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1959 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1959 Masters Tournament
image	1959_Masters_Tournament_Official_program_cover.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1959 Masters Guide
dates	April 2–5, 1959
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	87 players, 42 after cut
cut	149 (+5)
purse	$76,100
winners_share	$15,000
champion	USA Art Wall Jr.
score	284 (−4)
previous	[1958](1958-masters-tournament)
next	[1960](1960-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 1959 Masters Tournament was the 23rd Masters Tournament, held April 2–5 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Art Wall Jr. shot a final round of 66 (−6), with birdies on five of the last six holes, for his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, the 1955 champion. Wall started the final round six strokes behind the leaders, in a tie for thirteenth place.

Defending champion Arnold Palmer was a third round co-leader, but a triple-bogey at the par-3 12th led to a 74 and a third-place finish, two strokes back. The purse in 1959 was a record $76,100 with a winner's share of $15,000 to Wall. The estimated gallery for the final round on Sunday was 30,000 spectators.

Nineteen-year-old Jack Nicklaus made his Masters debut with 76-74 (150) and missed the cut by one stroke. He played in 45 Masters, the first three as an amateur, and only missed one cut (1967) in the next 34 Masters tournaments. Nicklaus won a record six green jackets and was runner-up four times in his 22 top-10 finishes.

Field

;1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4,10,11), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,8,11), Claude Harmon (8), Ben Hogan (2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2,8), Byron Nelson (2,4,8), Arnold Palmer (8), Henry Picard (4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (3,4,8,10), Craig Wood (2)

Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Bolt (9,10,11), Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Chick Evans (5,a), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (11), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Mayer (11), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

;3. The Open champions Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

;4. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (9), Dow Finsterwald (8,10,11), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (8), Chandler Harper, Lionel Hebert (11), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (6,7,8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

;6. Selections for the 1959 U.S. Walker Cup team Tommy Aaron (7,a), Deane Beman (7,a), William C. Campbell (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Chuck Kocsis (7,a), Jack Nicklaus (a), Billy Joe Patton (8,a), Bud Taylor (7,a), Ward Wettlaufer (a)

Campbell and Kocsis were reserves for the team. Harvie Ward did not play.

;7. 1958 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Dick Foote (a), Roger McManus (a), Jack Westland (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1958 Masters Tournament Billy Casper (9,10), Fred Hawkins (11), Jay Hebert (9,10), Ted Kroll (11), Billy Maxwell, Al Mengert, Phil Rodgers (a), Mike Souchak (10), Ken Venturi, Art Wall Jr. (11), Bo Wininger

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1958 U.S. Open Marty Furgol, Bob Goetz, Tommy Jacobs, Don January, Gene Littler, Dick Metz, Bob Rosburg, Frank Stranahan

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1958 PGA Championship Buster Cupit, Ed Oliver

;11. Members of the U.S. 1957 Ryder Cup team

;12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Ernie Vossler

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

;14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Don Cherry (a)

;15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1959 PGA Tour Paul Harney, John McMullin

;16. Winner of the 1958 Canadian Open Wes Ellis

;17. Foreign invitations Bruce Castator (a), Bruce Crampton, Stan Leonard (8), Henry Martell, Ángel Miguel, Gary Player (9), Dave Thomas, Peter Thomson (3,8), Retief Waltman

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 2, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	CAN Stan Leonard	69	−3
T2	USA Jack Burke Jr.	71	−1
USA Chandler Harper
USA Arnold Palmer
T5	USA Tommy Bolt	72	E
USA Jay Hebert
USA Gene Littler
ESP Ángel Miguel
AUS Peter Thomson
T10	USA Ben Hogan	73	+1
USA Bill Hyndman (a)
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)
USA Billy Maxwell
USA Dick Mayer
ZAF Gary Player
USA Mike Souchak
WAL Dave Thomas
USA Art Wall Jr.

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 3, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	71-70=141	−3
2	CAN Stan Leonard	69-74=143	−1
T3	USA Julius Boros	75-69=144	E
USA Paul Harney	75-69=144
USA Billy Maxwell	73-71=144
ESP Ángel Miguel	72-72=144
USA Ed Oliver	75-69=144
USA Mike Souchak	73-71=144
WAL Dave Thomas	73-71=144
T10	USA Walter Burkemo	75-70=145	+1
USA Jack Fleck	74-71=145
USA Chandler Harper	71-74=145
USA Jay Hebert	72-73=145
USA Bill Hyndman (a)	73-72=145
USA Cary Middlecoff	74-71=145
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	75-70=145
USA Bo Wininger	75-70=145

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 1959

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	CAN Stan Leonard	69-74-69=212	−4
USA Arnold Palmer	71-70-71=212
3	USA Cary Middlecoff	74-71-68=213	−3
4	USA Charles Coe (a)	74-74-67=215	−1
T5	USA Walter Burkemo	75-70-71=216	E
USA Fred Hawkins	77-71-68=216
USA Jack Fleck	74-71-71=216
USA Billy Maxwell	73-71-72=216
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	75-70-71=216
T10	USA Jay Hebert	72-73-72=217	+1
USA Ed Oliver	75-69-73=217
USA Bo Wininger	75-70-72=217

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 1959

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Art Wall Jr.	73-74-71-66=284	−4	15,000
2	USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	74-71-68-72=285	−3	7,500
3	USA Arnold Palmer (c)	71-70-71-74=286	−2	4,500
T4	CAN Stan Leonard	69-74-69-75=287	−1	2,625
USA Dick Mayer	73-75-71-68=287
6	USA Charles Coe (a)	74-74-67-73=288	E	0
7	USA Fred Hawkins	77-71-68-73=289	+1	2,100
T8	USA Julius Boros	75-69-74-72=290	+2	1,740
USA Jay Hebert	72-73-72-73=290
USA Gene Littler	72-75-72-71=290
USA Billy Maxwell	73-71-72-74=290
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	75-70-71-74=290	0
ZAF Gary Player	73-75-71-71=290	1,740

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T14	USA Chick Harbert	74-72-74-71=291	+3	1,425
USA Chandler Harper	71-74-74-72=291
USA Ted Kroll	76-71-73-71=291
USA Ed Oliver	75-69-73-74=291
T18	USA Dow Finsterwald	79-68-73-72=292	+4	1,300
USA Jack Fleck	74-71-71-76=292
USA Bill Hyndman (a)	73-72-76-71=292	0
USA Bo Wininger	75-70-72-75=292	1,300
T22	USA Walter Burkemo	75-70-71-77=293	+5	1,275
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	73-75-70-75=293	0
USA Sam Snead (c)	74-73-72-74=293	1,275
T25	USA Don Cherry (a)	77-71-75-71=294	+6	0
USA Doug Ford (c)	76-73-73-72=294	1,200
USA Paul Harney	75-69-77-73=294
ESP Ángel Miguel	72-72-76-74=294
USA Mike Souchak	73-71-74-76=294
T30	USA Tommy Bolt	72-75-72-76=295	+7	350
USA Ben Hogan (c)	73-74-76-72=295
USA Bob Rosburg	75-74-73-73=295
WAL Dave Thomas	73-71-77-74=295
T34	USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	71-77-76-72=296	+8	350
USA Frank Stranahan	74-72-73-77=296
36	USA Don January	74-75-70-78=297	+9	350
37	USA Marty Furgol	74-74-74-76=298	+10	350
38	USA Ernie Vossler	74-74-75-76=299	+11	350
39	USA Lionel Hebert	77-72-76-75=300	+12	350
40	USA George Bayer	74-75-77-77=303	+15	350
CUT	USA Deane Beman (a)	74-76=150	+6
AUS Bruce Crampton	75-75=150
USA Tommy Jacobs	77-73=150
USA Jack Nicklaus (a)	76-74=150
USA Dick Chapman (a)	75-76=151	+7
USA Claude Harmon (c)	74-77=151
USA Lloyd Mangrum	74-77=151
USA Ken Venturi	75-76=151
USA Ward Wettlaufer (a)	77-74=151
USA Billy Casper	76-76=152	+8
USA Wes Ellis	75-77=152
USA Al Mengert	76-76=152
USA Dick Metz	78-74=152
USA Johnny Revolta	76-76=152
USA Jack Westland (a)	78-74=152
USA Henry Picard (c)	77-76=153	+9
USA Jim Turnesa	77-76=153
USA Vic Ghezzi	74-80=154	+10
USA Bud Taylor (a)	81-73=154
USA Tommy Aaron (a)	79-76=155	+11
USA Buster Cupit	81-74=155
USA Bob Goetz	78-77=155
USA Herman Keiser (c)	78-77=155
USA Phil Rodgers (a)	78-77=155
USA Ed Furgol	78-78=156	+12
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	77-79=156
USA Denny Shute	81-75=156
USA Lew Worsham	76-80=156
CAN Henry Martell	80-77=157	+13
USA John McMullin	78-79=157
USA William C. Campbell (a)	81-77=158	+14
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	81-77=158
USA Billy Burke	81-78=159	+15
USA Dick Foote (a)	84-76=160	+16
USA Roger McManus (a)	81-79=160
ZAF Retief Waltman	84-77=161	+17
CAN Bruce Castator (a)	82-80=162	+18
USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	78-84=162
USA Craig Wood (c)	83-81=164	+20
USA Tony Manero	82-83=165	+21
USA Sam Parks Jr.	86-79=165
USA Horton Smith (c)	83-83=166	+22
USA Chick Evans (a)	90-87=177	+33
WD	USA Byron Nelson (c)	75-73=148	+4
USA Jock Hutchison	85	+13
USA Fred McLeod	89	+17
DQ	AUS Peter Thomson	72-74-71=217	+1

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 Wall	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4
USA Middlecoff	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−1	−3	−3	−3	−3
USA Palmer	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2
CAN Leonard	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey+ |} Source:--

References

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(April 6, 1959). "Wall rallies, takes Masters on 284". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 6, 1959). "Wall birdies 5 of final 6; wins Masters in epic finish". Spokesman-Review.
(April 6, 1959). "Birdies on five of last six holes give Art Wall a 66, Masters title". Milwaukee Journal.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 5, 1959). "Leonard's 69 ties Palmer after 3d round of Masters". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
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Gundelfinger, Phil. (April 6, 1959). "Wall's sensational rally takes Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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(April 4, 1959). "Masters score card". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 4, 1959). "Palmer's 141 captures Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune.
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