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1972 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1972 Masters Tournament
image	1972 Masters Tournament Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1972 Masters Guide
dates	April 6–9, 1972
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	84 players, 47 after cut
cut	151 (+7)
purse
winners_share	$25,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	286 (−2)
previous	[1971](1971-masters-tournament)
next	[1973](1973-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 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up. It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.

It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. This Masters was also the debut of twenty-year-old Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas, a future two-time champion who was low amateur at 295 (T19).

Banned from the last five Masters, commentator Jack Whitaker returned to the CBS telecast in 1972. At the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff in 1966, he had referred to the portion of the gallery trailing the players as a "mob."

Nicklaus became the third wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, following Craig Wood in 1941 and Arnold Palmer in 1960. Through 2016, there have been five; the next were Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015.

Field

;1. Masters champions George Archer (9,11), Billy Casper (8,10,11,12), Charles Coody (8,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby (11), Ralph Guldahl, Herman Keiser, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer (8,11,12), Gary Player (3,8,10,11), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

Gay Brewer (9), Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson and Henry Picard did not play. Brewer was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Orville Moody (8), Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12)

;3. The Open champions (last five years)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (8,9), Don January (8), Dave Stockton (8,11,12)

;5. The first eight finishers in the 1971 U.S. Amateur Rick Bendall (a), Ben Crenshaw (a), Tom Culligan (a), Vinny Giles (7,a), Jim McLean (a), Eddie Pearce (a), Marty West (a)

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

Steve Melnyk (7,8) and Lanny Wadkins (7,9) forfeited their exemptions by turning professional but qualified in other categories.

;7. Members of the 1971 U.S. Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), John Farquhar (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Tom Kite (a), Jim Simons (9,a)

Allen Miller forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1971 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard (11,12), Dave Eichelberger (11), Al Geiberger, Bert Greene, Hale Irwin (11), Dick Lotz, Steve Melnyk, Johnny Miller (9,11), Bobby Mitchell (11), Bob Murphy, Ken Still, Tom Weiskopf (11)

Gene Littler (11,12) had been diagnosed with cancer and did not play.

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1971 U.S. Open Jim Colbert, Jerry Heard (11), Larry Hinson, Jerry McGee, Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Bob Rosburg (11), Lanny Wadkins, Bert Yancey

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1971 PGA Championship Miller Barber (11,12), Tommy Bolt, Gibby Gilbert, Dave Hill, Jim Jamieson

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Homero Blancas, Gardner Dickinson (12), Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Labron Harris Jr., Grier Jones, DeWitt Weaver

;12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team Mason Rudolph, J. C. Snead

;13. Foreign invitations Harry Bannerman, Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (9), Bobby Cole (9), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham, Hsieh Yung-yo, Tony Jacklin (2,3,11), Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Ramón Sota

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	68	−4
2	USA Sam Snead	69	−3
3	USA Arnold Palmer	70	−2
T4	USA Paul Harney	71	−1
USA Jim Simons (a)
T6	USA Frank Beard	72	E
NZL Bob Charles
AUS Bruce Crampton
USA Gibby Gilbert
ENG Tony Jacklin
USA Jim Jamieson
USA Steve Melnyk
USA Bobby Nichols
USA Lanny Wadkins
USA Bert Yancey

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Second round

Friday, April 7, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	68-71=139	−5
2	USA Paul Harney	71-69=140	−4
3	USA Bert Yancey	72-69=141	−3
4	USA Jim Jamieson	72-70=142	−2
T5	USA Charles Coody	73-70=143	−1
USA Bobby Nichols	72-71=143
T7	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	75-69=144	E
USA Jerry Heard	73-71=144
USA Steve Melnyk	72-72=144
USA Sam Snead	69-75=144
USA Lanny Wadkins	72-72=144

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Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	68-71-73=212	−4
2		USA Jim Jamieson	72-70-71=213	−3
T3	USA Paul Harney	71-69-75=215	−1
USA Tom Weiskopf	74-71-70=215
T5	USA Homero Blancas	76-71-69=216	E
AUS Bruce Crampton	72-75-69=216
USA Jerry Heard	73-71-72=216
USA Bobby Mitchell	73-72-71=216
T9	USA Charles Coody	73-70-74=217	+1
USA Bert Yancey	72-69-76=217

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Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1972

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	68-71-73-74=286	−2	25,000
T2	AUS Bruce Crampton	72-75-69-73=289	+1	15,833
USA Bobby Mitchell	73-72-71-73=289
USA Tom Weiskopf	74-71-70-74=289
T5	USA Homero Blancas	76-71-69-74=290	+2	6,200
AUS Bruce Devlin	74-75-70-71=290
USA Jerry Heard	73-71-72-74=290
USA Jim Jamieson	72-70-71-77=290
USA Jerry McGee	73-74-71-72=290
T10	ZAF Gary Player (c)	73-75-72-71=291	+3	3,600
USA Dave Stockton	76-70-74-71=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	USA George Archer (c)	73-75-72-72=292	+4	3,100
USA Charles Coody (c)	73-70-74-75=292
USA Al Geiberger	76-70-74-72=292
USA Steve Melnyk	72-72-74-74=292
USA Bert Yancey	72-69-76-75=292
T17	USA Billy Casper (c)	75-71-74-74=294	+6	2,750
USA Bob Goalby (c)	73-76-72-73=294
T19	USA Ben Crenshaw (a)	73-74-74-74=295	+7	0
JPN Takaaki Kono	76-72-73-74=295	2,500
USA Lanny Wadkins	72-72-77-74=295
T22	NZL Bob Charles	72-76-74-74=296	+8	2,160
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	75-69-76-76=296
USA Gardner Dickinson	77-72-73-74=296
USA Hubert Green	75-74-74-73=296
USA Paul Harney	71-69-75-81=296
T27	ENG Tony Jacklin	72-76-75-74=297	+9	1,750
USA Tom Kite (a)	74-74-76-73=297	0
USA Sam Snead (c)	69-75-76-77=297	1,750
30	USA J. C. Snead	74-77-72-75=298	+10	1,750
T31	USA Bert Greene	75-75-77-72=299	+11	1,750
USA Bobby Nichols	72-71-80-76=299
T33	SCO Harry Bannerman	78-72-72-78=300	+12	1,675
USA Grier Jones	73-75-76-76=300
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	70-75-74-81=300
USA Lee Trevino	75-76-77-72=300
37	TPE Lu Liang-Huan	75-72-80-74=301	+13	1,675
T38	USA Gibby Gilbert	72-76-74-81=303	+15	1,675
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	74-76-80-73=303
40	USA Ken Still	74-77-77-76=304	+16	1,675
T41	USA Frank Beard	72-79-79-76=306	+18	1,600
USA Jim Simons (a)	71-79-76-80=306	0
T43	USA Jim McLean (a)	75-75-78-79=307	+19
USA Bob Murphy	75-76-77-79=307	1,600
T45	USA Larry Hinson	77-74-79-78=308	+20	1,600
USA Bob Rosburg	74-73-83-78=308
47	USA DeWitt Weaver	74-76-81-79=310	+22	1,600
CUT	USA Rick Bendall (a)	77-75=152	+8
USA Julius Boros	77-75=152
USA Hale Irwin	81-71=152
USA Don January	75-77=152
USA Johnny Miller	76-76=152
USA Mason Rudolph	74-78=152
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	77-75=152
USA Tommy Bolt	76-77=153	+9
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	74-79=153
USA Tommy Aaron	78-76=154	+10
USA Doug Ford (c)	76-78=154
USA Labron Harris Jr.	79-75=154
USA Dave Hill	76-78=154
JPN Masashi Ozaki	74-80=154
USA Eddie Pearce (a)	79-75=154
ZAF Bobby Cole	78-77=155	+11
USA Dave Eichelberger	78-77=155
AUS David Graham	76-79=155
TPE Hsieh Yung-yo	79-76=155
USA Dick Lotz	77-78=155
USA Vinny Giles (a)	78-78=156	+12
USA Miller Barber	75-82=157	+13
USA Jim Colbert	74-83=157
ESP Ramón Sota	78-79=157
USA Marty West (a)	80-77=157
CAN Gary Cowan (a)	76-82=158	+14
USA Raymond Floyd	76-82=158
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	79-79=158
USA Tom Culligan (a)	78-81=159	+15
USA Jim Gabrielsen (a)	81-78=159
USA Herman Keiser (c)	80-79=159
USA Bill Hyndman (a)	75-85=160	+16
USA Orville Moody	80-81=161	+17
SCO Brian Barnes	85-80=165	+21
USA John Farquhar (a)	84-81=165
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	89-80=169	+25
WD	USA William C. Campbell (a)	75	+3

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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	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2
AUS Crampton	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Mitchell	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Weiskopf	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1
USA Blancas	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2
USA Heard	−1	−1	E	−1	E	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2
USA Jamieson	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+3	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+2
USA Harney	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+3	+4	+5	+7	+7	+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

References

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