1960_Masters_Tournament

1960 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1960
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)
Field	83 players, 45 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$87,050
Winner's share	$17,500
Champion
	Arnold Palmer
	282 (−6)
Location map
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1960 Masters Tournament

Golf tournament

The 1960 Masters Tournament was the 24th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer birdied the final two holes to win by one stroke over runner-up Ken Venturi.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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It was the second of Palmer's four Masters victories and the second of his seven major titles. Palmer, age 30, also won the U.S. Open in 1960 and was the runner-up at the British Open.

Jack Nicklaus, age 20 and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, played in his second Masters. He made the cut for the first time at Augusta and tied for 13th place. Defending champion Art Wall Jr. did not play, due to a knee injury.^[5] The purse was $87,050 with a winner's share of $17,500.^[6]

Third place finisher Dow Finsterwald received a two-stroke penalty after the second round for violating a local rule, practice putting on the green following the conclusion of a hole, and lost the title by two strokes. The incident had occurred in the first round, and was self-reported after the second round after he was informed by his playing partner Billy Casper that it was not allowed. Instead of leading at 139 (−5), Finsterwald was tied with Ben Hogan and two others for second place after two rounds at 141, one stroke behind leader Palmer at 140.^[7]

Palmer was the sole leader after all four rounds and was the second wire-to-wire winner at the Masters, following Craig Wood in 1941. Subsequent wire-to-wire winners were Jack Nicklaus in 1972, Raymond Floyd in 1976, and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

The 36-hole cut rule was slightly modified this year to include all golfers in the top 40 plus ties or within 10 strokes of the lead. Previously the cut rule at the Masters (instituted in 1957) was top 40 plus ties. Three golfers made the cut at 150 (+6) who would not have made the cut under the previous rule.

The Par 3 contest was introduced this year, and three-time Masters champion Sam Snead won with a score of 23 (−4).^[5]

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Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	67	−5
T2	Fred Hawkins	69	−3
	Claude Harmon
	Jay Hebert
T5	Don January	70	−2
	Bud Taylor (a)
	Harry Weetman
T8	Deane Beman (a)	71	−1
	Billy Casper
	Dow Finsterwald
	Gene Littler

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	67-73=140	−4
T2	Walter Burkemo	72-69=141	−3
	Dow Finsterwald	71-70=141
	Claude Harmon	69-72=141
	Ben Hogan	73-68=141
T6	Billy Casper	71-71=142	−2
	Don January	70-72=142
	Ken Venturi	73-69=142
T9	Deane Beman (a)	71-72=143	−1
	Julius Boros	72-71=143
	Billy Maxwell	72-71=143
	Gary Player	72-71=143

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Arnold Palmer	67-73-72=212	−4
T2	Julius Boros	72-71-70=213	−3
	Billy Casper	71-71-71=213
	Dow Finsterwald	71-70-72=213
	Ben Hogan	73-68-72=213
	Ken Venturi	73-69-71=213
7	Gary Player	72-71-72=215	−1
T8	Walter Burkemo	72-69-75=216	E
	Claude Harmon	69-72-75=216
	Don January	70-72-74=216
	Stan Leonard	72-72-72=216

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Arnold Palmer (c)	67-73-72-70=282	−6	17,500
2	Ken Venturi	73-69-71-70=283	−5	10,500
3	Dow Finsterwald	71-70-72-71=284	−4	7,000
4	Billy Casper	71-71-71-74=287	−1	5,250
5	Julius Boros	72-71-70-75=288	E	4,200
T6	Walter Burkemo	72-69-75-73=289	+1	2,800
	Ben Hogan (c)	73-68-72-76=289
	Gary Player	72-71-72-74=289
T9	Lionel Hebert	74-70-73-73=290	+2	1,575
T9	Stan Leonard	72-72-72-74=290	+2	1,575

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Jack Burke Jr. (c)	72-72-74-74=292	+4	1,225
T11	Sam Snead (c)	73-74-72-73=292	+4	1,225
T13	Ted Kroll	72-76-71-74=293	+5	1,225
	Jack Nicklaus (a)	75-71-72-75=293		0
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	75-72-74-72=293		0
T16	Bruce Crampton	74-73-75-72=294	+6	1,050
	Claude Harmon (c)	69-72-75-78=294
	Fred Hawkins	69-78-72-75=294
	Mike Souchak	72-75-72-75=294
T20	Tommy Bolt	73-74-75-73=295	+7	875
	Don January	70-72-74-79=295
	Ed Oliver	74-75-73-73=295
	Bob Rosburg	74-74-71-76=295
	Bud Taylor (a)	70-74-73-78=295		0
T25	Tommy Aaron (a)	74-75-75-73=297	+9	0
	Doug Ford (c)	74-72-80-71=297		875
	Billy Maxwell	72-71-79-75=297
	Dave Ragan	74-73-75-75=297
T29	George Bayer	73-73-80-72=298	+10	500
	Deane Beman (a)	71-72-77-78=298		0
	Richard Crawford (a)	74-72-75-77=298		0
	Doug Sanders	73-71-81-73=298		500
33	Gene Andrews (a)	73-76-77-73=299	+11	0
T34	Jerry Barber	76-73-74-77=300	+12	500
	Jack Fleck	78-71-77-74=300		500
	Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-72-78-74=300		0
	Dave Marr	73-77-77-73=300		500
	Harry Weetman	70-78-74-78=300		500
T39	Charles Coe (a)	72-74-78-77=301	+13	0
	Chick Harbert	73-77-74-77=301		500
	Jay Hebert	69-77-78-77=301
	Jim Turnesa	76-73-73-79=301
43	Lloyd Mangrum	74-74-76-78=302	+14	500
44	Lew Worsham	72-76-74-84=306	+18	500
45	Ward Wettlaufer (a)	73-77-83-78=311	+23	0
CUT	Jimmy Demaret (c)	75-76=151	+7
	Bob Goalby	76-75=151
	Harold Henning	77-74=151
	Dick Knight	75-76=151
	Cary Middlecoff (c)	75-76=151
	Ángel Miguel	78-73=151
	Mason Rudolph	78-73=151
	Paul Runyan	73-78=151
	Kel Nagle	77-75=152	+8
	Byron Nelson (c)	76-76=152
	Norman Von Nida	79-73=152
	William C. Campbell (a)	76-77=153	+9
	Ed Furgol	76-77=153
	Vic Ghezzi	73-80=153
	Mário Gonzalez	78-75=153
	Charles Harrison (a)	74-79=153
	Gene Littler	71-82=153
	Henry Picard (c)	76-77=153
	Horton Smith (c)	76-77=153
	David Goldman (a)	77-77=154	+10
	Chandler Harper	76-78=154
	Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	81-73=154
	Bo Wininger	79-75=154
	Denny Shute	78-77=155	+11
	Billy Burke	73-83=156	+12
	Denis Hutchinson	81-75=156
	Herman Keiser (c)	78-78=156
	Gene Sarazen (c)	76-80=156
	Dudley Wysong (a)	79-77=156
	Tony Manero	78-79=157	+13
	Ernie Vossler	78-80=158	+14
	Sam Parks Jr.	78-81=159	+15
	Johnny Revolta	81-81=162	+18
	Chick Evans (a)	91-89=180	+36
WD	Craig Wood (c)	80	+8
	Jock Hutchison
	Fred McLeod
DQ	Dick Chapman (a)	79	+7

1960_Masters_Tournament

1960 Masters Tournament

Field

Round summaries

First round

Second round

Third round

Final round

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

References

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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
Palmer	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6
Venturi	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Finsterwald	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
Casper	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1
Boros	−3	−3	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	E
Burkemo	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Hogan	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion