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1938 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1938 Masters Tournament
dates	April 2–4, 1938
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage
field	42 players
cut	None
purse	$5,000
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Henry Picard
score	285 (−3)
previous	[1937](1937-masters-tournament)
next	[1939](1939-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 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday. The tournament was at this point officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939.

Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.

Field

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

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

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

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)

;5. British Amateur champions

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

;7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)

;8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)

Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood

Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh

Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.

;11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.

;12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour Ben Hogan, Dick Metz

;14 Foreign invitations Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)

Round summaries

First round

Saturday, April 2, 1938

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Harry Cooper	68	−4
T2	USA Ed Dudley	70	−2
USA Dick Metz
T4	USA Toney Penna	71	−1
USA Henry Picard
USA Paul Runyan
T7	USA Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
USA Lawson Little
USA Tony Manero
USA Jug McSpaden
USA Felix Serafin

Source:

Second round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ed Dudley	70-69=139	−5
T2	USA Ralph Guldahl	73-70=143	−1
USA Henry Picard	71-72=143
USA Felix Serafin	72-71=143
T5	USA Paul Runyan	71-73=144	E
USA Jimmy Thomson	74-70=144
T7	USA Harry Cooper	68-77=145	+1
USA Johnny Revolta	73-72=145
T9	USA Jimmy Hines	75-71=146	+2
USA Billy Burke	73-73=146

Third round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Henry Picard	71-72-72=215	−1
T2	USA Harry Cooper	68-77-71=216	E
USA Ed Dudley	70-69-77=216
USA Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73=216
USA Gene Sarazen	78-70-68=216
6	USA Byron Nelson	73-74-70=217	+1
7	USA Paul Runyan	71-73-74=218	+2
8	USA Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70=219	+3
9	USA Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76=220	+4
T10	USA Jimmy Hines	75-71-75=221	+5
USA Lawson Little	72-75-74=221
USA Dick Metz	70-77-74=221
USA Johnny Revolta	73-72-76=221
USA Felix Serafin	72-71-78=221

Source:

Final round

Monday, April 4, 1938

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Henry Picard	71-72-72-70=285	−3	1,500
T2	USA Harry Cooper	68-77-71-71=287	−1	700
USA Ralph Guldahl	73-70-73-71=287
4	USA Paul Runyan	71-73-74-70=288	E	500
5	USA Byron Nelson (c)	73-74-70-73=290	+2	400
T6	USA Ed Dudley	70-69-77-75=291	+3	275
USA Felix Serafin	72-71-78-70=291
T8	USA Dick Metz	70-77-74-71=292	+4	175
USA Jimmy Thomson	74-70-76-72=292
T10	USA Vic Ghezzi	75-74-70-74=293	+5	100
USA Jimmy Hines	75-71-75-72=293
USA Lawson Little	72-75-74-72=293

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score
T13	USA Billy Burke	73-73-76-73=295	+7
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	78-70-68-79=295
15	CAN Stanley Horne	74-74-77-71=296	+8
T16	USA Bobby Jones	76-74-72-75=297	+9
USA Jug McSpaden	72-75-77-73=297
T18	USA Bobby Cruickshank	72-75-77-74=298	+10
USA Ray Mangrum	78-72-76-72=298
USA Johnny Revolta	73-72-76-77=298
USA Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)	74-69-75-80=298
T22	USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-73-77-73=299	+11
USA Horton Smith (c)	75-75-78-71=299
24	USA Sam Parks Jr.	75-75-76-74=300	+12
T25	USA Wiffy Cox	74-78-74-75=301	+13
USA Ben Hogan	75-76-78-72=301
T27	USA Ky Laffoon	78-76-74-74=302	+14
USA Tony Manero	72-78-82-70=302
USA Frank Walsh	74-75-77-76=302
USA Al Watrous	73-77-76-76=302
T31	USA Toney Penna	71-76-77-80=304	+16
USA Sam Snead	78-78-75-73=304
33	USA Jess Sweetser (a)	82-75-73-75=305	+17
T34	USA Leo Mallory	76-75-81-74=306	+18
USA Craig Wood	73-75-83-75=306
T36	CAN Ross Somerville (a)	77-78-82-71=308	+20
USA Bud Ward (a)	77-76-79-76=308
38	USA Willie Macfarlane	76-80-75-78=309	+21
39	USA Charlie Yates (a)	76-78-82-76=312	+24
WD	USA Frank Strafaci (a)	74-74-82=230	+14
USA Denny Shute	75-78-78=231	+15
USA Leonard Dodson	78-78=156	+12

Sources:

References

"Past winners and results". The Masters.
McLemore, Henry. (April 3, 1938). "Cooper's par-smashing 68 leads classy field in Masters' golf tourney". Pittsburgh Press.
(April 4, 1938). "Picard's 215 nets lead in Masters' Tournament". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Rice, Grantland. (April 2, 1938). "Rain postpones Masters' golf". Spokesman-Review.
Rice, Grantland. (April 5, 1938). "Sore thumb helps Henry Picard win". Milwaukee Journal.
(April 5, 1938). "Picard takes Augusta title". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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