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1978 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1978 Masters Tournament
image	1978_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1978 Masters Guide
dates	April 6–9, 1978
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	7040 yd
field	78 players, 53 after cut
cut	149 (+5)
purse
winners_share	$45,000
champion	ZAF Gary Player
score	277 (−11)
previous	[1977](1977-masters-tournament)
next	[1979](1979-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 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.

Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to, including a final one of 15 ft for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8 ft putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.

Player became the oldest winner of the Masters and the first over forty in nearly a quarter century; Sam Snead won his third green jacket at age 41 in 1954. Player retained the honor for eight years, until Jack Nicklaus won his sixth at 46 in 1986.

Field

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

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 (8,9,10,12), Hubert Green (8,9,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Johnny Miller (3), Jerry Pate (8,10,11)

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

;4. PGA champions (last five years) Dave Stockton (12), Lee Trevino (11), Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)

;5. 1977 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Doug Fischesser (a), Ralph Landrum (a), Jay Sigel (7,a)

John Fought (6,7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

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

Bill Sander (7) forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;7. Members of the 1977 U.S. Walker Cup team Mike Brannan (a), Gary Hallberg (a), Vance Heafner (a), Lindy Miller (a), Fred Ridley (a)

Scott Simpson forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1977 Masters Tournament Andy Bean, Jim Colbert, Ben Crenshaw (11), Danny Edwards, Lee Elder, Rod Funseth (9), Don January (10,12), Tom Kite, Billy Kratzert (11), Gene Littler (10,11), Rik Massengale, Andy North (11), John Schlee, Bob Wynn

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1977 U.S. Open Wally Armstrong, Terry Diehl, Al Geiberger (10,11), Jay Haas (11), Joe Inman, Gary Jacobson, Lyn Lott, Mike McCullough, Steve Melnyk, Tom Purtzer

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1977 PGA Championship Jerry McGee (11,12)

;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Miller Barber, Dave Eichelberger, Mike Hill, Mac McLendon, Gil Morgan, Mike Morley, Bill Rogers, Jim Simons, Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson

;12. Members of the U.S. 1977 Ryder Cup team Dave Hill

;13. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (11), Bobby Cole (11), Antonio Garrido, David Graham (8), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Peter Oosterhuis (9), Masashi Ozaki, Manuel Piñero

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA John Schlee	68	−4
2	USA Joe Inman	69	−3
T3	USA Billy Kratzert	70	−2
USA Lee Trevino
T5	USA Tom Kite	71	−1
USA Jerry McGee
USA Steve Melnyk
T8	USA Wally Armstrong	72	E
USA Hubert Green
USA Dave Hill
USA Don January
USA Gene Littler
USA Lyn Lott
USA Mac McLendon
USA Jack Nicklaus
USA Jerry Pate
ZAF Gary Player
USA Leonard Thompson
USA Tom Weiskopf

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Rod Funseth	73-66=139	−5
USA Lee Trevino	70-69=139
T3	USA Hale Irwin	73-67=140	−4
USA Gene Littler	72-68=140
T5	USA Hubert Green	72-69=141	−3
USA Leonard Thompson	72-69=141
USA Tom Watson	73-68=141
T8	USA Wally Armstrong	72-70=142	−2
USA Miller Barber	75-67=142
USA Joe Inman	69-73=142
USA Don January	72-70=142
USA Arnold Palmer	73-69=142

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1978

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Hubert Green	72-69-65=206	−10
T2	USA Rod Funseth	73-66-70=209	−7
USA Tom Watson	73-68-68=209
4	USA Gene Littler	72-68-70=210	−6
T5	AUS David Graham	75-69-67=211	−5
USA Hale Irwin	73-67-71=211
USA Billy Kratzert	70-74-67=211
USA Lee Trevino	70-69-72=211
9	USA Wally Armstrong	72-70-70=212	−4
T10	ESP Seve Ballesteros	74-71-68=213	−3
USA Gay Brewer	73-71-69=213
ZAF Gary Player	72-72-69=213
USA Tom Weiskopf	72-71-70=213

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1978

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	ZAF Gary Player (c)	72-72-69-64=277	−11	45,000
T2	USA Rod Funseth	73-66-70-69=278	−10	21,667
USA Hubert Green	72-69-65-72=278
USA Tom Watson (c)	73-68-68-69=278
T5	USA Wally Armstrong	72-70-70-68=280	−8	11,750
USA Billy Kratzert	70-74-67-69=280
7	USA Jack Nicklaus (c)	72-73-69-67=281	−7	10,000
8	USA Hale Irwin	73-67-71-71=282	−6	8,500
T9	AUS David Graham	75-69-67-72=283	−5	6,750
USA Joe Inman	69-73-72-69=283

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Don January	72-70-72-70=284	−4	4,417
USA Jerry McGee	71-73-71-69=284
USA Tom Weiskopf	72-71-70-71=284
T14	ENG Peter Oosterhuis	74-70-70-71=285	−3	3,300
USA Lee Trevino	70-69-72-74=285
T16	USA Raymond Floyd (c)	76-71-71-68=286	−2	2,950
USA Lindy Miller (a)	74-71-70-71=286	0
T18	ESP Seve Ballesteros	74-71-68-74=287	−1	2,550
USA Tom Kite	71-74-71-71=287
USA Gil Morgan	73-73-70-71=287
USA Jerry Pate	72-71-72-72=287
USA Ed Sneed	74-70-70-73=287
USA Lanny Wadkins	74-70-73-70=287
T24	USA Miller Barber	75-67-73-73=288	E	2,200
USA Andy Bean	76-68-73-71=288
USA Gene Littler	72-68-70-78=288
USA Leonard Thompson	72-69-75-72=288
28	ZAF Bobby Cole	77-70-70-72=289	+1	2,000
T29	USA Gay Brewer (c)	73-71-69-77=290	+2	1,975
USA Mac McLendon	72-72-72-74=290
USA Bill Rogers	76-70-68-76=290
T32	USA Jim Colbert	74-73-75-69=291	+3	1,950
USA Terry Diehl	74-72-74-71=291
USA Johnny Miller	77-72-72-70=291
USA Andy North	73-76-72-70=291
36	USA Tommy Aaron (c)	73-74-71-74=292	+4	1,925
T37	USA Ben Crenshaw	75-70-74-74=293	+5	1,900
USA Mike Hill	73-75-74-71=293
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	73-69-74-77=293
USA Tom Purtzer	78-69-74-72=293
41	USA Lyn Lott	72-76-71-75=294	+6	1,875
T42	USA Lee Elder	73-75-74-73=295	+7	1,850
USA Al Geiberger	75-73-75-72=295
USA John Schlee	68-75-77-75=295
T45	USA Vance Heafner (a)	73-74-74-75=296	+8	0
USA Dave Hill	72-76-74-74=296	1,825
T47	USA Jay Haas	74-73-74-76=297	+9	1,800
USA Gary Hallberg (a)	73-73-78-73=297	0
49	USA Dick Siderowf (a)	77-72-78-71=298	+10
50	USA Bob Wynn	74-70-78-77=299	+11	1,750
51	USA Steve Melnyk	71-78-75-76=300	+12	1,725
52	USA Bob Goalby (c)	73-75-78-75=301	+13	1,700
53	ENG Peter McEvoy (a)	73-75-77-77=302	+14	0
CUT	USA Charles Coody (c)	75-75=150	+6
USA Dave Eichelberger	79-71=150
USA Lou Graham	75-75=150
JPN Masashi Ozaki	76-74=150
ESP Manuel Piñero	78-72=150
USA Billy Casper (c)	76-75=151	+7
USA Mike Morley	78-73=151
USA Dave Stockton	76-75=151
JPN Isao Aoki	79-73=152	+8
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	74-78=152
USA Gary Jacobson	79-74=153	+9
USA Jay Sigel (a)	76-77=153
USA Doug Ford (c)	78-76=154	+10
USA Sam Snead (c)	79-75=154
ESP Antonio Garrido	77-78=155	+11
USA Ralph Landrum (a)	79-77=156	+12
USA Rik Massengale	81-75=156
USA Jim Simons	79-77=156
USA Danny Edwards	79-79=158	+14
JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima	80-80=160	+16
USA Mike Brannan (a)	80-82=162	+18
USA Doug Fischesser (a)	81-84=165	+21
USA Fred Ridley (a)	84-81=165
WD	USA George Archer (c)	81	+9
USA Mike McCullough	82	+10

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
ZAF Player	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11
USA Funseth	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
USA Green	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10
USA Watson	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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