# 1966 Masters Tournament

The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
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. 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). 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. 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, while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio. Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round, 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).

## Course

| 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 | Out | 3,485 | 36 | | In | In | 3,495 | 36 |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Total | Total | 6,980 | 72 |
^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4,10), Doug Ford, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.
* Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, and Craig Wood did not play.

### 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (9,11), Billy Casper (10,11), Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (11)

### 3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

Tony Lema (8,9,11)

### 4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (10,11), Bobby Nichols, Bob Rosburg

### 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Deane Beman (6,9,a), William C. Campbell (6,7,a), Charles Coe (a), Richard Davies (a), Bob Murphy (7,a), Harvie Ward (a)
* Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

### 6. Members of the 1965 U.S. Walker Cup team

Don Allen (7,a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Downing Gray (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ed Tutwiler (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

### 7. The first eight finishers and ties in the 1965 U.S. Amateur

Tommy Barnes Jr. (a), Ron Cerrudo (a), Bob Dickson (a), Jimmy Grant (a), Bert Greene (a), Rod Horn (a), Cesar Sanudo (a), James Vickers (a)

### 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1965 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron (10), George Bayer, Frank Beard (9), Terry Dill, Wes Ellis, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Mason Rudolph (9), Doug Sanders (9), Dan Sikes

### 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1965 U.S. Open

Gay Brewer, Raymond Floyd, Billy Maxwell, Steve Oppermann, Dudley Wysong

### 10. Top eight players and ties from 1965 PGA Championship

Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Rod Funseth, Bob McCallister, Bo Wininger

### 11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team

Don January, Johnny Pott

### 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1965 PGA Tour

Charles Coody, Randy Glover

### 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Mike Souchak

### 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Bob Goalby

### 15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Bunky Henry (a)

### 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1966 PGA Tour

Phil Rodgers, R. H. Sikes

### 17. Foreign invitations

Peter Alliss, Michael Bonallack (5,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po, Neil Coles, Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin (8,9,10), Rodney Foster (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Jimmy Hitchcock, Bernard Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson (8), Cobie Legrange, Kel Nagle (3,8,9), Lionel Platts, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota (8), Dave Thomas, George Will
* Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 7, 1966
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | 68 | −4 |
| T2 | Billy Casper | 71 | −1 |
| T2 | Charles Coe (a) | 71 | −1 |
| T2 | Don January | 71 | −1 |
| T2 | Mike Souchak | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Peter Butler | 72 | E |
| T6 | Raymond Floyd | 72 | E |
| T6 | Randy Glover | 72 | E |
| T6 | Jay Hebert | 72 | E |
| T10 | Dow Finsterwald | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Lionel Hebert | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Rod Horn (a) | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | George Knudson | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | Bob Rosburg | 73 | +1 |
| T10 | R. H. Sikes | 73 | +1 |
Source

### Second round

Friday, April 8, 1966
| 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 |
| T3 | Jack Nicklaus | 68-76=144 | E |
| T3 | Arnold Palmer | 74-70=144 | E |
| T3 | Bob Rosburg | 73-71=144 | E |
| T3 | Doug Sanders | 74-70=144 | E |
| T8 | Raymond Floyd | 72-73=145 | +1 |
| T8 | Ben Hogan | 74-71=145 | +1 |
| T8 | Mike Souchak | 71-74=145 | +1 |
Source

### Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1966
| 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 |
| T4 | Ben Hogan | 74-71-73=218 | +2 |
| T4 | Arnold Palmer | 74-70-74=218 | +2 |
| T7 | Raymond Floyd | 72-73-74=219 | +3 |
| T7 | Paul Harney | 75-68-76=219 | +3 |
| T7 | Jay Hebert | 72-74-73=219 | +3 |
| T7 | Doug Sanders | 74-70-75=219 | +3 |
Source

### Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1966

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| T1 | Gay Brewer | 74-72-72-70=288 | E | Playoff |
| T1 | Tommy Jacobs | 75-71-70-72=288 | E | Playoff |
| T1 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 68-76-72-72=288 | E | Playoff |
| T4 | Arnold Palmer (c) | 74-70-74-72=290 | +2 | 5,700 |
| T4 | Doug Sanders | 74-70-75-71=290 | +2 | 5,700 |
| T6 | Don January | 71-73-73-75=292 | +4 | 3,900 |
| T6 | George Knudson | 73-76-72-71=292 | +4 | 3,900 |
| T8 | Raymond Floyd | 72-73-74-74=293 | +5 | 2,500 |
| T8 | Paul Harney | 75-68-76-74=293 | +5 | 2,500 |
| T10 | Billy Casper | 71-75-76-72=294 | +6 | 1,770 |
| T10 | Jay Hebert | 72-74-73-75=294 | +6 | 1,770 |
| T10 | Bob Rosburg | 73-71-76-74=294 | +6 | 1,770 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | Tommy Aaron | 74-73-77-71=295 | +7 | 1,570 |
| T13 | Peter Butler | 72-71-79-73=295 | +7 | 1,570 |
| T13 | Ben Hogan (c) | 74-71-73-77=295 | +7 | 1,570 |
| 16 | Ken Venturi | 75-74-73-74=296 | +8 | 1,500 |
| T17 | Tommy Bolt | 75-72-78-72=297 | +9 | 1,335 |
| T17 | Bruce Crampton | 74-75-71-77=297 | +9 | 1,335 |
| T17 | Terry Dill | 75-72-74-76=297 | +9 | 1,335 |
| T17 | Doug Ford (c) | 75-73-73-76=297 | +9 | 1,335 |
| T17 | Phil Rodgers | 76-73-75-73=297 | +9 | 1,335 |
| T22 | Frank Beard | 77-71-77-73=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T22 | Chen Ching-Po | 75-77-76-70=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T22 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 74-76-74-74=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T22 | Harold Henning | 77-74-70-77=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T22 | Tony Lema | 74-74-74-76=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T22 | Bobby Nichols | 77-73-74-74=298 | +10 | 1,300 |
| T28 | Julius Boros | 77-73-73-76=299 | +11 | 1,175 |
| T28 | Bruce Devlin | 75-77-72-75=299 | +11 | 1,175 |
| T28 | Gardner Dickinson | 76-75-76-72=299 | +11 | 1,175 |
| T28 | Jimmy Grant (a) | 74-74-78-73=299 | +11 | 0 |
| T28 | Gary Player (c) | 74-77-76-72=299 | +11 | 1,175 |
| T33 | Rod Funseth | 80-70-76-74=300 | +12 | 1,175 |
| T33 | Ramón Sota | 79-73-77-71=300 | +12 | 1,175 |
| T33 | Mike Souchak | 71-74-77-78=300 | +12 | 1,175 |
| T36 | William C. Campbell (a) | 76-77-76-72=301 | +13 | 0 |
| T36 | Wes Ellis | 76-75-73-77=301 | +13 | 1,175 |
| T36 | Dan Sikes | 76-74-75-76=301 | +13 | 1,175 |
| T39 | Billy Maxwell | 75-77-77-73=302 | +14 | 1,150 |
| T39 | R. H. Sikes | 73-78-74-77=302 | +14 | 1,150 |
| T39 | Dudley Wysong | 77-75-73-77=302 | +14 | 1,150 |
| 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 |
| T44 | Jack Burke Jr. (c) | 75-73-79-77=304 | +16 | 1,150 |
| T44 | Jacky Cupit | 78-74-77-75=304 | +16 | 1,150 |
| T44 | Al Geiberger | 76-71-79-78=304 | +16 | 1,150 |
| T44 | Gene Littler | 76-76-72-80=304 | +16 | 1,150 |
| T44 | Ed Updegraff (a) | 76-75-77-76=304 | +16 | 0 |
| T50 | Charles Coe (a) | 71-77-85-72=305 | +17 | 0 |
| T50 | Bob Dickson (a) | 77-74-75-79=305 | +17 | 0 |
| T50 | Steve Oppermann | 74-74-73-84=305 | +17 | 1,125 |
| 53 | Randy Glover | 72-74-81-79=306 | +18 | 1,125 |
| T54 | Ron Cerrudo (a) | 76-77-72-82=307 | +19 | 0 |
| T54 | Downing Gray (a) | 75-77-76-79=307 | +19 | 0 |
| T54 | Ed Tutwiler (a) | 79-74-73-81=307 | +19 | 0 |
| T57 | Dow Finsterwald | 73-76-77-82=308 | +20 | 1,125 |
| T57 | Dale Morey (a) | 75-78-76-79=308 | +20 | 0 |
| T59 | Bob Goalby | 76-77-82-77=312 | +24 | 1,125 |
| T59 | Bob Murphy (a) | 76-77-81-78=312 | +24 | 0 |
| T61 | Jimmy Hitchcock | 76-77-78-83=314 | +26 | 1,125 |
| T61 | Luis Silverio (a) | 77-76-77-84=314 | +26 | 0 |
| CUT | John Mark Hopkins (a) | 74-80=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Dave Marr | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Byron Nelson (c) | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | James Vickers (a) | 82-72=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bo Wininger | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Michael Bonallack (a) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Charles Coody | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bernard Hunt | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bob McCallister | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Kel Nagle | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Dave Thomas | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Bob Charles | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger (a) | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Jean Garaïalde | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Bunky Henry (a) | 77-79=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Rod Horn (a) | 73-83=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Herman Keiser (c) | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Billy Joe Patton (a) | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Johnny Pott | 78-78=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Deane Beman (a) | 78-79=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Bert Greene (a) | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Mason Rudolph | 81-76=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Jerry Barber | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Tommy Barnes Jr. (a) | 76-82=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Dick Mayer | 82-76=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | George Will | 80-78=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Cobie Legrange | 78-81=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Lionel Platts | 80-79=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Cesar Sanudo (a) | 81-78=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Peter Alliss | 76-84=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Rodney Foster (a) | 82-79=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | Henry Picard (c) | 78-83=161 | +17 | |
| CUT | Gene Sarazen (c) | 82-80=162 | +18 | |
| CUT | Tomoo Ishii | 82-81=163 | +19 | |
| CUT | Richard Davies (a) | 83-82=165 | +21 | |
| CUT | Harvie Ward (a) | 81-84=165 | +21 | |
| WD | Neil Coles | 77-72-76=225 | +9 | |
| WD | Lionel Hebert | 73-79-81=233 | +17 | |
| WD | Cary Middlecoff (c) | 83 | +11 | |
| WD | Claude Harmon (c) | 87 | +15 | |
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 |
| 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 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |

### Playoff

Monday, April 11, 1966
| 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 |

#### 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 |
| Nicklaus | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Jacobs | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | E | E |
| Brewer | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +3 | +5 | +6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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