1936 Masters Tournament

The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday. On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from 50 ft at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 (+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.

Field
Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent
 * 1. U.S. Open champions

Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)
 * 2. U.S. Amateur champions

Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)
 * 3. British Open champions


 * 4. British Amateur champions

Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)
 * 5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team


 * Olin Dutra (2,7,8), did not play


 * 6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team
 * Team not selected in time for inclusion.

Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)
 * 7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament


 * Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.

Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)
 * 8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open


 * Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter (4) and Macdonald Smith did not play.

Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)
 * 9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists


 * Walter Emery (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Joe Lynch (a) and George Voigt (a) did not play.


 * 10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
 * Al Zimmerman did not play.

Wiffy Cox, Orville White
 * 11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour

Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda
 * 12. Foreign invitations

Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)
 * Additional invitations

First round
Friday, April 3, 1936 Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day. Source:

Second round
Saturday, April 4, 1936 Source:

Third round
Monday, April 6, 1936  (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday.

Final round
Monday, April 6, 1936  (afternoon)

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: