The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).

Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema. Nicklaus shot a 66 (−6) in the second round, which was key in his victory. It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.

Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.

It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.

George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Field 1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood Ralph Guldahl and Ben Hogan (2,3) did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)

Deane Beman (6,9) and Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders

10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship George Bayer, Dave Ragan

11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team Bill Collins

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman

13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Bo Wininger

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

15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Hyndman (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes

17. Foreign invitations Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 4, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Mike Souchak 69 −3 Bo Wininger T3 Ed Furgol 70 −2 Jay Hebert Sam SneadT6 George Bayer 71 −1 Gary Player T8 Charles Coe (a) 72 E Billy Maxwell T10 Downing Gray (a) 73 +1 Don January Dick Mayer Doug Sanders Source:

Second round Friday, April 5, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mike Souchak 69-70=139 −5 T2 Jay Hebert 70-70=140 −4 Jack Nicklaus 74-66=140 T4 Ed Furgol 70-71=141 −3 Bo Wininger 69-72=141 T6 Tony Lema 74-69=143 −1 Dick Mayer 73-70=143 Sam Snead 70-73=143T9 Julius Boros 76-69=145 +1 Gary Player 71-74=145 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 6, 1963 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jack Nicklaus 74-66-74=214 −2 2 Ed Furgol 70-71-74=215 −1 3 Julius Boros 76-69-71=216 E T4 Tony Lema 74-69-74=217 +1 Sam Snead 70-73-74=217T6 Chen Ching-Po 76-71-71=218 +2 Mike Souchak 69-70-79=218 Bo Wininger 69-72-77=218 T9 Stan Leonard 74-72-73=219 +3 Gary Player 71-74-74=219 Mason Rudolph 75-72-72=219 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 7, 1963

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jack Nicklaus 74-66-74-72=286 −2 20,0002 Tony Lema 74-69-74-70=287 −1 12,000T3 Julius Boros 76-69-71-72=288 E 7,000 Sam Snead (c) 70-73-74-71=288T5 Dow Finsterwald 74-73-73-69=289 +1 4,000 Ed Furgol 70-71-74-74=289 Gary Player (c) 71-74-74-70=2898 Bo Wininger 69-72-77-72=290 +2 2,400T9 Don January 73-75-72-71=291 +3 1,800 Arnold Palmer (c) 74-73-73-71=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Billy Casper 79-72-71-70=292 +4 1,350 Bruce Crampton 74-74-72-72=292 Doug Ford (c) 75-73-75-69=292 Mike Souchak 69-70-79-74=292T15 Bob Charles 74-72-76-71=293 +5 1,100 Chen Ching-Po 76-71-71-75=293 Billy Maxwell 72-75-76-70=293 Dick Mayer 73-70-80-70=293 Mason Rudolph 75-72-72-74=293 Dan Sikes 74-76-72-71=293T21 Stan Leonard 74-72-73-75=294 +6 1,000 Johnny Pott 75-76-74-69=294 Art Wall Jr. (c) 75-74-73-72=294T24 Wes Ellis 74-72-79-70=295 +7 1,000 Gene Littler 77-72-78-68=295 Bobby Nichols 76-74-73-72=29527 Jay Hebert 70-70-81-75=296 +8 750T28 George Bayer 71-75-84-67=297 +9 750 Tommy Jacobs 78-74-73-72=297 Doug Sanders 73-74-77-73=297 Alvie Thompson 79-72-75-71=297T32 Labron Harris Jr. (a) 79-71-73-75=298 +10 0 Dave Ragan 74-75-76-73=298 75034 Ken Venturi 77-74-77-71=299 +11 750T35 Bill Hyndman (a) 74-72-80-74=300 +12 0 Kel Nagle 75-74-76-75=300 750T37 Tommy Bolt 75-76-76-74=301 +13 750 Charles Coe (a) 72-75-79-75=301 0T39 Homero Blancas (a) 75-77-76-74=302 +14 Antonio Cerdá 75-71-78-78=302 750 Lionel Hebert 75-74-77-76=30242 Jack Fleck 74-77-77-75=303 +15 750T43 Walter Burkemo 75-77-78-74=304 +16 750 Jimmy Demaret (c) 75-75-81-73=30445 Herman Keiser (c) 75-77-79-74=305 +17 750T46 Downing Gray (a) 73-76-81-76=306 +18 0 R. H. Sikes (a) 76-76-77-77=30648 Billy Joe Patton (a) 80-72-74-81=307 +1949 Gene Sarazen (c) 74-73-81-80=308 +20 750CUT Jerry Barber 80-73=153 +9 Koichi Ono 82-71=153 Phil Rodgers 77-76=153 Bob Rosburg 77-76=153 Miguel Sala 75-78=153 Al Balding 82-72=154 +10 Gay Brewer 82-72=154 Jack Burke Jr. (c) 78-76=154 Gardner Dickinson 78-76=154 Chick Harbert 75-79=154 Jim Gabrielsen (a) 80-75=155 +11 Jorge Ledesma (a) 76-79=155 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 80-75=155 Bob Goalby 80-76=156 +12 Byron Nelson (c) 79-77=156 Charlie Smith (a) 80-76=156 Ángel Miguel 78-79=157 +13 Jerry Pittman 78-79=157 Ed Updegraff (a) 82-75=157 Paul Desjardins (a) 77-81=158 +14 Juan Antonio Estrada (a) 81-77=158 Bill Newcomb (a) 81-77=158 Bill Collins 82-77=159 +15 Robert W. Gardner (a) 78-82=160 +16 David Blair (a) 83-79=162 +18 Richard Davies (a) 79-84=163 +19 Gerard de Wit 87-76=163 Charles Coody (a) 80-84=164 +20 Cary Middlecoff (c) 87-81=168 +24 Horton Smith (c) 91-86=177 +33WD Paul Harney 75-77-78=230 +14 Jacky Cupit 82 +10 Claude Harmon (c) 82 Henry Picard (c) Craig Wood (c)

Sources:

Scorecard Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Nicklaus −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−2−2−2 Lema +2+1+1EEEEEEE+1+1EEEEE−1 Boros +1EE+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1EEEEEEE Snead +1EEEEE−1−1EEEEE−1−2−1−1E Finsterwald +3+2+3+3+2+3+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+1 Furgol −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1 Player +2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1E+1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey

References

External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1963 Masters leaderboard and scorecards