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1965 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1965 Masters Tournament
image	1965_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1965 Masters Guide
dates	April 8–11, 1965
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	91 players, 49 after cut
cut	148 (+4)
purse
winners_share	$20,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	271 (−17)
previous	[1964](1964-masters-tournament)
next	[1966](1966-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 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953. It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career.

The "Big Three" (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6),{{cite news

Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64. After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, "He plays a game with which I am not familiar."

Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion.

Art Wall Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20.

Field

;1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,8), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

Craig Wood did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Jack Fleck, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (9,10)

;3. The Open champions (last 10 years) Tony Lema (8,11)

;4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,11), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bobby Nichols (9,10), Bob Rosburg (9)

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Charles Coe (6,a), Richard Davies (6,a)

Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Charlie Smith (7,a), Ed Updegraff (a)

Labron Harris Jr. and R. H. Sikes forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;7. 1964 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Allen (a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Gene Ferrell (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Ed Tutwiler (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1964 Masters Tournament Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Don January (9), Dave Marr, Billy Maxwell (11), Johnny Pott (9,11), Mason Rudolph (10), Dan Sikes, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger (10)

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1964 U.S. Open George Bayer, Gay Brewer (10), Bill Collins, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Ed Furgol, Tommy Jacobs

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1964 PGA Championship Tom Nieporte

;11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team Bob Goalby, Dave Ragan

;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1964 PGA Tour Frank Beard, Jack McGowan

;13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Wes Ellis

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

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

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1965 PGA Tour Doug Sanders, Bert Weaver

;17. Foreign invitations Peter Butler (8), Bob Charles (3,9), Chen Ching-Po, Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9), Bruce Devlin (8), Harold Henning, Bernard Hunt, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson, Cobie Legrange, Stan Leonard, Kel Nagle (3,8), Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8), Leopoldo Ruiz, Ramón Sota, Nick Weslock (a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Gary Player	65	−7
T2	USA Tommy Aaron	67	−5
USA Tony Lema
USA Jack Nicklaus
USA Dan Sikes
6	USA Frank Beard	68	−4
T7	USA George Bayer	69	−3
USA Tommy Bolt
USA Wes Ellis
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Doug Sanders

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Jack Nicklaus	67-71=138	−6
USA Arnold Palmer	70-68=138
ZAF Gary Player	65-73=138
4	USA Dan Sikes	67-72=139	−5
5	USA Tony Lema	67-73=140	−4
T6	USA Tommy Aaron	67-74=141	−3
USA Doug Sanders	69-72=141
8	USA Bo Wininger	70-72=142	−2
9	USA George Bayer	69-74=143	−1
T10	USA Billy Casper	72-72=144	E
AUS Bruce Crampton	72-72=144
USA Byron Nelson	70-74=144
USA Bobby Nichols	73-71=144
USA Tom Nieporte	71-73=144
ESP Ramón Sota	71-73=144

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1965

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	67-71-64=202	−14
2	ZAF Gary Player	65-73-69=207	−9
T3	USA Arnold Palmer	70-68-72=210	−6
USA Dan Sikes	67-72-71=210
5	USA Mason Rudolph	70-75-66=211	−5
T6	USA Tommy Aaron	67-74-71=212	−4
USA Gene Littler	71-74-67=212
T8	CAN George Knudson	72-73-69=214	−2
ESP Ramón Sota	71-73-70=214
T10	USA Billy Casper	72-72-71=215	−1
USA Doug Sanders	69-72-74=215

Source:

Scorecard

Third round, ties course record 31-33=64 (−8)

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

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1965

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	67-71-64-69=271	−17	20,000
T2	USA Arnold Palmer (c)	70-68-72-70=280	−8	10,200
ZAF Gary Player (c)	65-73-69-73=280
4	USA Mason Rudolph	70-75-66-72=283	−5	6,200
5	USA Dan Sikes	67-72-71-75=285	−3	5,000
T6	USA Gene Littler	71-74-67-74=286	−2	3,800
ESP Ramón Sota	71-73-70-72=286
T8	USA Frank Beard	68-77-72-70=287	−1	2,400
USA Tommy Bolt	69-78-69-71=287
10	CAN George Knudson	72-73-69-74=288	E	1,800

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Tommy Aaron	67-74-71-77=289	+1	1,550
AUS Bruce Crampton	72-72-74-71=289
USA Paul Harney	74-74-71-70=289
USA Doug Sanders	69-72-74-74=289
T15	USA George Bayer	69-74-75-72=290	+2	1,300
AUS Bruce Devlin	71-76-73-70=290
USA Wes Ellis	69-76-72-73=290
USA Tommy Jacobs	71-74-72-73=290
AUS Kel Nagle	75-70-74-71=290
USA Byron Nelson (c)	70-74-72-74=290
T21	USA Dow Finsterwald	72-75-72-72=291	+3	1,200
USA Ben Hogan (c)	71-75-71-74=291
USA Tony Lema	67-73-77-74=291
T24	USA Terry Dill	72-73-75-72=292	+4	1,200
USA Al Geiberger	75-72-74-71=292
T26	ENG Bernard Hunt	71-74-74-74=293	+5	1,075
JPN Tomoo Ishii	74-74-70-75=293
USA Billy Maxwell	74-72-76-71=293
USA Tom Nieporte	71-73-75-74=293
USA Bo Wininger	70-72-75-76=293
T31	USA Doug Ford (c)	74-74-73-73=294	+6	1,050
USA Downing Gray (a)	72-74-73-75=294	0
USA Dave Ragan	73-74-73-74=294	1,050
USA Bert Weaver	72-75-72-75=294
T35	USA Billy Casper	72-72-71-80=295	+7	1,050
USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	71-75-76-73=295
USA Bobby Nichols	73-71-75-76=295
USA Mike Souchak	74-74-72-75=295
T39	USA Don Allen (a)	70-77-74-75=296	+8	0
TPE Chen Ching-Po	71-77-77-71=296	1,025
USA Bob Goalby	71-75-75-75=296
T42	USA Bill Hyndman (a)	73-73-75-76=297	+9	0
USA Jack McGowan	73-75-77-72=297	1,025
USA Johnny Pott	74-74-73-76=297
T45	NZL Bob Charles	72-74-76-77=299	+11	1,025
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	71-76-77-75=299
47	USA Richard Davies (a)	70-78-78-76=302	+14	0
48	USA John Mark Hopkins (a)	70-78-78-77=303	+15
49	USA Deane Beman (a)	74-72-79-79=304	+16
CUT	USA Charles Coe (a)	73-76=149	+5
ARG Leopoldo Ruiz	76-73=149
USA Sam Snead (c)	75-74=149
USA Ed Tutwiler (a)	76-73=149
USA Jerry Barber	71-79=150	+6
USA Julius Boros	73-77=150
USA Lionel Hebert	70-80=150
USA Don January	72-78=150
ZAF Harold Henning	72-79=151	+7
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	76-75=151
PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez	75-76=151
USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	75-77=152	+8
ENG Peter Butler	76-76=152
USA Bill Collins	74-78=152
USA Raymond Floyd	69-83=152
USA Ed Furgol	72-80=152
USA Jay Hebert	75-77=152
ZAF Cobie Legrange	76-76=152
USA Claude Harmon (c)	74-79=153	+9
USA Dave Marr	75-78=153
USA Dick Mayer	76-77=153
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70-83=153
USA Charlie Smith (a)	73-80=153
CAN Gary Cowan (a)	75-79=154	+10
USA Jim Ferrier	74-80=154
USA Robert W. Gardner (a)	76-78=154
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	78-76=154
USA Gay Brewer	77-78=155	+11
CAN Stan Leonard	71-84=155
USA Henry Picard (c)	76-79=155
USA Dale Morey (a)	74-82=156	+12
USA Bob Rosburg	76-80=156
CAN Nick Weslock (a)	80-76=156
USA Dave Eichelberger (a)	74-83=157	+13
ENG Geoffrey Hunt	80-77=157
USA Ken Venturi	77-80=157
USA William C. Campbell (a)	81-77=158	+14
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	83-85=168	+24
WD	USA Herman Keiser (c)	80	+8
USA Ed Updegraff (a)
DQ	USA Gene Ferrell (a)	78	+6
USA Jack Fleck	79	+7

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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 Nicklaus	−15	−15	−15	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17
USA Palmer	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
ZAF Player	−9	−10	−9	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Rudolph	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5
USA Sikes	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey	Triple bogey+ --

References

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(April 12, 1965). "Nicklaus in a Masters Romp". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 11, 1965). "Nicklaus threatens runaway with 64". Eugene Register-Guard.
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