1978 Masters Tournament

1978 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1978
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,040 yards (6,437 m)
Field	78 players, 53 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Winner's share	$45,000
Champion
Gary Player
277 (−11)
«1977 1979»

The 1978 Masters Tournament was the 42nd Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth major championship. Player, age 42, shot a record-tying 64 (−8) in the final round to win by one stroke. The runners-up were Rod Funseth, defending champion Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader Hubert Green, the reigning U.S. Open champion, who shot an even-par 72.

Tied for tenth place at the start of the round, Player shot a 30 on the back nine in the summer-like heat. He holed seven putts ranging from 10 to 30 feet (3 to 9 m), including a final one of 15 feet (4.6 m) for birdie at 18. The leader in the clubhouse, Player had to wait forty minutes for the final groups to finish. Funseth had five birdies, but his two bogeys were both three-putts and he parred the last three holes. Watson eagled 13 and birdied both 15 and 16, but missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt for par on the final hole. After a bogey at 16, Green hit an outstanding approach shot at 18 which left a birdie putt from three feet (0.9 m) to tie, but he missed after being inadvertently distracted by a radio announcer.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974	72	72	69	64	277	−11	1
Tom Watson	United States	1977	73	68	68	69	278	−10	T2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975	72	73	69	67	281	−7	7
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	76	71	71	68	286	−2	T16
Gay Brewer	United States	1967	73	71	69	77	290	+2	T29
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	73	74	71	74	292	+4	36
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	73	69	74	77	293	+5	T37
Bob Goalby	United States	1968	73	75	78	75	301	+13	52

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Charles Coody	United States	1971	75	75	150	+6
Billy Casper	United States	1970	76	75	151	+7
Art Wall, Jr.	United States	1959	74	78	152	+8
Doug Ford	United States	1957	78	76	154	+10
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	79	75	154	+10
George Archer	United States	1969	81	WD

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 9, 1978

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gary Player	South Africa	72-72-69-64=277	−11	45,000
T2	Rod Funseth	United States	73-66-70-69=278	−10	21,667
	Hubert Green	United States	72-69-65-72=278
	Tom Watson	United States	73-68-68-69=278
T5	Wally Armstrong	United States	72-70-70-68=280	−8	11,750
	Billy Kratzert	United States	70-74-67-69=280
7	Jack Nicklaus	United States	72-73-69-67=281	−7	10,000
8	Hale Irwin	United States	73-67-71-71=282	−6	8,500
T9	David Graham	Australia	75-69-67-72=283	−5	6,750
	Joe Inman	United States	69-73-72-69=283

Scorecard

Final round

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
Player	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11
Funseth	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
Green	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10
Watson	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−10	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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External links

• Masters.com – past winners
• About.com: 1978 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1978 Masters leaderboard and scorecards