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1942 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1942 Masters Tournament
dates	April 9–13, 1942
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 Byron Nelson
score	280 (−8), playoff
previous	[1941](1941-masters-tournament)
next	[1946](1946-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 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse. The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones. Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.

On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of 6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied 18 to shoot 70 (−2) and 280 (−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at 17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a 12 ft birdie putt to win on the 72nd hole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.

It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36 holes.

This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945, due to World War II.

Field

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

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Bud Ward (10,11,a)

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

;5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (a)

;6. PGA champions Paul Runyan (10)

;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 1941 Masters Tournament Sammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson

Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play

;10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. Open Herman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt

Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.

;11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Steve Kovach (a)

Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.

;12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

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

Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA Tour Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Paul Runyan	67	−5
USA Horton Smith
T3	USA Sammy Byrd	68	−4
USA Byron Nelson
5	USA Jimmy Demaret	70	−2
T6	USA Billy Burke	71	−1
USA Ed Dudley
AUS Jim Ferrier
USA Lawson Little
T10	SCO Bobby Cruickshank	72	E
USA Bobby Jones
USA Denny Shute
USA Craig Wood

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Byron Nelson	68-67=135	−9
2	USA Sammy Byrd	68-68=136	−8
T3	USA Jimmy Demaret	70-70=140	−4
USA Paul Runyan	67-73=140
USA Horton Smith	67-73=140
T6	USA Ben Hogan	73-70=143	−1
USA Jimmy Thomson	73-70=143
T8	USA Dutch Harrison	74-70=144	E
USA Willie Goggin	74-70=144
T10	USA Lawson Little	71-74=145	+1
USA Denny Shute	72-73=145

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Byron Nelson	68-67-72=207	−9
2	USA Ben Hogan	73-70-67=210	−6
3	USA Sammy Byrd	68-68-75=211	−5
4	USA Paul Runyan	67-73-72=212	−4
5	USA Horton Smith	67-73-74=214	−2
T6	USA Jimmy Demaret	70-70-75=215	−1
USA Dutch Harrison	74-70-71=215
T8		USA Lawson Little	71-74-72=217	+1
USA Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74=217
10	USA Chick Harbert	73-73-72=218	+2

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1942

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	USA Ben Hogan	73-70-67-70=280	−8	Playoff
USA Byron Nelson (c)	68-67-72-73=280
3	USA Paul Runyan	67-73-72-71=283	−5	600
4	USA Sammy Byrd	68-68-75-74=285	−3	500
5	USA Horton Smith (c)	67-73-74-73=287	−1	400
6	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-70-75-75=290	+2	300
T7	USA Dutch Harrison	74-70-71-77=292	+4	200
USA Lawson Little	71-74-72-75=292
USA Sam Snead	78-69-72-73=292
T10	USA Chick Harbert	73-73-72-75=293	+5	100
USA Gene Kunes	74-74-74-71=293

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
12	USA Jimmy Thomson	73-70-74-77=294	+6	100
13	USA Chandler Harper	75-75-76-69=295	+7
14	USA Willie Goggin	74-70-78-74=296	+8
T15	USA Bobby Cruickshank	72-79-71-75=297	+9
USA Jim Ferrier	71-76-80-70=297
USA Henry Picard (c)	75-72-75-75=297
T18	USA Harry Cooper	74-77-76-72=299	+11
USA Jug McSpaden	74-72-79-74=299
USA Felix Serafin	75-74-77-73=299
21	USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	74-74-76-76=300	+12
22	USA Toney Penna	74-79-73-75=301	+13
T23	USA Billy Burke	71-79-80-72=302	+14
USA Herman Keiser	74-74-78-76=302
USA Craig Wood (c)	72-75-82-73=302
T26	USA Jim Foulis	75-71-79-78=303	+15
USA Johnny Palmer	78-75-75-75=303
T28	USA Tommy Armour	74-79-76-75=304	+16
USA Bobby Jones	72-75-79-78=304
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	80-74-75-75=304
USA Bud Ward (a)	76-73-80-75=304
USA Charlie Yates (a)	78-76-74-76=304
T33	USA Ed Dudley	71-77-81-76=305	+17
USA Jimmy Hines	77-76-79-73=305
35	USA Steve Kovach (a)	76-79-78-73=306	+18
T36	USA Herman Barron	77-75-80-75=307	+19
USA Jack Ryan	77-71-76-83=307
38	USA Joe Zarhardt	76-76-83-76=311	+23
39	USA Jerry Gianferante	77-80-82-73=312	+24
40	USA Johnny Morris	83-75-80-75=313	+25
WD	USA Denny Shute	72-73-81=226	+10
USA Lloyd Mangrum	74	+2

Sources:

Scorecard

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	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−8
USA Hogan	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1942

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Byron Nelson	69	−3	1,500
2	USA Ben Hogan	70	−2	800

Scorecard

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	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3
USA Hogan	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Source: :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |}

References

Talbot, Gayle. (April 14, 1942). "Byron Nelson beats Ben Hogan in playoff to win second Masters' golf title". Youngstown Vindicator.
Rice, Grantland. (April 14, 1942). "Nelson's brilliant golf wins Masters'". Miami News.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 13, 1942). "Nelson, Hogan tie; play for Masters today". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 13, 1942). "Nelson falters under pressure, Hogan ties for Masters' golf lead". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Talbot, Gayle. (April 13, 1942). "Nelson battles Hogan in playoff for Masters title today". Youngstown Vindicator.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 10, 1942). "Runyan, Smith shoot 67s for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 11, 1942). "Nelson's 135 leads Masters golf; Byrd second". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 12, 1942). "Nelson holds Masters lead; Ben Hogan threatens". St. Petersburg Times.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 12, 1942). "Nelson retains lead in Masters golf with 207". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.
(April 14, 1942). "Nelson defeats Hogan in playoff by one stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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