1974 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores

The 1974 Masters was the 38th edition of the tournament. And it was the second time The Masters was won by Gary Player, who took the trophy in part on the strength of a late birdie.

Winner: Gary Player, 278

Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

Tournament dates: April 11-14, 1974

Leader after first round: Jim Colbert, 67

Leader after second round: Dave Stockton, 137

Leader after third round: Dave Stockton, 207

What Happened in the 1974 Masters Tournament

Gary Player won the 1974 Masters, the second of three Masters titles he collected in his career, and the seventh of his nine career major victories. Player shot 70 in the final round, finishing at 10-under par and winning by two strokes over runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.

Player wasn't in the Top 10 at the halfway mark, but a 66 in the third round shot him up the leaderboard into a tie for second place. He held a 2-stroke lead after 11 holes of his final round, but bogeyed No. 12.

Player rebounded with a birdie on the 13th hole. Over the final five holes, he had four pars but an all-important birdie on the 17th. There he nearly holed a 9-iron approach shot, then tapped in for the birdie.

Stockton got to within one of Player after a birdie on No. 13, but managed only pars the rest of the way. Weiskopf tied the lead with a birdie on the 15th, but gave it back with a bogey on No. 16. For Weiskopf, it was his third runner-up; he finished second a fourth time the next year, tying a record for most runner-up finishes in The Masters.

Another 3-time Masters champion, Sam Snead, finished tied for 20th. The 1974 Masters was the last one in which Snead made the cut. And this was the final Masters played by Jack Burke Jr., winner of the 1956 Masters. Burke missed the cut.

1974 Masters Final Scores

Gary Player	71-71-66-70—278
Dave Stockton	71-66-70-73—280
Tom Weiskopf	71-69-70-70—280
Jim Colbert	67-72-69-73—281
Hale Irwin	68-70-72-71—281
Jack Nicklaus	69-71-72-69—281
Bobby Nichols	73-68-68-73—282
Phil Rodgers	72-69-68-73—282
Maurice Bembridge	73-74-72-64—283
Hubert Green	68-70-74-71—283
Bruce Crampton	73-72-69-70—284
Jerry Heard	70-70-73-71—284
Dave Hill	71-72-70-71—284
Arnold Palmer	76-71-70-67—284
Bud Allin	73-73-70-69—285
Miller Barber	75-67-72-71—285
Ralph Johnston	72-71-70-72—285
Johnny Miller	72-74-69-70—285
Dan Sikes	69-71-74-71—285
Chi Chi Rodriguez	70-74-71-71—286
Sam Snead	72-72-71-71—286
Frank Beard	69-70-72-76—287
Ben Crenshaw	75-70-70-72—287
Raymond Floyd	69-72-76-70—287
Bob Goalby	76-71-72-68—287
Julius Boros	75-70-69-74—288
John Schlee	75-71-71-71—288
J.C. Snead	73-68-74-73—288
Charles Coody	74-72-76-67—289
Don Iverson	68-74-73-74—289
Hugh Baiocchi	75-71-74-70—290
Bruce Devlin	70-72-76-72—290
Al Geiberger	76-68-70-76—290
Graham Marsh	76-69-72-73—290
Peter Oosterhuis	79-68-68-75—290
Kermit Zarley	73-71-77-69—290
Billy Casper	70-71-76-74—291
Art Wall	70-77-72-72—291
Gene Littler	69-71-78-74—292
Larry Ziegler	72-73-73-74—292
Babe Hiskey	70-78-75-72—295
Leonard Thompson	73-72-77-73—295
Ed Sneed	74-74-77-72—297
Orville Moody	74-73-78-77—302

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