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1960 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1960 Masters Tournament
image	1960_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1960 Masters Guide
dates	April 7–10, 1960
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	83 players, 45 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse	$87,050
winners_share	$17,500
champion	USA Arnold Palmer
score	282 (−6)
previous	[1959](1959-masters-tournament)
next	[1961](1961-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
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The 1960 Masters Tournament was the 24th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer birdied the final two holes to win by one stroke over runner-up Ken Venturi.

It was the second of Palmer's four Masters victories and the second of his seven major titles. Palmer, age 30, also won the U.S. Open in 1960 and was the runner-up at the British Open.

Jack Nicklaus, age 20 and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, played in his second Masters. He made the cut for the first time at Augusta and tied for 13th place. Defending champion Art Wall Jr. did not play, due to a knee injury. The purse was $87,050 with a winner's share of $17,500.

Third place finisher Dow Finsterwald received a two-stroke penalty after the second round for violating a local rule, practice putting on the green following the conclusion of a hole, and lost the title by two strokes. The incident had occurred in the first round, and was self-reported after the second round after he was informed by his playing partner Billy Casper that it was not allowed. Instead of leading at 139 (−5), Finsterwald was tied with Ben Hogan and two others for second place after two rounds at 141, one stroke behind leader Palmer at 140.

Palmer was the sole leader after all four rounds and was the second wire-to-wire winner at the Masters, following Craig Wood in 1941. Subsequent wire-to-wire winners were Jack Nicklaus in 1972, Raymond Floyd in 1976, and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

The 36-hole cut rule was slightly modified this year to include all golfers in the top 40 plus ties or within 10 strokes of the lead. Previously the cut rule at the Masters (instituted in 1957) was top 40 plus ties. Three golfers made the cut at 150 (+6) who would not have made the cut under the previous rule.

The par-3 contest was introduced this year, and three-time Masters champion Sam Snead won with a score of 23 (−4).

Field

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

Ralph Guldahl (2) and Art Wall Jr. (8,11) did not play. Wall, the defending champion, had a knee injury.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,11), Billy Burke, Billy Casper (9), Chick Evans (5,a), Jack Fleck (8), Ed Furgol, Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum, Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

Dick Mayer (8) did not play.

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

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

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

;6. Members of the 1959 U.S. Walker Cup team Tommy Aaron (a), William C. Campbell (a), Chuck Kocsis (8,a), Billy Joe Patton (8,a), Bud Taylor (a), Ward Wettlaufer (a)

Campbell and Kocsis were reserves for the team. Bill Hyndman (7,8) and Harvie Ward did not play.

;7. 1959 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Gene Andrews (a), David Goldman (a), Charles Harrison (a), Dudley Wysong (a)

Dick Yost did not play.

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1959 Masters Tournament Fred Hawkins (9), Jay Hebert (11), Ted Kroll (9), Gene Littler (9), Billy Maxwell, Ed Oliver, Bo Wininger

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1959 U.S. Open Dick Knight, Dave Marr, Mike Souchak (10,11), Ernie Vossler

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1959 PGA Championship Jerry Barber, Bob Goalby, Doug Sanders, Ken Venturi

;11. Members of the U.S. 1959 Ryder Cup team

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

;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 Richard Crawford (a)

;15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1960 PGA Tour Don January, Dave Ragan

;16. Foreign invitations Bruce Crampton, Mário Gonzalez, Harold Henning, Denis Hutchinson, Stan Leonard (8), Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Gary Player (3,8,9), Norman Von Nida, Harry Weetman

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1960

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	67	−5
T2	USA Fred Hawkins	69	−3
USA Claude Harmon
USA Jay Hebert
T5	USA Don January	70	−2
USA Bud Taylor (a)
ENG Harry Weetman
T8	USA Deane Beman (a)	71	−1
USA Billy Casper
USA Dow Finsterwald
USA Gene Littler

Source:

Finsterwald carded a 69, but incurred a two-stroke penalty for violating a local rule.

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1960

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	67-73=140	−4
T2	USA Walter Burkemo	72-69=141	−3
USA Dow Finsterwald	71-70=141
USA Claude Harmon	69-72=141
USA Ben Hogan	73-68=141
T6	USA Billy Casper	71-71=142	−2
USA Don January	70-72=142
USA Ken Venturi	73-69=142
T9	USA Deane Beman (a)	71-72=143	−1
USA Julius Boros	72-71=143
USA Billy Maxwell	72-71=143
ZAF Gary Player	72-71=143

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1960

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Arnold Palmer	67-73-72=212	−4
T2	USA Julius Boros	72-71-70=213	−3
USA Billy Casper	71-71-71=213
USA Dow Finsterwald	71-70-72=213
USA Ben Hogan	73-68-72=213
USA Ken Venturi	73-69-71=213
7	ZAF Gary Player	72-71-72=215	−1
T8	USA Walter Burkemo	72-69-75=216	E
USA Claude Harmon	69-72-75=216
USA Don January	70-72-74=216
CAN Stan Leonard	72-72-72=216

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1960

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Arnold Palmer (c)	67-73-72-70=282	−6	17,500
2	USA Ken Venturi	73-69-71-70=283	−5	10,500
3	USA Dow Finsterwald	71-70-72-71=284	−4	7,000
4	USA Billy Casper	71-71-71-74=287	−1	5,250
5	USA Julius Boros	72-71-70-75=288	E	4,200
T6	USA Walter Burkemo	72-69-75-73=289	+1	2,800
USA Ben Hogan (c)	73-68-72-76=289
ZAF Gary Player	72-71-72-74=289
T9	USA Lionel Hebert	74-70-73-73=290	+2	1,575
CAN Stan Leonard	72-72-72-74=290

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	72-72-74-74=292	+4	1,225
USA Sam Snead (c)	73-74-72-73=292
T13	USA Ted Kroll	72-76-71-74=293	+5	1,225
USA Jack Nicklaus (a)	75-71-72-75=293	0
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	75-72-74-72=293
T16	AUS Bruce Crampton	74-73-75-72=294	+6	1,050
USA Claude Harmon (c)	69-72-75-78=294
USA Fred Hawkins	69-78-72-75=294
USA Mike Souchak	72-75-72-75=294
T20	USA Tommy Bolt	73-74-75-73=295	+7	875
USA Don January	70-72-74-79=295
USA Ed Oliver	74-75-73-73=295
USA Bob Rosburg	74-74-71-76=295
USA Bud Taylor (a)	70-74-73-78=295	0
T25	USA Tommy Aaron (a)	74-75-75-73=297	+9
USA Doug Ford (c)	74-72-80-71=297	875
USA Billy Maxwell	72-71-79-75=297
USA Dave Ragan	74-73-75-75=297
T29	USA George Bayer	73-73-80-72=298	+10	500
USA Deane Beman (a)	71-72-77-78=298	0
USA Richard Crawford (a)	74-72-75-77=298
USA Doug Sanders	73-71-81-73=298	500
33	USA Gene Andrews (a)	73-76-77-73=299	+11	0
T34	USA Jerry Barber	76-73-74-77=300	+12	500
USA Jack Fleck	78-71-77-74=300
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	76-72-78-74=300	0
USA Dave Marr	73-77-77-73=300	500
ENG Harry Weetman	70-78-74-78=300
T39	USA Charles Coe (a)	72-74-78-77=301	+13	0
USA Chick Harbert	73-77-74-77=301	500
USA Jay Hebert	69-77-78-77=301
USA Jim Turnesa	76-73-73-79=301
43	USA Lloyd Mangrum	74-74-76-78=302	+14	500
44	USA Lew Worsham	72-76-74-84=306	+18	500
45	USA Ward Wettlaufer (a)	73-77-83-78=311	+23	0
CUT	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	75-76=151	+7
USA Bob Goalby	76-75=151
ZAF Harold Henning	77-74=151
USA Dick Knight	75-76=151
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	75-76=151
ESP Ángel Miguel	78-73=151
USA Mason Rudolph	78-73=151
USA Paul Runyan	73-78=151
AUS Kel Nagle	77-75=152	+8
USA Byron Nelson (c)	76-76=152
AUS Norman Von Nida	79-73=152
USA William C. Campbell (a)	76-77=153	+9
USA Ed Furgol	76-77=153
USA Vic Ghezzi	73-80=153
BRA Mário Gonzalez	78-75=153
USA Charles Harrison (a)	74-79=153
USA Gene Littler	71-82=153
USA Henry Picard (c)	76-77=153
USA Horton Smith (c)	76-77=153
USA David Goldman (a)	77-77=154	+10
USA Chandler Harper	76-78=154
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	81-73=154
USA Bo Wininger	79-75=154
USA Denny Shute	78-77=155	+11
USA Billy Burke	73-83=156	+12
ZAF Denis Hutchinson	81-75=156
USA Herman Keiser (c)	78-78=156
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	76-80=156
USA Dudley Wysong (a)	79-77=156
USA Tony Manero	78-79=157	+13
USA Ernie Vossler	78-80=158	+14
USA Sam Parks Jr.	78-81=159	+15
USA Johnny Revolta	81-81=162	+18
USA Chick Evans (a)	91-89=180	+36
WD	USA Craig Wood (c)	80	+8
USA Jock Hutchison
USA Fred McLeod
DQ	USA Dick Chapman (a)	79	+7

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 Palmer	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6
USA Venturi	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Finsterwald	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
USA Casper	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1
USA Boros	−3	−3	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	E
USA Burkemo	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Hogan	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1
ZAF Player	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1
USA Hebert	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+2
CAN Leonard	+1	+1	+2	+3	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2

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

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Bartlett, Charles. (April 11, 1960). "Palmer's birdie-birdie finish wins". Spokesman-Review.
(April 7, 1960). "Snead cops Par-3 test at Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel.
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