# 1964 Masters Tournament

The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).
Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10). He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters. It was his seventh and final major victory.
Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round. Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935.
Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.
Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

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

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

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,9,11), Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8), Gene Littler (8,11)
* Dick Mayer (8) did not play

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

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,10,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert (9), Bob Rosburg

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

Deane Beman (6,7,a), Charles Coe (6,7,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,a)
* Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

### 6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), R. H. Sikes (7,a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

### 7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a)
* George Archer forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

### 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament

Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger

### 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open

Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram

### 10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship

Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston

### 11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team

Bob Goalby

### 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour

Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr.

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

Dave Marr

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

Phil Rodgers

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

* Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury

### 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield

### 17. Foreign invitations

Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, Nick Weslock (a)
* Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, April 9, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Bob Goalby | 69 | −3 |
| T1 | Davis Love Jr. | 69 | −3 |
| T1 | Kel Nagle | 69 | −3 |
| T1 | Arnold Palmer | 69 | −3 |
| T1 | Gary Player | 69 | −3 |
| T6 | Don January | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Gene Littler | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Dave Marr | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | 70 | −2 |
| T10 | Bob Charles | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Gary Cowan (a) | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Jim Ferrier | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Dow Finsterwald | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Jack Nicklaus | 71 | −1 |
| T10 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, April 10, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Arnold Palmer | 69-68=137 | −7 |
| 2 | Gary Player | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| T3 | Don January | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T3 | Gene Littler | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| T5 | Bob Charles | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Dow Finsterwald | 71-72=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Tony Lema | 75-68=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Dave Marr | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| T9 | Peter Butler | 72-72=144 | E |
| T9 | Jimmy Demaret | 75-69=144 | E |
| T9 | Bruce Devlin | 72-72=144 | E |
| T9 | Jim Ferrier | 71-73=144 | E |
| T9 | Bob Goalby | 69-75=144 | E |
| T9 | Davis Love Jr. | 69-75=144 | E |
| T9 | Jack Nicklaus | 71-73=144 | E |
| T9 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | 70-74=144 | E |
| T9 | Johnny Pott | 74-70=144 | E |
| T9 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 71-73=144 | E |
| T9 | Dan Sikes | 76-68=144 | E |
Source:

### Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Arnold Palmer | 69-68-69=206 | −10 |
| 2 | Bruce Devlin | 72-72-67=211 | −5 |
| 3 | Dave Marr | 70-73-69=212 | −4 |
| T4 | Peter Butler | 72-72-69=213 | −3 |
| T4 | Jim Ferrier | 71-73-69=213 | −3 |
| T4 | Gary Player | 69-72-72=213 | −3 |
| 7 | Bo Wininger | 74-71-69=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Deane Beman (a) | 74-71-70=215 | −1 |
| T8 | Ben Hogan | 73-75-67=215 | −1 |
| T8 | Billy Maxwell | 73-73-69=215 | −1 |
| T8 | Jack Nicklaus | 71-73-71=215 | −1 |
| T8 | Johnny Pott | 74-70-71=215 | −1 |
| T8 | Dan Sikes | 76-68-71=215 | −1 |
Source:

### Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1964

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Arnold Palmer (c) | 69-68-69-70=276 | −12 | 20,000 |
| T2 | Dave Marr | 70-73-69-70=282 | −6 | 10,100 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 71-73-71-67=282 | −6 | 10,100 |
| 4 | Bruce Devlin | 72-72-67-73=284 | −4 | 6,100 |
| T5 | Billy Casper | 76-72-69-69=286 | −2 | 3,700 |
| T5 | Jim Ferrier | 71-73-69-73=286 | −2 | 3,700 |
| T5 | Paul Harney | 73-72-71-70=286 | −2 | 3,700 |
| T5 | Gary Player (c) | 69-72-72-73=286 | −2 | 3,700 |
| T9 | Dow Finsterwald | 71-72-75-69=287 | −1 | 1,700 |
| T9 | Ben Hogan (c) | 73-75-67-72=287 | −1 | 1,700 |
| T9 | Tony Lema | 75-68-74-70=287 | −1 | 1,700 |
| T9 | Mike Souchak | 73-74-70-70=287 | −1 | 1,700 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T13 | Peter Butler | 72-72-69-75=288 | E | 1,340 |
| T13 | Al Geiberger | 75-73-70-70=288 | E | 1,340 |
| T13 | Gene Littler | 70-72-78-68=288 | E | 1,340 |
| T13 | Johnny Pott | 74-70-71-73=288 | E | 1,340 |
| T13 | Dan Sikes | 76-68-71-73=288 | E | 1,340 |
| T18 | Don January | 70-72-75-72=289 | +1 | 1,100 |
| T18 | Billy Maxwell | 73-73-69-74=289 | +1 | 1,100 |
| T18 | Mason Rudolph | 75-72-69-73=289 | +1 | 1,100 |
| T21 | Bruce Crampton | 74-72-73-71=290 | +2 | 1,100 |
| T21 | Kel Nagle | 69-77-71-73=290 | +2 | 1,100 |
| T21 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 71-73-73-73=290 | +2 | 1,100 |
| T21 | Bo Wininger | 74-71-69-76=290 | +2 | 1,100 |
| T25 | Deane Beman (a) | 74-71-70-76=291 | +3 | 0 |
| T25 | Gay Brewer | 75-72-73-71=291 | +3 | 875 |
| T25 | Gary Cowan (a) | 71-77-72-71=291 | +3 | 0 |
| T25 | Bobby Nichols | 75-71-75-70=291 | +3 | 875 |
| T25 | Phil Rodgers | 75-72-72-72=291 | +3 | 875 |
| T30 | Jay Hebert | 74-74-69-75=292 | +4 | 875 |
| T30 | Dean Refram | 74-72-73-73=292 | +4 | 875 |
| T32 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 75-69-73-76=293 | +5 | 850 |
| T32 | Lionel Hebert | 74-74-73-72=293 | +5 | 850 |
| T34 | Wes Ellis | 73-71-75-75=294 | +6 | 850 |
| T34 | Davis Love Jr. | 69-75-74-76=294 | +6 | 850 |
| T34 | Ramón Sota | 76-72-74-72=294 | +6 | 850 |
| T37 | Don Fairfield | 75-73-76-71=295 | +7 | 850 |
| T37 | Bob Goalby | 69-75-74-77=295 | +7 | 850 |
| T37 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | 70-74-77-74=295 | +7 | 0 |
| T40 | Bob Charles | 71-72-75-78=296 | +8 | 825 |
| T40 | Jacky Cupit | 73-73-76-74=296 | +8 | 825 |
| T40 | Tomoo Ishii | 77-71-75-73=296 | +8 | 825 |
| 43 | Labron Harris Jr. (a) | 74-74-77-72=297 | +9 | 0 |
| T44 | Chen Ching-Po | 74-72-74-78=298 | +10 | 825 |
| T44 | Dave Ragan | 73-72-78-75=298 | +10 | 825 |
| T46 | Doug Ford (c) | 78-70-76-75=299 | +11 | 825 |
| T46 | R. H. Sikes (a) | 75-73-78-73=299 | +11 | 0 |
| 48 | Jerry Barber | 74-73-77-80=304 | +16 | 825 |
| CUT | Steve Spray (a) | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Ed Updegraff (a) | 73-76=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Al Balding | 75-75=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Tommy Bolt | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Chick Harbert | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Geoffrey Hunt | 77-73=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Art Wall Jr. (c) | 73-77=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Retief Waltman | 72-78=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Rex Baxter | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Walter Burkemo | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Robert W. Gardner (a) | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Tommy Jacobs | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Sebastián Miguel | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Byron Nelson (c) | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Nick Weslock (a) | 73-78=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Charles Coe (a) | 80-72=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Richard Davies (a) | 78-74=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Harold Henning | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jack Rule Jr. | 81-71=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Charlie Smith (a) | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Sam Snead (c) | 79-73=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Dave Thomas | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Julius Boros | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jack Burke Jr. (c) | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jack Fleck | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Ed Furgol | 73-80=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jean Garaïalde | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Stan Leonard | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bob Rosburg | 78-75=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Gerard de Wit | 78-76=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Juan Antonio Estrada (a) | 81-73=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Claude Harmon (c) | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Bill Johnston | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Alfonso Angelini | 72-83=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Herman Keiser (c) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Miguel Sala | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Cary Middlecoff (c) | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Gardner Dickinson | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Mike Fetchick | 76-81=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Antonio Cerdá | 77-82=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Ralph Guldahl (c) | 79-80=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Walter Stahl (a) | 80-79=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Enrique Orellana | 80-80=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Johnny Owens (a) | 81-79=160 | +16 | |
| CUT | Richard Guardiola (a) | 80-84=164 | +20 | |
| CUT | Downing Gray (a) | 87-79=166 | +22 | |
| WD | Gene Sarazen (c) | 73 | +1 | |
| WD | Craig Wood (c) | | | |
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 |
| Palmer | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 |
| Marr | −4 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 |
| Nicklaus | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| Devlin | −6 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |