1968 Masters: De Vicenzo's Scorecard Flap
Winner: Bob Goalby, 277
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 11-14, 1968
Leader after first round: Billy Casper, 68
Leader after second round: Gary Player and Don January, 139
Leader after third round: Gary Player, 210
Notable Notes: Bob Goalby won the 1968 Masters, but he should have been forced into a playoff rather than winning by one stroke after 72 holes. A scorekeeping error helped Goalby to the victory.
Roberto de Vicenzo made a birdie 3 on the 17th hole of the final round, but his marker, future Masters champ Tommy Aaron, incorrectly wrote down a 4. De Vicenzo didn't catch the error, which meant that he signed an incorrect scorecard. The higher score — the 4, rather than the 3 — stood. Which meant that instead of tying Goalby at 277 (which de Vicenzo actually shot), de Vicenzo's score went into the record books as 278, and him as the runner-up.
Goalby earned it, though, shooting a final-round 66 that included a 4-under stretch in holes 13-15.
Final Scores
| Bob Goalby | 70-70-71-66—277 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 69-73-70-66—278 |
| Bert Yancey | 71-71-72-65—279 |
| Bruce Devlin | 69-73-69-69—280 |
| Frank Beard | 75-65-71-70—281 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 69-71-74-67—281 |
| Tommy Aaron | 69-72-72-69—282 |
| Raymond Floyd | 71-71-69-71—282 |
| Lionel Hebert | 72-71-71-68—282 |
| Jerry Pittman | 70-73-70-69—282 |
| Gary Player | 72-67-71-72—282 |
| Miller Barber | 75-69-68-71—283 |
| Doug Sanders | 76-69-70-68—283 |
| Don January | 71-68-72-73—284 |
| Mason Rudolph | 73-73-72-66—284 |
| Julius Boros | 73-71-70-71—285 |
| Billy Casper | 68-75-73-69—285 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 74-71-69-71—285 |
| Bob Charles | 75-71-70-70—286 |
| Dave Marr | 74-71-71-71—287 |
| Kermit Zarley | 70-73-74-70—287 |
| George Archer | 75-71-72-70—288 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 74-71-72-71—288 |
| a-Vinny Giles | 71-72-72-73—288 |
| Harold Henning | 72-71-71-74—288 |
| Tony Jacklin | 69-73-74-72—288 |
| Art Wall Jr. | 74-74-73-67—288 |
| Jay Hebert | 74-71-71-73—289 |
| George Knudson | 75-71-72-71—289 |
| Charles Coody | 76-72-72-70—290 |
| Al Geiberger | 76-70-72-72—290 |
| Kel Nagle | 76-71-72-71—290 |
| Bobby Nichols | 74-73-73-70—290 |
| Bob Rosburg | 74-73-71-72—290 |
| Gay Brewer | 72-74-71-74—291 |
| Chen Ching-Po | 73-76-71-71—291 |
| Malcolm Gregson | 76-71-74-70—291 |
| Dan Sikes | 73-76-70-72—291 |
| Hideyo Sugimoto | 71-75-73-72—291 |
| Paul Harney | 78-70-70-74—292 |
| Lee Trevino | 71-72-69-80—292 |
| Sam Snead | 73-74-75-71—293 |
| Gene Littler | 73-73-76-72—294 |
| Johnny Pott | 75-68-75-76—294 |
| a-Gary Cowan | 78-71-73-73—295 |
| a-Jack Lewis Jr. | 78-71-76-70—295 |
| Don Massengale | 76-73-73-73—295 |
| a-Bill Campbell | 74-71-75-76—296 |
| Doug Ford | 72-75-72-77—296 |
| Dave Hill | 79-70-73-75—297 |
| Ken Venturi | 75-74-73-75—297 |
| a-Joe Carr | 75-73-80-78—306 |
