1936 Masters Tournament


The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.
Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday. On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.
Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Past champions in the field

First round

Friday, April 3, 1936
Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper
70−2
2Al Espinosa72E
T3Billy Burke74+2
T3Ted Luther 74+2
T3Horton Smith74+2
T6Bobby Cruickshank75+3
T6Al Krueger75+3
T6Ky Laffoon75+3
T6Lawson Little75+3
T6Henry Picard75+3

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Second round

Saturday, April 4, 1936
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper
70-69=139−5
T2Bobby Cruickshank75-69=144E
T2Denny Shute76-68=144E
T4Al Espinosa72-73=145+1
T4Ky Laffoon75-70=145+1
T4Paul Runyan76-69=145+1
T4Gene Sarazen78-67=145+1
T4Horton Smith74-71=145+1
T9Johnny Dawson 77-70=147+3
T9Vic Ghezzi77-70=147+3
T9Byron Nelson76-71=147+3
T9Henry Picard75-72=147+3

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Third round

Monday, April 6, 1936
Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Harry Cooper
70-69-71=210−6
2Horton Smith74-71-68=213−3
3Paul Runyan76-69-70=215−1
T4Johnny Dawson 77-70-70=217+1
T4Ray Mangrum76-73-68=217+1
T4Gene Sarazen78-67-72=217+1
7Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74=218+2
8Denny Shute76-68-75=219+3
T9Ed Dudley75-75-70=220+4
T9Al Espinosa72-73-75=220+4
T9Ky Laffoon75-70-75=220+4

Final round

Monday, April 6, 1936
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Horton Smith74-71-68-72=285−31,500
2Harry Cooper
70-69-71-76=286−2800
3Gene Sarazen78-67-72-70=287−1600
T4Bobby Cruickshank75-69-74-72=290+2450
T4Paul Runyan76-69-70-75=290+2450
T6Ed Dudley75-75-70-73=293+5250
T6Ky Laffoon75-70-75-73=293+5250
T6Ray Mangrum76-73-68-76=293+5250
T9Johnny Dawson 77-70-70-77=294+60
T9Henry Picard75-72-74-73=294+6150

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Smith−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3
Cooper−6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2
Sarazen+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−1−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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