Golf tournament
The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament , held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia .
Jack Nicklaus , age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters.[ 2] [ 3] Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer . Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).[ 4] 1965 was significantly lower at 271 (−17), a record which stood for 32 years.
On Sunday, Brewer shot a 33 (−3) on the front nine and then had eight pars as he came to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead. After hitting his approach shot onto the green, he three-putted from 75 feet (23 m), missing a 5-foot (1.5 m) putt for par to win.[ 5] Byron Nelson played in; he shot 76 and 78 and missed the cut by one stroke. The 36-hole cut at 153 (+9) was the highest to date, exceeded only in 1982 .
A close friend of Nicklaus was among four that died in a private plane crash in Tennessee on Wednesday,[ 6] Columbus, Ohio .[ 7] [ 8]
It was the fifth of 18 major titles for Nicklaus, and his only successful defense of a major. Three months later, he completed the first of his three career grand slams at Muirfield in the Open Championship . Later back-to-back winners at Augusta were Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990 , both playoffs) and Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002 ).
Terry Dill won the seventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.
Brewer rebounded and won the tournament the next year , while Nicklaus' attempt at three consecutive titles ended early with a rare missed cut. Jacobs never won a major; he was also a runner-up in the U.S. Open in 1964 at Congressional .
CBS commentator Jack Whitaker referred to the gallery at the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff as a "mob" and was banned from the next five Masters (1967 –1971 ).[ 9]
Course
^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.
Field
1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4,10), Doug Ford , Claude Harmon , Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser , Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,11), Henry Picard , Gary Player (2,3,4,8,9), Gene Sarazen , Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (9,11), Billy Casper (10,11), Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer , Ken Venturi (11)
3. The Open champions (last 10 years) Tony Lema (8,9,11)
4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber , Dow Finsterwald (8), Jay Hebert , Lionel Hebert , Dave Marr (10,11), Bobby Nichols , Bob Rosburg
5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Deane Beman (6,9,a), William C. Campbell (6,7,a), Charles Coe (a), Richard Davies (a), Bob Murphy (7,a), Harvie Ward (a)
Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional. 6. Members of the 1965 U.S. Walker Cup team Don Allen (7,a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Downing Gray (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ed Tutwiler (a), Ed Updegraff (a)
7. The first eight finishers and ties in the 1965 U.S. Amateur Tommy Barnes Jr. (a), Ron Cerrudo (a), Bob Dickson (a), Jimmy Grant (a), Bert Greene (a), Rod Horn (a), Cesar Sanudo (a), James Vickers (a)[ 12]
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1965 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron (10), George Bayer , Frank Beard (9), Terry Dill , Wes Ellis , Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney , Tommy Jacobs (11), Mason Rudolph (9), Doug Sanders (9), Dan Sikes
9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1965 U.S. Open Gay Brewer , Raymond Floyd , Billy Maxwell , Steve Oppermann , Dudley Wysong
10. Top eight players and ties from 1965 PGA Championship Jacky Cupit , Gardner Dickinson , Rod Funseth , Bob McCallister , Bo Wininger
11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team Don January , Johnny Pott
12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1965 PGA Tour Charles Coody , Randy Glover
13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Mike Souchak
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Bob Goalby
15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bunky Henry (a)
16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1966 PGA Tour Phil Rodgers , R. H. Sikes
17. Foreign invitations Peter Alliss , Michael Bonallack (5,a), Peter Butler , Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po , Neil Coles , Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo , Bruce Devlin (8,9,10), Rodney Foster (a), Jean Garaïalde , Harold Henning , Jimmy Hitchcock , Bernard Hunt , Tomoo Ishii , George Knudson (8), Cobie Legrange , Kel Nagle (3,8,9), Lionel Platts , Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota (8), Dave Thomas , George Will
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 7, 1966
Source [ 8] [ 13] [ 14]
Second round
Friday, April 8, 1966
Source [ 15] [ 16]
Third round
Saturday, April 9, 1966
Source [ 17]
Final round
Sunday, April 10, 1966
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T13
Tommy Aaron 74-73-77-71=295
+7
1,570
Peter Butler 72-71-79-73=295
Ben Hogan (c)74-71-73-77=295
16
Ken Venturi 75-74-73-74=296
+8
1,500
T17
Tommy Bolt 75-72-78-72=297
+9
1,335
Bruce Crampton 74-75-71-77=297
Terry Dill 75-72-74-76=297
Doug Ford (c)75-73-73-76=297
Phil Rodgers 76-73-75-73=297
T22
Frank Beard 77-71-77-73=298
+10
1,300
Chen Ching-Po 75-77-76-70=298
Roberto De Vicenzo 74-76-74-74=298
Harold Henning 77-74-70-77=298
Tony Lema 74-74-74-76=298
Bobby Nichols 77-73-74-74=298
T28
Julius Boros 77-73-73-76=299
+11
1,175
Bruce Devlin 75-77-72-75=299
Gardner Dickinson 76-75-76-72=299
Jimmy Grant (a)74-74-78-73=299
0
Gary Player (c)74-77-76-72=299
1,175
T33
Rod Funseth 80-70-76-74=300
+12
1,175
Ramón Sota 79-73-77-71=300
Mike Souchak 71-74-77-78=300
T36
William C. Campbell (a)76-77-76-72=301
+13
0
Wes Ellis 76-75-73-77=301
1,175
Dan Sikes 76-74-75-76=301
T39
Billy Maxwell 75-77-77-73=302
+14
1,150
R. H. Sikes 73-78-74-77=302
Dudley Wysong 77-75-73-77=302
T42
George Bayer 76-77-76-74=303
+15
1,150
Sam Snead (c)77-72-76-78=303
T44
Don Allen (a)74-72-75-83=304
+16
0
Jack Burke Jr. (c)75-73-79-77=304
1,150
Jacky Cupit 78-74-77-75=304
Al Geiberger 76-71-79-78=304
Gene Littler 76-76-72-80=304
Ed Updegraff (a)76-75-77-76=304
0
T50
Charles Coe (a)71-77-85-72=305
+17
Bob Dickson (a)77-74-75-79=305
Steve Oppermann 74-74-73-84=305
1,125
53
Randy Glover 72-74-81-79=306
+18
1,125
T54
Ron Cerrudo (a)76-77-72-82=307
+19
0
Downing Gray (a)75-77-76-79=307
Ed Tutwiler (a)79-74-73-81=307
T57
Dow Finsterwald 73-76-77-82=308
+20
1,125
Dale Morey (a)75-78-76-79=308
0
T59
Bob Goalby 76-77-82-77=312
+24
1,125
Bob Murphy (a)76-77-81-78=312
0
T61
Jimmy Hitchcock 76-77-78-83=314
+26
1,125
Luis Silverio (a)77-76-77-84=314
0
CUT
John Mark Hopkins (a)74-80=154
+10
Dave Marr 78-76=154
Byron Nelson (c)76-78=154
James Vickers (a)82-72=154
Bo Wininger 77-77=154
Michael Bonallack (a)79-76=155
+11
Charles Coody 78-77=155
Bernard Hunt 78-77=155
Bob McCallister 79-76=155
Kel Nagle 78-77=155
Dave Thomas 78-77=155
Art Wall Jr. (c)75-80=155
Bob Charles 78-78=156
+12
Dave Eichelberger (a)78-78=156
Jean Garaïalde 77-79=156
Bunky Henry (a)77-79=156
Rod Horn (a)73-83=156
Herman Keiser (c)78-78=156
Billy Joe Patton (a)78-78=156
Johnny Pott 78-78=156
Deane Beman (a)78-79=157
+13
Bert Greene (a)80-77=157
Mason Rudolph 81-76=157
Jerry Barber 78-80=158
+14
Tommy Barnes Jr. (a)76-82=158
Dick Mayer 82-76=158
George Will 80-78=158
Cobie Legrange 78-81=159
+15
Lionel Platts 80-79=159
Cesar Sanudo (a)81-78=159
Peter Alliss 76-84=160
+16
Rodney Foster (a)82-79=161
+17
Henry Picard (c)78-83=161
Gene Sarazen (c)82-80=162
+18
Tomoo Ishii 82-81=163
+19
Richard Davies (a)83-82=165
+21
Harvie Ward (a)81-84=165
WD
Neil Coles 77-72-76=225
+9
Lionel Hebert 73-79-81=233
+17
Cary Middlecoff (c)83
+11
Claude Harmon (c)87
+15
Sources:[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
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
+1
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+2
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+2
+1
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+1
+1
E
E
E
E
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
E
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
E
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+1
E
E
E
E
+1
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+3
+4
+4
+4
+3
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+1
E
+1
+2
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
+5
+5
+5
+4
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+4
+5
+4
+4
+4
+3
+3
+3
+3
+5
+4
+4
+3
+4
+4
+4
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+5
+5
+6
+5
+5
+7
+7
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Playoff
Monday, April 11, 1966
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
E
−1
−1
E
E
−1
−1
−2
−1
−1
−2
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−2
−2
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−2
−1
E
E
+1
+1
+1
E
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+2
+3
+5
+5
+5
+4
+3
+5
+6
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Source: [ 3]
References
^ a b "Masters Data" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 7, 1966.^ "Another title for Nicklaus" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 12, 1966. p. 3B.^ a b MacDonald, Jim (April 12, 1966). "A vision of Mastery" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). p. 22. ^ Wright, Alfred (April 18, 1966). "Three was a crowd" . Sports Illustrated . p. 36. ^ "Masters fit to be tied: 3 at 288" . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida). Associated Press. April 11, 1966. p. 1C.^ "Elizabethton, Tenn.: Fiery crash" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 7, 1966. p. 11B.^ MacDonald, Jim (April 8, 1966). "Death of Nicklaus friend saddens Masters leader" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). p. 16. ^ a b Speer, Ron (April 8, 1966). "Nicklaus strokes 4-under-par 68 for opening round lead in Masters" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 12. ^ Rothenberg, Fred (April 12, 1979). "Jack Whitaker's welcome now" . Boca Raton News . (Florida). Associated Press. p. 2B. ^ "Map of Masters: Augusta National Golf Club" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 5, 1966. p. 1D.^ "Hole-by-hole analysis of Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 7, 1966. p. 1%.^ "Bob Murphy Golf Titlist" . Youngstown Vindicator . September 19, 1965. p. D6.^ "Masters golf scoreboard" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 8, 1966. p. 12.^ "Grim Nicklaus holds lead" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 8, 1966. p. 3B.^ "Masters scorecard" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 9, 1966. p. 8.^ "Harney, Butler lead Masters" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1966. p. 1B.^ "Hogan beats Palmer in Masters battle" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 10, 1966. p. 1B.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "3 for the money" . Toledo Blade . Ohio. Associated Press. April 11, 1966. p. 21.^ "Green coat playoff battle under way" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. April 11, 1966. p. 2B.
External links
