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1937 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1937 Masters Tournament
dates	April 1–4, 1937
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage
field	46 players
cut	None
purse	$5,000
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Byron Nelson
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1936](1936-masters-tournament)
next	[1938](1938-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 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The tournament was at this point officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939.

Opening with a six-under 66, Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds, but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third. On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), respectively. The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.

At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.

Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Field

;1. Masters champions Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12)

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

;4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

;5. British Amateur champions

;6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10)

;7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12)

Olin Dutra (2,6) and Walter Hagen (2,4,6,9) did not play.

;8. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team Charlie Yates (a)

Albert Campbell (9,11,a), George Dunlap (a), Walter Emery (a), Johnny Fischer (11,a), Harry Givan (a), Johnny Goodman (10,11,a), Francis Ouimet (a), Reynolds Smith (a), George Voigt (11,a) and Ed White (a) did not play.

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous

Johnny Dawson (a), Johnny Farrell (2,10), Dick Metz (10) and Orville White did not play.

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1936 U.S. Open Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a), Felix Serafin

Zell Eaton, Jerry Gianferante, Willie Goggin and Macdonald Smith did not play

;11. 1936 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists John Riddell (a)

Ray Billows (a) and Russell Martin (a) did not play.

;12. 1936 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn

;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead

;14 Foreign invitations Francis Francis (a)

;Additional invitation Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 1, 1937

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Byron Nelson	66	−6
2	USA Ralph Guldahl	69	−3
T3	USA Ed Dudley	70	−2
USA Wiffy Cox
USA Lawson Little
T6	USA Leonard Dodson	71	−1
USA Tony Manero
USA Johnny Revolta
USA Jimmy Thomson
T10	USA Vic Ghezzi	72	E
USA Al Espinosa

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Second round

Friday, April 2, 1937

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Byron Nelson	66-72=138	−6
T2	USA Ralph Guldahl	69-72=141	−3
USA Ed Dudley	70-71=141
T4	USA Harry Cooper	73-69=142	−2
USA Wiffy Cox	70-72=142
T6	USA Ky Laffoon	73-70=143	−1
USA Tony Manero	71-72=143
USA Johnny Revolta	71-72=143
T9	USA Vic Ghezzi	72-72=144	E
USA Jimmy Thomson	71-73=144

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Third round

Saturday, April 3, 1937

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ralph Guldahl	69-72-68=209	−7
2	USA Ed Dudley	70-71-71=212	−4
T3	USA Harry Cooper	73-69-71=213	−3
USA Byron Nelson	66-72-75=213
5	USA Johnny Revolta	71-72-72=215	−1
6	USA Vic Ghezzi	72-72-72=216	E
T7	USA Leonard Dodson	71-75-71=217	+1
USA Jimmy Hines	77-72-68=217
USA Ky Laffoon	73-70-74=217
USA Al Watrous	74-72-71=217

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Final round

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Byron Nelson	66-72-75-70=283	−5	1,500
2	USA Ralph Guldahl	69-72-68-76=285	−3	800
3	USA Ed Dudley	70-71-71-74=286	−2	600
4	USA Harry Cooper	73-69-71-74=287	−1	500
5	USA Ky Laffoon	73-70-74-73=290	+2	400
6	USA Jimmy Thomson	71-73-74-73=291	+3	300
7	USA Al Watrous	74-72-71-75=292	+4	250
T8	USA Tommy Armour	73-75-73-72=293	+5	175
USA Vic Ghezzi	72-72-72-77=293
T10	USA Leonard Dodson	71-75-71-77=294	+6	100
USA Jimmy Hines	77-72-68-77=294

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
12	USA Wiffy Cox	70-72-77-76=295	+7	100
T13	USA Clarence Clark	77-75-70-74=296	+8
USA Tony Manero	71-72-78-75=296
USA Johnny Revolta	71-72-72-81=296
USA Denny Shute	74-75-71-76=296
17	USA Bobby Cruickshank	79-69-71-78=297	+9
18	USA Sam Snead	76-72-71-79=298	+10
T19	USA Lawson Little	70-79-74-76=299	+11
USA Willie Macfarlane	73-76-73-77=299
USA Paul Runyan	74-77-72-76=299
USA Felix Serafin	75-76-71-77=299
USA Horton Smith (c)	75-72-77-75=299
T24	USA Ray Mangrum	71-80-72-77=300	+12
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	74-80-73-73=300
T26	USA Craig Wood	79-77-74-71=301	+13
USA Charlie Yates (a)	76-73-74-78=301
28	ENG Francis Francis (a)	77-74-75-76=302	+14
T29	USA Billy Burke	77-71-75-80=303	+15
USA Al Espinosa	72-76-79-76=303
USA Bobby Jones	79-74-73-77=303
32	USA Jug McSpaden	77-79-72-76=304	+16
T33	USA Bill Mehlhorn	73-76-77-79=305	+17
USA Henry Picard	75-77-75-78=305
35	USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-72-77-82=307	+19
T36	USA Al Brosch	78-79-74-77=308	+20
USA Tom Kerrigan	75-77-77-79=308
USA Sam Parks Jr.	76-75-80-77=308
39	USA Frank Moore	73-79-76-82=310	+22
40	USA Jess Sweetser (a)	75-80-85-79=319	+31
41	USA John Riddell (a)	79-81-82-79=321	+33
WD	USA Fred Haas (a)	78-70-78=226	+10
USA Jack Munger (a)	84-81-78=243	+27
USA Herman Barron	78-75=153	+9
USA Jock Hutchison	77-77=154	+10
USA George Sargent	76	+4

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Scorecard

Final round

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 Nelson	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Guldahl	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−6	−6	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3
USA Dudley	−4	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2
USA Cooper	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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References

"Past winners and results". The Masters.
(April 2, 1937). "Bashful Byron Nelson's 66 leads golfers at Augusta". Spartanburg Herald.
Rice, Grantland. (April 3, 1937). "Nelson leads in golf play". Spokesman-Review.
(April 4, 1937). "Guldahl shoots 68 to grab lead in Augusta golf play". Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
(April 5, 1937). "Nelson beats down four stroke lead on last nine to win Augusta tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 5, 1937). "Byron Nelson captures Augusta golf classic". Milwaukee Journal.
(April 3, 1958). "Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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