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1939 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1939 Masters Tournament
dates	March 31 – April 2, 1939
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 Ralph Guldahl
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1938](1938-masters-tournament)
next	[1940](1940-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 1939 Masters Tournament was the sixth Masters Tournament, held from March 31 to April 2 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was postponed to Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday.

Ralph Guldahl won his only Masters title with a tournament record 279 (−9), one stroke better than runner-up Sam Snead. He had finished as a runner-up the previous two years, and it was the third of Guldahl's three major titles; he won consecutive U.S. Open titles in 1937 and 1938. The previous Masters record was 282 (−6) in 1935, and Guldahl's mark stood until 1953, when Ben Hogan shot 274 (−14).

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. The gallery for Sunday's final two rounds was estimated at 10,000 spectators. Challenging weather conditions during the second round on Saturday included hail, wind, rain, and some sun breaks. It also was the first time the tournament was called The Masters instead of the Augusta National Invitation Tournament.

Field

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

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Billy Burke (9), Johnny Farrell, Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Tony Manero (7,9)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Willie Turnesa (11,a)

;4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,7,10)

;5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (8,a)

;6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)

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

;8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team Ray Billows (a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (9,a)

Johnny Fischer (3,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,11,a), Fred Haas (a), Chuck Kocsis (9,a), Reynolds Smith (a) and Bud Ward (a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon, Ray Mangrum, Jug McSpaden (10), Dick Metz (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous

Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play.

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1938 U.S. Open Joe Belfore, Jim Foulis (12), Frank Moore, Toney Penna

Olin Dutra (2,6), Willie Hunter (5), Al Huske, Stanley Kertes, Butch Kreuger, Charles Lacey, Ray Mangrum, John Rogers, Charles Sheppard, George Von Elm (3), Al Zimmerman and Emery Zimmerman did not play,

;11. 1938 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Dick Chapman (a), Chick Harbert (a), Joe Thompson (a)

Pat Abbott (a), Chris Brinke (a) and Ed Kingsley (a) did not play.

;12. 1938 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1939 PGA Tour Jimmy Demaret, Craig Wood

;14 Foreign invitations Stanley Horne

;Additional invitation Ted Adams (a) winner of 1938 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Friday, March 31, 1939

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Billy Burke	69	−3
2	USA Sam Snead	70	−2
T3	USA Tommy Armour	71	−1
USA Byron Nelson
USA Henry Picard
T6	USA Jimmy Demaret	72	E
USA Ralph Guldahl
USA Ky Laffoon
USA Lawson Little
USA Dick Metz
USA Toney Penna
USA Craig Wood

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Second round

Saturday, April 1, 1939

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Gene Sarazen	73-66=139	−5
T2	USA Ralph Guldahl	72-68=140	−4
USA Byron Nelson	71-69=140
USA Sam Snead	70-70=140
5	USA Billy Burke	69-72=141	−3
6	USA Henry Picard	71-71=142	−2
7	USA Lawson Little	72-72=144	E
T8	USA Tommy Armour	71-74=145	+1
USA Craig Wood	72-73=145
T10	USA Ben Hogan	75-71=146	+2
USA Jimmy Thomson	75-71=146

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Third round

Sunday, April 2, 1939 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ralph Guldahl	72-68-70=210	−6
2	USA Gene Sarazen	73-66-72=211	−5
T3	USA Billy Burke	69-72-71=212	−4
USA Lawson Little	72-72-68=212
USA Byron Nelson	71-69-72=212
USA Sam Snead	70-70-72=212
7	USA Craig Wood	72-73-71=216	E
T8	USA Ben Hogan	75-71-72=218	+2
USA Henry Picard	71-71-76=218
T10	USA Ed Dudley	75-75-69=219	+3
USA Toney Penna	72-75-72=219

Final round

Sunday, April 2, 1939 (afternoon)

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Ralph Guldahl	72-68-70-69=279	−9	1,500
2	USA Sam Snead	70-70-72-68=280	−8	800
T3	USA Billy Burke	69-72-71-70=282	−6	550
USA Lawson Little	72-72-68-70=282
5	USA Gene Sarazen (c)	73-66-72-72=283	−5	400
6	USA Craig Wood	72-73-71-68=284	−4	300
7	USA Byron Nelson (c)	71-69-72-75=287	−1	250
8	USA Henry Picard (c)	71-71-76-71=289	+1	175
9	USA Ben Hogan	75-71-72-72=290	+2	175
T10	USA Ed Dudley	75-75-69-72=291	+3	100
USA Toney Penna	72-75-72-72=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Tommy Armour	71-74-76-72=293	+5	33
USA Vic Ghezzi	73-76-72-72=293
USA Jug McSpaden	75-72-74-72=293
15	USA Denny Shute	78-71-73-72=294	+6
T16	USA Paul Runyan	73-71-75-76=295	+7
USA Felix Serafin	74-76-73-72=295
T18	USA Chick Harbert (a)	74-73-75-74=296	+8
USA Jimmy Thomson	75-71-73-77=296
USA Charlie Yates (a)	74-73-74-75=296
21	USA Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)	78-75-73-71=297	+9
T22	USA Jimmy Hines	76-73-74-75=298	+10
USA Ky Laffoon	72-75-73-78=298
USA Frank Moore	75-74-75-74=298
25	USA Al Watrous	75-75-74-75=299	+11
T26	USA Tony Manero	76-73-77-74=300	+12
USA Horton Smith (c)	75-79-74-72=300
USA Willie Turnesa (a)	78-70-79-73=300
T29	USA Jess Sweetser (a)	75-75-75-77=302	+14
USA Frank Walsh	76-76-72-78=302
T31	USA Dick Metz	72-80-77-74=303	+15
USA Johnny Revolta	77-74-76-76=303
T33	USA Harry Cooper	76-77-73-78=304	+16
USA Jimmy Demaret	72-81-77-74=304
USA Walter Hagen	76-76-76-76=304
USA Bobby Jones	76-77-78-73=304
T37	USA Dick Chapman (a)	78-77-77-77=309	+21
USA Jim Foulis	80-76-77-76=309
39	USA Johnny Farrell	81-75-79-77=312	+24
40	USA Ted Adams (a)	78-77-83-76=314	+26
41	USA Ray Billows (a)	75-84-78-80=317	+29
42	USA Joe Belfore	83-79-78-78=318	+30
43	USA Joe Thompson	81-84-79-78=322	+34
WD	USA Jock Hutchison	79-77=156	+12
USA Ray Mangrum	77	+5
CAN Stanley Horne	82	+10

Sources:

References

"Past winners and results". The Masters.
(March 31, 1939). "Golf Masters get rained out". Spokesman-Review.
(April 3, 1939). "Ralph Guldahl winner in Augusta tourney". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(April 3, 1939). "Guldahl wins Augusta cup". Spokesman-Review.
(April 2, 1939). "Bobby Jones is far down in Masters' open golf tournament". Spokesman-Review.
(April 2, 1939). "Veteran Gene Sarazen shoots 66 to take lead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard.
McLemore, Henry. (April 1, 1939). "Burke shatters par to lead Masters". Pittsburgh Press.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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