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1973 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1973 Masters Tournament
image	1973_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1973 Masters Guide
dates	April 5–9, 1973
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	82 players, 57 after cut
cut	151 (+7)
purse
winners_share	$30,000
champion	USA Tommy Aaron
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1972](1972-masters-tournament)
next	[1974](1974-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 1973 Masters Tournament was the 37th Masters Tournament, held April 5–9 at the Augusta National Golf Club. Due to weather delays, the final round was played on Monday for the first time since 1961.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1973/04/16/668823/jack-fell-down-and-lost-his-crown http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135571/index.htm-- |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Jenkins |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Jenkins |title=Jack fell down and lost his crown |date=April 16, 1973 |page=24}}

Tommy Aaron, age 36, won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead. Before this win at Augusta, Aaron was best known as the player who kept Roberto De Vicenzo's incorrect scorecard at the Masters five years earlier in 1968. Ironically, Aaron's final round playing partner in 1973, Johnny Miller, recorded a higher score when keeping Aaron's card, and Aaron caught the mistake. This was his third and last victory on the PGA Tour, and after this win, Aaron's best result in a major was a tie for 28th at the Masters in 1979.

Gary Player played in 52 Masters from 1957 through 2009; and missed only this one, to recover from leg and abdominal surgery. He returned in 1974 to win the second of his three green jackets.

Gay Brewer won the fourteenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a seven-under 20. At the previous Masters, the 1967 champion was hospitalized in Augusta for ulcers on Wednesday night and missed the tournament.

This Masters was the last as competitors for two former champions: Gene Sarazen (1935) and Ralph Guldahl (1939).

Field

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

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10) did not play. Player missed his only Masters in 53 years to recover from surgery.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

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

;3. The Open champions (last five years)

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros, Raymond Floyd (10), Dave Stockton (12)

;5. The first eight finishers in the 1972 U.S. Amateur Doug Ballenger (a), Ben Crenshaw (7,8,a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Charles Harrison (a), Mike Killian (a), Marty West (7,a)

Mark Hayes (7,a) forfeited his exemption by turning professional. Bruce Robertson forfeited his exemption by losing his amateur status.

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

Steve Melnyk forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;7. Members of the 1972 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1972 Masters Tournament Homero Blancas (9), Gardner Dickinson (12), Al Geiberger, Hubert Green, Paul Harney, Jerry Heard (10,11), Jim Jamieson (10,11), Jerry McGee, Steve Melnyk, Bobby Mitchell (11), Lanny Wadkins (11), Tom Weiskopf (9), Bert Yancey (9,11)

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1972 U.S. Open Don January, Don Massengale, Johnny Miller (11), Bobby Nichols, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11), Cesar Sanudo, Jim Simons, Kermit Zarley (11)

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1972 PGA Championship Tommy Aaron, Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders (11)

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Buddy Allin, Deane Beman, Jim Colbert, Bob Dickson, Rod Funseth, Lou Graham, Dave Hill, Mike Hill, Babe Hiskey, Grier Jones, Bob Lunn, John Schlee, J. C. Snead (12), DeWitt Weaver

;12. Members of the U.S. 1971 Ryder Cup team Miller Barber, Frank Beard, Gene Littler, Mason Rudolph

;13. Foreign invitations Brian Barnes, Bob Charles (8), Gary Cowan (6,a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,11), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin (8,11), David Graham (11), Han Chang-sang, Trevor Homer (6,a), Guy Hunt, Tony Jacklin (2,3), George Knudson (11), Takaaki Kono (8), Lu Liang-Huan, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki, Bob Shaw (11)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tommy Aaron	68	−4
T2	USA Jack Nicklaus	69	−3
JPN Masashi Ozaki
T4	USA Bob Dickson	70	−2
USA J. C. Snead
T6	USA Grier Jones	71	−1
USA Phil Rodgers
T8	AUS David Graham	72	E
USA Hubert Green
USA Steve Melnyk
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez
USA Mason Rudolph
MEX Cesar Sanudo
USA Dave Stockton

Source

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1973

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Tommy Aaron	68-73=141	−3
USA Gay Brewer	75-66=141
USA Bob Dickson	70-71=141
USA J. C. Snead	70-71=141
5	USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-70=142	−2
T6	USA Bob Goalby	73-70=143	−1
USA Grier Jones	71-72=143
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-70=143
JPN Masashi Ozaki	69-74=143
T10	USA Bob Charles	74-70=144	E
USA Gardner Dickinson	74-70=144
USA Jim Jamieson	73-71=144
USA Johnny Miller	75-69=144
USA Mason Rudolph	72-72=144

Source

Third round

Sunday, April 8, 1973

Heavy rain on Saturday morning limited play to the first several pairs when the course was deemed unplayable. The third round was restarted in the late morning on Sunday from split tees.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-70-68=211	−5
T2	USA Bob Goalby	73-70-71=214	−2
USA Jim Jamieson	73-71-70=214
USA J. C. Snead	70-71-73=214
T5	USA Tommy Aaron	68-73-74=215	−1
USA Gay Brewer	75-66-74=215
USA Johnny Miller	75-69-71=215
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-70-73=215
T9	USA Gardner Dickinson	74-70-72=216	E
JPN Masashi Ozaki	69-74-73=216

Source

Final round

Monday, April 9, 1973

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Tommy Aaron	68-73-74-68=283	−5	30,000
2	USA J. C. Snead	70-71-73-70=284	−4	22,500
T3	USA Jim Jamieson	73-71-70-71=285	−3	12,500
USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	69-77-73-66=285
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-70-68-74=285
T6	USA Bob Goalby (c)	73-70-71-74=288	E	6,250
USA Johnny Miller	75-69-71-73=288
T8	AUS Bruce Devlin	73-72-72-72=289	+1	4,250
JPN Masashi Ozaki	69-74-73-73=289
T10	USA Gay Brewer (c)	75-66-74-76=291	+3	3,425
USA Gardner Dickinson	74-70-72-75=291
USA Don January	75-71-75-70=291
USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez	72-70-73-76=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T14	USA Hubert Green	72-74-75-71=292	+4	3,000
USA Mason Rudolph	72-72-77-71=292
USA Dave Stockton	72-74-71-75=292
T17	USA Billy Casper (c)	75-73-72-73=293	+5	2,550
USA Bob Dickson	70-71-76-76=293
USA Lou Graham	77-73-72-71=293
USA Babe Hiskey	74-73-72-74=293
USA Gene Littler	77-72-71-73=293
USA Kermit Zarley	74-71-77-71=293
23	USA Phil Rodgers	71-75-75-73=294	+6	2,200
T24	USA Frank Beard	73-75-71-76=295	+7	2,100
USA Ben Crenshaw (a)	73-72-74-76=295	0
USA Paul Harney	77-71-74-73=295	2,100
USA Bobby Nichols	79-72-76-68=295
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	77-72-76-70=295
T29	NZL Bob Charles	74-70-74-78=296	+8	1,750
USA Charles Coody (c)	74-73-79-70=296
AUS David Graham	72-74-77-73=296
USA Sam Snead (c)	74-76-73-73=296
USA Lanny Wadkins	75-74-71-76=296
T34	USA Vinny Giles (a)	78-71-72-76=297	+9	0
USA Steve Melnyk	72-74-79-72=297	1,750
USA Tom Weiskopf	77-71-75-74=297
T37	USA Rod Funseth	73-75-74-76=298	+10	1,675
USA Al Geiberger	75-76-77-70=298
USA Dave Hill	77-70-76-75=298
USA Grier Jones	71-72-77-78=298
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	79-69-74-76=298
USA Marty West (a)	75-70-77-76=298	0
T43	USA George Archer (c)	73-74-74-78=299	+11	1,675
USA Miller Barber	78-72-80-69=299
USA Jim Colbert	74-72-76-77=299
AUS Bruce Crampton	74-74-77-74=299
TPE Lu Liang-Huan	74-72-75-78=299
USA Bob Lunn	76-74-72-77=299
USA Cesar Sanudo	72-75-76-76=299
USA Lee Trevino	74-75-75-75=299
T51	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	74-74-74-78=300	+12	1,600
JPN Takaaki Kono	74-74-78-74=300
USA Bert Yancey	75-74-74-77=300
54	USA Raymond Floyd	76-73-75-77=301	+13	1,600
55	USA Don Massengale	74-74-76-78=302	+14	1,600
56	USA Jerry Heard	76-75-72-80=303	+15	1,600
57	USA John Schlee	76-73-74-82=305	+17	1,600
CUT	USA Buddy Allin	76-76=152	+8
USA Deane Beman	77-75=152
CAN Gary Cowan (a)	74-78=152
KOR Han Chang-sang	77-75=152
ENG Tony Jacklin	77-75=152
AUS Bob Shaw	74-78=152
USA Jerry McGee	81-72=153	+9
USA Julius Boros	75-79=154	+10
USA Doug Ford (c)	76-78=154
USA Mike Killian (a)	79-76=155	+11
USA Bobby Mitchell	81-74=155
SCO Brian Barnes	79-77=156	+12
CAN George Knudson	79-77=156
USA Mike Hill	79-78=157	+13
USA Jim Simons	79-78=157
USA Doug Ballenger (a)	81-77=158	+14
USA Homero Blancas	81-77=158
USA Orville Moody	81-77=158
USA DeWitt Weaver	81-77=158
ENG Guy Hunt	78-81=159	+15
USA Doug Sanders	83-78=161	+17
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	82-80=162	+18
USA Charles Harrison (a)	81-81=162
ENG Trevor Homer (a)	81-88=169	+25
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	88-86=174	+30

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 Aaron	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5
USA Snead	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
USA Jamieson	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3
USA Nicklaus	+2	+1	+1	+2	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3
ENG Oosterhuis	−5	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3
USA Goalby	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
USA Miller	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

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