1936 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Horton Smith, 285
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 3-6, 1936
Leader after first round: Harry Cooper, 70
Leader after second round: Harry Cooper, 139
Leader after third round: Harry Cooper, 210
What Happened at the 1936 Masters Tournament
"Lighthorse Harry" Cooper led after each of the first three rounds, but he didn't lead after the one that mattered most. Instead, Horton Smith won by a stroke over Cooper, shooting 72 to Cooper's 76 in the final round. Smith thus became the first 2-time champion at The Masters.Cooper held a 5-stroke lead after two rounds, with Smith tied for fourth place six shots behind. In the third round, a 68 moved Smith into second place, three behind Cooper. In the final round, Cooper bogeyed three of his first five holes. Smith made his move on the 14th and 15th holes with back-to-back birdies, the first coming on a 50-foot chip-in. Defending champion Gene Sarazen finished in third place, two behind Smith.
Cooper is credited with 29 PGA Tour wins, but never won a major despite several close calls. Smith won 30 times total on the PGA Tour. One of those earlier wins was in the 1934 Masters, the first Masters Tournament ever played.
The Masters was still officially named the Augusta National Invitation Tournament at this time (although some players and fans informally referred to it as "The Masters," a name Bobby Jones had resisted adopting from the start). The tournament didn't get under way until Friday, rather than Thursday, due to heavy rains.
Eleven-time major championship winner Walter Hagen tied for 11th, his best finish in a Masters. But he played The Masters only four times as it was created after his career was already in its winding-down phase. Craig Wood, runner-up in 1934 and 1935, opened the 1936 Masters with a round of 88. He then improved by 21 strokes in the second round, scoring 67. Those are the most-contrasting rounds in Masters history.
1936 Masters Final Scores
| Horton Smith | 74-71-68-72—285 |
| Harry Cooper | 70-69-71-76—286 |
| Gene Sarazen | 78-67-72-70—287 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 75-69-74-72—290 |
| Paul Runyan | 76-69-70-75—290 |
| Ed Dudley | 75-75-70-73—293 |
| Ky Laffoon | 75-70-75-73—293 |
| Ray Mangrum | 76-73-68-76—293 |
| a-Johnny Dawson | 77-70-70-77—294 |
| Henry Picard | 75-72-74-73—294 |
| Walter Hagen | 77-74-73-72—296 |
| Denny Shute | 76-68-75-77—296 |
| Wiffy Cox | 82-69-75-72—298 |
| Byron Nelson | 76-71-77-74—298 |
| Al Espinosa | 72-73-75-79—299 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 77-70-77-71—299 |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 77-75-71-76—299 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 76-78-71-74—299 |
| Orville White | 78-73-77-71—299 |
| Tommy Armour | 79-74-72-75—300 |
| Chick Chin | 76-74-71-79—300 |
| Lawson Little | 75-75-73-77—300 |
| Sam Parks Jr. | 76-75-72-77—300 |
| Craig Wood | 88-67-69-76—300 |
| Johnny Revolta | 77-72-76-76—301 |
| a-Albert Campbell | 82-73-68-79—302 |
| Dick Metz | 79-78-76-70—303 |
| Billy Burke | 74-77-74-79—304 |
| Johnny Farrell | 78-75-74-78—305 |
| Joe Kirkwood | 81-76-73-75—305 |
| Torchy Toda | 81-74-75-75—305 |
| Al Watrous | 78-76-73-78—305 |
| Bobby Jones | 78-78-73-77—306 |
| a-Bill Kaiser | 77-78-77-75—307 |
| a-Charlie Yates | 82-73-75-77—307 |
| Alvin Krueger | 75-76-77-80—308 |
| Ted Luther | 74-75-77-72—308 |
| Ted Turner | 76-79-80-75—310 |
| Jimmy Hines | 79-82-74-76—311 |
| Jules Huot | 80-79-75-77—311 |
| Gene Kunes | 81-76-76-78—311 |
| Frank Walsh | 80-77-78-76—311 |
| a-Johnny Goodman | 80-81-79-75—315 |
| Bob Riegel | 84-78-74-83—319 |
| a-Bob Sweeny Jr. | 83-72-74-87—319 |
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