1984 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 12–15, 1984
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,905 yards (6,314 m)[1]
Field88 players, 47 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$612,900
Winner's share$108,000
Champion
United States Ben Crenshaw
277 (−11)
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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.[2][3]

The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135 (−9), three strokes ahead of Tom Kite.[4] Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning.[5] 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.[4] 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

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Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 400 4 10 Camellia 485 4
2 Pink Dogwood 555 5 11 White Dogwood 455 4
3 Flowering Peach 360 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 205 3 13 Azalea 465 5
5 Magnolia 435 4 14 Chinese Fir 405 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 500 5
7 Pampas 360 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 535 5 17 Nandina 400 4
9 Carolina Cherry 435 4 18 Holly 405 4
Out 3,465 36 In 3,440 36
Source:[6] Total 6,905 72

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)

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)

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)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 12, 1984

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Ben Crenshaw 67 −5
2 United States Lee Trevino 68 −4
T3 Japan Isao Aoki 69 −3
Australia David Graham
United States Mark Lye
United States Tom Purtzer
T7 United States George Archer 70 −2
England Nick Faldo
United States Raymond Floyd
United States Hale Irwin
United States Tom Kite
United States Gary Koch

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, April 13, 1984

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Mark Lye 69-66=135 −9
2 United States Tom Kite 70-68=138 −6
T3 United States Ben Crenshaw 67-72=139 −5
England Nick Faldo 70-69=139
Australia David Graham 69-70=139
T6 Japan Isao Aoki 69-72=141 −3
United States Andy Bean 71-70=141
United States David Edwards 71-70=141
United States Hale Irwin 70-71=141
United States Larry Mize 71-70=141
United States Lee Trevino 68-73=141
United States Tom Watson 74-67=141

Source:[8]

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.[9]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Kite 70-68-69=207 −9
2 United States Mark Lye 69-66-73=208 −8
T3 United States Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70=209 −7
England Nick Faldo 70-69-70=209
Australia David Graham 69-70-70=209
6 United States Tom Watson 74-67-69=210 −6
T7 United States Rex Caldwell 71-71-69=211 −5
United States Fred Couples 71-73-67=211
United States Larry Nelson 76-69-66=211
T10 United States Wayne Levi 71-72-69=212 −4
United States 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 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70-68=277 −11 108,000
2 United States Tom Watson (c) 74-67-69-69=279 −9 64,800
T3 United States David Edwards 71-70-72-67=280 −8 34,800
United States Gil Morgan 73-71-69-67=280
5 United States Larry Nelson 76-69-66-70=281 −7 24,000
T6 United States Ronnie Black 71-74-69-68=282 −6 19,425
Australia David Graham 69-70-70-73=282
United States Tom Kite 70-68-69-75=282
United States Mark Lye 69-66-73-74=282
10 United States Fred Couples 71-73-67-72=283 −5 16,200

Sources:[10][11]

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
United States Crenshaw −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11
United States Watson −5 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9
United States Edwards −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8
United States Morgan −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8
United States Nelson −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −7
United States Black −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6
Australia Graham −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6
United States Kite −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6
United States Lye −9 −9 −8 −8 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
United States 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

  1. ^ "Masters Scores". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. April 13, 1984. p. 32.
  2. ^ "Crenshaw doesn't miss this one". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 16, 1984. p. 1C.
  3. ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 23, 1984). "Breakthrough for the Heartbreak Kid". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
  4. ^ a b "Lye pulls surprises to take Masters lead". Observer-Reporter. (Washington, Pennsylvania). Associated Press. April 14, 1984. p. B-7.
  5. ^ "Lye leads as storm halts play". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1984. p. 1F.
  6. ^ "The course to master". Observer-Reporter. (Washington, Pennsylvania). Associated Press. April 11, 1984. p. B-10.
  7. ^ "Crenshaw leads Masters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 13, 1984. p. 1D.
  8. ^ "Lye tames Masters with a 66". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 14, 1984. p. 1B.
  9. ^ "Lye leads as storm halts play". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 15, 1984. p. 1F.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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