The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf. Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back. Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971.

This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke Jr. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus.

It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981.

Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.

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

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Lee Trevino (9), Ken Venturi

3. The Open champions (last five years)

4. PGA champions (last five years) Julius Boros (8,9,10,11), Al Geiberger (9,10,11), Don January (8), Dave Marr (8), Bobby Nichols (9,11)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1968 U.S. Amateur Bob Barbarossa (a), John Bohmann (a), Bruce Fleisher (6,7,a), Vinny Giles (7,8,a), Hubert Green (a), Jack Lewis Jr. (7,a), Rik Massengale (a), Allen Miller (a)

Miller and Billy Joe Patton tied for 8th place but Miller won the place by the drawing of lots. Canadian Gary Cowan also tied for 8th place but was not eligible.

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Bob Dickson forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

7. Members of the 1968 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team Dick Siderowf (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1968 Masters Tournament Tommy Aaron, George Archer (9,10), Miller Barber (10), Frank Beard (10), Gardner Dickinson (11), Raymond Floyd, Lionel Hebert, Jerry Pittman (9), Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders (10,11), Tom Weiskopf, Bert Yancey (9), Kermit Zarley (10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1968 U.S. Open Don Bies, Rod Funseth, Dave Hill, Steve Spray, Dave Stockton

10. Top eight players and ties from 1968 PGA Championship Frank Boynton, Charles Coody, Marty Fleckman, Lou Graham, Dan Sikes

11. Members of the U.S. 1967 Ryder Cup team Gene Littler, Johnny Pott

12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions. Bob Murphy

13. Leading six players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Deane Beman, Dale Douglass, Bob Lunn, Mac McLendon, R. H. Sikes, Ken Still

14. Foreign invitations Roberto Bernardini, Michael Bonallack (6,a), Peter Butler, Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (8,9,10), Bruce Crampton, Roberto De Vicenzo (3,8), Bruce Devlin (8,9), Harold Henning (8), Tommy Horton, Brian Huggett, Tony Jacklin (8), George Knudson, Takaaki Kono, Lu Liang-Huan, Ramón Sota, Peter Thomson (3), Peter Townsend, Raul Travieso

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 10, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Billy Casper 66 −6T2 George Archer 67 −5 Bruce Devlin 4 Jack Nicklaus 68 −4T5 Bruce Crampton 69 −3 Bruce Fleisher (a) Lionel Hebert Gene Littler Mason Rudolph Dan Sikes Bert Yancey Source:

Second round Friday, April 11, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Billy Casper 66-71=137 −7 Bruce Devlin 67-70=137 T3 George Archer 67-73=140 −4 Dan Sikes 69-71=140T5 Tommy Aaron 71-71=142 −2 Miller Barber 71-71=142 Charles Coody 74-68=142 Bruce Crampton 69-73=142 Al Geiberger 71-71=142 Lionel Hebert 69-73=142 Mason Rudolph 69-73=142 Dave Stockton 71-71=142 Tom Weiskopf 71-71=142 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 12, 1969

Despite being 2-over-par for his round Bruce Devlin was still in the thick of the chase at 5-under on Saturday until the Par-3 16th Hole where he rinsed his tee shot leading to a double-bogey 5 and leaving him five strokes behind starting the Final Round (where he further faded with a front nine of 6-over par 42 leading to a tie for 19th). Earlier in the round Devlin had made a great scrambling bogey at the difficult Par-4 11th after finding the water on his second shot, but could not repeat the magic when he found the water at 16. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Billy Casper 66-71-71=208 −8 2 George Archer 67-73-69=209 −7 3 Miller Barber 71-71-68=210 −6T4 Charles Coody 74-68-69=211 −5 Tom Weiskopf 71-71-69=211T6 George Knudson 70-73-69=212 −4 Lionel Hebert 69-73-70=212T8 Bruce Devlin 67-70-76=213 −3 Dan Sikes 69-71-73=213T10 Don Bies 74-70-70=214 −2 Takaaki Kono 71-75-68=214 Gene Littler 69-75-70=214 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 13, 1969

Summary Billy Casper started the final round at 8-under par with a one-stroke lead over George Archer, but Casper bogeyed five of the first 10 holes. Meanwhile, Archer had gained a three-stroke lead at 8-under after 9 holes over George Knudson, Charles Coody and Tom Weiskopf (who was playing with Archer). As the back nine unfolded there was a lot of movement on the leaderboard and standing on the 18th tee, five of the last 6 players on the course had a chance to win the tournament outright or force a Monday playoff. Only Miller Barber, playing with Casper in the final group, was out of contention for the title. The final three groups ended up on the 18th hole at the same time: Casper (−6) and Barber (-3) waiting on the tee with Archer (−7) and Weiskopf (−6) looking on from the fairway while Coody (−6) was left of the green needing to chip in for a birdie to tie and Knudson (−6) on the green some 26 feet away also needing a tying birdie.

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 George Archer 67-73-69-72=281 −7 20,000T2 Billy Casper 66-71-71-74=282 −6 12,333 George Knudson 70-73-69-70=282 Tom Weiskopf 71-71-69-71=282T5 Charles Coody 74-68-69-72=283 −5 6,750 Don January 74-73-70-66=2837 Miller Barber 71-71-68-74=284 −4 5,000T8 Tommy Aaron 71-71-73-70=285 −3 3,600 Lionel Hebert 69-73-70-73=285 Gene Littler 69-75-70-71=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Mason Rudolph 69-73-74-70=286 −2 3,20012 Dan Sikes 69-71-73-74=287 −1 3,000T13 Bruce Crampton 69-73-74-72=288 E 2,700 Al Geiberger 71-71-74-72=288 Harold Henning 73-72-71-72=288 Takaaki Kono 71-75-68-74=288 Bert Yancey 69-75-71-73=28818 Dave Stockton 71-71-75-72=289 +1 2,400T19 Frank Beard 72-74-70-74=290 +2 2,100 Deane Beman 74-73-74-69=290 Bruce Devlin 67-70-76-77=290 Dale Douglass 73-72-71-74=290 Lee Trevino 72-74-75-69=290T24 Jack Burke Jr. (c) 73-72-70-76=291 +3 1,800 Dave Hill 75-73-72-71=291 Jack Nicklaus (c) 68-75-72-76=29127 Arnold Palmer (c) 73-75-70-74=292 +4 1,45028 Johnny Pott 72-72-71-78=293 +5 1,450T29 Roberto Bernardini 76-71-72-75=294 +6 1,450 Bob Charles 70-76-72-76=294 Gardner Dickinson 73-74-71-76=294 Bobby Nichols 78-69-74-73=294T33 Don Bies 74-70-70-81=295 +7 1,425 Julius Boros 72-73-73-77=295 Gary Player (c) 74-70-75-76=295T36 Raymond Floyd 73-71-78-74=296 +8 1,425 Doug Sanders 72-71-76-77=296 Ken Still 73-75-71-77=296 Kermit Zarley 73-73-76-74=296T40 Bob Goalby (c) 70-76-76-75=297 +9 1,400 Art Wall Jr. (c) 70-77-78-72=29742 Peter Townsend 75-71-73-79=298 +10 1,40043 Steve Spray 75-72-74-78=299 +11 1,40044 Bruce Fleisher (a) 69-75-73-83=300 +12 045 Mac McLendon 72-75-76-80=303 +15 1,40046 Dick Siderowf (a) 78-69-80-82=309 +21 0CUT Frank Boynton 76-73=149 +5 Gay Brewer (c) 75-74=149 Marty Fleckman 73-76=149 Rod Funseth 73-76=149 Vinny Giles (a) 80-69=149 Tony Jacklin 73-76=149 Bob Lunn 74-75=149 Jerry Pittman 74-75=149 Roberto De Vicenzo 75-75=150 +6 Lou Graham 73-77=150 Brian Huggett 78-72=150 Bob Murphy 71-79=150 R. H. Sikes 75-75=150 Rik Massengale (a) 75-76=151 +7 Allen Miller (a) 77-74=151 Henry Picard (c) 75-76=151 Sam Snead (c) 74-77=151 Tommy Horton 74-78=152 +8 Raul Travieso 76-76=152 Hubert Green (a) 76-77=153 +9 Jack Lewis Jr. (a) 75-78=153 Dave Marr 77-76=153 Peter Thomson 78-75=153 Bob Barbarossa (a) 75-79=154 +10 Doug Ford (c) 73-81=154 Ramón Sota 75-79=154 Michael Bonallack (a) 76-79=155 +11 Peter Butler 77-78=155 Joe Carr (a) 79-76=155 Lu Liang-Huan 80-76=156 +12 Gene Sarazen (c) 78-80=158 +14 John Bohmann (a) 77-82=159 +15 Ralph Guldahl (c) 77-83=160 +16 Ken Venturi 83-77=160WD Herman Keiser (c) 71-77-80=228 +12 Cary Middlecoff (c) 72-76-80=228 Claude Harmon (c) 83 +11

Sources:

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Archer −7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7 Casper −8−8−8−7−7−6−5−5−4−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6 Knudson −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6 Weiskopf −5−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−6 Coody −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−8−7−8−7−6−5 January +2+1+1EEE−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−5 Barber −5−5−4−4−4−4−2−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−3−3−3−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1969 Masters leaderboard and scorecards