The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament, held April4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum, the largest margin of victory until 1948. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.

Mangrum shot an opening round 64(−8), a new course record by two strokes, and it stood for 46years, until Nick Price's63 in 1986, later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996. Although all three of these players won major titles, none won a Masters.

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

2. U.S. Open champions Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9), Chick Evans (3,a), Johnny Farrell, Walter Hagen (4,6), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Tony Manero (9), George Sargent

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

4. British Open champions

5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions Johnny Revolta (10), Paul Runyan (9,10,12)

7. Members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team Not held

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

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

9. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 Masters Tournament Ed Dudley (10), Vic Ghezzi (10), Chick Harbert (a), Jimmy Hines (10), Ben Hogan, Ky Laffoon (10), Jug McSpaden (10), Frank Moore, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin (10), Sam Snead (10), Jimmy Thomson, Willie Turnesa (a), Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Craig Wood (10)

Denny Shute (4,6,10) and Jess Sweetser (3,5,a) did not play.

10. Top 30 players and ties from the 1939 U.S. Open Johnny Bulla, Sammy Byrd, Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Foulis, Dutch Harrison (12), Clayton Heafner, Dick Metz (12), Ed Oliver, Wilford Wehrle (a)

Olin Dutra (2,6), Matt Kowal and John Rogers did not play.

11. 1939 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists George Dawson (a), Art Doering (a)

Harry Givan (a), Ed Kingsley (a) and Don Schumacher (a) did not play.

12. 1939 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Rod Munday

Emerick Kocsis did not play.

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Holt (a)

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

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1940 PGA Tour Willie Goggin, Lloyd Mangrum

16 Foreign invitations Enrique Bertolino, Jim Ferrier (a), Jules Huot, Martin Pose, Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

Round summaries First round Thursday April 4, 1940 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lloyd Mangrum 64 −82 Jimmy Demaret 67 −5 T3 Harry Cooper 69 −3 Byron Nelson T5 Lawson Little 70 −2 Craig WoodT7 Tommy Armour 71 −1 Willie Goggin Jug McSpaden Dick Metz Henry Picard Paul Runyan Sam Snead Source:

Scorecard First round, set course record   32-32=64 (−8), lasted until 1986 Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Mangrum E−1−2 −2 −2 −2 −2−3 −4 −3−3−4−5−5−6−6−7−8 Source:

Second round Friday April 5, 1940 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jimmy Demaret 67-72=139 −5 Lloyd Mangrum 64-75=1393 Byron Nelson 69-72=141 −34 Henry Picard 71-71=142 −2T5 Willie Goggin 71-72=143 −1 Sam Snead 71-72=143 T7 Harry Cooper 69-75=144 E Jug McSpaden 73-71=144T9 Tommy Armour 71-74=145 +1 Ed Dudley 73-72=145 Dick Metz 71-74=145 Paul Runyan 72-73=145 Craig Wood 70-75=145 Source:

Third round Saturday April 6, 1940 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70=209 −7 2 Lloyd Mangrum 64-75-71=210 −6T3 Sam Snead 71-72-69=212 −4 Craig Wood 70-75-67=2125 Henry Picard 71-71-71=213 −36 Byron Nelson 69-72-74=215 −1T7 Ed Dudley 73-72-71=216 E Willie Goggin 71-72-73=216 Ben Hogan 73-74-69=216 T10 Harry Cooper 69-75-73=217 +1 Paul Runyan 72-73-72=217 Source:

Final round Sunday April 7, 1940

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70-71=280 −8 1,5002 Lloyd Mangrum 64-75-71-74=284 −4 8003 Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-74-70=285 −3 600T4 Harry Cooper 69-75-73-70=287 −1 400 Ed Dudley 73-72-71-71=287 Willie Goggin 71-72-73-71=287T7 Henry Picard (c) 71-71-71-75=288 E 200 Sam Snead 71-72-69-76=288 Craig Wood 70-75-67-76=288T10 Ben Hogan 73-74-69-74=290 +2 100 Toney Penna 73-73-72-72=290 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Paul Runyan 72-73-72-74=291 +3 50 Frank Walsh 73-75-69-74=291T14 Sammy Byrd 73-74-72-73=292 +4 Johnny Farrell 76-72-70-74=292 Ralph Guldahl (c) 74-73-71-74=292T17 Jug McSpaden 73-71-74-75=293 +5 Charlie Yates (a) 72-75-71-75=293T19 Lawson Little 70-77-75-72=294 +6 Ed Oliver 73-75-74-72=294T21 Johnny Bulla 73-73-74-75=295 +7 Dick Metz 71-74-75-75=295 Gene Sarazen (c) 74-71-77-73=295 Bud Ward (a) 74-68-75-78=295 Al Watrous 75-70-73-77=29526 Jim Ferrier (a) 73-74-75-74=296 +8T27 Jimmy Hines 75-76-74-72=297 +9 Johnny Revolta 74-74-74-75=297T29 Jim Foulis 74-75-73-76=298 +10 Tony Manero 75-75-73-75=298T31 Dutch Harrison 72-76-74-77=299 +11 Frank Moore 76-72-73-78=299T33 Chick Harbert (a) 74-77-75-75=301 +13 Jules Huot 78-76-70-77=301 Jimmy Thomson 77-76-70-78=301 Wilford Wehrle (a) 74-71-76-80=30137 Martin Pose 77-76-74-75=302 +1438 Tommy Armour 71-74-78-80=303 +15T39 Vic Ghezzi 77-75-74-79=305 +17 Bill Holt (a) 80-75-76-74=305 Rod Munday 73-76-75-81=305 Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) 79-74-74-78=305 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 76-78-73-78=305T44 Art Doering (a) 76-79-76-75=306 +18 Chuck Kocsis (a) 76-79-74-77=30646 Felix Serafin 85-72-80-71=308 +20T47 Horton Smith (c) 76-76-80-77=309 +21 Willie Turnesa (a) 76-74-81-78=30949 George Dawson (a) 77-73-81-81=312 +2450 Enrique Bertolino 80-80-78-75=313 +2551 Chick Evans (a) 82-84-86-79=331 +43WD Billy Burke 72-81-74=227 +11 Walter Hagen 77-78-73=228 +12 Ray Billows (a) 75-83-71=229 +13 Bobby Cruickshank 74-76-81=231 +15 Ky Laffoon 78-76=154 +10 Clayton Heafner 73-82=155 +11 Bobby Jones 79-76=155 George Sargent

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References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1940 Masters leaderboard and scorecards