1966 Masters Tournament

The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters.^[2][3] He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).^[4] Nicklaus' score the previous year in 1965 was significantly lower at 271 (−17), a record which stood for 32 years.

On Sunday, Brewer shot a 33 (−3) on the front nine and then had eight pars as he came to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead. After hitting his approach shot onto the green, he three-putted from 75 feet (23 m), missing a 5-foot (1.5 m) putt for par to win.^[5] This was the last Masters that two-time champion Byron Nelson played in; he shot 76 and 78 and missed the cut by one stroke. The 36-hole cut at 153 (+9) was the highest to date, exceeded only in 1982.

A close friend of Nicklaus was among four that died in a private plane crash in Tennessee on Wednesday,^[6] while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio.^[7] Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round,^[8] but fell back with a 76 on Friday.

It was the fifth of 18 major titles for Nicklaus, and his only successful defense of a major. Three months later, he completed the first of his three career grand slams at Muirfield in the Open Championship. Later back-to-back winners at Augusta were Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990, both playoffs) and Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002).

Terry Dill won the seventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.

Brewer rebounded and won the tournament the next year, while Nicklaus' attempt at three consecutive titles ended early with a rare missed cut. Jacobs never won a major; he was also a runner-up in the U.S. Open in 1964 at Congressional.

CBS commentator Jack Whitaker referred to the gallery at the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff as a "mob" and was banned from the next five Masters (1967–1971).^[9]

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4		10	Camellia	470	4
2	Woodbine	555	5		11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4		12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3		13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4		14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3		15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4		16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5		17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4		18	Holly	420	4
Out		3,485	36		In		3,495	36
Source:[1][10][11]					Total		6,980	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4,10), Doug Ford, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson (8), Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,8,9), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.

• Jimmy Demaret, Ralph Guldahl, 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 (9,11), Billy Casper (10,11), Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

Tony Lema (8,9,11)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8), Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (10,11), Bobby Nichols, Bob Rosburg

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)

Deane Beman (6,9,a), William C. Campbell (6,7,a), Charles Coe (a), Richard Davies (a), Bob Murphy (7,a), Harvie Ward (a)

• Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

6. Members of the 1965 U.S. Walker Cup team

Don Allen (7,a), Dave Eichelberger (a), Downing Gray (a), John Mark Hopkins (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ed Tutwiler (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

7. The first eight finishers and ties in the 1965 U.S. Amateur

Tommy Barnes Jr. (a), Ron Cerrudo (a), Bob Dickson (a), Jimmy Grant (a), Bert Greene (a), Rod Horn (a), Cesar Sanudo (a), James Vickers (a)^[12]

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1965 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron (10), George Bayer, Frank Beard (9), Terry Dill, Wes Ellis, Al Geiberger (9), Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Mason Rudolph (9), Doug Sanders (9), Dan Sikes

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1965 U.S. Open

Gay Brewer, Raymond Floyd, Billy Maxwell, Steve Oppermann, Dudley Wysong

10. Top eight players and ties from 1965 PGA Championship

Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Rod Funseth, Bob McCallister, Bo Wininger

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

Don January, Johnny Pott

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1965 PGA Tour

Charles Coody, Randy Glover

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

Mike Souchak

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

Bob Goalby

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

Bunky Henry (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1966 PGA Tour

Phil Rodgers, R. H. Sikes

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Alliss, Michael Bonallack (5,a), Peter Butler, Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po, Neil Coles, Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo, Bruce Devlin (8,9,10), Rodney Foster (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Jimmy Hitchcock, Bernard Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, George Knudson (8), Cobie Legrange, Kel Nagle (3,8,9), Lionel Platts, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota (8), Dave Thomas, George Will

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	68	−4
T2	Billy Casper	71	−1
	Charles Coe (a)
	Don January
	Mike Souchak
T6	Peter Butler	72	E
	Raymond Floyd
	Randy Glover
	Jay Hebert
T10	Dow Finsterwald	73	+1
	Lionel Hebert
	Rod Horn (a)
	George Knudson
	Bob Rosburg
	R. H. Sikes

Source^[8][13][14]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Peter Butler	72-71=143	−1
	Paul Harney	75-68=143
T3	Don January	71-73=144	E
	Jack Nicklaus	68-76=144
	Arnold Palmer	74-70=144
	Bob Rosburg	73-71=144
	Doug Sanders	74-70=144
T8	Raymond Floyd	72-73=145	+1
	Ben Hogan	74-71=145
	Mike Souchak	71-74=145

Source^[15][16]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70=216	E
	Jack Nicklaus	68-76-72=216
3	Don January	71-73-73=217	+1
T4	Gay Brewer	74-72-72=218	+2
	Ben Hogan	74-71-73=218
	Arnold Palmer	74-70-74=218
T7	Raymond Floyd	72-73-74=219	+3
	Paul Harney	75-68-76=219
	Jay Hebert	72-74-73=219
	Doug Sanders	74-70-75=219

Source^[17]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1966

Final leaderboard

Champion

Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Gay Brewer	74-72-72-70=288	E	Playoff
	Tommy Jacobs	75-71-70-72=288
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	68-76-72-72=288
T4	Arnold Palmer (c)	74-70-74-72=290	+2	5,700
	Doug Sanders	74-70-75-71=290
T6	Don January	71-73-73-75=292	+4	3,900
	George Knudson	73-76-72-71=292
T8	Raymond Floyd	72-73-74-74=293	+5	2,500
	Paul Harney	75-68-76-74=293
T10	Billy Casper	71-75-76-72=294	+6	1,770
	Jay Hebert	72-74-73-75=294
	Bob Rosburg	73-71-76-74=294

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Tommy Aaron	74-73-77-71=295	+7	1,570
	Peter Butler	72-71-79-73=295
	Ben Hogan (c)	74-71-73-77=295
16	Ken Venturi	75-74-73-74=296	+8	1,500
T17	Tommy Bolt	75-72-78-72=297	+9	1,335
	Bruce Crampton	74-75-71-77=297
	Terry Dill	75-72-74-76=297
	Doug Ford (c)	75-73-73-76=297
	Phil Rodgers	76-73-75-73=297
T22	Frank Beard	77-71-77-73=298	+10	1,300
	Chen Ching-Po	75-77-76-70=298
	Roberto De Vicenzo	74-76-74-74=298
	Harold Henning	77-74-70-77=298
	Tony Lema	74-74-74-76=298
	Bobby Nichols	77-73-74-74=298
T28	Julius Boros	77-73-73-76=299	+11	1,175
	Bruce Devlin	75-77-72-75=299
	Gardner Dickinson	76-75-76-72=299
	Jimmy Grant (a)	74-74-78-73=299		0
	Gary Player (c)	74-77-76-72=299		1,175
T33	Rod Funseth	80-70-76-74=300	+12	1,175
	Ramón Sota	79-73-77-71=300
	Mike Souchak	71-74-77-78=300
T36	William C. Campbell (a)	76-77-76-72=301	+13	0
	Wes Ellis	76-75-73-77=301		1,175
	Dan Sikes	76-74-75-76=301
T39	Billy Maxwell	75-77-77-73=302	+14	1,150
	R. H. Sikes	73-78-74-77=302
	Dudley Wysong	77-75-73-77=302
T42	George Bayer	76-77-76-74=303	+15	1,150
	Sam Snead (c)	77-72-76-78=303
T44	Don Allen (a)	74-72-75-83=304	+16	0
	Jack Burke Jr. (c)	75-73-79-77=304		1,150
	Jacky Cupit	78-74-77-75=304
	Al Geiberger	76-71-79-78=304
	Gene Littler	76-76-72-80=304
	Ed Updegraff (a)	76-75-77-76=304		0
T50	Charles Coe (a)	71-77-85-72=305	+17
	Bob Dickson (a)	77-74-75-79=305
	Steve Oppermann	74-74-73-84=305		1,125
53	Randy Glover	72-74-81-79=306	+18	1,125
T54	Ron Cerrudo (a)	76-77-72-82=307	+19	0
	Downing Gray (a)	75-77-76-79=307
	Ed Tutwiler (a)	79-74-73-81=307
T57	Dow Finsterwald	73-76-77-82=308	+20	1,125
	Dale Morey (a)	75-78-76-79=308		0
T59	Bob Goalby	76-77-82-77=312	+24	1,125
	Bob Murphy (a)	76-77-81-78=312		0
T61	Jimmy Hitchcock	76-77-78-83=314	+26	1,125
	Luis Silverio (a)	77-76-77-84=314		0
CUT	John Mark Hopkins (a)	74-80=154	+10
	Dave Marr	78-76=154
	Byron Nelson (c)	76-78=154
	James Vickers (a)	82-72=154
	Bo Wininger	77-77=154
	Michael Bonallack (a)	79-76=155	+11
	Charles Coody	78-77=155
	Bernard Hunt	78-77=155
	Bob McCallister	79-76=155
	Kel Nagle	78-77=155
	Dave Thomas	78-77=155
	Art Wall Jr. (c)	75-80=155
	Bob Charles	78-78=156	+12
	Dave Eichelberger (a)	78-78=156
	Jean Garaïalde	77-79=156
	Bunky Henry (a)	77-79=156
	Rod Horn (a)	73-83=156
	Herman Keiser (c)	78-78=156
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	78-78=156
	Johnny Pott	78-78=156
	Deane Beman (a)	78-79=157	+13
	Bert Greene (a)	80-77=157
	Mason Rudolph	81-76=157
	Jerry Barber	78-80=158	+14
	Tommy Barnes Jr. (a)	76-82=158
	Dick Mayer	82-76=158
	George Will	80-78=158
	Cobie Legrange	78-81=159	+15
	Lionel Platts	80-79=159
	Cesar Sanudo (a)	81-78=159
	Peter Alliss	76-84=160	+16
	Rodney Foster (a)	82-79=161	+17
	Henry Picard (c)	78-83=161
	Gene Sarazen (c)	82-80=162	+18
	Tomoo Ishii	82-81=163	+19
	Richard Davies (a)	83-82=165	+21
	Harvie Ward (a)	81-84=165
WD	Neil Coles	77-72-76=225	+9
	Lionel Hebert	73-79-81=233	+17
	Cary Middlecoff (c)	83	+11
	Claude Harmon (c)	87	+15

Sources:^{[18][19][20][21]}

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Nicklaus	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E
Jacobs	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Brewer	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E
Palmer	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Sanders	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
January	+2	+1	E	+1	+2	+4	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+4	+4
Knudson	+5	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+5	+4	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4
Hogan	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+7	+7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Playoff

Monday, April 11, 1966

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	70	−2	20,000
2	Tommy Jacobs	72	E	12,300
3	Gay Brewer	78	+6	8,300

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Nicklaus	E	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Jacobs	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Brewer	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+5	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[3]

References

External links

• Masters.com – Past winners
• Augusta.com – 1966 Masters leaderboard and scorecards