1978 Masters: Ready? Player Won
Winner: Gary Player, 277
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 6-9, 1978
Leader after first round: John Schlee, 68
Leader after second round: Lee Trevino and Rod Funseth, 139
Leader after third round: Hubert Green, 206
Notable Notes: Gary Player trailed by seven shots entering the final round, not even an afterthought as a contender. He went out well before the third-round leaders, shot a 64, and waited to see if anyone could match his 277. Nobody could. It was Player's third Masters win, the last of his nine major championship victories. He was 42 years old.
Third-round leader Hubert Green shot a respectable even-par 72 in the final round and tied Rod Funseth as runner-up. ... Tommy Nakajima made a 13 on the 13th hole in the third round. ... Jack Nicklaus was the victim of a phone-in death threat during the tournament (but still finished in the Top 10).
Final Scores
| Gary Player | 72-72-69-64—277 |
| Rod Funseth | 73-66-70-69—278 |
| Hubert Green | 72-69-65-72—278 |
| Tom Watson | 73-68-68-69—278 |
| Wally Armstrong | 72-70-70-68—280 |
| Billy Kratzert | 70-74-67-69—280 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 72-73-69-67—281 |
| Hale Irwin | 73-67-71-71—282 |
| David Graham | 75-69-67-72—283 |
| Joe Inman | 69-73-72-69—283 |
| Don January | 72-70-72-70—284 |
| Jerry McGee | 71-73-71-69—284 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 72-71-70-71—284 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 74-70-70-71—285 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-69-72-74—285 |
| Raymond Floyd | 76-71-71-68—286 |
| a-Lindy Miller | 74-71-70-71—286 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 74-71-68-74—287 |
| Tom Kite | 71-74-71-71—287 |
| Gil Morgan | 73-73-70-71—287 |
| Jerry Pate | 72-71-72-72—287 |
| Ed Sneed | 74-70-70-73—287 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 74-70-73-70—287 |
| Miller Barber | 75-67-73-73—288 |
| Andy Bean | 76-68-73-71—288 |
| Gene Littler | 72-68-70-78—288 |
| Leonard Thompson | 72-69-75-72—288 |
| Bobby Cole | 77-70-70-72—289 |
| Gay Brewer | 73-71-69-77—290 |
| Mac McLendon | 72-72-72-74—290 |
| Bill Rogers | 76-70-68-76—290 |
| Jim Colbert | 74-73-75-69—291 |
| Terry Diehl | 74-72-74-71—291 |
| Johnny Miller | 77-72-72-70—291 |
| Andy North | 73-76-72-70—291 |
| Tommy Aaron | 73-74-71-74—292 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 75-70-74-74—293 |
| Mike Hill | 73-75-74-71—293 |
| Arnold Palmer | 73-69-74-77—293 |
| Tom Purtzer | 78-69-74-72—293 |
| Lyn Lott | 72-76-71-75—294 |
| Lee Elder | 73-75-74-73—295 |
| Al Geiberger | 75-73-75-72—295 |
| John Schlee | 68-75-77-75—295 |
| a-Vance Heafner | 73-74-74-75—296 |
| Dave Hill | 72-76-74-74—296 |
| Jay Haas | 74-73-74-76—297 |
| a-Gary Hallberg | 73-73-78-73—297 |
| a-Dick Siderowf | 77-72-78-71—298 |
| Bob Wynn | 74-70-78-77—299 |
| Steve Melnyk | 71-78-75-76—300 |
| Bob Goalby | 73-75-78-75—301 |
| a-Peter McEvoy | 73-75-77-77—302 |
