# 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 50 feet (15 m) 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 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

## Field
### 1. U.S. Open champions

Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent

### 2. U.S. Amateur champions

Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)

### 3. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)

### 5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team

Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)
* Olin Dutra (2,7,8) did not play

### 6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team

* Team not selected in time for inclusion.

### 7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament

Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)
* Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.

### 8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)
* Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter (4), and Macdonald Smith did not play.

### 9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)
* Walter Emery (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Joe Lynch (a) and George Voigt (a) did not play.

### 10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

* Al Zimmerman did not play.

### 11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour

Wiffy Cox, Orville White

### 12. Foreign invitations

Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda

### Additional invitations

Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

## Round summaries
### First round

Friday, April 3, 1936
Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Harry Cooper | 70 | −2 |
| 2 | Al Espinosa | 72 | E |
| T3 | Billy Burke | 74 | +2 |
| T3 | Ted Luther (a) | 74 | +2 |
| T3 | Horton Smith | 74 | +2 |
| T6 | Bobby Cruickshank | 75 | +3 |
| T6 | Al Krueger | 75 | +3 |
| T6 | Ky Laffoon | 75 | +3 |
| T6 | Lawson Little | 75 | +3 |
| T6 | Henry Picard | 75 | +3 |
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### Second round

Saturday, April 4, 1936
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Harry Cooper | 70-69=139 | −5 |
| T2 | Bobby Cruickshank | 75-69=144 | E |
| T2 | Denny Shute | 76-68=144 | E |
| T4 | Al Espinosa | 72-73=145 | +1 |
| T4 | Ky Laffoon | 75-70=145 | +1 |
| T4 | Paul Runyan | 76-69=145 | +1 |
| T4 | Gene Sarazen | 78-67=145 | +1 |
| T4 | Horton Smith | 74-71=145 | +1 |
| T9 | Johnny Dawson (a) | 77-70=147 | +3 |
| T9 | Vic Ghezzi | 77-70=147 | +3 |
| T9 | Byron Nelson | 76-71=147 | +3 |
| T9 | Henry Picard | 75-72=147 | +3 |
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### Third round

Monday, April 6, 1936 (morning)
Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Harry Cooper | 70-69-71=210 | −6 |
| 2 | Horton Smith | 74-71-68=213 | −3 |
| 3 | Paul Runyan | 76-69-70=215 | −1 |
| T4 | Johnny Dawson (a) | 77-70-70=217 | +1 |
| T4 | Ray Mangrum | 76-73-68=217 | +1 |
| T4 | Gene Sarazen | 78-67-72=217 | +1 |
| 7 | Bobby Cruickshank | 75-69-74=218 | +2 |
| 8 | Denny Shute | 76-68-75=219 | +3 |
| T9 | Ed Dudley | 75-75-70=220 | +4 |
| T9 | Al Espinosa | 72-73-75=220 | +4 |
| T9 | Ky Laffoon | 75-70-75=220 | +4 |

### Final round

Monday, April 6, 1936 (afternoon)

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Horton Smith (c) | 74-71-68-72=285 | −3 | 1,500 |
| 2 | Harry Cooper | 70-69-71-76=286 | −2 | 800 |
| 3 | Gene Sarazen (c) | 78-67-72-70=287 | −1 | 600 |
| T4 | Bobby Cruickshank | 75-69-74-72=290 | +2 | 450 |
| T4 | Paul Runyan | 76-69-70-75=290 | +2 | 450 |
| T6 | Ed Dudley | 75-75-70-73=293 | +5 | 250 |
| T6 | Ky Laffoon | 75-70-75-73=293 | +5 | 250 |
| T6 | Ray Mangrum | 76-73-68-76=293 | +5 | 250 |
| T9 | Johnny Dawson (a) | 77-70-70-77=294 | +6 | 0 |
| T9 | Henry Picard | 75-72-74-73=294 | +6 | 150 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Walter Hagen | 77-74-73-72=296 | +8 | 100 |
| T11 | Denny Shute | 76-68-75-77=296 | +8 | 100 |
| T13 | Wiffy Cox | 82-69-75-72=298 | +10 | 50 |
| T13 | Byron Nelson | 76-71-77-74=298 | +10 | 50 |
| T15 | Al Espinosa | 72-73-75-79=299 | +11 | |
| T15 | Vic Ghezzi | 77-70-77-75=299 | +11 | |
| T15 | Jug McSpaden | 77-75-71-76=299 | +11 | |
| T15 | Jimmy Thomson | 76-78-71-74=299 | +11 | |
| T15 | Orville White | 78-73-77-71=299 | +11 | |
| T20 | Tommy Armour | 79-74-72-75=300 | +12 | |
| T20 | Lawson Little | 75-75-73-77=300 | +12 | |
| T20 | Sam Parks Jr. | 76-75-72-77=300 | +12 | |
| T20 | Chin Sei-Sui | 76-74-71-79=300 | +12 | |
| T20 | Craig Wood | 88-67-69-76=300 | +12 | |
| 25 | Johnny Revolta | 77-72-76-76=301 | +13 | |
| 26 | Albert Campbell (a) | 82-73-68-79=302 | +14 | |
| 27 | Dick Metz | 79-78-76-70=303 | +15 | |
| 28 | Billy Burke | 74-77-74-79=304 | +16 | |
| T29 | Johnny Farrell | 78-75-74-78=305 | +17 | |
| T29 | Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 81-76-73-75=305 | +17 | |
| T29 | Toichira Toda | 81-74-75-75=305 | +17 | |
| T29 | Al Watrous | 78-76-73-78=305 | +17 | |
| 33 | Bobby Jones | 78-78-73-77=306 | +18 | |
| T34 | Bill Kaiser | 77-78-77-75=307 | +19 | |
| T34 | Charlie Yates (a) | 82-73-75-77=307 | +19 | |
| T36 | Butch Krueger | 75-76-77-80=308 | +20 | |
| T36 | Ted Luther | 74-75-77-82=308 | +20 | |
| 38 | Ted Turner | 76-79-80-75=310 | +22 | |
| T39 | Jimmy Hines | 79-82-74-76=311 | +23 | |
| T39 | Jules Huot | 80-79-75-77=311 | +23 | |
| T39 | Gene Kunes | 81-76-76-78=311 | +23 | |
| T39 | Frank Walsh | 80-77-78-76=311 | +23 | |
| 43 | Johnny Goodman (a) | 80-81-79-75=315 | +27 | |
| T44 | Bobby Riegel (a) | 84-78-74-83=319 | +31 | |
| T44 | Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 83-75-74-87=319 | +31 | |
| WD | Jock Hutchison | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| WD | Vincent Eldred | 85-76=161 | +17 | |
| WD | Fred Haas (a) | 87-74=161 | +17 | |
| WD | Joe Turnesa | 80-82=162 | +18 | |
| WD | Jack Munger (a) | 84-79=163 | +19 | |
| WD | Jess Sweetser (a) | 89-79=168 | +24 | |
| WD | Fred McLeod | 88-81=169 | +25 | |
| WD | Herman Barron | | | |
| WD | George Sargent | | | |
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 |
| 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 | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: