The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).

Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10). He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters. It was his seventh and final major victory.

Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round. Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935.

Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986, Woods won his fifth in 2019.

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

The following categories only apply to Americans

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

Dick Mayer (8) did not play

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

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

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

Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

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

7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a)

George Archer forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram

10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston

11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team Bob Goalby

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr.

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

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

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

Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield

17. Foreign invitations Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, Nick Weslock (a)

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Bob Goalby 69 −3 Davis Love Jr. Kel Nagle Arnold Palmer Gary Player T6 Don January 70 −2 Gene Littler Dave Marr Billy Joe Patton (a) T10 Bob Charles 71 −1 Gary Cowan (a) Jim Ferrier Dow Finsterwald Jack Nicklaus Chi-Chi Rodríguez Source:

Second round Friday, April 10, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Arnold Palmer 69-68=137 −7 2 Gary Player 69-72=141 −3 T3 Don January 70-72=142 −2 Gene Littler 70-72=142T5 Bob Charles 71-72=143 −1 Dow Finsterwald 71-72=143 Tony Lema 75-68=143 Dave Marr 70-73=143 T9 Peter Butler 72-72=144 E Jimmy Demaret 75-69=144 Bruce Devlin 72-72=144 Jim Ferrier 71-73=144 Bob Goalby 69-75=144 Davis Love Jr. 69-75=144 Jack Nicklaus 71-73=144 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74=144 Johnny Pott 74-70=144 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 71-73=144 Dan Sikes 76-68=144 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 11, 1964 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Arnold Palmer 69-68-69=206 −10 2 Bruce Devlin 72-72-67=211 −5 3 Dave Marr 70-73-69=212 −4 T4 Peter Butler 72-72-69=213 −3 Jim Ferrier 71-73-69=213 Gary Player 69-72-72=2137 Bo Wininger 74-71-69=214 −2 T8 Deane Beman (a) 74-71-70=215 −1 Ben Hogan 73-75-67=215 Billy Maxwell 73-73-69=215 Jack Nicklaus 71-73-71=215 Johnny Pott 74-70-71=215 Dan Sikes 76-68-71=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 12, 1964

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Arnold Palmer (c) 69-68-69-70=276 −12 20,000T2 Dave Marr 70-73-69-70=282 −6 10,100 Jack Nicklaus (c) 71-73-71-67=2824 Bruce Devlin 72-72-67-73=284 −4 6,100T5 Billy Casper 76-72-69-69=286 −2 3,700 Jim Ferrier 71-73-69-73=286 Paul Harney 73-72-71-70=286 Gary Player (c) 69-72-72-73=286T9 Dow Finsterwald 71-72-75-69=287 −1 1,700 Ben Hogan (c) 73-75-67-72=287 Tony Lema 75-68-74-70=287 Mike Souchak 73-74-70-70=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Peter Butler 72-72-69-75=288 E 1,340 Al Geiberger 75-73-70-70=288 Gene Littler 70-72-78-68=288 Johnny Pott 74-70-71-73=288 Dan Sikes 76-68-71-73=288T18 Don January 70-72-75-72=289 +1 1,100 Billy Maxwell 73-73-69-74=289 Mason Rudolph 75-72-69-73=289T21 Bruce Crampton 74-72-73-71=290 +2 1,100 Kel Nagle 69-77-71-73=290 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 71-73-73-73=290 Bo Wininger 74-71-69-76=290T25 Deane Beman (a) 74-71-70-76=291 +3 0 Gay Brewer 75-72-73-71=291 875 Gary Cowan (a) 71-77-72-71=291 0 Bobby Nichols 75-71-75-70=291 875 Phil Rodgers 75-72-72-72=291T30 Jay Hebert 74-74-69-75=292 +4 875 Dean Refram 74-72-73-73=292T32 Jimmy Demaret (c) 75-69-73-76=293 +5 850 Lionel Hebert 74-74-73-72=293T34 Wes Ellis 73-71-75-75=294 +6 850 Davis Love Jr. 69-75-74-76=294 Ramón Sota 76-72-74-72=294T37 Don Fairfield 75-73-76-71=295 +7 850 Bob Goalby 69-75-74-77=295 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-77-74=295 0T40 Bob Charles 71-72-75-78=296 +8 825 Jacky Cupit 73-73-76-74=296 Tomoo Ishii 77-71-75-73=29643 Labron Harris Jr. (a) 74-74-77-72=297 +9 0T44 Chen Ching-Po 74-72-74-78=298 +10 825 Dave Ragan 73-72-78-75=298T46 Doug Ford (c) 78-70-76-75=299 +11 825 R. H. Sikes (a) 75-73-78-73=299 048 Jerry Barber 74-73-77-80=304 +16 825 CUT Steve Spray (a) 74-75=149 +5 Ed Updegraff (a) 73-76=149 Al Balding 75-75=150 +6 Tommy Bolt 73-77=150 Chick Harbert 76-74=150 Geoffrey Hunt 77-73=150 Art Wall Jr. (c) 73-77=150 Retief Waltman 72-78=150 Rex Baxter 77-74=151 +7 Walter Burkemo 75-76=151 Robert W. Gardner (a) 74-77=151 Tommy Jacobs 76-75=151 Sebastián Miguel 74-77=151 Byron Nelson (c) 75-76=151 Nick Weslock (a) 73-78=151 Charles Coe (a) 80-72=152 +8 Richard Davies (a) 78-74=152 Harold Henning 75-77=152 Jack Rule Jr. 81-71=152 Charlie Smith (a) 74-78=152 Sam Snead (c) 79-73=152 Dave Thomas 74-78=152 Julius Boros 75-78=153 +9 Jack Burke Jr. (c) 76-77=153 Jack Fleck 76-77=153 Ed Furgol 73-80=153 Jean Garaïalde 75-78=153 Stan Leonard 77-76=153 Bob Rosburg 78-75=153 Gerard de Wit 78-76=154 +10 Juan Antonio Estrada (a) 81-73=154 Claude Harmon (c) 77-77=154 Bill Johnston 77-77=154 Alfonso Angelini 72-83=155 +11 Herman Keiser (c) 79-76=155 Miguel Sala 78-77=155 Cary Middlecoff (c) 79-77=156 +12 Gardner Dickinson 80-77=157 +13 Mike Fetchick 76-81=157 Antonio Cerdá 77-82=159 +15 Ralph Guldahl (c) 79-80=159 Walter Stahl (a) 80-79=159 Enrique Orellana 80-80=160 +16 Johnny Owens (a) 81-79=160 Richard Guardiola (a) 80-84=164 +20 Downing Gray (a) 87-79=166 +22WD Gene Sarazen (c) 73 +1 Craig Wood (c)

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Scorecard Hole  1    2    3   4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Palmer −10−10−10−11−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−11−12 Marr −4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−6 Nicklaus −1−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−3−2−2−3−5−5−6−6−6−6 Devlin −6−7−7−6−5−5−5−6−5−5−3−3−4−4−5−5−4−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

References

External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1964 Masters leaderboard and scorecards