1978 Masters Tournament

1978 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1978
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,040 yards (6,437 m)^[1]
Field	78 players, 53 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Gary Player
277 (−11)
«1977 1979»

Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.^[2]^[3]

Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 m), including a final one of 15 feet (4.6 m) for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974	72	72	69	64	277	−11	1
Tom Watson	United States	1977	73	68	68	69	278	−10	T2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	72	73	69	67	281	−7	7
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	76	71	71	68	286	−2	T16
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	73	71	69	77	290	+2	T29
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	73	74	71	74	292	+4	36
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	69	74	77	293	+5	T37
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	73	75	78	75	301	+13	52

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Charles Coody	United States	1971	75	75	150	+6
Billy Casper	United States	1970	76	75	151	+7
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	74	78	152	+8
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	76	154	+10
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	79	75	154	+10
George Archer	United States	1969	81	WD

Source:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	John Schlee	United States	68	−4
2	Joe Inman	United States	69	−3
T3	Bill Kratzert	United States	70	−2
T3	Lee Trevino	United States	70	−2
T5	Tom Kite	United States	71	−1
	Jerry McGee	United States
	Steve Melnyk	United States
T8	Wally Armstrong	United States	72	E
	Hubert Green	United States
	Dave Hill	United States
	Don January	United States
	Gene Littler	United States
	Lyn Lott	United States
	Mac McLendon	United States
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Jerry Pate	United States
	Gary Player	South Africa
	Leonard Thompson	United States
	Tom Weiskopf	United States

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Rod Funseth	United States	73-66=139	−7
T1	Lee Trevino	United States	70-69=139	−7
T3	Hale Irwin	United States	73-67=140	−4
T3	Gene Littler	United States	72-68=140	−4
T5	Hubert Green	United States	72-69=141	−3
	Leonard Thompson	United States	72-69=141
	Tom Watson	United States	73-68=141
T8	Wally Armstrong	United States	72-70=142	−2
	Miller Barber	United States	75-67=142
	Joe Inman	United States	69-73=142
	Don January	United States	72-70=142
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-69=142

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hubert Green	United States	72-69-65=206	−10
T2	Rod Funseth	United States	73-66-70=209	−7
T2	Tom Watson	United States	73-68-68=209	−7
4	Gene Littler	United States	72-68-70=210	−6
T5	David Graham	Australia	75-69-67=211	−5
	Hale Irwin	United States	73-67-71=211
	Billy Kratzert	United States	70-74-67=211
	Lee Trevino	United States	70-69-72=211
9	Wally Armstrong	United States	72-70-70=212	−4
T10	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	74-71-68=213	−3
	Gay Brewer	United States	73-71-69=213
	Gary Player	South Africa	72-72-69=213
	Tom Weiskopf	United States	72-71-70=213

Source:^[8]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gary Player	South Africa	72-72-69-64=277	−11	45,000
T2	Rod Funseth	United States	73-66-70-69=278	−10	21,667
	Hubert Green	United States	72-69-65-72=278
	Tom Watson	United States	73-68-68-69=278
T5	Wally Armstrong	United States	72-70-70-68=280	−8	11,750
T5	Billy Kratzert	United States	70-74-67-69=280	−8	11,750
7	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-73-69-67=281	−7	10,000
8	Hale Irwin	United States	73-67-71-71=282	−6	8,500
T9	David Graham	Australia	75-69-67-72=283	−5	6,750
T9	Joe Inman	United States	69-73-72-69=283	−5	6,750

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	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11
Funseth	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
Green	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10
Watson	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

References

↑ Parascenzo, Marino (April 7, 1978). "The Masters leader – Oh, Schlee". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 10.
1 2 Jenkins, Dan (April 17, 1978). "And then there was one". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (April 10, 1978). "3rd win to Player in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
1 2 Loomis, Tom (April 10, 1978). "Champ Player fired 64, then 'choked'". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 14.
↑ http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/hubert_green.htm
1 2 "Trevino plays to center stage at Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 8, 1978. p. 1C.
↑ "Schlee tames Masters field". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 7, 1978. p. 3D.
↑ "Green chips his way three ahead in Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service. April 9, 1978. p. 2B.

External links

Masters.com – past winners
About.com – 1978 Masters
Augusta.com – 1978 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1978 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Key figures

Frank Chirkinian

Music composers	Earl Klugh ("Take It From The Top") Dave Loggins ("Augusta") David Barrett ("The Gift") E.S. Posthumus ("Burlingame", "Thrill of Victory") Lalo Schifrin ("St. Ives Theme") Yanni ("Fanfare")

Television contract history
Golf on USA Network (early round Masters coverage)

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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