1941 Masters Tournament

The 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

1941 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1941
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field51 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$5,000
Winner's share$1,500
Champion
Craig Wood
280 (−8)
Location Map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Wood opened with a 66 and led by five strokes after the first round.[1][2] During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34 (−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory.[3] The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.[4]

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941 U.S. Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.[5]

Through 2019, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), and Jordan Spieth (2015).

Field
1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10,12), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (10)

2. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (9,a)

6. PGA champions

Paul Runyan (9,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
  • Not held
8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team
  • Not held
9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open

Bruce Coltart, Vic Ghezzi, Andy Gibson, Jock Hutchison Jr., Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Andrew Szwedko (a)

  • Al Huske, Eddie Kirk (12), Wilford Wehrle (11,a) and Pat Willcox did not play.
11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

George Dawson (a), Duff McCullough (a)

  • Ray Billows (a), John P. Burke (a) and Johnny Fischer (3,a) did not play
12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Art Doering (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Jimmy Thomson

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner

16 Foreign invitations

Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1941

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Wood United States66−6
T2Willie Goggin United States71−1
Ben Hogan United States
Lawson Little United States
Byron Nelson United States
T6Harry Cooper United States72E
Felix Serafin United States
T8Johnny Bulla United States73+1
Sammy Byrd United States
Ed Dudley United States
Clayton Heafner United States
Tony Manero United States
Toney Penna United States
Jack Ryan United States
Jimmy Thomson United States
Sam Snead United States

Source:[1][2]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1941

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Wood United States66-71=137−7
2Byron Nelson United States71-69=140−4
3Lawson Little United States71-70=141−3
T4Sammy Byrd United States73-70=143−1
Willie Goggin United States71-72=143
Ben Hogan United States71-72=143
Clayton Heafner United States73-70=143
Jug McSpaden United States76-67=143
T9Ed Dudley United States73-72=145+1
Harry Cooper United States72-73=145

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1941

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Craig Wood United States66-71-71=208−8
2Sammy Byrd United States73-70-68=211−5
3Byron Nelson United States71-69-73=213−3
T4Willie Goggin United States71-72-72=215−1
Lawson Little United States71-70-74=215
6Jimmy Demaret United States77-69-71=217+1
7Ben Hogan United States71-72-75=218+2
T8Dick Chapman (a) United States76-73-70=219+3
Vic Ghezzi United States77-71-71=219
Clayton Heafner United States73-70-76=219

Source:[7][8]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1941

Final leaderboard
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Craig Wood66-71-71-72=280−81,500
2 Byron Nelson (c)71-69-73-70=283−5800
3 Sammy Byrd73-70-68-74=285−3600
4 Ben Hogan71-72-75-68=286−2500
5 Ed Dudley73-72-75-68=288E400
T6 Vic Ghezzi77-71-71-70=289+1275
Sam Snead73-75-72-69=289
8 Lawson Little71-70-74-75=290+2200
T9 Willie Goggin71-72-72-76=291+3117
Lloyd Mangrum71-72-72-76=291
Jug McSpaden76-67-80-68=291

Sources:[9][10]

References
  1. "Craig Wood's 66 leads Masters by five strokes". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. United Press. April 4, 1941. p. 13.
  2. "Wood's 6-under 66 leads in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1941. p. 16.
  3. "Craig Wood wins Masters with 280". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 7, 1941. p. 5-part 2.
  4. "Wood's 280 total wins Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 7, 1941. p. 14.
  5. "Craig Wood, a study in major championship heartache". Associated Press. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  6. "Wood retains lead in Masters tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 5, 1941. p. 12.
  7. Carver, Lawton (April 6, 1941). "Wood leads; Sam Byrd second". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. INS. p. 9.
  8. Boni, Bill (April 6, 1941). "Byrd challenges Wood with 68 in Augusta tourney". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. South Carolina. Associated Press. p. 22.
  9. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  10. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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