The 1938 Masters Tournament was the fifth Masters Tournament, held April2–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to adverse weather conditions, the first round was delayed until Saturday, rounds2 and3 were played on Sunday, and the final round was on Monday. The tournament was at this point still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until the following year in 1939.

Henry Picard led by one stroke after 54holes and shot70 in the final round to win his only Masters, two strokes ahead of runners-up Harry Cooper and Ralph Guldahl. It was the first of two major titles for Picard, who won the PGA Championship in 1939.

The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500. Ben Hogan made his Masters debut and finished tied for 25th. Tournament host Bobby Jones finished in the top twenty for the second and final time.

Field 1. Masters champions Byron Nelson (7,9,10,12), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9)

2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke (9,10), Ralph Guldahl (7,9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,9), Willie Macfarlane (9), Tony Manero (7,9,12), Sam Parks Jr. (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,7,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1937 Ryder Cup team Ed Dudley (9,10), Henry Picard (10,12), Sam Snead (9,10)

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

Ray Billows (11,a), Johnny Fischer (3,11,a), Johnny Goodman (2,3,5,10,11,a), Fred Haas (a) and Reynolds Smith (11,a) did not play. Tailer was a reserve for the team.

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 Masters Tournament Harry Cooper (10,12), Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank (10), Leonard Dodson, Vic Ghezzi (10), Jimmy Hines (10,12), Ky Laffoon (10,12), Ray Mangrum (10), Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson (10), Al Watrous, Craig Wood

Tommy Armour, Clarence Clark (10) and Al Espinosa did not play.

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1937 U.S. Open Leo Mallory, Jug McSpaden (12), Toney Penna, Frank Strafaci (a), Frank Walsh

Al Brosch, Jimmy Demaret, Fred Morrison, Pat Sawyer and Bob Stupple did not play.

11. 1937 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Chick Evans (2,3,a) and Don Moe (a) did not play.

12. 1937 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1938 PGA Tour Ben Hogan, Dick Metz

14 Foreign invitations Stanley Horne, Ross Somerville (11,a)

Round summaries First round Saturday, April 2, 1938 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Harry Cooper 68 −4 T2 Ed Dudley 70 −2 Dick Metz T4 Toney Penna 71 −1 Henry Picard Paul Runyan T7 Bobby Cruickshank 72 E Lawson Little Tony Manero Jug McSpaden Felix Serafin Source:

Second round Sunday, April 3, 1938   (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ed Dudley 70-69=139 −5T2 Ralph Guldahl 73-70=143 −1 Henry Picard 71-72=143 Felix Serafin 72-71=143T5 Paul Runyan 71-73=144 E Jimmy Thomson 74-70=144T7 Harry Cooper 68-77=145 +1 Johnny Revolta 73-72=145 T9 Jimmy Hines 75-71=146 +2 Billy Burke 73-73=146

Third round Sunday, April 3, 1938   (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Henry Picard 71-72-72=215 −1 T2 Harry Cooper 68-77-71=216 E Ed Dudley 70-69-77=216 Ralph Guldahl 73-70-73=216 Gene Sarazen 78-70-68=2166 Byron Nelson 73-74-70=217 +17 Paul Runyan 71-73-74=218 +28 Vic Ghezzi 75-74-70=219 +3 9 Jimmy Thomson 74-70-76=220 +4T10 Jimmy Hines 75-71-75=221 +5 Lawson Little 72-75-74=221 Dick Metz 70-77-74=221 Johnny Revolta 73-72-76=221 Felix Serafin 72-71-78=221 Source:

Final round Monday, April 4, 1938

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Henry Picard 71-72-72-70=285 −3 1,500T2 Harry Cooper 68-77-71-71=287 −1 700 Ralph Guldahl 73-70-73-71=2874 Paul Runyan 71-73-74-70=288 E 5005 Byron Nelson (c) 73-74-70-73=290 +2 400T6 Ed Dudley 70-69-77-75=291 +3 275 Felix Serafin 72-71-78-70=291T8 Dick Metz 70-77-74-71=292 +4 175 Jimmy Thomson 74-70-76-72=292T10 Vic Ghezzi 75-74-70-74=293 +5 100 Jimmy Hines 75-71-75-72=293 Lawson Little 72-75-74-72=293 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Billy Burke 73-73-76-73=295 +7 Gene Sarazen (c) 78-70-68-79=29515 Stanley Horne 74-74-77-71=296 +8T16 Bobby Jones 76-74-72-75=297 +9 Jug McSpaden 72-75-77-73=297T18 Bobby Cruickshank 72-75-77-74=298 +10 Ray Mangrum 78-72-76-72=298 Johnny Revolta 73-72-76-77=298 Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) 74-69-75-80=298T22 Chuck Kocsis (a) 76-73-77-73=299 +11 Horton Smith (c) 75-75-78-71=29924 Sam Parks Jr. 75-75-76-74=300 +12T25 Wiffy Cox 74-78-74-75=301 +13 Ben Hogan 75-76-78-72=301T27 Ky Laffoon 78-76-74-74=302 +14 Tony Manero 72-78-82-70=302 Frank Walsh 74-75-77-76=302 Al Watrous 73-77-76-76=302T31 Toney Penna 71-76-77-80=304 +16 Sam Snead 78-78-75-73=30433 Jess Sweetser (a) 82-75-73-75=305 +17T34 Leo Mallory 76-75-81-74=306 +18 Craig Wood 73-75-83-75=306T36 Ross Somerville (a) 77-78-82-71=308 +20 Bud Ward (a) 77-76-79-76=30838 Willie Macfarlane 76-80-75-78=309 +2139 Charlie Yates (a) 76-78-82-76=312 +24WD Frank Strafaci (a) 74-74-82=230 +14 Denny Shute 75-78-78=231 +15 Leonard Dodson 78-78=156 +12

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References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1938 Masters leaderboard