The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.

Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday. On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from at the 14thhole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.

Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76(+4) in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17thhole proving decisive.

Field 1. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (3,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman (9,a), Walter Hagen (3,5,7,8), Bobby Jones (2,3,4), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr. (5,7,8), Gene Sarazen (5,7,8), George Sargent

2. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (4,7,9), Jess Sweetser (4,a)

3. British Open champions Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute (7,8)

4. British Amateur champions

5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team Ky Laffoon (8), Henry Picard (7,8), Johnny Revolta (7,10), Paul Runyan (7,8), Horton Smith (7,8), Craig Wood (7,8)

Olin Dutra (2,7,8) did not play

6. Members of the U.S. 1936 Walker Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion.

7. Top 24 players and ties from the 1935 Masters Tournament Bobby Cruickshank (8), Johnny Dawson (a), Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley (8), Al Espinosa (8), Vic Ghezzi (8), Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum (8), Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates (a)

Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.

8. Top 30 players and ties from the 1935 U.S. Open Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous (10)

Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter (4), and Macdonald Smith did not play.

9. 1935 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Fred Haas (a), Jack Munger (a)

Walter Emery (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Joe Lynch (a) and George Voigt (a) did not play.

10. 1935 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Al Zimmerman did not play.

11. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1936 PGA Tour Wiffy Cox, Orville White

12. Foreign invitations Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Toichira Toda

Additional invitations Albert Campbell (a), Bobby Riegel (a)

Round summaries First round Friday, April 3, 1936

Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Harry Cooper 70 −2 2 Al Espinosa 72 E T3 Billy Burke 74 +2 Ted Luther (a) Horton SmithT6 Bobby Cruickshank 75 +3 Al Krueger Ky Laffoon Lawson Little Henry Picard Source:

Second round Saturday, April 4, 1936 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Harry Cooper 70-69=139 −5 T2 Bobby Cruickshank 75-69=144 E Denny Shute 76-68=144 T4 Al Espinosa 72-73=145 +1 Ky Laffoon 75-70=145 Paul Runyan 76-69=145 Gene Sarazen 78-67=145 Horton Smith 74-71=145 T9 Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70=147 +3 Vic Ghezzi 77-70=147 Byron Nelson 76-71=147 Henry Picard 75-72=147 Source:

Third round Monday, April 6, 1936   (morning)

Rain on Sunday postponed the final two rounds to Monday. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Harry Cooper 70-69-71=210 −6 2 Horton Smith 74-71-68=213 −3 3 Paul Runyan 76-69-70=215 −1 T4 Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70-70=217 +1 Ray Mangrum 76-73-68=217 Gene Sarazen 78-67-72=2177 Bobby Cruickshank 75-69-74=218 +2 8 Denny Shute 76-68-75=219 +3T9 Ed Dudley 75-75-70=220 +4 Al Espinosa 72-73-75=220 Ky Laffoon 75-70-75=220

Final round Monday, April 6, 1936   (afternoon)

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Horton Smith (c) 74-71-68-72=285 −3 1,5002 Harry Cooper 70-69-71-76=286 −2 8003 Gene Sarazen (c) 78-67-72-70=287 −1 600T4 Bobby Cruickshank 75-69-74-72=290 +2 450 Paul Runyan 76-69-70-75=290T6 Ed Dudley 75-75-70-73=293 +5 250 Ky Laffoon 75-70-75-73=293 Ray Mangrum 76-73-68-76=293T9 Johnny Dawson (a) 77-70-70-77=294 +6 0 Henry Picard 75-72-74-73=294 150 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Walter Hagen 77-74-73-72=296 +8 100 Denny Shute 76-68-75-77=296T13 Wiffy Cox 82-69-75-72=298 +10 50 Byron Nelson 76-71-77-74=298T15 Al Espinosa 72-73-75-79=299 +11 Vic Ghezzi 77-70-77-75=299 Jug McSpaden 77-75-71-76=299 Jimmy Thomson 76-78-71-74=299 Orville White 78-73-77-71=299T20 Tommy Armour 79-74-72-75=300 +12 Lawson Little 75-75-73-77=300 Sam Parks Jr. 76-75-72-77=300 Chin Sei-Sui 76-74-71-79=300 Craig Wood 88-67-69-76=30025 Johnny Revolta 77-72-76-76=301 +1326 Albert Campbell (a) 82-73-68-79=302 +1427 Dick Metz 79-78-76-70=303 +1528 Billy Burke 74-77-74-79=304 +16T29 Johnny Farrell 78-75-74-78=305 +17 Joe Kirkwood Sr. 81-76-73-75=305 Toichira Toda 81-74-75-75=305 Al Watrous 78-76-73-78=30533 Bobby Jones 78-78-73-77=306 +18T34 Bill Kaiser 77-78-77-75=307 +19 Charlie Yates (a) 82-73-75-77=307T36 Butch Krueger 75-76-77-80=308 +20 Ted Luther 74-75-77-82=30838 Ted Turner 76-79-80-75=310 +22T39 Jimmy Hines 79-82-74-76=311 +23 Jules Huot 80-79-75-77=311 Gene Kunes 81-76-76-78=311 Frank Walsh 80-77-78-76=31143 Johnny Goodman (a) 80-81-79-75=315 +27T44 Bobby Riegel (a) 84-78-74-83=319 +31 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 83-75-74-87=319WD Jock Hutchison 79-77=156 +12 Vincent Eldred 85-76=161 +17 Fred Haas (a) 87-74=161 Joe Turnesa 80-82=162 +18 Jack Munger (a) 84-79=163 +19 Jess Sweetser (a) 89-79=168 +24 Fred McLeod 88-81=169 +25 Herman Barron George Sargent

Sources:

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References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1936 Masters leaderboard