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1967 Masters Tournament
	Front cover of the 1967 Masters Guide
Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1967
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)
Field	83 players, 55 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$163,350
Winner's share	$20,000
Champion
	Gay Brewer
	280 (−8)
Location map
	Augusta National Location in the United States Augusta National Location in Georgia
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The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rebounding from a three-putt on the 72nd hole and a playoff loss the previous year, Brewer birdied the 13th, 14th, and 15th holes on Sunday.^[4] Arnold Palmer finished in fourth and Gary Player finished tied for 6th, while Sam Snead and Ben Hogan, both age 54, finished tied for 10th. In the third round, Hogan shot a 66 which was the lowest single round score in the tournament, while he struggled with an aching shoulder and legs. Hogan's round included a course record-tying 30 on the back nine, with birdies at 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18, with pars at the other three holes.^[1] It was later equaled by Player in 1978 and Jack Nicklaus in 1986; both shot 30 on the back nine on Sunday to win by a stroke. The record stood until Mark Calcavecchia shot 29 on the back nine in 1992 (David Toms also shot a 29 on the back nine in 1998). This was Hogan's final appearance in the Masters; his last major was two months later at the U.S. Open. For Snead, a three-time champion, it marked his final top ten finish at Augusta; he participated into the 1980s.

It was also the last Masters for three-time champion Jimmy Demaret as a participant, who missed the cut by four strokes. He won the Masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950, but had not played in the other three majors since 1958.

Two-time defending champion Nicklaus shot a nine-bogey 79 in the second round and missed the cut by one stroke, the first defending champion not to play on the weekend.^[5]^[6] (The 36-hole cut at Augusta was introduced a decade earlier, in 1957.) It was his only missed cut at the Masters from 1960 through 1993 (withdrew before 2nd round in 1983); he missed the cut by a stroke in his first appearance in 1959 at age 19. Nicklaus regrouped and won the next major, the U.S. Open at Baltusrol. With the missed cut, Nicklaus failed to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, the first for which he was eligible. He had been in a minor slump and only became eligible in mid-1966, more than halfway through the two-year qualifying cycle,^[7] His win in the previous Masters did not count for the Ryder Cup as it was prior to his full PGA of America membership and it was the era prior to captains' picks.

Arnold Palmer won the eighth Par 3 contest with a score of 23. Like Hogan and Snead, this was his last top 10 in the Masters.

Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4	10	Camellia	470	4
2	Woodbine	555	5	11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3	13	Azalea	475	5
5	Magnolia	450	4	14	Chinese Fir	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3	15	Firethorn	520	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	530	5	17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4	18	Holly	420	4
Out		3,485	36	In		3,495	36
Source:^[8]				Total		6,980	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, and 11 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr., Jimmy Demaret, Doug Ford (8), Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9), Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,10,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (2,3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead (10), Art Wall Jr.

Byron Nelson and Craig Wood did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years)

Tommy Bolt (8), Julius Boros (10,11), Billy Casper (8,9,10,11), Gene Littler (10,11), Dick Mayer, Ken Venturi (8,11)

3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

4. PGA champions (last 10 years)

Jerry Barber, Dow Finsterwald, Al Geiberger (10), Jay Hebert (8), Lionel Hebert, Dave Marr (9,10), Bobby Nichols (8,9), Bob Rosburg (8)

5. The first eight finishers in the 1966 U.S. Amateur

Don Allen (a), Deane Beman (7,a), Ron Cerrudo (7,a), Jimmy Grant (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Jack Lewis Jr. (a), Dick Siderowf (a)^[9]

Grant and Mike Morley tied for 8th place but Grace won the place by the drawing of lots. Morley was later invited under a different category.

6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champion

Bob Murphy (7,9,a)

7. Members of the 1966 U.S. Eisenhower Trophy team

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1966 Masters Tournament

Tommy Aaron, Frank Beard, Gay Brewer, Terry Dill, Raymond Floyd, Paul Harney, Tommy Jacobs (11), Don January (11), Phil Rodgers (9), Doug Sanders (9,10)

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1966 U.S. Open

Wes Ellis, Rod Funseth, Rives McBee, Johnny Miller (a), Mason Rudolph

10. Top eight players and ties from 1966 PGA Championship

Jacky Cupit, Dudley Wysong

11. Members of the U.S. 1965 Ryder Cup team

Johnny Pott

12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1966 PGA Tour

Bob Goalby, Bert Yancey

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

Gardner Dickinson

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

Don Massengale

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

Mike Morley (a)

16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the PGA Tour

George Archer, Ken Still

17. Foreign invitations

Peter Alliss, Peter Butler (8), Joe Carr (a), Bob Charles (3), Chen Ching-Po (8), Bobby Cole (6,a), Gary Cowan (5,6,a), Bruce Crampton (8), Roberto De Vicenzo (8), Bruce Devlin, Harold Henning (8), Tony Jacklin, George Knudson (8), Kel Nagle (3), Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Luis Silverio (a), Ramón Sota, Bob Stanton, Hideyo Sugimoto, Dave Thomas, Bobby Verwey

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bert Yancey	67	−5
T2	Billy Casper	70	−2
T2	Downing Gray (a)	70	−2
T4	Julius Boros	71	−1
T4	Tony Jacklin	71	−1
T6	Tommy Bolt	72	E
	Peter Butler
	Jay Hebert
	George Knudson
	Gene Littler
	Johnny Miller (a)
	Bobby Nichols
	Jack Nicklaus
	Phil Rodgers
	Mason Rudolph
	Sam Snead

Source:^[10]^[11]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bert Yancey	67-73=140	−4
T2	Julius Boros	71-70=141	−3
	Gay Brewer	73-68=141
	Tony Jacklin	71-70=141
	Bobby Nichols	72-69=141
6	George Archer	75-67=142	−2
T7	Tommy Aaron	75-68=143	−1
T7	Doug Ford	74-69=143	−1
T9	Billy Casper	70-64=144	E
	Bruce Devlin	74-70=144
	Paul Harney	73-71=144
	Gary Player	75-69=144

Source:^[12]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1967

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Julius Boros	71-70-70=211	−5
	Bobby Nichols	72-69-70=211
	Bert Yancey	67-73-71=211
T4	Gay Brewer	73-68-72=213	−3
T4	Ben Hogan	74-73-66=213	−3
6	George Archer	75-67-72=214	−2
T7	Tony Jacklin	71-70-74=215	−1
T7	Lionel Hebert	77-71-67=215	−1
T9	Jacky Cupit	73-76-67=216	E
	Arnold Palmer	73-73-70=216
	Gary Player	75-69-72=216

Source:^[13]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1967

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Gay Brewer	73-68-72-67=280	−8	20,000
2	Bobby Nichols	72-69-70-70=281	−7	14,000
3	Bert Yancey	67-73-71-73=284	−4	9,000
4	Arnold Palmer (c)	73-73-70-69=285	−3	6,600
5	Julius Boros	71-70-70-75=286	−2	5,500
T6	Paul Harney	73-71-74-69=287	−1	4,150
T6	Gary Player (c)	75-69-72-71=287	−1	4,150
T8	Tommy Aaron	75-68-74-71=288	E	3,350
T8	Lionel Hebert	77-71-67-73=288	E	3,350
T10	Roberto De Vicenzo	73-72-74-71=290	+2	2,720
	Bruce Devlin	74-70-75-71=290
	Ben Hogan (c)	74-73-66-77=290
	Mason Rudolph	72-76-72-70=290
	Sam Snead (c)	72-76-71-71=290

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
15	Jacky Cupit	73-76-67-75=291	+3	2,400
T16	George Archer	75-67-72-78=292	+4	2,100
	Wes Ellis	79-71-74-68=292
	Tony Jacklin	71-70-74-77=292
	Dave Marr	73-74-70-75=292
	Doug Sanders	74-72-73-73=292
T21	Jay Hebert	72-77-68-76=293	+5	1,700
	Bob Rosburg	73-72-76-72=293
	Ken Venturi	76-73-71-73=293
T24	Peter Butler	72-73-77-72=294	+6	1,500
T24	Billy Casper	70-74-75-75=294	+6	1,500
T26	Frank Beard	74-75-75-71=295	+7	1,300
	Tommy Bolt	72-77-72-74=295
	Don January	74-74-76-71=295
	Gene Littler	72-74-74-75=295
	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	73-73-73-76=295
T31	Doug Ford (c)	74-69-82-71=296	+8	1,300
	Rod Funseth	74-73-78-71=296
	George Knudson	72-74-75-75=296
	Kel Nagle	73-75-74-74=296
	Ramón Sota	74-73-73-76=296
T36	Gardner Dickinson	77-70-73-77=297	+9	1,275
	Terry Dill	73-76-72-76=297
	Al Geiberger	77-73-72-75=297
	Downing Gray (a)	70-76-75-76=297		0
	Harold Henning	74-73-77-73=297		1,275
	Phil Rodgers	72-77-75-73=297		1,275
T42	Deane Beman (a)	74-76-74-74=298	+10	0
T42	Rives McBee	75-73-74-76=298	+10	1,275
T44	Don Allen (a)	75-71-78-76=300	+12	0
T44	Bobby Cole (a)	75-73-74-78=300	+12
T46	Ron Cerrudo (a)	76-73-77-75=301	+13
	Chen Ching-Po	74-76-72-79=301		1,250
	Dave Thomas	74-74-72-81=301		1,250
T49	Bruce Crampton	77-73-75-77=302	+14	1,250
	Don Massengale	74-73-77-78=302
	Art Wall Jr. (c)	74-76-77-75=302
52	Bob Murphy (a)	73-77-76-77=303	+15	0
T53	Jack Burke Jr. (c)	76-74-74-81=305	+17	1,250
T53	Johnny Miller (a)	72-78-81-74=305	+17	0
55	Joe Carr (a)	76-74-79-84=313	+25	0
CUT	Jerry Barber	77-74=151	+7
	Gary Cowan (a)	77-74=151
	Raymond Floyd	74-77=151
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	72-79=151
	Dudley Wysong	76-75=151
	Jimmy Grant (a)	76-76=152	+8
	Johnny Pott	78-74=152
	Luis Silverio (a)	76-76=152
	Ken Still	76-76=152
	Hideyo Sugimoto	76-76=152
	Bobby Verwey	79-73=152
	Jimmy Demaret (c)	81-73=154	+10
	Mike Morley (a)	74-80=154
	Henry Picard (c)	78-76=154
	Bob Charles	76-79=155	+11
	Ralph Guldahl (c)	80-75=155
	Herman Keiser (c)	78-77=155
	Bob Goalby	78-78=156	+12
	Peter Alliss	80-77=157	+13
	Dow Finsterwald	80-78=158	+14
	Bob Stanton	78-80=158	+14
	Tommy Jacobs	80-79=159	+15
	Dick Siderowf (a)	78-81=159	+15
	Cary Middlecoff (c)	84-76=160	+16
	Jack Lewis Jr. (a)	81-81=162	+18
WD	Gene Sarazen (c)	84	+12
WD	Claude Harmon (c)
DQ	Dick Mayer	79	+7

Sources:^[14]^[15]

Scorecard

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
Brewer	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Nichols	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Yancey	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−4	−4
Palmer	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3
Boros	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2
Hogan	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

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