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1977 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1977 Masters Tournament
image	1977_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1977 Masters Guide
dates	April 7–10, 1977
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7030 yd
field	77 players, 50 after cut
cut	149 (+5)
purse
winners_share	$40,000
champion	USA Tom Watson
score	276 (−12)
previous	[1976](1976-masters-tournament)
next	[1978](1978-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 1977 Masters Tournament was the 41st Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tom Watson, age 27, won the first of his two green jackets, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus. The two were tied after 68 holes, then Watson birdied the par-4 17th. Needing a birdie to tie, Nicklaus bogeyed the final hole, one of 19 times in his career that he was the runner-up in a major championship. It was the second of Watson's eight major championships, and he won a second Masters in 1981.

The pair again dueled for a major title in the final round in July in Scotland, at the Open Championship at Turnberry, also won by Watson.

Although he had won a major in 1975 and led the PGA Tour in season earnings entering this Masters, Watson had been labeled a "choker" early in his pro career, known for relinquishing leads in the final round of majors and regular events. his win here and in Scotland put that to rest.

Field

;1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer (11), Gay Brewer (8), Billy Casper (8,12), Charles Coody (8,10), Raymond Floyd (8,9,10,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,9,10,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (3,4), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr.

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, and Gene Sarazen did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Lou Graham (8,12), Hale Irwin (8,12), Johnny Miller (3,8,9,12), Jerry Pate (9,10,11)

;3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Watson (9,11), Tom Weiskopf (8,9,10,12)

Lee Trevino (4,11,12) was recovering from back surgery and did not play

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (10)

;5. 1976 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists James T. Mason (a), Cary Parker Moore Jr. (a), Bill Sander (6,7,a), Stan Souza (a)

;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Vinny Giles (a), Fred Ridley (7,a), Dick Siderowf (7,a)

;7. Members of the 1976 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team John Fought (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1976 Masters Tournament Buddy Allin (11), Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,11,12), Hubert Green (9), Dave Hill (11), Tom Kite (11), Gene Littler (12), Roger Maltbie (11), Rik Massengale (11), Jerry McGee (10), Curtis Strange, Larry Ziegler (11)

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1976 U.S. Open Butch Baird (11), Rod Funseth, Mark Hayes (11), Don January (10,11), Lyn Lott, Mike Morley, Andy North, J. C. Snead (11,12)

John Mahaffey was injured and did not play

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1976 PGA Championship Gil Morgan, John Schlee

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Andy Bean, Woody Blackburn, Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Gibby Gilbert, Joe Inman, Gary Koch, Billy Kratzert, Bruce Lietzke, Mac McLendon, Tom Purtzer, Bob Wynn

Blackburn and Kratzert were the winners of the Walt Disney World National Team Championship. Subsequent winners of this pairs event did not receive an invitation.

;12. Members of the U.S. 1975 Ryder Cup team Bob Murphy

;13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros, Bruce Devlin (8), David Graham (10,11), Dale Hayes (8), Tommy Horton, John Lister (11), Graham Marsh (8,11), Takashi Murakami, Jack Newton, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Bob Shearer

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1977

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Hubert Green	67	−5
T2	USA Don January	69	−3
USA Billy Kratzert
T4	USA Hale Irwin	70	−2
USA Tom Kite
USA Rik Massengale
USA Jerry Pate
USA Tom Watson
T9	USA Buddy Allin	71	−1
USA Ben Crenshaw
USA Raymond Floyd
USA Mark Hayes
USA Dave Hill
USA Gene Littler
ZAF Gary Player

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1977

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Rod Funseth	72-67=139	−5
	USA Tom Watson	70-69=139
T3	USA Ben Crenshaw	71-69=140	−4
USA Billy Kratzert	69-71=140
T5	USA Hubert Green	67-74=141	−3
ZAF Gary Player	71-70=141
AUS Bob Shearer	74-67=141
T8	AUS David Graham	75-67=142	−2
USA Mac McLendon	72-70=142
USA Jack Nicklaus	72-70=142
USA Jerry Pate	70-72=142

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1977

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Ben Crenshaw	71-69-69=209	−7
	USA Tom Watson	70-69-70=209
3	USA Rik Massengale	70-73-67=210	−6
T4	USA Jim Colbert	72-71-69=212	−4
USA Jack Nicklaus	72-70-70=212
T6	USA Rod Funseth	72-67-74=213	−3
USA Hubert Green	67-74-72=213
USA Tom Kite	70-73-70=213
ZAF Gary Player	71-70-72=213
T10	USA Danny Edwards	72-74-68=214	−2
USA Raymond Floyd	71-72-71=214
USA Hale Irwin	70-74-70=214
USA Don January	69-76-69=214

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1977

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Tom Watson	70-69-70-67=276	−12	40,000
2	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	72-70-70-66=278	−10	30,000
T3	USA Tom Kite	70-73-70-67=280	−8	17,500
USA Rik Massengale	70-73-67-70=280
5	USA Hale Irwin	70-74-70-68=282	−6	12,500
T6	AUS David Graham	75-67-73-69=284	−4	10,500
USA Lou Graham	75-71-69-69=284
T8	USA Ben Crenshaw	71-69-69-76=285	−3	5,667
USA Raymond Floyd (c)	71-72-71-71=285
USA Hubert Green	67-74-72-72=285
USA Don January	69-76-69-71=285
USA Gene Littler	71-72-73-69=285
USA John Schlee	75-73-69-68=285

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T14	USA Billy Casper (c)	72-72-73-69=286	−2	3,000
USA Jim Colbert	72-71-69-74=286
USA Rod Funseth	72-67-74-73=286
USA Jerry Pate	70-72-74-70=286
USA Tom Weiskopf	73-71-71-71=286
T19	USA George Archer (c)	74-74-69-70=287	−1	2,500
USA Andy Bean	74-70-71-72=287
USA Danny Edwards	72-74-68-73=287
USA Lee Elder	76-68-72-71=287
ZAF Gary Player (c)	71-70-72-74=287
T24	USA Billy Kratzert	69-71-78-70=288	E	2,200
USA Andy North	74-74-71-69=288
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	76-71-71-70=288
USA Bob Wynn	75-73-70-70=288
T28	JPN Isao Aoki	73-76-70-70=289	+1	2,000
USA Bruce Lietzke	73-71-72-73=289
USA Jerry McGee	73-73-72-71=289
T31	AUS Graham Marsh	77-72-72-69=290	+2	1,975
USA Bob Murphy	74-72-71-73=290
T33	ESP Seve Ballesteros	74-75-70-72=291	+3	1,950
USA Mark Hayes	71-72-72-76=291
T35	USA Tommy Aaron (c)	73-72-73-74=292	+4	1,925
USA Johnny Miller	78-71-69-74=292
AUS Bob Shearer	74-67-75-76=292
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	75-74-71-72=292
T39	USA Dave Hill	71-72-76-74=293	+5	1,900
USA J. C. Snead	72-76-73-72=293
USA Dave Stockton	73-72-75-73=293
T42	USA Buddy Allin	71-74-75-74=294	+6	1,875
AUS Bruce Devlin	75-69-77-73=294
USA Gary Koch	78-71-72-73=294
45	USA Mac McLendon	72-70-78-75=295	+7	1,850
T46	USA Lyn Lott	76-72-77-71=296	+8	1,825
ENG Peter Oosterhuis	73-75-76-72=296
48	USA Mike Morley	75-73-73-76=297	+9	1,800
49	USA Bill Sander (a)	80-69-78-72=299	+11	0
50	USA John Fought (a)	73-74-78-78=303	+15
CUT	USA Charles Coody (c)	72-78=150	+6
USA Al Geiberger	76-74=150
USA Bob Goalby (c)	76-74=150
ZAF Dale Hayes	75-75=150
USA Joe Inman	75-75=150
USA Tom Purtzer	75-75=150
USA Butch Baird	76-75=151	+7
NZL John Lister	80-71=151
USA James T. Mason (a)	76-75=151
JPN Takashi Murakami	78-73=151
USA Dick Siderowf (a)	76-75=151
USA Gay Brewer (c)	78-74=152	+8
USA Gibby Gilbert	76-76=152
ENG Tommy Horton	77-75=152
USA Cary Parker Moore Jr. (a)	76-76=152
USA Gil Morgan	73-79=152
USA Woody Blackburn	74-79=153	+9
USA Roger Maltbie	77-76=153
AUS Jack Newton	76-77=153
USA Curtis Strange	79-74=153
USA Doug Ford (c)	77-77=154	+10
USA Fred Ridley (a)	76-78=154
USA Larry Ziegler	83-71=154
IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr	78-79=157	+13
USA Stan Souza (a)	75-83=158	+14
USA Vinny Giles (a)	82-79=161	+17
WD	USA Sam Snead (c)	83	+11

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 Watson	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12
USA Nicklaus	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10
USA Massengale	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Crenshaw	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:

References

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(April 9, 1977). "Will Watson choke on the Masters?". Eugene Register-Guard.
Condon, David. (April 11, 1977). "Watson doesn't wilt this time". Chicago Tribune.
Parascenzo, Mario. (April 11, 1977). "Watson Masters Augusta - self". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 11, 1977). "No choking for Watson". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
Jenkins, Dan. (April 18, 1977). "What a beauty of a Masters".
(April 11, 1977). "Watson Masters Nicklaus by 2". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Jenkins, Dan. (April 20, 1981). "True Grit at Augusta".
(April 5, 1977). "PGA Top money winners". Chicago Tribune.
Jenkins, Dan. (June 24, 1974). "Hale Irwin, sole survivor".
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(April 9, 1977). "Golf: Masters, second round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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