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1940 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1940 Masters Tournament
dates	April 4–7, 1940
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6800 yd
field	59 players
cut	none
purse	$5,000
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Jimmy Demaret
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1939](1939-masters-tournament)
next	[1941](1941-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 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum, the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes, and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986, later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

Field

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

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent

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

;4. British Open champions

;5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (8,9,a)

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

;7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team

Not held

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

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

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

Denny Shute (4,6,10) and Jess Sweetser (3,5,a) did not play.

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)

Olin Dutra (2,6), Matt Kowal and John Rogers did not play.

;11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)

Harry Givan (a), Ed Kingsley (a) and Don Schumacher (a) did not play.

;12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Rod Munday

Emerick Kocsis did not play.

;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Holt (a)

;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Macdonald Smith did not play.

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum

;16 Foreign invitations Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday April 4, 1940

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lloyd Mangrum	64	−8
2	USA Jimmy Demaret	67	−5
T3	USA Harry Cooper	69	−3
USA Byron Nelson
T5	USA Lawson Little	70	−2
USA Craig Wood
T7	USA Tommy Armour	71	−1
USA Willie Goggin
USA Jug McSpaden
USA Dick Metz
USA Henry Picard
USA Paul Runyan
USA Sam Snead

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Scorecard

First round, set course record 32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986

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 Mangrum	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8

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Second round

Friday April 5, 1940

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Jimmy Demaret	67-72=139	−5
USA Lloyd Mangrum	64-75=139
3	USA Byron Nelson	69-72=141	−3
4	USA Henry Picard	71-71=142	−2
T5	USA Willie Goggin	71-72=143	−1
USA Sam Snead	71-72=143
T7	USA Harry Cooper	69-75=144	E
USA Jug McSpaden	73-71=144
T9	USA Tommy Armour	71-74=145	+1
USA Ed Dudley	73-72=145
USA Dick Metz	71-74=145
USA Paul Runyan	72-73=145
USA Craig Wood	70-75=145

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Third round

Saturday April 6, 1940

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jimmy Demaret	67-72-70=209	−7
2	USA Lloyd Mangrum	64-75-71=210	−6
T3	USA Sam Snead	71-72-69=212	−4
USA Craig Wood	70-75-67=212
5	USA Henry Picard	71-71-71=213	−3
6	USA Byron Nelson	69-72-74=215	−1
T7	USA Ed Dudley	73-72-71=216	E
USA Willie Goggin	71-72-73=216
USA Ben Hogan	73-74-69=216
T10	USA Harry Cooper	69-75-73=217	+1
USA Paul Runyan	72-73-72=217

Source:

Final round

Sunday April 7, 1940

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jimmy Demaret	67-72-70-71=280	−8	1,500
2	USA Lloyd Mangrum	64-75-71-74=284	−4	800
3	USA Byron Nelson (c)	69-72-74-70=285	−3	600
T4	USA Harry Cooper	69-75-73-70=287	−1	400
USA Ed Dudley	73-72-71-71=287
USA Willie Goggin	71-72-73-71=287
T7	USA Henry Picard (c)	71-71-71-75=288	E	200
USA Sam Snead	71-72-69-76=288
USA Craig Wood	70-75-67-76=288
T10	USA Ben Hogan	73-74-69-74=290	+2	100
USA Toney Penna	73-73-72-72=290

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Paul Runyan	72-73-72-74=291	+3	50
USA Frank Walsh	73-75-69-74=291
T14	USA Sammy Byrd	73-74-72-73=292	+4
USA Johnny Farrell	76-72-70-74=292
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	74-73-71-74=292
T17	USA Jug McSpaden	73-71-74-75=293	+5
USA Charlie Yates (a)	72-75-71-75=293
T19	USA Lawson Little	70-77-75-72=294	+6
USA Ed Oliver	73-75-74-72=294
T21	USA Johnny Bulla	73-73-74-75=295	+7
USA Dick Metz	71-74-75-75=295
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	74-71-77-73=295
USA Bud Ward (a)	74-68-75-78=295
USA Al Watrous	75-70-73-77=295
26	AUS Jim Ferrier (a)	73-74-75-74=296	+8
T27	USA Jimmy Hines	75-76-74-72=297	+9
USA Johnny Revolta	74-74-74-75=297
T29	USA Jim Foulis	74-75-73-76=298	+10
USA Tony Manero	75-75-73-75=298
T31	USA Dutch Harrison	72-76-74-77=299	+11
USA Frank Moore	76-72-73-78=299
T33	USA Chick Harbert (a)	74-77-75-75=301	+13
CAN Jules Huot	78-76-70-77=301
USA Jimmy Thomson	77-76-70-78=301
USA Wilford Wehrle (a)	74-71-76-80=301
37	ARG Martin Pose	77-76-74-75=302	+14
38	USA Tommy Armour	71-74-78-80=303	+15
T39	USA Vic Ghezzi	77-75-74-79=305	+17
USA Bill Holt (a)	80-75-76-74=305
USA Rod Munday	73-76-75-81=305
USA Tommy Suffern Tailer (a)	79-74-74-78=305
ENG Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	76-78-73-78=305
T44	USA Art Doering (a)	76-79-76-75=306	+18
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-79-74-77=306
46	USA Felix Serafin	85-72-80-71=308	+20
T47	USA Horton Smith (c)	76-76-80-77=309	+21
USA Willie Turnesa (a)	76-74-81-78=309
49	USA George Dawson (a)	77-73-81-81=312	+24
50	ARG Enrique Bertolino	80-80-78-75=313	+25
51	USA Chick Evans (a)	82-84-86-79=331	+43
WD	USA Billy Burke	72-81-74=227	+11
USA Walter Hagen	77-78-73=228	+12
USA Ray Billows (a)	75-83-71=229	+13
USA Bobby Cruickshank	74-76-81=231	+15
USA Ky Laffoon	78-76=154	+10
USA Clayton Heafner	73-82=155	+11
USA Bobby Jones	79-76=155
USA George Sargent

Sources:

References

Bartlett, Charles. (April 8, 1940). "Demaret's 280 wins Masters; Mangrum 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Ferguson, Harry. (April 8, 1940). "Jimmy Demaret captures Masters Tournament". Youngstown Vindicator.
(April 5, 1940). "Lloyd Mangrum's 64 leads Augusta Open". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 5, 1940). "Mangrum leads Masters golf on record 64". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 5, 1940). "Lloyd Mangrum catches fire to set competitive golf scoring record". Spokesman-Review.
Ferguson, Harry. (April 5, 1940). "Golf's Mr. Cinderella paces Masters play". Pittsburgh Press.
(April 13, 1986). "Norman leads but Price has 63". Sunday Star News.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1940). "Mangrum and Demaret share Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 6, 1940). "Ward shoots sparkling 68 to climb high among pros in golf tourney". Spokesman-Review.
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