# 1974 Masters Tournament

The 1974 Masters Tournament was the 38th Masters Tournament, held on April 11–14 at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Gary Player won the second of his three Masters titles at 278 (−10), two strokes ahead of runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf. It was the seventh of his nine major championships. Player did not enter the previous year's tournament due to leg and abdominal surgery; it was the only Masters that he missed in 53 years.
Defending champion Tommy Aaron missed the cut by two strokes. Jack Burke Jr., the 1956 champion, competed at the Masters for the final time.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

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

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

Johnny Miller (8,9,11), Orville Moody
* Lee Trevino (3,9,11,12) did not play

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

Tom Weiskopf (9,10.11,12)

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

Raymond Floyd (9), Dave Stockton (8,11)

### 5. 1973 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

William C. Campbell (a), Henri DeLozier (a), Vinny Giles (6,7,a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Kratzert (a), Dick Siderowf (6,7,a), Craig Stadler (6,a), David Strawn (a)

### 7. Members of the 1973 U.S. Walker Cup team

Gary Koch (a), Mark Pfeil (a), Marty West (a)
* Doug Ballenger, Danny Edwards, Jimmy Ellis, Mike Killian, and Bill Rogers forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

### 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1973 Masters Tournament

Frank Beard, Ben Crenshaw (11), Gardner Dickinson, Bob Dickson, Lou Graham (11), Hubert Green (11), Paul Harney, Babe Hiskey, Jim Jamieson, Gene Littler (11), Bobby Nichols (11), Phil Rodgers, Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12), Mason Rudolph (10), J. C. Snead (10,12), Kermit Zarley
* Don January did not play

### 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1973 U.S. Open

Julius Boros, Jim Colbert, Al Geiberger, Jerry Heard (11), Ralph Johnston, John Schlee, Lanny Wadkins (10,11), Larry Ziegler

### 10. Top eight players and ties from 1973 PGA Championship

Don Iverson, Dan Sikes

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

Sam Adams, Buddy Allin, Miller Barber, Homero Blancas (12), Bert Greene, Dave Hill, Hale Irwin (12), John Mahaffey, John Schroeder, Ed Sneed, Leonard Thompson
* Deane Beman did not play, as he was now serving as commissioner of the PGA Tour

### 13. Foreign invitations

Isao Aoki, Hugh Baiocchi, Maurice Bembridge, Bob Charles (9,11), Bruce Crampton (10,11), Bruce Devlin (8), Trevor Homer (6,a), Tony Jacklin (2,3), Graham Marsh, Peter Oosterhuis, Masashi Ozaki (8)
* Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 11, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jim Colbert | 67 | −5 |
| T2 | Hubert Green | 68 | −4 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | 68 | −4 |
| T2 | Don Iverson | 68 | −4 |
| T5 | Frank Beard | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Raymond Floyd | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Gene Littler | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Jack Nicklaus | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Dan Sikes | 69 | −3 |
| T10 | Billy Casper | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Bruce Devlin | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Jerry Heard | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Babe Hiskey | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Art Wall Jr. | 70 | −2 |
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### Second round

Friday, April 12, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Dave Stockton | 71-66=137 | −7 |
| T2 | Hubert Green | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T2 | Hale Irwin | 68-70=138 | −6 |
| T4 | Frank Beard | 69-70=139 | −5 |
| T4 | Jim Colbert | 67-72=139 | −5 |
| T6 | Jerry Heard | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Gene Littler | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Jack Nicklaus | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Dan Sikes | 69-71=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69=140 | −4 |
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### Third round

Saturday, April 13, 1974
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Dave Stockton | 71-66-70=207 | −9 |
| T2 | Jim Colbert | 67-72-69=208 | −8 |
| T2 | Gary Player | 71-71-66=208 | −8 |
| T4 | Bobby Nichols | 73-68-68=209 | −7 |
| T4 | Phil Rodgers | 72-69-68=209 | −7 |
| T6 | Hale Irwin | 68-70-72=210 | −6 |
| T6 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-70=210 | −6 |
| 8 | Frank Beard | 68-70-72=211 | −5 |
| T9 | Hubert Green | 68-70-74=212 | −4 |
| T9 | Jack Nicklaus | 69-71-72=212 | −4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, April 14, 1974

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Gary Player (c) | 71-71-66-70=278 | −10 | 35,000 |
| T2 | Dave Stockton | 71-66-70-73=280 | −8 | 21,250 |
| T2 | Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-70-70=280 | −8 | 21,250 |
| T4 | Jim Colbert | 67-72-69-73=281 | −7 | 10,833 |
| T4 | Hale Irwin | 68-70-72-71=281 | −7 | 10,833 |
| T4 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 69-71-72-69=281 | −7 | 10,833 |
| T7 | Bobby Nichols | 73-68-68-73=282 | −6 | 4,750 |
| T7 | Phil Rodgers | 72-69-68-73=282 | −6 | 4,750 |
| T9 | Maurice Bembridge | 73-74-72-64=283 | −5 | 3,900 |
| T9 | Hubert Green | 68-70-74-71=283 | −5 | 3,900 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Bruce Crampton | 73-72-69-70=284 | −4 | 3,375 |
| T11 | Jerry Heard | 70-70-73-71=284 | −4 | 3,375 |
| T11 | Dave Hill | 71-72-70-71=284 | −4 | 3,375 |
| T11 | Arnold Palmer (c) | 76-71-70-67=284 | −4 | 3,375 |
| T15 | Buddy Allin | 73-73-70-69=285 | −3 | 2,900 |
| T15 | Miller Barber | 75-67-72-71=285 | −3 | 2,900 |
| T15 | Ralph Johnston | 72-71-70-72=285 | −3 | 2,900 |
| T15 | Johnny Miller | 72-74-69-70=285 | −3 | 2,900 |
| T15 | Dan Sikes | 69-71-74-71=285 | −3 | 2,900 |
| T20 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 70-74-71-71=286 | −2 | 2,550 |
| T20 | Sam Snead (c) | 72-72-71-71=286 | −2 | 2,550 |
| T22 | Frank Beard | 69-70-72-76=287 | −1 | 2,275 |
| T22 | Ben Crenshaw | 75-70-70-72=287 | −1 | 2,275 |
| T22 | Raymond Floyd | 69-72-76-70=287 | −1 | 2,275 |
| T22 | Bob Goalby (c) | 76-71-72-68=287 | −1 | 2,275 |
| T26 | Julius Boros | 75-70-69-74=288 | E | 1,850 |
| T26 | John Schlee | 75-71-71-71=288 | E | 1,850 |
| T26 | J. C. Snead | 73-68-74-73=288 | E | 1,850 |
| T29 | Charles Coody (c) | 74-72-76-67=289 | +1 | 1,850 |
| T29 | Don Iverson | 68-74-73-74=289 | +1 | 1,850 |
| T31 | Hugh Baiocchi | 75-71-74-70=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T31 | Bruce Devlin | 70-72-76-72=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T31 | Al Geiberger | 76-68-70-76=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T31 | Graham Marsh | 76-69-72-73=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T31 | Peter Oosterhuis | 79-68-68-75=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T31 | Kermit Zarley | 73-71-77-69=290 | +2 | 1,775 |
| T37 | Billy Casper (c) | 70-71-76-74=291 | +3 | 1,775 |
| T37 | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 70-77-72-72=291 | +3 | 1,775 |
| T39 | Gene Littler | 69-71-78-74=292 | +4 | 1,700 |
| T39 | Larry Ziegler | 72-73-73-74=292 | +4 | 1,700 |
| T41 | Babe Hiskey | 70-78-75-72=295 | +7 | 1,700 |
| T41 | Leonard Thompson | 73-72-77-73=295 | +7 | 1,700 |
| 43 | Ed Sneed | 74-74-77-72=297 | +9 | 1,700 |
| 44 | Orville Moody | 74-73-78-77=302 | +14 | 1,700 |
| CUT | Homero Blancas | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Trevor Homer (a) | 77-72=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | John Mahaffey | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Masashi Ozaki | 79-70=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Mason Rudolph | 78-71=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Tommy Aaron (c) | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gay Brewer (c) | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Henri DeLozier (a) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Vinny Giles (a) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Lou Graham | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Gary Koch (a) | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jack Burke Jr. (c) | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Gardner Dickinson | 71-80=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Doug Ford (c) | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Downing Gray (a) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | John Schroeder | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Dick Siderowf (a) | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | William C. Campbell (a) | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Bob Charles | 73-79=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tony Jacklin | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Billy Kratzert (a) | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Mark Pfeil (a) | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | David Strawn (a) | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Paul Harney | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Craig Stadler (a) | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Marty West (a) | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bob Dickson | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jim Jamieson | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Herman Keiser (c) | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Sam Adams | 80-79=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Bert Greene | 81-81=162 | +18 | |
| WD | George Archer (c) | 75 | +3 | |
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#### 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 |
| Player | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 |
| Stockton | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Weiskopf | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Colbert | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −7 |
| Irwin | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 |
| Nicklaus | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
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