# 1984 Masters Tournament

The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.
The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135 (−9), three strokes ahead of Tom Kite. Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning. After 54 holes, Kite led at 207 (−9) and Lye was a stroke back. Crenshaw was two strokes back at 209 and shot a final round 68 (−4) to slip on his first green jacket. He won again eleven years later in 1995.
Defending champion Seve Ballesteros was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the second round for grounding his club within the confines of a water hazard at the 13th hole and missed the cut by a stroke. He also missed the cut as defending champion in 1981.
Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1979.

## Course

| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | | Hole | Name | Yards | Par |
| 1 | Tea Olive | 400 | 4 | | 10 | Camellia | 485 | 4 |
| 2 | Pink Dogwood | 555 | 5 | | 11 | White Dogwood | 455 | 4 |
| 3 | Flowering Peach | 360 | 4 | | 12 | Golden Bell | 155 | 3 |
| 4 | Flowering Crab Apple | 205 | 3 | | 13 | Azalea | 465 | 5 |
| 5 | Magnolia | 435 | 4 | | 14 | Chinese Fir | 405 | 4 |
| 6 | Juniper | 180 | 3 | | 15 | Firethorn | 500 | 5 |
| 7 | Pampas | 360 | 4 | | 16 | Redbud | 170 | 3 |
| 8 | Yellow Jasmine | 535 | 5 | | 17 | Nandina | 400 | 4 |
| 9 | Carolina Cherry | 435 | 4 | | 18 | Holly | 405 | 4 |
| Out | Out | 3,465 | 36 | | In | In | 3,440 | 36 |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Total | Total | 6,905 | 72 |

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9,11,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,9,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,9,12,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,10,11,12,13)
* Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, and Sam Snead did not play.

### 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Larry Nelson (4,9)

### 3. The Open champions (last five years)

Bill Rogers

### 4. PGA champions (last five years)

Hal Sutton (9,10,12)

### 5. 1983 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists

Clark Burroughs (a), Chris Perry (a), Clifton Pierce (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a)

### 7. Members of the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup team

Nathaniel Crosby (a), Rick Fehr (a), William Hoffer (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Bob Lewis (a), David Tentis (a), Billy Tuten (a)
* Brad Faxon and Willie Wood forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

### 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1983 Masters Tournament

Ben Crenshaw (11,12,13), Keith Fergus, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (10,12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Johnny Miller (12), Gil Morgan (9,12,13), Dan Pohl (10), Jack Renner (11), Scott Simpson (9), J. C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13), Tom Weiskopf

### 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1983 U.S. Open

Chip Beck, Lennie Clements, Ralph Landrum, Pat McGowan (10), Mike Nicolette, Andy North, David Ogrin, Calvin Peete (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe

### 10. Top eight players and ties from 1983 PGA Championship

John Fought, Bruce Lietzke (11)

### 11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Andy Bean (12), Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell (12), Jim Colbert (12), John Cook (12), Fred Couples (12), Bob Eastwood (12), Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Morris Hatalsky, Gary Koch (12), Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye (12), John Mahaffey, Mark McCumber (12), Larry Mize, Tom Purtzer, Payne Stewart (12), Curtis Strange (12,13)

### 12. Top 30 players from the 1983 PGA Tour money list

Ed Fiori, Jay Haas (13)

### 13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team

Bob Gilder

### 14. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki (8), Nick Faldo (8), David Graham (2,4,9,11,12), Bernhard Langer, Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8), Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philip Parkin (6,a), Nick Price (11)
* Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 12, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 67 | −5 |
| 2 | Lee Trevino | 68 | −4 |
| T3 | Isao Aoki | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | David Graham | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Mark Lye | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Tom Purtzer | 69 | −3 |
| T7 | George Archer | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Nick Faldo | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Raymond Floyd | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Hale Irwin | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Tom Kite | 70 | −2 |
| T7 | Gary Koch | 70 | −2 |
Source:

### Second round

Friday, April 13, 1984
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Mark Lye | 69-66=135 | −9 |
| 2 | Tom Kite | 70-68=138 | −6 |
| T3 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T3 | David Graham | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Isao Aoki | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Andy Bean | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T6 | David Edwards | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Hale Irwin | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Larry Mize | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Lee Trevino | 68-73=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Tom Watson | 74-67=141 | −3 |
Source:

### Third round

Saturday, April 14, 1984 Sunday, April 15, 1984
The third round had an hour-long weather delay and another thunderstorm hit shortly after 6 pm EST, which halted play for the day. Nineteen players did not complete the round on Saturday; the final pairing of Mark Lye and Tom Kite had just hit their tee shots at the par-3 12th hole. Play was resumed at 8 am on Sunday morning.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tom Kite | 70-68-69=207 | −9 |
| 2 | Mark Lye | 69-66-73=208 | −8 |
| T3 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72-70=209 | −7 |
| T3 | Nick Faldo | 70-69-70=209 | −7 |
| T3 | David Graham | 69-70-70=209 | −7 |
| 6 | Tom Watson | 74-67-69=210 | −6 |
| T7 | Rex Caldwell | 71-71-69=211 | −5 |
| T7 | Fred Couples | 71-73-67=211 | −5 |
| T7 | Larry Nelson | 76-69-66=211 | −5 |
| T10 | Wayne Levi | 71-72-69=212 | −4 |
| T10 | Larry Mize | 71-70-71=212 | −4 |
Source:

### Final round

Sunday, April 15, 1984

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 67-72-70-68=277 | −11 | 108,000 |
| 2 | Tom Watson (c) | 74-67-69-69=279 | −9 | 64,800 |
| T3 | David Edwards | 71-70-72-67=280 | −8 | 34,800 |
| T3 | Gil Morgan | 73-71-69-67=280 | −8 | 34,800 |
| 5 | Larry Nelson | 76-69-66-70=281 | −7 | 24,000 |
| T6 | Ronnie Black | 71-74-69-68=282 | −6 | 19,425 |
| T6 | David Graham | 69-70-70-73=282 | −6 | 19,425 |
| T6 | Tom Kite | 70-68-69-75=282 | −6 | 19,425 |
| T6 | Mark Lye | 69-66-73-74=282 | −6 | 19,425 |
| 10 | Fred Couples | 71-73-67-72=283 | −5 | 16,200 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Rex Caldwell | 71-71-69-73=284 | −4 | 13,200 |
| T11 | Wayne Levi | 71-72-69-72=284 | −4 | 13,200 |
| T11 | Larry Mize | 71-70-71-72=284 | −4 | 13,200 |
| T11 | Jack Renner | 71-73-71-69=284 | −4 | 13,200 |
| T15 | Nick Faldo | 70-69-70-76=285 | −3 | 10,200 |
| T15 | Raymond Floyd (c) | 70-73-70-72=285 | −3 | 10,200 |
| T15 | Calvin Peete | 79-66-70-70=285 | −3 | 10,200 |
| T18 | Andy Bean | 71-70-72-73=286 | −2 | 8,400 |
| T18 | Danny Edwards | 72-71-70-73=286 | −2 | 8,400 |
| T18 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 73-73-70-70=286 | −2 | 8,400 |
| T21 | Jay Haas | 74-71-70-72=287 | −1 | 6,475 |
| T21 | Hale Irwin | 70-71-74-72=287 | −1 | 6,475 |
| T21 | Gary Player (c) | 71-72-73-71=287 | −1 | 6,475 |
| T21 | Payne Stewart | 76-69-68-74=287 | −1 | 6,475 |
| T25 | Isao Aoki | 69-72-73-74=288 | E | 4,680 |
| T25 | George Archer (c) | 70-74-71-73=288 | E | 4,680 |
| T25 | Rick Fehr (a) | 72-71-70-75=288 | E | 0 |
| T25 | Peter Jacobsen | 72-70-75-71=288 | E | 4,680 |
| T25 | Greg Norman | 75-71-73-69=288 | E | 4,680 |
| T25 | Tom Purtzer | 69-74-76-69=288 | E | 4,680 |
| T31 | Bernhard Langer | 73-70-74-72=289 | +1 | 4,000 |
| T31 | Fuzzy Zoeller (c) | 72-73-70-74=289 | +1 | 4,000 |
| T33 | Bruce Lietzke | 75-70-75-70=290 | +2 | 3,600 |
| T33 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 75-70-70-75=290 | +2 | 3,600 |
| T35 | Gary Koch | 70-75-70-76=291 | +3 | 3,100 |
| T35 | Mark McCumber | 73-71-74-73=291 | +3 | 3,100 |
| T35 | Dan Pohl | 74-71-72-74=291 | +3 | 3,100 |
| T35 | Craig Stadler (c) | 74-70-74-73=291 | +3 | 3,100 |
| T35 | Tom Weiskopf | 74-71-74-72=291 | +3 | 3,100 |
| 40 | Scott Simpson | 72-70-76-74=292 | +4 | 2,800 |
| T41 | Bob Lewis (a) | 73-70-75-75=293 | +5 | 0 |
| T41 | Andy North | 76-68-80-69=293 | +5 | 2,600 |
| 43 | Lee Trevino | 68-73-74-79=294 | +6 | 2,500 |
| 44 | Morris Hatalsky | 73-71-75-76=295 | +7 | 2,300 |
| 45 | David Ogrin | 73-73-76-74=296 | +8 | 2,200 |
| T46 | Clark Burroughs (a) | 72-74-75-76=297 | +9 | 0 |
| T46 | Curtis Strange | 71-74-75-77=297 | +9 | 2,100 |
| CUT | Seve Ballesteros (c) | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Charles Coody (c) | 75-72=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Cook | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | John Fought | 73-74=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Pat McGowan | 72-75=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Peter Oosterhuis | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Bill Rogers | 76-71=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton | 74-73=147 | +3 | |
| CUT | Chip Beck | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Gay Brewer (c) | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Lennie Clements | 75-73=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Keith Fergus | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | John Mahaffey | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Nathaniel Crosby (a) | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Pat Lindsey | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Johnny Miller | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | J. C. Snead | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jim Thorpe | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jim Colbert | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Chris Perry (a) | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Clifton Pierce (a) | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Billy Casper (c) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ed Fiori | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jim Holtgrieve (a) | 78-73=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Philip Parkin (a) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tommy Aaron (c) | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bob Gilder | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bob Goalby (c) | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mike Nicolette | 76-76=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | David Tentis (a) | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Arnold Palmer (c) | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Nick Price | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Mark Hayes | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Doug Ford (c) | 77-78=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jay Sigel (a) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Billy Tuten (a) | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Ralph Landrum | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | William Hoffer (a) | 83-82=165 | +21 | |
Sources:

#### 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 |
| Crenshaw | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 |
| Watson | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 |
| Edwards | −4 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 |
| Morgan | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Nelson | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −7 |
| Black | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 |
| Graham | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 |
| Kite | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Lye | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Couples | −5 | −5 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par