The 1941 Masters Tournament was the eighth Masters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Craig Wood won his first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Byron Nelson.

Wood opened with a66 and led by five strokes after the first round. During the final round, Nelson caught him on the front nine and the two were briefly co-leaders. Wood scored a 34(−2) over the final nine holes to secure the victory. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Wood, 39, led the entire tournament, the Masters' first wire-to-wire champion. He also won the next major, the 1941U.S.Open. Prior to his win at the Masters, Wood had lost in a playoff (or extra holes) in all four of the modern major championships, a dubious distinction since matched by only one other, Greg Norman.

Through 2026, there have been only five wire-to-wire champions; Wood was followed by Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Raymond Floyd (1976), Jordan Spieth (2015), and Rory McIlroy in 2026.

Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (9), Ralph Guldahl (2,9,10,12), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9,10,12), Horton Smith (10)

Henry Picard (6,9,10) did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,10), Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Tony Manero (9), Francis Ouimet (3,a), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (11,a)

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (9,a)

6. PGA champions Paul Runyan (9,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team Not held

8. Members of the U.S. Walker Cup team Not held

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Foulis (10), Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan (10,12), Lloyd Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Dick Metz (10), Toney Penna, Sam Snead (10,12), Frank Walsh (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

Johnny Farrell (2,10), Ed Oliver, Johnny Revolta (6,10) and Bud Ward (3,11,a) did not play.

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1940 U.S. Open Bruce Coltart, Vic Ghezzi, Andy Gibson, Jock Hutchison Jr., Gene Kunes, Ray Mangrum, Henry Ransom, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Andrew Szwedko (a)

Al Huske, Eddie Kirk (12), Wilford Wehrle (11,a) and Pat Willcox did not play.

11. 1940 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists George Dawson (a), Duff McCullough (a)

Ray Billows (a), John P. Burke (a) and Johnny Fischer (3,a) did not play

12. 1940 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Art Doering (a)

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

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour Leonard Dodson, Clayton Heafner

16 Foreign invitations Jim Ferrier (9,10), Martin Pose

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 3, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Craig Wood 66 −6 T2 Willie Goggin 71 −1 Ben Hogan Lawson Little Byron Nelson T6 Harry Cooper 72 E Felix SerafinT8 Johnny Bulla 73 +1 Sammy Byrd Ed Dudley Clayton Heafner Tony Manero Toney Penna Jack Ryan Jimmy Thomson Sam Snead Source:

Second round Friday, April 4, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Craig Wood 66-71=137 −7 2 Byron Nelson 71-69=140 −43 Lawson Little 71-70=141 −3T4 Sammy Byrd 73-70=143 −1 Willie Goggin 71-72=143 Ben Hogan 71-72=143 Clayton Heafner 73-70=143 Jug McSpaden 76-67=143T9 Ed Dudley 73-72=145 +1 Harry Cooper 72-73=145 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 5, 1941 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Craig Wood 66-71-71=208 −8 2 Sammy Byrd 73-70-68=211 −5 3 Byron Nelson 71-69-73=213 −3T4 Willie Goggin 71-72-72=215 −1 Lawson Little 71-70-74=215 6 Jimmy Demaret 77-69-71=217 +17 Ben Hogan 71-72-75=218 +2 T8 Dick Chapman (a) 76-73-70=219 +3 Vic Ghezzi 77-71-71=219 Clayton Heafner 73-70-76=219 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 6, 1941

Final leaderboard Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Craig Wood 66-71-71-72=280 −8 1,5002 Byron Nelson (c) 71-69-73-70=283 −5 8003 Sammy Byrd 73-70-68-74=285 −3 6004 Ben Hogan 71-72-75-68=286 −2 5005 Ed Dudley 73-72-75-68=288 E 400T6 Vic Ghezzi 77-71-71-70=289 +1 275 Sam Snead 73-75-72-69=2898 Lawson Little 71-70-74-75=290 +2 200T9 Willie Goggin 71-72-72-76=291 +3 117 Lloyd Mangrum 71-72-72-76=291 Jug McSpaden 76-67-80-68=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Jimmy Demaret (c) 77-69-71-75=292 +4 100 Clayton Heafner 73-70-76-73=292T14 Harry Cooper 72-73-75-73=293 +5 Ralph Guldahl (c) 76-71-75-71=293 Jimmy Thomson 73-75-72-73=29317 Jack Ryan 73-74-74-74=295 +718 Denny Shute 77-75-74-70=296 +8T19 Dick Chapman (a) 76-73-70-78=297 +9 Jimmy Hines 76-74-75-72=297 Gene Kunes 76-74-76-71=297 Dick Metz 74-72-75-76=297 Sam Parks Jr. 75-76-75-71=297 Toney Penna 73-74-80-70=297 Gene Sarazen (c) 76-72-74-75=297 Felix Serafin 72-79-74-72=297 Horton Smith (c) 74-72-77-74=29728 Ray Mangrum 76-70-78-74=298 +10T29 Jim Ferrier 75-76-73-75=299 +11 Jim Foulis 76-75-71-77=299 Martin Pose 77-74-76-72=29932 Al Watrous 74-75-76-75=300 +1233 Leonard Dodson 75-77-78-71=301 +1334 George Dawson (a) 74-78-77-73=302 +14T35 Paul Runyan 78-78-74-73=303 +15 Charlie Yates (a) 78-75-75-75=30337 Frank Walsh 74-76-76-78=304 +1638 Tommy Armour 75-75-76-79=305 +1739 Johnny Bulla 73-76-78-79=306 +1840 Bobby Jones 76-74-78-79=307 +1941 Bruce Coltart 80-78-75-75=308 +2042 Andy Gibson 78-75-80-76=309 +2143 Jock Hutchison Jr. 77-81-76-78=312 +24T44 Tony Manero 73-80-78-82=313 +25 Duff McCullough (a) 79-74-84-76=31346 Art Doering (a) 77-79-77-81=314 +2647 Andrew Szwedko (a) 81-79-78-81=319 +31WD Francis Ouimet (a) 82 +10 Walter Hagen 87 +15 Henry Ransom

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External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1941 Masters leaderboard