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1936 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1936 Masters Tournament
dates	April 3–6, 1936
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage
field	53 players
cut	None
purse	$5,000
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Horton Smith
score	285 (−3)
previous	[1935](1935-masters-tournament)
next	[1937](1937-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

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. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday. On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from 50 ft at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.

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)

Olin Dutra (2,7,8) did not play

;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)

Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.

;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)

Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter (4), and Macdonald Smith did not play.

;9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

Walter Emery (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Joe Lynch (a) and George Voigt (a) did not play.

;10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Al Zimmerman did not play.

;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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Harry Cooper	70	−2
2	USA Al Espinosa	72	E
T3	USA Billy Burke	74	+2
USA Ted Luther (a)
USA Horton Smith
T6	USA Bobby Cruickshank	75	+3
USA Al Krueger
USA Ky Laffoon
USA Lawson Little
USA Henry Picard

Source:

Second round

Saturday, April 4, 1936

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Harry Cooper	70-69=139	−5
T2	USA Bobby Cruickshank	75-69=144	E
USA Denny Shute	76-68=144
T4	USA Al Espinosa	72-73=145	+1
USA Ky Laffoon	75-70=145
USA Paul Runyan	76-69=145
USA Gene Sarazen	78-67=145
USA Horton Smith	74-71=145
T9	USA Johnny Dawson (a)	77-70=147	+3
USA Vic Ghezzi	77-70=147
USA Byron Nelson	76-71=147
USA Henry Picard	75-72=147

Source:

Third round

Monday, April 6, 1936 (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Harry Cooper	70-69-71=210	−6
2	USA Horton Smith	74-71-68=213	−3
3	USA Paul Runyan	76-69-70=215	−1
T4	USA Johnny Dawson (a)	77-70-70=217	+1
USA Ray Mangrum	76-73-68=217
USA Gene Sarazen	78-67-72=217
7	USA Bobby Cruickshank	75-69-74=218	+2
8	USA Denny Shute	76-68-75=219	+3
T9	USA Ed Dudley	75-75-70=220	+4
USA Al Espinosa	72-73-75=220
USA Ky Laffoon	75-70-75=220

Source:--

Final round

Monday, April 6, 1936 (afternoon)

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Horton Smith (c)	74-71-68-72=285	−3	1,500
2	USA Harry Cooper	70-69-71-76=286	−2	800
3	USA Gene Sarazen (c)	78-67-72-70=287	−1	600
T4	USA Bobby Cruickshank	75-69-74-72=290	+2	450
USA Paul Runyan	76-69-70-75=290
T6	USA Ed Dudley	75-75-70-73=293	+5	250
USA Ky Laffoon	75-70-75-73=293
USA Ray Mangrum	76-73-68-76=293
T9	USA Johnny Dawson (a)	77-70-70-77=294	+6	0
USA Henry Picard	75-72-74-73=294	150

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Walter Hagen	77-74-73-72=296	+8	100
USA Denny Shute	76-68-75-77=296
T13	USA Wiffy Cox	82-69-75-72=298	+10	50
USA Byron Nelson	76-71-77-74=298
T15	USA Al Espinosa	72-73-75-79=299	+11
USA Vic Ghezzi	77-70-77-75=299
USA Jug McSpaden	77-75-71-76=299
USA Jimmy Thomson	76-78-71-74=299
USA Orville White	78-73-77-71=299
T20	USA Tommy Armour	79-74-72-75=300	+12
USA Lawson Little	75-75-73-77=300
USA Sam Parks Jr.	76-75-72-77=300
TWN Chin Sei-Sui	76-74-71-79=300
USA Craig Wood	88-67-69-76=300
25	USA Johnny Revolta	77-72-76-76=301	+13
26	USA Albert Campbell (a)	82-73-68-79=302	+14
27	USA Dick Metz	79-78-76-70=303	+15
28	USA Billy Burke	74-77-74-79=304	+16
T29	USA Johnny Farrell	78-75-74-78=305	+17
AUS Joe Kirkwood Sr.	81-76-73-75=305
JPN Toichira Toda	81-74-75-75=305
USA Al Watrous	78-76-73-78=305
33	USA Bobby Jones	78-78-73-77=306	+18
T34	USA Bill Kaiser	77-78-77-75=307	+19
USA Charlie Yates (a)	82-73-75-77=307
T36	USA Butch Krueger	75-76-77-80=308	+20
USA Ted Luther	74-75-77-82=308
38	USA Ted Turner	76-79-80-75=310	+22
T39	USA Jimmy Hines	79-82-74-76=311	+23
CAN Jules Huot	80-79-75-77=311
USA Gene Kunes	81-76-76-78=311
USA Frank Walsh	80-77-78-76=311
43	USA Johnny Goodman (a)	80-81-79-75=315	+27
T44	USA Bobby Riegel (a)	84-78-74-83=319	+31
ENG Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	83-75-74-87=319
WD	USA Jock Hutchison	79-77=156	+12
USA Vincent Eldred	85-76=161	+17
USA Fred Haas (a)	87-74=161
USA Joe Turnesa	80-82=162	+18
USA Jack Munger (a)	84-79=163	+19
USA Jess Sweetser (a)	89-79=168	+24
USA Fred McLeod	88-81=169	+25
USA Herman Barron
USA George Sargent

Sources:

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
USA Smith	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
ENG Cooper	−6	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2
USA Sarazen	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:

References

"Past winners and results". The Masters.
(April 2, 1936). "Postpone opening of Augusta golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Gould, Alan. (April 6, 1936). "National tourney at Augusta rained out". Spartanburg Herald.
(April 7, 1936). "Horton Smith wins Augusta Tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 4, 1936). "First round scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 5, 1936). "Masters' scores". Pittsburgh Press.
Gould, Alan. (April 5, 1936). "Cooper boosts lead in Augusta National". Spartanburg Herald.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.
(April 7, 1936). "Leaders' cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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