1938 Masters Tournament

The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April 2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, rounds 2 and 3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday.

Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54 holes and shot 70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.

Field
Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)
 * 1. Masters champions

Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)
 * 2. U.S. Open champions

Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)
 * 3. U.S. Amateur champions

Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)
 * 4. British Open champions


 * 5. British Amateur champions

Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)
 * 6. PGA champions

Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)
 * 7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team

Chuck Kocsis (10,a), Tommy Suffern Tailer (a), Bud Ward (11,a), Charlie Yates (9,a)
 * 8. Members of the U.S. 1938 Walker Cup team


 * Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood
 * 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament


 * Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh
 * 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open


 * Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.


 * 11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
 * Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.


 * 12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Ben Hogan, Dick Metz
 * 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour

Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)
 * 14 Foreign invitations

First round
Saturday, April 2, 1938 Source:

Second round
Sunday, April 3, 1938  (morning)

Third round
Sunday, April 3, 1938  (afternoon) Source:

Final round
Monday, April 4, 1938

Final leaderboard
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