# 1938 Masters Tournament

The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday.
Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.
The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)

### 2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

### 3. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

### 4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)

### 6. PGA champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)

### 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team

Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)

### 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team

Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)
* Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

### 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament

Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood
* Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

### 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open

Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh
* Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.

### 11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

* Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.

### 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour

Ben Hogan, Dick Metz

### 14 Foreign invitations

Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)

## Round summaries
### First round

Saturday, April 2, 1938
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Harry Cooper | 68 | −4 |
| T2 | Ed Dudley | 70 | −2 |
| T2 | Dick Metz | 70 | −2 |
| T4 | Toney Penna | 71 | −1 |
| T4 | Henry Picard | 71 | −1 |
| T4 | Paul Runyan | 71 | −1 |
| T7 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72 | E |
| T7 | Lawson Little | 72 | E |
| T7 | Tony Manero | 72 | E |
| T7 | Jug McSpaden | 72 | E |
| T7 | Felix Serafin | 72 | E |
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### Second round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Ed Dudley | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Ralph Guldahl | 73-70=143 | −1 |
| T2 | Henry Picard | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T2 | Felix Serafin | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Paul Runyan | 71-73=144 | E |
| T5 | Jimmy Thomson | 74-70=144 | E |
| T7 | Harry Cooper | 68-77=145 | +1 |
| T7 | Johnny Revolta | 73-72=145 | +1 |
| T9 | Jimmy Hines | 75-71=146 | +2 |
| T9 | Billy Burke | 73-73=146 | +2 |

### Third round

Sunday, April 3, 1938 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Henry Picard | 71-72-72=215 | −1 |
| T2 | Harry Cooper | 68-77-71=216 | E |
| T2 | Ed Dudley | 70-69-77=216 | E |
| T2 | Ralph Guldahl | 73-70-73=216 | E |
| T2 | Gene Sarazen | 78-70-68=216 | E |
| 6 | Byron Nelson | 73-74-70=217 | +1 |
| 7 | Paul Runyan | 71-73-74=218 | +2 |
| 8 | Vic Ghezzi | 75-74-70=219 | +3 |
| 9 | Jimmy Thomson | 74-70-76=220 | +4 |
| T10 | Jimmy Hines | 75-71-75=221 | +5 |
| T10 | Lawson Little | 72-75-74=221 | +5 |
| T10 | Dick Metz | 70-77-74=221 | +5 |
| T10 | Johnny Revolta | 73-72-76=221 | +5 |
| T10 | Felix Serafin | 72-71-78=221 | +5 |
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### Final round

Monday, April 4, 1938

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Henry Picard | 71-72-72-70=285 | −3 | 1,500 |
| T2 | Harry Cooper | 68-77-71-71=287 | −1 | 700 |
| T2 | Ralph Guldahl | 73-70-73-71=287 | −1 | 700 |
| 4 | Paul Runyan | 71-73-74-70=288 | E | 500 |
| 5 | Byron Nelson (c) | 73-74-70-73=290 | +2 | 400 |
| T6 | Ed Dudley | 70-69-77-75=291 | +3 | 275 |
| T6 | Felix Serafin | 72-71-78-70=291 | +3 | 275 |
| T8 | Dick Metz | 70-77-74-71=292 | +4 | 175 |
| T8 | Jimmy Thomson | 74-70-76-72=292 | +4 | 175 |
| T10 | Vic Ghezzi | 75-74-70-74=293 | +5 | 100 |
| T10 | Jimmy Hines | 75-71-75-72=293 | +5 | 100 |
| T10 | Lawson Little | 72-75-74-72=293 | +5 | 100 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T13 | Billy Burke | 73-73-76-73=295 | +7 |
| T13 | Gene Sarazen (c) | 78-70-68-79=295 | +7 |
| 15 | Stanley Horne | 74-74-77-71=296 | +8 |
| T16 | Bobby Jones | 76-74-72-75=297 | +9 |
| T16 | Jug McSpaden | 72-75-77-73=297 | +9 |
| T18 | Bobby Cruickshank | 72-75-77-74=298 | +10 |
| T18 | Ray Mangrum | 78-72-76-72=298 | +10 |
| T18 | Johnny Revolta | 73-72-76-77=298 | +10 |
| T18 | Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) | 74-69-75-80=298 | +10 |
| T22 | Chuck Kocsis (a) | 76-73-77-73=299 | +11 |
| T22 | Horton Smith (c) | 75-75-78-71=299 | +11 |
| 24 | Sam Parks Jr. | 75-75-76-74=300 | +12 |
| T25 | Wiffy Cox | 74-78-74-75=301 | +13 |
| T25 | Ben Hogan | 75-76-78-72=301 | +13 |
| T27 | Ky Laffoon | 78-76-74-74=302 | +14 |
| T27 | Tony Manero | 72-78-82-70=302 | +14 |
| T27 | Frank Walsh | 74-75-77-76=302 | +14 |
| T27 | Al Watrous | 73-77-76-76=302 | +14 |
| T31 | Toney Penna | 71-76-77-80=304 | +16 |
| T31 | Sam Snead | 78-78-75-73=304 | +16 |
| 33 | Jess Sweetser (a) | 82-75-73-75=305 | +17 |
| T34 | Leo Mallory | 76-75-81-74=306 | +18 |
| T34 | Craig Wood | 73-75-83-75=306 | +18 |
| T36 | Ross Somerville (a) | 77-78-82-71=308 | +20 |
| T36 | Bud Ward (a) | 77-76-79-76=308 | +20 |
| 38 | Willie Macfarlane | 76-80-75-78=309 | +21 |
| 39 | Charlie Yates (a) | 76-78-82-76=312 | +24 |
| WD | Frank Strafaci (a) | 74-74-82=230 | +14 |
| WD | Denny Shute | 75-78-78=231 | +15 |
| WD | Leonard Dodson | 78-78=156 | +12 |
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