1940 Masters Tournament

The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum, the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64 (−8), a new course record by two strokes,   and it stood for 46 years, until Nick Price's 63 in 1986, later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

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

Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent
 * 2. U.S. Open champions

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


 * 4. British Open champions

Charlie Yates (8,9,a)
 * 5. British Amateur champions

Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)
 * 6. PGA champions


 * 7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team
 * Not held

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


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

Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)
 * 9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament


 * Denny Shute (4,6,10) and Jess Sweetser (3,5,a) did not play.

Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)
 * 10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open


 * Olin Dutra (2,6), Matt Kowal and John Rogers did not play.

George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)
 * 11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists


 * Harry Givan (a), Ed Kingsley (a) and Don Schumacher (a) did not play.

Rod Munday
 * 12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists


 * Emerick Kocsis did not play.

Bill Holt (a)
 * 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions


 * 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
 * Macdonald Smith did not play.

Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum
 * 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour

Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
 * 16 Foreign invitations

First round
Thursday April 4, 1940 Source:

Scorecard
First round, set course record  32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986 Source:

Second round
Friday April 5, 1940 Source:

Third round
Saturday April 6, 1940 Source:

Final round
Sunday April 7, 1940

Final leaderboard
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