1966 Masters: Two In a Row for Nicklaus
Winner: Jack Nicklaus, 288
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 7-11, 1966
Leader after first round: Jack Nicklaus, 68
Leader after second round: Paul Harney and Peter Butler, 143
Leader after third round: Jack Nicklaus and Tommy Jacobs
Notable Notes: A 3-way, 18-hole playoff was needed when Jack Nicklaus, Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer finished 72 holes tied at 288, the second-highest winning second score in Masters history.
In the playoff, when Nicklaus birdied the 11th hole he took a 2-stroke edge over Jacobs, and maintained that edge until the end. Brewer was never a factor in the playoff (but did win the 1967 Masters next year).
With the victory, Nicklaus became the first back-to-back winner of The Masters.
Final Scores
| x-Jack Nicklaus | 68-76-72-72—288 |
| Tommy Jacobs | 75-71-70-72—288 |
| Gay Brewer | 74-72-72-70—288 |
| Arnold Palmer | 74-70-74-72—290 |
| Doug Sanders | 74-70-75-71—290 |
| Don January | 71-73-73-75—292 |
| George Knudson | 73-76-72-71—292 |
| Raymond Floyd | 72-73-74-74—293 |
| Paul Harney | 75-68-76-74—293 |
| Billy Casper | 71-75-76-72—294 |
| Jay Hebert | 72-74-73-75—294 |
| Bob Rosburg | 73-71-76-74—294 |
| Tommy Aaron | 74-73-77-71—295 |
| Peter Butler | 72-71-79-73—295 |
| Ben Hogan | 74-71-73-77—295 |
| Ken Venturi | 75-74-73-74—296 |
| Tommy Bolt | 75-72-78-72—297 |
| Bruce Crampton | 74-75-71-77—297 |
| Terry Dill | 75-72-74-76—297 |
| Doug Ford | 75-73-73-76—297 |
| Phil Rodgers | 76-73-75-73—297 |
| Frank Beard | 77-71-77-73—298 |
| Chen Ching-Po | 75-77-76-70—298 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 74-76-74-74—298 |
| Harold Henning | 77-74-70-77—298 |
| Tony Lema | 74-74-74-76—298 |
| Bobby Nichols | 77-73-74-74—298 |
| Julius Boros | 77-73-73-76—299 |
| Bruce Devlin | 75-77-72-75—299 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 76-75-76-72—299 |
| a-Jimmy Grant | 74-74-78-73—299 |
| Gary Player | 74-77-76-72—299 |
| Rod Funseth | 80-70-76-74—300 |
| Ramon Sota | 79-73-77-71—300 |
| Mike Souchak | 71-74-77-78—300 |
| a-Bill Campbell | 76-77-76-72—301 |
| Wes Ellis | 76-75-73-77—301 |
| Dan Sikes | 76-74-75-76—301 |
| Billy Maxwell | 75-77-77-73—302 |
| R.H. Sikes | 73-78-74-77—302 |
| Dudley Wysong | 77-75-73-77—302 |
| George Bayer | 76-77-76-74—303 |
| Sam Snead | 77-72-76-78—303 |
| a-Don Allen | 74-72-75-83—304 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 75-73-79-77—304 |
| Jacky Cupit | 78-74-77-75—304 |
| Al Geiberger | 76-71-79-78—304 |
| Gene Littler | 76-76-72-80—304 |
| a-Ed Updegraff | 76-75-77-76—304 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 71-77-85-72—305 |
| a-Bob Dickson | 77-74-75-79—305 |
| Steve Oppermann | 74-74-73-84—305 |
| Randy Glover | 72-74-81-79—306 |
| a-Ron Cerrudo | 76-77-72-82—307 |
| a-Downing Gray | 75-77-76-79—307 |
| a-Ed Tutwiler | 79-74-73-81—307 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 73-76-77-82—308 |
| a-Dale Morey | 75-78-76-79—308 |
| Bob Goalby | 76-77-82-77—312 |
| a-Bob Murphy | 76-77-81-78—312 |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | 76-77-78-83—314 |
| a-Luis Silverio | 77-76-77-84—314 |
