1964 Masters Trophy Goes to Palmer

The 1964 Masters was the 28th time the tournament was played. It was the occasion of Arnold Palmer's last Masters win.

Winner: Arnold Palmer, 276

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

Tournament dates: April 9-12, 1964

Leader after first round: Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Kel Nagle, Bob Goalby and Davis Love Jr., 69

Leader after second round: Arnold Palmer, 137

Leader after third round: Arnold Palmer, 206

Notable Notes: Arnold Palmer led wire-to-wire (sharing the first-round lead with four others) to claim his fourth Masters victory. Palmer thus became the first 4-time winner of the tournament.

He led by four after 36 holes, by five after 54 holes and won by six. It was Palmer's seventh and final major championship win.

Final Scores

Arnold Palmer 69-68-69-70—276
Dave Marr 70-73-69-70—282
Jack Nicklaus 71-73-71-67—282
Bruce Devlin 72-72-67-73—284
Billy Casper 76-72-69-69—286
Jim Ferrier 71-73-69-73—286
Paul Harney 73-72-71-70—286
Gary Player 69-72-72-73—286
Dow Finsterwald 71-72-75-69—287
Ben Hogan 73-75-67-72—287
Tony Lema 75-68-74-70—287
Mike Souchak 73-74-70-70—287
Peter Butler 72-72-69-75—288
Al Geiberger 75-73-70-70—288
Gene Littler 70-72-78-68—288
Johnny Pott 74-70-71-73—288
Dan Sikes 76-68-71-73—288
Don January 70-72-75-72—289
Billy Maxwell 73-73-69-74—289
Mason Rudolph 75-72-69-73—289
Bruce Crampton 74-72-73-71—290
Kel Nagle 69-77-71-73—290
Chi Chi Rodriguez 71-73-73-73—290
Bo Wininger 74-71-69-76—290
a-Deane Beman 74-71-70-76—291
Gay Brewer 75-72-73-71—291
a-Gary Cowan 71-77-72-71—291
Bobby Nichols 75-71-75-70—291
Phil Rodgers 75-72-72-72—291
Jay Hebert 74-74-69-75—292
Dean Refram 74-72-73-73—292
Jimmy Demaret 75-69-73-76—293
Lionel Hebert 74-74-73-72—293
Wes Ellis 73-71-75-75—294
Davis Love Jr. 69-75-74-76—294
Ramon Sota 76-72-74-72—294
Don Fairfield 75-73-76-71—295
Bob Goalby 69-75-74-77—295
a-Billy Joe Patton 70-74-77-74—295
Bob Charles 71-72-75-78—296
Jacky Cupit 73-73-76-74—296
Tomoo Ishii 77-71-75-73—296
a-Labron Harris 74-74-77-72—297
Chen Ching-Po 74-72-74-78—298
Dave Ragan 73-72-78-75—298
Doug Ford 78-70-76-75—299
a-R.H. Sikes 75-73-78-73—299
Jerry Barber 74-73-77-80—304

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