1964 Masters Tournament

The 1964 Masters Tournament was the 28th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. A field of 96 players entered the tournament and 48 made the 36-hole cut at 148 (+4).

Arnold Palmer, age 34, opened with three rounds in the 60s and led by five strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−10). He carded a final round of 70 on Sunday to win by six strokes to become the first four-time winner of the Masters. It was his seventh and final major victory.

Craig Wood, the 1941 champion, played in his final Masters, but withdrew before completing the first round. Prior to his win at Augusta, he was the runner-up in the first two Masters in 1934 and 1935.

Labron Harris Jr. won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Palmer was later joined as a four-time winner at Augusta by Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tiger Woods in 2005; Nicklaus won his fifth in 1975 and a record sixth in 1986.

Field
Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (4,8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,8,10), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Gary Player (3,4,8,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (8,10), Craig Wood
 * 1. Masters champions
 * Henry Picard did not play.


 * The following categories only apply to Americans

Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros (8,9,11), Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8), Gene Littler (8,11)
 * 2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)


 * Dick Mayer (8) did not play


 * 3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald (8,9,10,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert, Lionel Hebert (9), Bob Rosburg
 * 4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Deane Beman (6,7,a), Charles Coe (6,7,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,a)
 * 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years)


 * Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), R. H. Sikes (7,a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)
 * 6. Members of the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team

Richard Guardiola (a), Johnny Owens (a), Steve Spray (a), Walter Stahl (a)
 * 7. 1963 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists


 * George Archer forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

Wes Ellis, Don January (9), Tony Lema (9,11), Billy Maxwell (9,10,11), Bobby Nichols (9), Johnny Pott (11), Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes (9), Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger
 * 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1963 Masters Tournament

Walter Burkemo, Jacky Cupit, Mike Fetchick, Paul Harney, Davis Love Jr., Dave Ragan (10,11), Dean Refram
 * 9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1963 U.S. Open

Gardner Dickinson, Jim Ferrier, Al Geiberger, Tommy Jacobs, Bill Johnston
 * 10. Top eight players and ties from 1963 PGA Championship

Bob Goalby
 * 11. Members of the U.S. 1963 Ryder Cup team

Rex Baxter, Jack Rule Jr.
 * 12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1963 PGA Tour

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

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


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


 * Bill Hyndman was selected but later withdrew with a shoulder injury

Gay Brewer, Don Fairfield
 * 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1964 PGA Tour

Alfonso Angelini, Al Balding, Peter Butler, Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles (3,8), Chen Ching-Po (8), Gary Cowan (a), Bruce Crampton (8,9,10), Gerard de Wit, Bruce Devlin, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jean Garaïalde, Harold Henning, Geoffrey Hunt, Tomoo Ishii, Stan Leonard (8), Sebastián Miguel, Kel Nagle (3), Enrique Orellana, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Ramón Sota, Dave Thomas, Retief Waltman, Nick Weslock (a)
 * 17. Foreign invitations


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

First round
Thursday, April 9, 1964 Source:

Second round
Friday, April 10, 1964 Source:

Third round
Saturday, April 11, 1964 Source:

Final round
Sunday, April 12, 1964

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par