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1968 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1968 Masters Tournament
image	1968_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1968 Masters Guide
dates	April 11–14, 1968
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	74 players, 52 after cut
cut	149 (+5)
purse
winners_share	$20,000
champion	USA Bob Goalby
score	277 (−11)
previous	[1967](1967-masters-tournament)
next	[1969](1969-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 1968 Masters Tournament was the 32nd Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Bob Goalby won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo, the reigning British Open champion. On the back nine in the final round, Goalby birdied 13 and 14 and eagled 15 to record a 66 (−6) and a total of 277 (−11).

At first it appeared that he had tied De Vicenzo and the two would meet in an 18-hole Monday playoff, but De Vicenzo returned an incorrect scorecard showing a par 4 on the 17th hole, instead of a birdie 3, sunk with a two-foot putt. Playing partner Tommy Aaron incorrectly marked the 4 and De Vicenzo failed to catch the mistake and signed the scorecard. USGA rules stated that the higher written score signed by a golfer on his card must stand, and the error gave Goalby the championship.

Speaking to the press after the error, De Vincenzo said, "What a stupid I am."

Ironically, Goalby discovered a scoring error he had made on the card he was keeping for Raymond Floyd, his playing partner in the final round, which he corrected at the scorer's table (there was not a scoring tent in 1968; after DeVicenzo's mistake in 1968, however, a scoring tent was erected directly behind the 18th green for the 1969 tournament). He had marked Floyd down for a par-3 on the 16th hole, when Floyd had actually bogeyed the hole. Floyd ended up in a tie for seventh place with, among others, Aaron. Both Aaron and Floyd would win the Masters in future years, Aaron in 1973 and Floyd in 1976.

Jack Nicklaus tied for fifth place and third-round leader Gary Player finished tied for seventh. Lee Trevino, 28, made his Masters debut and was two strokes back after three rounds, tied for seventh place. A rough back nine of 43 (+7) pushed his score to 80 and he finished tied for 40th. Two months later, he won the 1968 U.S. Open, the first of his six major titles. The Masters was the only major that eluded him; his best finish was a tie for tenth, in 1975 and 1985. Citing incompatibility, Trevino skipped Augusta three times in the early 1970s, and missed in 1977 due to a bad back.

In his fourteenth Masters at age 38, four-time champion Arnold Palmer found the water three times during a second round 79 for 151 and missed the cut for the first time at Augusta. He made the next seven cuts, through 1975.

Bob Rosburg won the ninth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22. Claude Harmon, 51, had consecutive aces at the fourth and fifth holes, but tied for third at 24. The next day, Harmon withdrew in the first round after a nine-hole score of 40.

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 Gay Brewer (8,11), Jack Burke Jr., Doug Ford, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,9,10), Arnold Palmer (8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,8,9), Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9)

Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan (8), Byron Nelson, Gene Sarazen, and Craig Wood did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Julius Boros (8,10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,11), Ken Venturi (8)

;3. The Open champions (last five years)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Al Geiberger (10,11), Don January (9,10), Dave Marr (8,9), Bobby Nichols (8,11)

;5. The first eight finishers in the 1967 U.S. Amateur Vinny Giles (a), William C. Campbell (7,a), Downing Gray (7,a), Doug Olson (a)

Ron Cerrudo (7), Bob Dickson (6,7), Marty Fleckman (7), and Bob Murphy (7) forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

;7. Members of the 1967 U.S. Walker Cup team Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Ed Tutwiler (a)

Don Allen (a) declined his invitation because of the birth of his first child. Jimmy Grant forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1967 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Jacky Cupit, Wes Ellis (9), Paul Harney, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bob Rosburg, Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (11), Bert Yancey

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1967 U.S. Open Deane Beman, Gardner Dickinson (11), Bob Goalby (10), Dutch Harrison, Jerry Pittman, Lee Trevino, Tom Weiskopf

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1967 PGA Championship Frank Beard, Don Bies, Gene Littler (11), Don Massengale, Dan Sikes

;11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team Johnny Pott

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

;13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Miller Barber, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd, Dave Hill, R. H. Sikes, Kermit Zarley

;14. Foreign invitations Al Balding (9), Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po, Clive Clark, Gary Cowan (6,a), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), Malcolm Gregson, Harold Henning, Tommy Horton, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Kel Nagle (9), Hideyo Sugimoto, Raul Travieso

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 1968

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Billy Casper	68	−4
T2	USA Tommy Aaron	69	−3
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo
AUS Bruce Devlin
ENG Tony Jacklin
USA Jack Nicklaus
T7	USA Bob Goalby	70	−2
USA Jerry Pittman
USA Kermit Zarley
T10	USA Raymond Floyd	71	−1
USA Vinny Giles (a)
USA Don January
USA Herman Keiser
JPN Hideyo Sugimoto
USA Lee Trevino
USA Bert Yancey

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 12, 1968

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Don January	71-68=139	−5
ZAF Gary Player	72-67=139
T3	USA Frank Beard	75-65=140	−4
USA Bob Goalby	70-70=140
USA Jack Nicklaus	69-71=140
6	USA Tommy Aaron	69-72=141	−3
T7	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	69-73=142	−2
AUS Bruce Devlin	69-73=142
USA Raymond Floyd	71-71=142
ENG Tony Jacklin	69-73=142
USA Bert Yancey	71-71=142

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1968

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Gary Player	72-67-71=210	−6
T2	USA Frank Beard	75-65-71=211	−5
USA Raymond Floyd	71-71-69=211
AUS Bruce Devlin	69-73-69=211
USA Bob Goalby	70-70-71=211
USA Don January	71-68-72=211
T7	USA Miller Barber	75-69-68=212	−4
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	69-73-70=212
USA Lee Trevino	71-72-69=212
T10	USA Tommy Aaron	69-72-72=213	−3
USA Jerry Pittman	70-73-70=213

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1968

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Bob Goalby	70-70-71-66=277	−11	20,000
2	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	69-73-70-66=278	−10	15,000
3	USA Bert Yancey	71-71-72-65=279	−9	10,000
4	AUS Bruce Devlin	69-73-69-69=280	−8	7,500
T5	USA Frank Beard	75-65-71-70=281	−7	5,500
USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	69-71-74-67=281
T7	USA Tommy Aaron	69-72-72-69=282	−6	3,460
USA Raymond Floyd	71-71-69-71=282
USA Lionel Hebert	72-71-71-68=282
USA Jerry Pittman	70-73-70-69=282
ZAF Gary Player (c)	72-67-71-72=282

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Miller Barber	75-69-68-71=283	−5	2,850
USA Doug Sanders	76-69-70-68=283
T14	USA Don January	71-68-72-73=284	−4	2,650
USA Mason Rudolph	73-73-72-66=284
T16	USA Julius Boros	73-71-70-71=285	−3	2,400
USA Billy Casper	68-75-73-69=285
USA Tom Weiskopf	74-71-69-71=285
19	NZL Bob Charles	75-71-70-70=286	−2	2,200
T20	USA Dave Marr	74-71-71-71=287	−1	2,050
USA Kermit Zarley	70-73-74-70=287
T22	USA George Archer	75-71-72-70=288	E	1,760
USA Gardner Dickinson	74-71-72-71=288
USA Vinny Giles (a)	71-72-72-73=288	0
ZAF Harold Henning	72-71-71-74=288	1,760
ENG Tony Jacklin	69-73-74-72=288
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	74-74-73-67=288
T28	USA Jay Hebert	74-71-71-73=289	+1	1,400
CAN George Knudson	75-71-72-71=289
T30	USA Charles Coody	76-72-72-70=290	+2	1,400
USA Al Geiberger	76-70-72-72=290
AUS Kel Nagle	76-71-72-71=290
USA Bobby Nichols	74-73-73-70=290
USA Bob Rosburg	74-73-71-72=290
T35	USA Gay Brewer (c)	72-74-71-74=291	+3	1,375
TPE Chen Ching-Po	73-76-71-71=291
ENG Malcolm Gregson	76-71-74-70=291
USA Dan Sikes	73-76-70-72=291
JPN Hideyo Sugimoto	71-75-73-72=291
T40	USA Paul Harney	78-70-70-74=292	+4	1,375
USA Lee Trevino	71-72-69-80=292
42	USA Sam Snead (c)	73-74-75-71=293	+5	1,350
T43	USA Gene Littler	73-73-76-72=294	+6	1,350
USA Johnny Pott	75-68-75-76=294
T45	CAN Gary Cowan (a)	78-71-73-73=295	+7	0
USA Jack Lewis Jr. (a)	78-71-76-70=295
USA Don Massengale	76-73-73-73=295	1,350
T48	USA William C. Campbell (a)	74-71-75-76=296	+8	0
USA Doug Ford (c)	72-75-72-77=296	1,350
T50	USA Dave Hill	79-70-73-75=297	+9	1,350
USA Ken Venturi	75-74-73-75=297
52	IRL Joe Carr (a)	75-73-80-78=306	+18	0
CUT	ENG Peter Butler	72-78=150	+6
USA Wes Ellis	76-74=150
USA Herman Keiser (c)	71-79=150
ARG Raul Travieso	76-74=150
USA Don Bies	79-72=151	+7
USA Tommy Jacobs	77-74=151
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	72-79=151
CAN Al Balding	75-77=152	+8
USA Downing Gray (a)	76-76=152
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	76-76=152
USA Doug Olson (a)	78-74=152
USA R. H. Sikes	75-77=152
USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	79-74=153	+9
ENG Tommy Horton	78-75=153
USA Jacky Cupit	77-77=154	+10
USA Dutch Harrison	81-74=155	+11
USA Deane Beman	77-79=156	+12
ENG Clive Clark	81-75=156
USA Ed Tutwiler (a)	82-75=157	+13
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	82-81=163	+19
WD	USA Henry Picard (c)	78	+6
USA Claude Harmon (c)

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 Goalby	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−12	−12	−11	−11
ARG De Vicenzo	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11^	−10
USA Yancey	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9
AUS Devlin	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8
USA Beard	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7
USA Nicklaus	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7
USA Floyd	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6
USA January	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4

^ De Vicenzo actually birdied the 17th hole, but signed for a par on his scorecard.

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

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