1940 Masters Tournament
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The 1940 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club
. It was the 7th Masters Tournament.
Jimmy Demaret
overcame an opening round 64 by Lloyd Mangrum
to win the Tournament. The purse was $5,000.
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 7th Masters Tournament.
Jimmy Demaret
Jimmy Demaret
James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....
overcame an opening round 64 by Lloyd Mangrum
Lloyd Mangrum
Lloyd Eugene Mangrum was an American professional golfer. He was known for his smooth swing and his relaxed demeanour on the course, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Icicle".Mangrum was born in Trenton, Texas...
to win the Tournament. The purse was $5,000.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Demaret Jimmy Demaret James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters.... |
 United States |
67-72-70-71=280 | -8 | 1,500 |
| 2 | Lloyd Mangrum Lloyd Mangrum Lloyd Eugene Mangrum was an American professional golfer. He was known for his smooth swing and his relaxed demeanour on the course, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Icicle".Mangrum was born in Trenton, Texas... |
United States |
64-75-71-74=284 | -4 | 800 |
| 3 | 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 |
69-72-74-70=285 | -3 | 600 |
| T4 | Harry Cooper Harry Cooper (golfer) Harry E. Cooper was a prominent PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s. After he retired from competitive golf, he became a well-regarded instructor, into his 90s.... |
United States |
69-75-73-70=287 | -1 | 400 |
| Ed Dudley | United States |
73-72-71-71=287 | |||
| Willie Goggin Willie Goggin Willie Goggin was an American professional golfer, who is notable for losing the 1933 PGA Championship to Gene Sarazen.-Tournament wins:this list is incomplete*1935 Northern California Open*1936 Northern California Open... |
United States |
71-72-73-71=287 | |||
| T7 | 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 |
71-71-71-75=288 | E | 200 |
| Sam Snead Sam Snead Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S... |
United States |
71-72-69-76=288 | |||
| 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 |
70-75-67-76=288 | |||
| T10 | Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game... |
United States |
73-74-69-74=290 | +2 | 100 |
| Toney Penna Toney Penna Toney G. Penna was an Italian-American professional golfer and designer of golf clubs and gear. He won four events on the PGA Tour between 1937 and 1947. He introduced new lines of golf clubs and was the holder of four patents for golf clubs. Many of these clubs are considered collectors' items:... |
United States |
73-73-72-72=290 |