1966_Masters_Tournament

1966 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 7–11, 1966
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)
Field	103 players, 64 after cut
Cut	153 (+9)
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
	Jack Nicklaus
	288 (E), playoff
Location map
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1966 Masters Tournament

Golf tournament

The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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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] He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).^[4] Nicklaus' score the previous year in 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] This was the last Masters that two-time champion 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] while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio.^[7] Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round,^[8] but fell back with a 76 on Friday.

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]

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Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4	10	Camellia	470	4
2	Woodbine	555	5	11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3	13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4	14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3	15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5	17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4	18	Holly	420	4
Out		3,485	36	In		3,495	36
Source:^[1]^[10]^[11]				Total		6,980	72

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	68	−4
T2	Billy Casper	71	−1
	Charles Coe (a)
	Don January
	Mike Souchak
T6	Peter Butler	72	E
	Raymond Floyd
	Randy Glover
	Jay Hebert
T10	Dow Finsterwald	73	+1
	Lionel Hebert
	Rod Horn (a)
	George Knudson
	Bob Rosburg
	R. H. Sikes

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Peter Butler	72-71=143	−1
T1	Paul Harney	75-68=143	−1
T3	Don January	71-73=144	E
	Jack Nicklaus	68-76=144
	Arnold Palmer	74-70=144
	Bob Rosburg	73-71=144
	Doug Sanders	74-70=144
T8	Raymond Floyd	72-73=145	+1
	Ben Hogan	74-71=145
	Mike Souchak	71-74=145

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70=216	E
T1	Jack Nicklaus	68-76-72=216	E
3	Don January	71-73-73=217	+1
T4	Gay Brewer	74-72-72=218	+2
	Ben Hogan	74-71-73=218
	Arnold Palmer	74-70-74=218
T7	Raymond Floyd	72-73-74=219	+3
	Paul Harney	75-68-76=219
	Jay Hebert	72-74-73=219
	Doug Sanders	74-70-75=219

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Gay Brewer	74-72-72-70=288	E	Playoff
	Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70-72=288
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	68-76-72-72=288
T4	Arnold Palmer (c)	74-70-74-72=290	+2	5,700
T4	Doug Sanders	74-70-75-71=290	+2	5,700
T6	Don January	71-73-73-75=292	+4	3,900
T6	George Knudson	73-76-72-71=292	+4	3,900
T8	Raymond Floyd	72-73-74-74=293	+5	2,500
T8	Paul Harney	75-68-76-74=293	+5	2,500
T10	Billy Casper	71-75-76-72=294	+6	1,770
	Jay Hebert	72-74-73-75=294
	Bob Rosburg	73-71-76-74=294

1966_Masters_Tournament

1966 Masters Tournament

Course

Field

Round summaries

First round

Second round

Third round

Final round

Final leaderboard

Scorecard

Playoff

Scorecard

References

External links

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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
Nicklaus	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E
Jacobs	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Brewer	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E
Palmer	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Sanders	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
January	+2	+1	E	+1	+2	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+4	+4
Knudson	+5	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+4	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4
Hogan	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+7	+7

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	70	−2	20,000
2	Tommy Jacobs	72	E	12,300
3	Gay Brewer	78	+6	8,300

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		1,175
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
T42	Sam Snead (c)	77-72-76-78=303	+15	1,150
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