The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, held April9–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Byron Nelson, the 1937 champion, won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over runner-up Ben Hogan. Down by three strokes after four holes, Nelson played the final fourteen holes at five-under-par to claim the winner's share of $1,500 from a $5,000 purse. The playoff was refereed by tournament host Bobby Jones. Nelson was the second to win a second Masters, joining Horton Smith.

On Sunday, Nelson started the final round with a three stroke lead, with a gallery of6,000 on the grounds. Hogan birdied18 to shoot 70(−2) and 280(−8) and waited for Nelson to finish the last three holes. Nelson found a greenside bunker at17 and bogeyed to fall into a tie. He had a birdie putt to win on the 72ndhole, but left it short and tapped in to force the Monday playoff.

It was the second playoff at the Masters; the first in 1935 was 36holes.

This was the last Masters until 1946; it was not played from 1943 to 1945 due to World WarII.

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

2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6), Billy Burke, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Bud Ward (10,11,a)

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (a)

6. PGA champions Paul Runyan (10)

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 1941 Masters Tournament Sammy Byrd (10), Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley (10), Jim Ferrier (10), Jim Foulis, Willie Goggin, Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ben Hogan (10,12), Gene Kunes (10), Lloyd Mangrum (10,12), Jug McSpaden (10), Toney Penna, Jack Ryan, Felix Serafin, Sam Snead (10,12), Jimmy Thomson

Dick Chapman (3,a), Vic Ghezzi (6,10,12), Clayton Heafner (10), Ray Mangrum, Dick Metz (10) and Sam Parks Jr. (2) did not play

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1941 U.S. Open Herman Barron, Jerry Gianferante, Dutch Harrison, Herman Keiser, Johnny Morris, Johnny Palmer, Joe Zarhardt

Johnny Bulla, Henry Ransom and Harry Todd did not play.

11. 1941 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Steve Kovach (a)

Pat Abbott (a), Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (a), Lou Jennings (a), Bruce McCormick (a), Bobby Riegel (a) did not play.

12. 1941 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Wilford Wehrle (a) did not play.

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

15. Two players, not already qualified, based on performances in the winter part of the 1941 PGA Tour Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1942 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Paul Runyan 67 −5 Horton Smith T3 Sammy Byrd 68 −4 Byron Nelson 5 Jimmy Demaret 70 −2 T6 Billy Burke 71 −1 Ed Dudley Jim Ferrier Lawson Little T10 Bobby Cruickshank 72 E Bobby Jones Denny Shute Craig Wood Source:

Second round Friday, April 10, 1942 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Byron Nelson 68-67=135 −9 2 Sammy Byrd 68-68=136 −8T3 Jimmy Demaret 70-70=140 −4 Paul Runyan 67-73=140 Horton Smith 67-73=140 T6 Ben Hogan 73-70=143 −1 Jimmy Thomson 73-70=143 T8 Dutch Harrison 74-70=144 E Willie Goggin 74-70=144 T10 Lawson Little 71-74=145 +1 Denny Shute 72-73=145 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 11, 1942 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Byron Nelson 68-67-72=207 −9 2 Ben Hogan 73-70-67=210 −63 Sammy Byrd 68-68-75=211 −54 Paul Runyan 67-73-72=212 −45 Horton Smith 67-73-74=214 −2 T6 Jimmy Demaret 70-70-75=215 −1 Dutch Harrison 74-70-71=215 T8 Lawson Little 71-74-72=217 +1 Jimmy Thomson 73-70-74=21710 Chick Harbert 73-73-72=218 +2 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 12, 1942

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Ben Hogan 73-70-67-70=280 −8 Playoff Byron Nelson (c) 68-67-72-73=2803 Paul Runyan 67-73-72-71=283 −5 6004 Sammy Byrd 68-68-75-74=285 −3 5005 Horton Smith (c) 67-73-74-73=287 −1 4006 Jimmy Demaret (c) 70-70-75-75=290 +2 300T7 Dutch Harrison 74-70-71-77=292 +4 200 Lawson Little 71-74-72-75=292 Sam Snead 78-69-72-73=292T10 Chick Harbert 73-73-72-75=293 +5 100 Gene Kunes 74-74-74-71=293 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)12 Jimmy Thomson 73-70-74-77=294 +6 10013 Chandler Harper 75-75-76-69=295 +7 14 Willie Goggin 74-70-78-74=296 +8T15 Bobby Cruickshank 72-79-71-75=297 +9 Jim Ferrier 71-76-80-70=297 Henry Picard (c) 75-72-75-75=297T18 Harry Cooper 74-77-76-72=299 +11 Jug McSpaden 74-72-79-74=299 Felix Serafin 75-74-77-73=29921 Ralph Guldahl (c) 74-74-76-76=300 +1222 Toney Penna 74-79-73-75=301 +13T23 Billy Burke 71-79-80-72=302 +14 Herman Keiser 74-74-78-76=302 Craig Wood (c) 72-75-82-73=302T26 Jim Foulis 75-71-79-78=303 +15 Johnny Palmer 78-75-75-75=303T28 Tommy Armour 74-79-76-75=304 +16 Bobby Jones 72-75-79-78=304 Gene Sarazen (c) 80-74-75-75=304 Bud Ward (a) 76-73-80-75=304 Charlie Yates (a) 78-76-74-76=304T33 Ed Dudley 71-77-81-76=305 +17 Jimmy Hines 77-76-79-73=30535 Steve Kovach (a) 76-79-78-73=306 +18T36 Herman Barron 77-75-80-75=307 +19 Jack Ryan 77-71-76-83=30738 Joe Zarhardt 76-76-83-76=311 +2339 Jerry Gianferante 77-80-82-73=312 +2440 Johnny Morris 83-75-80-75=313 +25WD Denny Shute 72-73-81=226 +10 Lloyd Mangrum 74 +2

Sources:

Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Nelson −9−9−10−9−9−8−7−6−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−8−8 Hogan −6−6−6−6−6−6−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

Playoff Monday, April 13, 1942 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Byron Nelson 69 −3 1,5002 Ben Hogan 70 −2 800

Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Nelson +2+1+1+2+2+1+1−1−1−1−2 −3 −4−4−4−4−4−3 HoganE−1−1−1−1EEEE+1EE−1−2−3−2−2−2 Source: {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1942 Masters leaderboard and scorecards