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1970 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1970 Masters Tournament
image	1970_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1970 Masters Guide
dates	April 9–13, 1970
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	83 players, 48 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse
winners_share	$25,000
champion	USA Billy Casper
score	279 (−9), playoff
previous	[1969](1969-masters-tournament)
next	[1971](1971-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

Billy Casper and Gene Littler at the 1970 Masters

The 1970 Masters Tournament was the 34th Masters Tournament, held April 9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 83 players started the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 150 (+6).

Billy Casper defeated Gene Littler 69 to 74 in an 18-hole playoff on Monday to win his third major championship. It was the last 18-hole playoff at the Masters; the format was changed to sudden-death in 1976 and first used in 1979. To get into the playoff, Casper scored a final round of 71 (−1), while Littler shot a 70 to tie at 279 (−9).

Jack Nicklaus shot 69-69 on the weekend, but was hampered by a second round 75 and finished in 8th place. It was the final Masters tournament as a player for 1938 champion Henry Picard, who withdrew without finishing the first round. Three-time Masters champion Sam Snead finished in a tie for 23rd place at the age of 57. It was the Masters debut of two-time champion Tom Watson, then a 20-year-old amateur from Stanford who shot 77-76 and missed the cut by three strokes.

Harold Henning won the eleventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 21.

Dick Schaap's The Masters: The Winning of a Golf Classic covered in detail the 1970 tournament.

Field

;1. Masters champions George Archer (8,9), Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr. (8), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,8,11), Arnold Palmer (9), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2.3,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Claude Harmon, and Byron Nelson did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Billy Casper (8,11), Orville Moody (9,10)

Lee Trevino (8,11) did not play.

;3. The Open champions (last five years)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros (9), Raymond Floyd (9,10,11), Al Geiberger (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Marr (9)

;5. The first eight finishers in the 1969 U.S. Amateur Charles Coe (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), John Farquhar (a), Steve Melnyk (6,7,a), Allen Miller (7,a), Ed Updegraff (7,a), Tom Watson (a), Bob Zender (a)

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

Bruce Fleisher (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;7. Members of the 1969 U.S. Walker Cup team John Bohmann (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Joe Inman (a), Dick Siderowf (a), Lanny Wadkins (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1969 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (11), Miller Barber (9,10,11), Frank Beard (11), Deane Beman (9), Charles Coody (9,10), Dale Douglass (9,11), Lionel Hebert, Dave Hill (9,11), Gene Littler (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (11), Dave Stockton, Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1969 U.S. Open Bunky Henry, Howie Johnson, Bob Murphy, Dean Refram, Phil Rodgers, Bob Rosburg, Kermit Zarley

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1969 PGA Championship Bert Greene, Terry Wilcox, Jimmy Wright, Larry Ziegler

;11. Members of the U.S. 1969 Ryder Cup team Ken Still

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

;13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Homero Blancas, Larry Hinson, Grier Jones, Dick Lotz, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, R. H. Sikes

;14. Foreign invitations Maurice Bembridge, Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles, Bruce Crampton (8,9), Roberto De Vicenzo (3), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Bernard Gallacher, Harold Henning (8), Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (3), George Knudson (8), Takaaki Kono (8), Sukree Onsham

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tommy Aaron	68	−4
T2	USA Gene Littler	69	−3
USA Bert Yancey
T4	USA Charles Coody	70	−2
USA Bob Lunn
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez
USA Dan Sikes
USA R. H. Sikes
T9	USA Frank Beard	71	−1
USA Jack Nicklaus

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 10, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Gene Littler	69-70=139	−5
USA Bert Yancey	69-70=139
T3	USA Billy Casper	72-68=140	−4
USA Bob Lunn	70-70=140
T5	USA Tommy Aaron	68-74=142	−2
ZAF Gary Player	74-68=142
T7	USA Dave Hill	73-70=143	−1
JPN Takaaki Kono	75-68=143
T9	USA Charles Coody	70-74=144	E
USA Larry Hinson	72-72=144
USA Dave Stockton	72-72=144

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Billy Casper	72-68-68=208	−8
2	USA Gene Littler	69-70-70=209	−7
3	ZAF Gary Player	74-68-68=210	−6
T4	USA Tommy Aaron	68-74-69=211	−5
USA Charles Coody	70-74-67=211
USA Bert Yancey	69-70-72=211
T7	USA Dave Hill	73-70-70=213	−3
USA Dave Stockton	72-72-69=213
9	JPN Takaaki Kono	75-68-71=214	−2
T10	USA Frank Beard	71-76-68=215	−1
USA Larry Hinson	72-72-71=215
USA Bob Lunn	70-70-75=215
USA Jack Nicklaus	71-75-69=215

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1970

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	USA Billy Casper	72-68-68-71=279	−9	Playoff
USA Gene Littler	69-70-70-70=279
3	ZAF Gary Player (c)	74-68-68-70=280	−8	14,000
4	USA Bert Yancey	69-70-72-70=281	−7	10,000
T5	USA Tommy Aaron	68-74-69-72=283	−5	6,667
USA Dave Hill	73-70-70-70=283
USA Dave Stockton	72-72-69-70=283
8	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	71-75-69-69=284	−4	4,500
9	USA Frank Beard	71-76-68-70=285	−3	4,000
T10	USA Bob Lunn	70-70-75-72=287	−1	3,500
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	70-76-73-68=287

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA Charles Coody	70-74-67-77=288	E	3,000
USA Bert Greene	75-71-70-72=288
ENG Tony Jacklin	73-74-70-71=288
USA Don January	76-73-69-70=288
JPN Takaaki Kono	75-68-71-74=288
17	NZL Bob Charles	75-71-71-72=289	+1	2,700
T18	USA Howie Johnson	75-71-73-71=290	+2	2,500
USA Dick Lotz	74-72-72-72=290
USA Orville Moody	73-72-71-74=290
T21	USA Miller Barber	76-73-77-65=291	+3	2,250
USA Terry Wilcox	79-70-70-72=291
T23	USA Deane Beman	74-72-72-74=292	+4	2,020
USA Julius Boros	75-71-74-72=292
USA Charles Coe (a)	74-71-72-75=292	0
USA Bob Murphy	78-70-73-71=292	2,020
USA Sam Snead (c)	76-73-71-72=292
USA Tom Weiskopf	73-73-72-74=292
T29	TPE Hsieh Yung-yo	75-75-69-74=293	+5	1,650
USA Jimmy Wright	75-72-71-75=293
T31	USA George Archer (c)	73-72-74-75=294	+6	1,650
USA Gay Brewer (c)	78-70-72-74=294
AUS Bruce Devlin	72-74-78-70=294
USA Larry Hinson	72-72-71-79=294
USA Ken Still	74-73-74-73=294
T36	USA Arnold Palmer (c)	75-73-74-73=295	+7	1,575
USA Dan Sikes	70-77-71-77=295
T38	ENG Maurice Bembridge	77-72-70-77=296	+8	1,575
AUS Bruce Crampton	75-71-75-75=296
USA Dale Douglass	76-74-72-74=296
USA Vinny Giles (a)	78-72-72-74=296	0
USA Grier Jones	73-75-73-75=296	1,575
43	USA Steve Melnyk (a)	73-76-71-77=297	+9	0
44	USA Bob Rosburg	77-73-75-73=298	+10	1,500
T45	USA Al Geiberger	73-77-74-75=299	+11	1,500
CAN George Knudson	73-72-78-76=299
47	USA R. H. Sikes	70-75-77-78=300	+12	1,500
48	USA Dean Refram	76-74-78-75=303	+15	1,500
CUT	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	78-73=151	+7
SCO Bernard Gallacher	77-74=151
ZAF Harold Henning	74-77=151
USA Bunky Henry	77-74=151
USA Dave Marr	75-76=151
USA Lanny Wadkins (a)	79-72=151
USA Raymond Floyd	76-76=152	+8
USA Bill Hyndman (a)	76-76=152
USA Mason Rudolph	76-76=152
USA Ed Updegraff (a)	78-74=152
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	76-76=152
USA Kermit Zarley	74-78=152
USA Lionel Hebert	75-78=153	+9
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	78-75=153
USA Tom Watson (a)	77-76=153
ENG Peter Butler	82-72=154	+10
USA John Farquhar (a)	74-80=154
USA Larry Ziegler	76-78=154
USA Homero Blancas	81-74=155	+11
USA Doug Ford (c)	76-79=155
USA Bob Goalby (c)	77-78=155
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	81-74=155
USA Bob Zender (a)	77-78=155
USA Joe Inman (a)	77-79=156	+12
USA Dick Siderowf (a)	80-76=156
USA Allen Miller (a)	81-76=157	+13
USA Phil Rodgers	78-79=157
USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	78-80=158	+14
USA Herman Keiser (c)	79-79=158
USA John Bohmann (a)	81-78=159	+15
ITA Roberto Bernardini	80-80=160	+16
ENG Michael Bonallack (a)	75-86=161	+17
THA Sukree Onsham	78-84=162	+18
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	84-83=167	+23
WD	USA Henry Picard (c)

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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 Casper	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9
USA Littler	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9
ZAF Player	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8
USA Yancey	−5	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 13, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Billy Casper	69	−3	25,000
2	USA Gene Littler	74	+2	17,500

Source:

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 Casper	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3
USA Littler	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+2

Source:

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