The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.

Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday. Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes. It was later equaled by Player in 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open. For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.

It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950, but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.

Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend. (The 36-hole cut at Augusta was introduced a decade earlier, in 1957.) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle, His win in the previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.

Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1White Pine4004 10Camellia47042Woodbine555511Dogwood44543Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell15534Palm220313Azalea47555Magnolia450414Chinese Fir42046Juniper190315Firethorn52057Pampas365416Redbud19038Yellow Jasmine530517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204Out3,48536In3,49536Source:Total6,98072 ^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

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

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (8,11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald, Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. Amateur Don Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)

Grant and Mike Morley tied for 8th place but Grace won the place by the drawing of lots. Morley was later invited under a different category.

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champion Bob Murphy (7,9,a)

7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard, Gay Brewer, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. Open Wes Ellis, Rod Funseth, Rives McBee, Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph

10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA Championship Jacky Cupit, Dudley Wysong

11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team Johnny Pott

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA Tour Bob Goalby, Bert Yancey

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

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

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

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA Tour George Archer, Ken Still

17. Foreign invitations Peter Alliss, Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin, George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota, Bob Stanton, Hideyo Sugimoto, Dave Thomas, Bobby Verwey

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 6, 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bert Yancey 67 −5T2 Billy Casper 70 −2 Downing Gray (a) T4 Julius Boros 71 −1 Tony Jacklin T6 Tommy Bolt 72 E Peter Butler Jay Hebert George Knudson Gene Littler Johnny Miller (a) Bobby Nichols Jack Nicklaus Phil Rodgers Mason Rudolph Sam Snead Source:

Second round Friday, April 7, 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bert Yancey 67-73=140 −4T2 Julius Boros 71-70=141 −3 Gay Brewer 73-68=141 Tony Jacklin 71-70=141 Bobby Nichols 72-69=141 6 George Archer 75-67=142 −2T7 Tommy Aaron 75-68=143 −1 Doug Ford 74-69=143 T9 Billy Casper 70-64=144 E Bruce Devlin 74-70=144 Paul Harney 73-71=144 Gary Player 75-69=144 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 8, 1967 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Julius Boros 71-70-70=211 −5 Bobby Nichols 72-69-70=211 Bert Yancey 67-73-71=211 T4 Gay Brewer 73-68-72=213 −3 Ben Hogan 74-73-66=2136 George Archer 75-67-72=214 −2T7 Tony Jacklin 71-70-74=215 −1 Lionel Hebert 77-71-67=215 T9 Jacky Cupit 73-76-67=216 E Arnold Palmer 73-73-70=216 Gary Player 75-69-72=216 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 9, 1967

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Gay Brewer 73-68-72-67=280 −8 20,0002 Bobby Nichols 72-69-70-70=281 −7 14,0003 Bert Yancey 67-73-71-73=284 −4 9,0004 Arnold Palmer (c) 73-73-70-69=285 −3 6,6005 Julius Boros 71-70-70-75=286 −2 5,500T6 Paul Harney 73-71-74-69=287 −1 4,150 Gary Player (c) 75-69-72-71=287T8 Tommy Aaron 75-68-74-71=288 E 3,350 Lionel Hebert 77-71-67-73=288T10 Roberto De Vicenzo 73-72-74-71=290 +2 2,720 Bruce Devlin 74-70-75-71=290 Ben Hogan (c) 74-73-66-77=290 Mason Rudolph 72-76-72-70=290 Sam Snead (c) 72-76-71-71=290 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)15 Jacky Cupit 73-76-67-75=291 +3 2,400T16 George Archer 75-67-72-78=292 +4 2,100 Wes Ellis 79-71-74-68=292 Tony Jacklin 71-70-74-77=292 Dave Marr 73-74-70-75=292 Doug Sanders 74-72-73-73=292T21 Jay Hebert 72-77-68-76=293 +5 1,700 Bob Rosburg 73-72-76-72=293 Ken Venturi 76-73-71-73=293T24 Peter Butler 72-73-77-72=294 +6 1,500 Billy Casper 70-74-75-75=294T26 Frank Beard 74-75-75-71=295 +7 1,300 Tommy Bolt 72-77-72-74=295 Don January 74-74-76-71=295 Gene Littler 72-74-74-75=295 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 73-73-73-76=295T31 Doug Ford (c) 74-69-82-71=296 +8 1,300 Rod Funseth 74-73-78-71=296 George Knudson 72-74-75-75=296 Kel Nagle 73-75-74-74=296 Ramón Sota 74-73-73-76=296T36 Gardner Dickinson 77-70-73-77=297 +9 1,275 Terry Dill 73-76-72-76=297 Al Geiberger 77-73-72-75=297 Downing Gray (a) 70-76-75-76=297 0 Harold Henning 74-73-77-73=297 1,275 Phil Rodgers 72-77-75-73=297T42 Deane Beman (a) 74-76-74-74=298 +10 0 Rives McBee 75-73-74-76=298 1,275T44 Don Allen (a) 75-71-78-76=300 +12 0 Bobby Cole (a) 75-73-74-78=300T46 Ron Cerrudo (a) 76-73-77-75=301 +13 Chen Ching-Po 74-76-72-79=301 1,250 Dave Thomas 74-74-72-81=301T49 Bruce Crampton 77-73-75-77=302 +14 1,250 Don Massengale 74-73-77-78=302 Art Wall Jr. (c) 74-76-77-75=30252 Bob Murphy (a) 73-77-76-77=303 +15 0T53 Jack Burke Jr. (c) 76-74-74-81=305 +17 1,250 Johnny Miller (a) 72-78-81-74=305 055 Joe Carr (a) 76-74-79-84=313 +25CUT Jerry Barber 77-74=151 +7 Gary Cowan (a) 77-74=151 Raymond Floyd 74-77=151 Jack Nicklaus (c) 72-79=151 Dudley Wysong 76-75=151 Jimmy Grant (a) 76-76=152 +8 Johnny Pott 78-74=152 Luis Silverio (a) 76-76=152 Ken Still 76-76=152 Hideyo Sugimoto 76-76=152 Bobby Verwey 79-73=152 Jimmy Demaret (c) 81-73=154 +10 Mike Morley (a) 74-80=154 Henry Picard (c) 78-76=154 Bob Charles 76-79=155 +11 Ralph Guldahl (c) 80-75=155 Herman Keiser (c) 78-77=155 Bob Goalby 78-78=156 +12 Peter Alliss 80-77=157 +13 Dow Finsterwald 80-78=158 +14 Bob Stanton 78-80=158 Tommy Jacobs 80-79=159 +15 Dick Siderowf (a) 78-81=159 Cary Middlecoff (c) 84-76=160 +16 Jack Lewis Jr. (a) 81-81=162 +18WD Gene Sarazen (c) 84 +12 Claude Harmon (c) DQ Dick Mayer 79 +7

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Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344 Brewer −3−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−5−5−5−6−7−8−8−8−8 Nichols −6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7 Yancey −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−5−4−4 Palmer EE−1−1−1−1EEEE−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−3 Boros −5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−4−5−4−2−3−3−3−3−3−2 Hogan −2−1EEEEE−1−1EEEE+1+1+2+2+2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

References

External links Masters.com – Past winners Augusta.com – 1967 Masters leaderboard and scorecards