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1941 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1941 Masters Tournament
dates	April 3–6, 1941
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6800 yd
field	51 players
cut	none
purse	$5,000
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Craig Wood
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1940](1940-masters-tournament)
next	[1942](1942-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 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

Wood opened with a 66 and led by five strokes after the first round. During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34 (−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941 U.S. Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.

Through 2019, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

Field

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

Henry Picard (6,9,10) did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (11,a)

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

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

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

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

Not held

;8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team

Not held

;9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

Johnny Farrell (2,10), Ed Oliver, Johnny Revolta (6,10) and Bud Ward (3,11,a) did not play.

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open Bruce Coltart, Vic Ghezzi, Andy Gibson, Jock Hutchison Jr., Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Andrew Szwedko (a)

Al Huske, Eddie Kirk (12), Wilford Wehrle (11,a) and Pat Willcox did not play.

;11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists George Dawson (a), Duff McCullough (a)

Ray Billows (a), John P. Burke (a) and Johnny Fischer (3,a) did not play

;12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

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

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner

;16 Foreign invitations Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1941

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Craig Wood	66	−6
T2	USA Willie Goggin	71	−1
USA Ben Hogan
USA Lawson Little
USA Byron Nelson
T6	USA Harry Cooper	72	E
USA Felix Serafin
T8	USA Johnny Bulla	73	+1
USA Sammy Byrd
USA Ed Dudley
USA Clayton Heafner
USA Tony Manero
USA Toney Penna
USA Jack Ryan
USA Jimmy Thomson
USA Sam Snead

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1941

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Craig Wood	66-71=137	−7
2	USA Byron Nelson	71-69=140	−4
3	USA Lawson Little	71-70=141	−3
T4	USA Sammy Byrd	73-70=143	−1
USA Willie Goggin	71-72=143
USA Ben Hogan	71-72=143
USA Clayton Heafner	73-70=143
USA Jug McSpaden	76-67=143
T9	USA Ed Dudley	73-72=145	+1
USA Harry Cooper	72-73=145

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1941

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Craig Wood	66-71-71=208	−8
2	USA Sammy Byrd	73-70-68=211	−5
3	USA Byron Nelson	71-69-73=213	−3
T4	USA Willie Goggin	71-72-72=215	−1
USA Lawson Little	71-70-74=215
6	USA Jimmy Demaret	77-69-71=217	+1
7	USA Ben Hogan	71-72-75=218	+2
T8	USA Dick Chapman (a)	76-73-70=219	+3
USA Vic Ghezzi	77-71-71=219
USA Clayton Heafner	73-70-76=219

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1941

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Craig Wood	66-71-71-72=280	−8	1,500
2	USA Byron Nelson (c)	71-69-73-70=283	−5	800
3	USA Sammy Byrd	73-70-68-74=285	−3	600
4	USA Ben Hogan	71-72-75-68=286	−2	500
5	USA Ed Dudley	73-72-75-68=288	E	400
T6	USA Vic Ghezzi	77-71-71-70=289	+1	275
USA Sam Snead	73-75-72-69=289
8	USA Lawson Little	71-70-74-75=290	+2	200
T9	USA Willie Goggin	71-72-72-76=291	+3	117
USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-72-72-76=291
USA Jug McSpaden	76-67-80-68=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	77-69-71-75=292	+4	100
USA Clayton Heafner	73-70-76-73=292
T14	USA Harry Cooper	72-73-75-73=293	+5
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	76-71-75-71=293
USA Jimmy Thomson	73-75-72-73=293
17	USA Jack Ryan	73-74-74-74=295	+7
18	USA Denny Shute	77-75-74-70=296	+8
T19	USA Dick Chapman (a)	76-73-70-78=297	+9
USA Jimmy Hines	76-74-75-72=297
USA Gene Kunes	76-74-76-71=297
USA Dick Metz	74-72-75-76=297
USA Sam Parks Jr.	75-76-75-71=297
USA Toney Penna	73-74-80-70=297
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	76-72-74-75=297
USA Felix Serafin	72-79-74-72=297
USA Horton Smith (c)	74-72-77-74=297
28	USA Ray Mangrum	76-70-78-74=298	+10
T29	AUS Jim Ferrier	75-76-73-75=299	+11
USA Jim Foulis	76-75-71-77=299
ARG Martin Pose	77-74-76-72=299
32	USA Al Watrous	74-75-76-75=300	+12
33	USA Leonard Dodson	75-77-78-71=301	+13
34	USA George Dawson (a)	74-78-77-73=302	+14
T35	USA Paul Runyan	78-78-74-73=303	+15
USA Charlie Yates (a)	78-75-75-75=303
37	USA Frank Walsh	74-76-76-78=304	+16
38	USA Tommy Armour	75-75-76-79=305	+17
39	USA Johnny Bulla	73-76-78-79=306	+18
40	USA Bobby Jones	76-74-78-79=307	+19
41	USA Bruce Coltart	80-78-75-75=308	+20
42	USA Andy Gibson	78-75-80-76=309	+21
43	USA Jock Hutchison Jr.	77-81-76-78=312	+24
T44	USA Tony Manero	73-80-78-82=313	+25
USA Duff McCullough (a)	79-74-84-76=313
46	USA Art Doering (a)	77-79-77-81=314	+26
47	USA Andrew Szwedko (a)	81-79-78-81=319	+31
WD	USA Francis Ouimet (a)	82	+10
USA Walter Hagen	87	+15
USA Henry Ransom

Sources:

References

(April 4, 1941). "Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes". St. Petersburg Times.
(April 4, 1941). "Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 7, 1941). "Craig Wood wins Masters with 280". Milwaukee Journal.
(April 7, 1941). "Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 5, 2016). "Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache". Associated Press News.
(April 5, 1941). "Wood retains lead in Masters tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Carver, Lawton. (April 6, 1941). "Wood leads; Sam Byrd second". St. Petersburg Times.
Boni, Bill. (April 6, 1941). "Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney". Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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