1963 Masters Tournament


The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par.
Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema. Nicklaus shot a 66 in the second round, which was key in his victory. It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.
Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.
It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.
George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Field

;1. Masters champions
Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford, Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Henry Picard, Gary Player, Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Craig Wood
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol, Gene Littler, Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus
;3. The Open champions
;4. PGA champions
Jerry Barber, Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald, Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Bob Rosburg
;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
Charles Coe, Richard Davies, Labron Harris Jr.
;6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team
Robert W. Gardner, Downing Gray, Billy Joe Patton, R. H. Sikes, Charlie Smith, Ed Updegraff
;7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Homero Blancas, Charles Coody, Paul Desjardins, Jim Gabrielsen, Bill Newcomb
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament
Julius Boros, Gay Brewer, Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney, Don January, Billy Maxwell, Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak, Ken Venturi
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open
Bob Goalby, Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols, Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship
George Bayer, Dave Ragan
;11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team
Bill Collins
;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour
Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman
;13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions
Bo Wininger
;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Wes Ellis
;15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Bill Hyndman
;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour
Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes
;17. Foreign invitations
Al Balding, David Blair, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada, Jorge Ledesma, Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1963
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Mike Souchak69−3
T1Bo Wininger69−3
T3Ed Furgol70−2
T3Jay Hebert70−2
T3Sam Snead70−2
T6George Bayer 71−1
T6Gary Player71−1
T8Charles Coe 72E
T8Billy Maxwell72E
T10Downing Gray 73+1
T10Don January73+1
T10Dick Mayer73+1
T10Doug Sanders73+1

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Second round

Friday, April 5, 1963
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mike Souchak69-70=139−5
T2Jay Hebert70-70=140−4
T2Jack Nicklaus74-66=140−4
T4Ed Furgol70-71=141−3
T4Bo Wininger69-72=141−3
T6Tony Lema74-69=143−1
T6Dick Mayer73-70=143−1
T6Sam Snead70-73=143−1
T9Julius Boros76-69=145+1
T9Gary Player71-74=145+1

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Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1963
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jack Nicklaus74-66-74=214−2
2Ed Furgol70-71-74=215−1
3Julius Boros76-69-71=216E
T4Tony Lema74-69-74=217+1
T4Sam Snead70-73-74=217+1
T6Chen Ching-Po76-71-71=218+2
T6Mike Souchak69-70-79=218+2
T6Bo Wininger69-72-77=218+2
T9Stan Leonard74-72-73=219+3
T9Gary Player71-74-74=219+3
T9Mason Rudolph75-72-72=219+3

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Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1963
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jack Nicklaus74-66-74-72=286−220,000
2Tony Lema74-69-74-70=287−112,000
T3Julius Boros76-69-71-72=288E7,000
T3Sam Snead70-73-74-71=288E7,000
T5Dow Finsterwald74-73-73-69=289+14,000
T5Ed Furgol70-71-74-74=289+14,000
T5Gary Player71-74-74-70=289+14,000
8Bo Wininger69-72-77-72=290+22,400
T9Don January73-75-72-71=291+31,800
T9Arnold Palmer74-73-73-71=291+31,800

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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