saturday April 6, 1940

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Jimmy Demaret67-72-70=209−7
2Lloyd Mangrum64-75-71=210−6
T3Sam Snead71-72-69=212−4
Craig Wood70-75-67=212
5Henry Picard71-71-71=213−3
6Byron Nelson69-72-74=215−1
T7Ed Dudley73-72-71=216E
Willie Goggin71-72-73=216
Ben Hogan73-74-69=216
T10Harry Cooper69-75-73=217+1
Paul Runyan72-73-72=217

Source:

Final round

Sunday April 7, 1940

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Jimmy Demaret67-72-70-71=280−81,500
2Lloyd Mangrum64-75-71-74=284−4800
3Byron Nelson (c)69-72-74-70=285−3600
T4Harry Cooper69-75-73-70=287−1400
Ed Dudley73-72-71-71=287
Willie Goggin71-72-73-71=287
T7Henry Picard (c)71-71-71-75=288E200
Sam Snead71-72-69-76=288
Craig Wood70-75-67-76=288
T10Ben Hogan73-74-69-74=290+2100
Toney Penna73-73-72-72=290
Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T12Paul Runyan72-73-72-74=291+350
Frank Walsh73-75-69-74=291
T14Sammy Byrd73-74-72-73=292+4
Johnny Farrell76-72-70-74=292
Ralph Guldahl (c)74-73-71-74=292
T17Jug McSpaden73-71-74-75=293+5
Charlie Yates (a)72-75-71-75=293
T19Lawson Little70-77-75-72=294+6
Ed Oliver73-75-74-72=294
T21Johnny Bulla73-73-74-75=295+7
Dick Metz71-74-75-75=295
Gene Sarazen (c)74-71-77-73=295
Bud Ward (a)74-68-75-78=295
Al Watrous75-70-73-77=295
26Jim Ferrier (a)73-74-75-74=296+8
T27Jimmy Hines75-76-74-72=297+9
Johnny Revolta74-74-74-75=297
T29Jim Foulis74-75-73-76=298+10
Tony Manero75-75-73-75=298
T31Dutch Harrison72-76-74-77=299+11
Frank Moore76-72-73-78=299
T33Chick Harbert (a)74-77-75-75=301+13
Jules Huot78-76-70-77=301
Jimmy Thomson77-76-70-78=301
Wilford Wehrle (a)74-71-76-80=301
37Martin Pose77-76-74-75=302+14
38Tommy Armour71-74-78-80=303+15
T39Vic Ghezzi77-75-74-79=305+17
Bill Holt (a)80-75-76-74=305
Rod Munday73-76-75-81=305
Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)79-74-74-78=305
Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)76-78-73-78=305
T44Art Doering (a)76-79-76-75=306+18
Chuck Kocsis (a)76-79-74-77=306
46Felix Serafin85-72-80-71=308+20
T47Horton Smith (c)76-76-80-77=309+21
Willie Turnesa (a)76-74-81-78=309
49George Dawson (a)77-73-81-81=312+24
50Enrique Bertolino80-80-78-75=313+25
51Chick Evans (a)82-84-86-79=331+43
WDBilly Burke72-81-74=227+11
Walter Hagen77-78-73=228+12
Ray Billows (a)75-83-71=229+13
Bobby Cruickshank74-76-81=231+15
Ky Laffoon78-76=154+10
Clayton Heafner73-82=155+11
Bobby Jones79-76=155
George Sargent

Sources:[10][11]

References

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  2. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 8, 1940). "Jimmy Demaret captures Masters Tournament". Youngstown Vindicator. United Press. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Lloyd Mangrum's 64 leads Augusta Open". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 21.
  4. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1940). "Mangrum leads Masters golf on record 64". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 33.
  5. ^ "Lloyd Mangrum catches fire to set competitive golf scoring record". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 5, 1940. p. 14.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Harry (April 5, 1940). "Golf's Mr. Cinderella paces Masters play". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 44.
  7. ^ "Norman leads but Price has 63". Sunday Star News. Associated Press. April 13, 1986. p. 1B.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1940). "Mangrum and Demaret share Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
  9. ^ "Ward shoots sparkling 68 to climb high among pros in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. April 6, 1940. p. 10.
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