The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.

The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135 (−9), three strokes ahead of Tom Kite. Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning. After 54 holes, Kite led at 207 (−9) and Lye was a stroke back. Crenshaw was two strokes back at 209 and shot a final round 68 (−4) to slip on his first green jacket. He won again eleven years later in 1995.

Defending champion Seve Ballesteros was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the second round for grounding his club within the confines of a water hazard at the 13th hole and missed the cut by a stroke. He also missed the cut as defending champion in 1981.

Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1979.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4004 10Camellia48542Pink Dogwood555511White Dogwood45543Flowering Peach360412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea46555Magnolia435414Chinese Fir40546Juniper180315Firethorn50057Pampas360416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine535517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry435418Holly4054Out3,46536In3,44036Source:Total6,90572

Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, George Archer (8), Seve Ballesteros (3,8,9,11,12), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,9,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,4,10,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler (8,9,12,13), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,11,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,10,11,12,13)

Jack Burke Jr., Ralph Guldahl, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, and Sam Snead did not play.

The following categories only apply to Americans

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Hale Irwin (8,11,12), Larry Nelson (4,9)

3. The Open champions (last five years) Bill Rogers

4. PGA champions (last five years) Hal Sutton (9,10,12)

5. 1983 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists Clark Burroughs (a), Chris Perry (a), Clifton Pierce (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a)

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

7. Members of the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup team Nathaniel Crosby (a), Rick Fehr (a), William Hoffer (a), Jim Holtgrieve (a), Bob Lewis (a), David Tentis (a), Billy Tuten (a)

Brad Faxon and Willie Wood forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1983 Masters Tournament Ben Crenshaw (11,12,13), Keith Fergus, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (10,12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Johnny Miller (12), Gil Morgan (9,12,13), Dan Pohl (10), Jack Renner (11), Scott Simpson (9), J. C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins (9,11,12,13), Tom Weiskopf

9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1983 U.S. Open Chip Beck, Lennie Clements, Ralph Landrum, Pat McGowan (10), Mike Nicolette, Andy North, David Ogrin, Calvin Peete (11,12,13), Jim Thorpe

10. Top eight players and ties from 1983 PGA Championship John Fought, Bruce Lietzke (11)

11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Andy Bean (12), Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell (12), Jim Colbert (12), John Cook (12), Fred Couples (12), Bob Eastwood (12), Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Morris Hatalsky, Gary Koch (12), Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye (12), John Mahaffey, Mark McCumber (12), Larry Mize, Tom Purtzer, Payne Stewart (12), Curtis Strange (12,13)

12. Top 30 players from the 1983 PGA Tour money list Ed Fiori, Jay Haas (13)

13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team Bob Gilder

14. Foreign invitations Isao Aoki (8), Nick Faldo (8), David Graham (2,4,9,11,12), Bernhard Langer, Tsuneyuki Nakajima (8), Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philip Parkin (6,a), Nick Price (11)

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 12, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Crenshaw 67 −52 Lee Trevino 68 −4T3 Isao Aoki 69 −3 David Graham Mark Lye Tom Purtzer T7 George Archer 70 −2 Nick Faldo Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin Tom Kite Gary Koch Source:

Second round Friday, April 13, 1984 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mark Lye 69-66=135 −92 Tom Kite 70-68=138 −6T3 Ben Crenshaw 67-72=139 −5 Nick Faldo 70-69=139 David Graham 69-70=139T6 Isao Aoki 69-72=141 −3 Andy Bean 71-70=141 David Edwards 71-70=141 Hale Irwin 70-71=141 Larry Mize 71-70=141 Lee Trevino 68-73=141 Tom Watson 74-67=141 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 14, 1984 Sunday, April 15, 1984

The third round had an hour-long weather delay and another thunderstorm hit shortly after 6 pm EST, which halted play for the day. Nineteen players did not complete the round on Saturday; the final pairing of Mark Lye and Tom Kite had just hit their tee shots at the par-3 12th hole. Play was resumed at 8 am on Sunday morning. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Kite 70-68-69=207 −92 Mark Lye 69-66-73=208 −8T3 Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70=209 −7 Nick Faldo 70-69-70=209 David Graham 69-70-70=2096 Tom Watson 74-67-69=210 −6T7 Rex Caldwell 71-71-69=211 −5 Fred Couples 71-73-67=211 Larry Nelson 76-69-66=211T10 Wayne Levi 71-72-69=212 −4 Larry Mize 71-70-71=212 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 15, 1984

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70-68=277 −11 108,0002 Tom Watson (c) 74-67-69-69=279 −9 64,800T3 David Edwards 71-70-72-67=280 −8 34,800 Gil Morgan 73-71-69-67=2805 Larry Nelson 76-69-66-70=281 −7 24,000T6 Ronnie Black 71-74-69-68=282 −6 19,425 David Graham 69-70-70-73=282 Tom Kite 70-68-69-75=282 Mark Lye 69-66-73-74=28210 Fred Couples 71-73-67-72=283 −5 16,200 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Rex Caldwell 71-71-69-73=284 −4 13,200 Wayne Levi 71-72-69-72=284 Larry Mize 71-70-71-72=284 Jack Renner 71-73-71-69=284T15 Nick Faldo 70-69-70-76=285 −3 10,200 Raymond Floyd (c) 70-73-70-72=285 Calvin Peete 79-66-70-70=285T18 Andy Bean 71-70-72-73=286 −2 8,400 Danny Edwards 72-71-70-73=286 Jack Nicklaus (c) 73-73-70-70=286T21 Jay Haas 74-71-70-72=287 −1 6,475 Hale Irwin 70-71-74-72=287 Gary Player (c) 71-72-73-71=287 Payne Stewart 76-69-68-74=287T25 Isao Aoki 69-72-73-74=288 E 4,680 George Archer (c) 70-74-71-73=288 Rick Fehr (a) 72-71-70-75=288 0 Peter Jacobsen 72-70-75-71=288 4,680 Greg Norman 75-71-73-69=288 Tom Purtzer 69-74-76-69=288T31 Bernhard Langer 73-70-74-72=289 +1 4,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 72-73-70-74=289T33 Bruce Lietzke 75-70-75-70=290 +2 3,600 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 75-70-70-75=290T35 Gary Koch 70-75-70-76=291 +3 3,100 Mark McCumber 73-71-74-73=291 Dan Pohl 74-71-72-74=291 Craig Stadler (c) 74-70-74-73=291 Tom Weiskopf 74-71-74-72=29140 Scott Simpson 72-70-76-74=292 +4 2,800T41 Bob Lewis (a) 73-70-75-75=293 +5 0 Andy North 76-68-80-69=293 2,60043 Lee Trevino 68-73-74-79=294 +6 2,50044 Morris Hatalsky 73-71-75-76=295 +7 2,30045 David Ogrin 73-73-76-74=296 +8 2,200T46 Clark Burroughs (a) 72-74-75-76=297 +9 0 Curtis Strange 71-74-75-77=297 2,100CUT Seve Ballesteros (c) 73-74=147 +3 Charles Coody (c) 75-72=147 John Cook 73-74=147 John Fought 73-74=147 Pat McGowan 72-75=147 Peter Oosterhuis 74-73=147 Bill Rogers 76-71=147 Hal Sutton 74-73=147 Chip Beck 74-74=148 +4 Gay Brewer (c) 74-74=148 Lennie Clements 75-73=148 Keith Fergus 74-74=148 John Mahaffey 73-75=148 Nathaniel Crosby (a) 73-76=149 +5 Pat Lindsey 75-74=149 Johnny Miller 74-75=149 J. C. Snead 75-74=149 Jim Thorpe 77-72=149 Jim Colbert 73-77=150 +6 Bob Eastwood 72-78=150 Chris Perry (a) 73-77=150 Clifton Pierce (a) 73-77=150 Billy Casper (c) 73-78=151 +7 Ed Fiori 73-78=151 Jim Holtgrieve (a) 78-73=151 Philip Parkin (a) 73-78=151 Lanny Wadkins 74-77=151 Tommy Aaron (c) 76-76=152 +8 Bob Gilder 78-74=152 Bob Goalby (c) 79-73=152 Mike Nicolette 76-76=152 David Tentis (a) 74-78=152 Arnold Palmer (c) 77-76=153 +9 Nick Price 77-76=153 Mark Hayes 76-78=154 +10 Doug Ford (c) 77-78=155 +11 Jay Sigel (a) 79-76=155 Billy Tuten (a) 80-75=155 Art Wall Jr. (c) 75-81=156 +12 Ralph Landrum 79-78=157 +13 William Hoffer (a) 83-82=165 +21

Sources:

Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Crenshaw−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−10−11−11−11−12−12−11−11 Watson−5−6−6−7−6−6−6−7−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−9 Edwards−4−5−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8 Morgan−4−5−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−8 Nelson−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−7−8−8−8−8−6−7 Black−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6 Graham−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−6−7−7−7−6 Kite−9−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−5−5−5−6−6−6−6 Lye−9−9−8−8−6−6−6−7−8−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6 Couples−5−5−4−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

External links Masters.com – Past winners Augusta.com – 1984 Masters leaderboard and scorecards