1935 Masters Tournament
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The 1935 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club
. It was the 2nd Masters Tournament. The golf course nines were reversed for this tournament. Gene Sarazen
holed an double eagle (235 yards, 4 wood) at the par 5, 15th hole to tie Craig Wood
and force a 36-hole playoff. This shot is referred to as the "shot heard 'round the world". Sarazen won the playoff 71-73=144 to 75-74=149. The purse was $5,000.
Sarazen (71-73=144) defeated Wood (75-74=149) in a 36-hole playoff.
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...
. It was the 2nd Masters Tournament. The golf course nines were reversed for this tournament. Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S...
holed an double eagle (235 yards, 4 wood) at the par 5, 15th hole to tie Craig Wood
Craig Wood (golfer)
Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams ....
and force a 36-hole playoff. This shot is referred to as the "shot heard 'round the world". Sarazen won the playoff 71-73=144 to 75-74=149. The purse was $5,000.
Final leaderboard
# | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
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1 | Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s. He is one of five golfers to win all the current major championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam:U.S... * |
United States | 68-71-73-70=282 | -6 | 1,500 |
2 | Craig Wood Craig Wood (golfer) Craig Ralph Wood was an American professional golfer in the 1930s and 1940s, the winner of 21 PGA Tour titles including two major championships and a member of three Ryder Cup teams .... |
United States | 69-72-68-73=282 | 800 | |
3 | Olin Dutra | United States | 70-70-70-74=284 | -4 | 600 |
4 | Henry Picard Henry Picard Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.Picard was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and learned to play golf while caddying at the Plymouth Country Club. Picard, already a talented player by his early 20s, came to prominence after coaching from the leading instructor Alex Morrison... |
United States | 67-68-76-75=286 | -2 | 500 |
5 | Denny Shute Denny Shute Herman Densmore "Denny" Shute was an American golfer who won three major championships in the 1930s.Shute was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was born in England. He attended Western Reserve University , and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He was married on March 20, 1930 to Hettie Marie Potts... |
United States | 73-71-70-73=287 | -1 | 400 |
6 | Lawson Little Lawson Little William Lawson Little, Jr. was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career.... (a) |
United States | 74-72-70-72=288 | E | 0 |
7 | Paul Runyan Paul Runyan Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor.... |
United States | 70-72-75-72=289 | +1 | 300 |
8 | Vic Ghezzi Vic Ghezzi Victor J. Ghezzi was an American golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II... |
United States | 73-71-73-73=290 | +2 | 250 |
T9 | Bobby Cruickshank Bobby Cruickshank Robert Allan Cruickshank was a prominent Scottish professional golfer on the PGA of America circuit from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s. He was born in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland.-Career:... |
76-70-73-72=291 | +3 | 138 | |
Jimmy Hines Jimmy Hines James J. Hines was an American professional golfer.Hines was born in Mineola, New York. He won nine times on the PGA Tour and was selected to the 1939 Ryder Cup team but the event was cancelled due to World War II.... |
United States | 70-70-77-74=291 | |||
Byron Nelson Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912... |
United States | 71-74-72-74=291 | |||
Joe Turnesa | United States | 73-71-74-73=291 |
Sarazen (71-73=144) defeated Wood (75-74=149) in a 36-hole playoff.