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1966 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1966 Masters Tournament
image	1966_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1966 Masters Guide
dates	April 7–11, 1966
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	103 players, 64 after cut
cut	153 (+9)
purse
winners_share	$20,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	288 (E), playoff
previous	[1965](1965-masters-tournament)
next	[1967](1967-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 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters. He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1966/04/18/614488/three-was-a-crowd http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078413/index.htm-- |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Three was a crowd |last=Wright |first=Alfred |date=April 18, 1966 |page=36}} Nicklaus' score the previous year in 1965 was significantly lower at 271 (−17), a record which stood for 32 years.

On Sunday, Brewer shot a 33 (−3) on the front nine and then had eight pars as he came to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead. After hitting his approach shot onto the green, he three-putted from 75 ft, missing a 5 ft putt for par to win. This was the last Masters that two-time champion Byron Nelson played in; he shot 76 and 78 and missed the cut by one stroke. The 36-hole cut at 153 (+9) was the highest to date, exceeded only in 1982.

A close friend of Nicklaus was among four that died in a private plane crash in Tennessee on Wednesday, while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio. Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round, but fell back with a 76 on Friday.

It was the fifth of 18 major titles for Nicklaus, and his only successful defense of a major. Three months later, he completed the first of his three career grand slams at Muirfield in the Open Championship. Later back-to-back winners at Augusta were Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990, both playoffs) and Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002).

Terry Dill won the seventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.

Brewer rebounded and won the tournament the next year, while Nicklaus' attempt at three consecutive titles ended early with a rare missed cut. Jacobs never won a major; he was also a runner-up in the U.S. Open in 1964 at Congressional.

CBS commentator Jack Whitaker referred to the gallery at the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff as a "mob" and was banned from the next five Masters (1967–1971).

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4		10	Camellia	470
2	Woodbine	555	5	11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3	13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4	14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3	15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5	17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4	18	Holly	420	4
Out	3,485	36	In	3,495	36
Source:	Total	6,980	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

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

Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, and Craig Wood did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

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

;3. The Open champions (last 10 years) Tony Lema (8,9,11)

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

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,9,a), William C. Campbell (6,7,a), Charles Coe (a), Richard Davies (a), Bob Murphy (7,a), Harvie Ward (a)

Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;6. Members of the 1965 U.S. Walker Cup team Don Allen (7,a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Downing Gray (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ed Tutwiler (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

;7. The first eight finishers and ties in the 1965 U.S. Amateur Tommy Barnes Jr. (a), Ron Cerrudo (a), Bob Dickson (a), Jimmy Grant (a), Bert Greene (a), Rod Horn (a), Cesar Sanudo (a), James Vickers (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1965 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (10), George Bayer, Frank Beard (9), Terry Dill, Wes Ellis, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Mason Rudolph (9), Doug Sanders (9), Dan Sikes

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1965 U.S. Open Gay Brewer, Raymond Floyd, Billy Maxwell, Steve Oppermann, Dudley Wysong

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1965 PGA Championship Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Rod Funseth, Bob McCallister, Bo Wininger

;11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team Don January, Johnny Pott

;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1965 PGA Tour Charles Coody, Randy Glover

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

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

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

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1966 PGA Tour Phil Rodgers, R. H. Sikes

;17. Foreign invitations Peter Alliss, Michael Bonallack (5,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po, Neil Coles, Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin (8,9,10), Rodney Foster (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Jimmy Hitchcock, Bernard Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson (8), Cobie Legrange, Kel Nagle (3,8,9), Lionel Platts, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota (8), Dave Thomas, George Will

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	68	−4
T2	USA Billy Casper	71	−1
USA Charles Coe (a)
USA Don January
USA Mike Souchak
T6	ENG Peter Butler	72	E
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Randy Glover
USA Jay Hebert
T10	USA Dow Finsterwald	73	+1
USA Lionel Hebert
USA Rod Horn (a)
CAN George Knudson
USA Bob Rosburg
USA R. H. Sikes

Source

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ENG Peter Butler	72-71=143	−1
USA Paul Harney	75-68=143
T3	USA Don January	71-73=144	E
USA Jack Nicklaus	68-76=144
USA Arnold Palmer	74-70=144
USA Bob Rosburg	73-71=144
USA Doug Sanders	74-70=144
T8	USA Raymond Floyd	72-73=145	+1
USA Ben Hogan	74-71=145
USA Mike Souchak	71-74=145

Source

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70=216	E
USA Jack Nicklaus	68-76-72=216
3	USA Don January	71-73-73=217	+1
T4	USA Gay Brewer	74-72-72=218	+2
USA Ben Hogan	74-71-73=218
USA Arnold Palmer	74-70-74=218
T7	USA Raymond Floyd	72-73-74=219	+3
USA Paul Harney	75-68-76=219
USA Jay Hebert	72-74-73=219
USA Doug Sanders	74-70-75=219

Source

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1966

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	USA Gay Brewer	74-72-72-70=288	E	Playoff
USA Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70-72=288
USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	68-76-72-72=288
T4	USA Arnold Palmer (c)	74-70-74-72=290	+2	5,700
USA Doug Sanders	74-70-75-71=290
T6	USA Don January	71-73-73-75=292	+4	3,900
CAN George Knudson	73-76-72-71=292
T8	USA Raymond Floyd	72-73-74-74=293	+5	2,500
USA Paul Harney	75-68-76-74=293
T10	USA Billy Casper	71-75-76-72=294	+6	1,770
USA Jay Hebert	72-74-73-75=294
USA Bob Rosburg	73-71-76-74=294

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T13	USA Tommy Aaron	74-73-77-71=295	+7	1,570
ENG Peter Butler	72-71-79-73=295
USA Ben Hogan (c)	74-71-73-77=295
16	USA Ken Venturi	75-74-73-74=296	+8	1,500
T17	USA Tommy Bolt	75-72-78-72=297	+9	1,335
AUS Bruce Crampton	74-75-71-77=297
USA Terry Dill	75-72-74-76=297
USA Doug Ford (c)	75-73-73-76=297
USA Phil Rodgers	76-73-75-73=297
T22	USA Frank Beard	77-71-77-73=298	+10	1,300
TPE Chen Ching-Po	75-77-76-70=298
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	74-76-74-74=298
ZAF Harold Henning	77-74-70-77=298
USA Tony Lema	74-74-74-76=298
USA Bobby Nichols	77-73-74-74=298
T28	USA Julius Boros	77-73-73-76=299	+11	1,175
AUS Bruce Devlin	75-77-72-75=299
USA Gardner Dickinson	76-75-76-72=299
USA Jimmy Grant (a)	74-74-78-73=299	0
ZAF Gary Player (c)	74-77-76-72=299	1,175
T33	USA Rod Funseth	80-70-76-74=300	+12	1,175
ESP Ramón Sota	79-73-77-71=300
USA Mike Souchak	71-74-77-78=300
T36	USA William C. Campbell (a)	76-77-76-72=301	+13	0
USA Wes Ellis	76-75-73-77=301	1,175
USA Dan Sikes	76-74-75-76=301
T39	USA Billy Maxwell	75-77-77-73=302	+14	1,150
USA R. H. Sikes	73-78-74-77=302
USA Dudley Wysong	77-75-73-77=302
T42	USA George Bayer	76-77-76-74=303	+15	1,150
USA Sam Snead (c)	77-72-76-78=303
T44	USA Don Allen (a)	74-72-75-83=304	+16	0
USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	75-73-79-77=304	1,150
USA Jacky Cupit	78-74-77-75=304
USA Al Geiberger	76-71-79-78=304
USA Gene Littler	76-76-72-80=304
USA Ed Updegraff (a)	76-75-77-76=304	0
T50	USA Charles Coe (a)	71-77-85-72=305	+17
USA Bob Dickson (a)	77-74-75-79=305
USA Steve Oppermann	74-74-73-84=305	1,125
53	USA Randy Glover	72-74-81-79=306	+18	1,125
T54	USA Ron Cerrudo (a)	76-77-72-82=307	+19	0
USA Downing Gray (a)	75-77-76-79=307
USA Ed Tutwiler (a)	79-74-73-81=307
T57	USA Dow Finsterwald	73-76-77-82=308	+20	1,125
USA Dale Morey (a)	75-78-76-79=308	0
T59	USA Bob Goalby	76-77-82-77=312	+24	1,125
USA Bob Murphy (a)	76-77-81-78=312	0
T61	ENG Jimmy Hitchcock	76-77-78-83=314	+26	1,125
PHL Luis Silverio (a)	77-76-77-84=314	0
CUT	USA John Mark Hopkins (a)	74-80=154	+10
USA Dave Marr	78-76=154
USA Byron Nelson (c)	76-78=154
USA James Vickers (a)	82-72=154
USA Bo Wininger	77-77=154
ENG Michael Bonallack (a)	79-76=155	+11
USA Charles Coody	78-77=155
ENG Bernard Hunt	78-77=155
USA Bob McCallister	79-76=155
AUS Kel Nagle	78-77=155
WAL Dave Thomas	78-77=155
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	75-80=155
NZL Bob Charles	78-78=156	+12
USA Dave Eichelberger (a)	78-78=156
FRA Jean Garaïalde	77-79=156
USA Bunky Henry (a)	77-79=156
USA Rod Horn (a)	73-83=156
USA Herman Keiser (c)	78-78=156
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	78-78=156
USA Johnny Pott	78-78=156
USA Deane Beman (a)	78-79=157	+13
USA Bert Greene (a)	80-77=157
USA Mason Rudolph	81-76=157
USA Jerry Barber	78-80=158	+14
USA Tommy Barnes Jr. (a)	76-82=158
USA Dick Mayer	82-76=158
SCO George Will	80-78=158
ZAF Cobie Legrange	78-81=159	+15
ENG Lionel Platts	80-79=159
USA Cesar Sanudo (a)	81-78=159
ENG Peter Alliss	76-84=160	+16
ENG Rodney Foster (a)	82-79=161	+17
USA Henry Picard (c)	78-83=161
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	82-80=162	+18
JPN Tomoo Ishii	82-81=163	+19
USA Richard Davies (a)	83-82=165	+21
USA Harvie Ward (a)	81-84=165
WD	ENG Neil Coles	77-72-76=225	+9
USA Lionel Hebert	73-79-81=233	+17
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	83	+11
USA Claude Harmon (c)	87	+15

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 Nicklaus	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E
USA Jacobs	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
USA Brewer	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E
USA Palmer	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
USA Sanders	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
USA January	+2	+1	E	+1	+2	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+4	+4
CAN Knudson	+5	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+4	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4
USA Hogan	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+7	+7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 11, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	70	−2	20,000
2	USA Tommy Jacobs	72	E	12,300
3	USA Gay Brewer	78	+6	8,300

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	E	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
USA Jacobs	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
USA Brewer	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+5	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:

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