1940 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Jimmy Demaret, 280
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 4-7, 1940
Leader after first round: Lloyd Mangrum, 64
Leader after second round: Jimmy Demaret and Lloyd Mangrum, 139
Leader after third round: Jimmy Demaret, 209
What Happened at the 1940 Masters Tournament
Lloyd Mangrum started the 1940 Masters with a record-setting score, but Jimmy Demaret finished the tournament with the largest margin of victory to date.Demaret won by four strokes, which is really not a big margin. But it was largest winning margin to this point in Masters Tournament history. Keep in mind, though, there had only been six Masters prior to this — none of them was won by more than two strokes.
In the first round, Mangrum (who later won a U.S. Open but never The Masters) took the lead with a 64. That was the tournament record, and it nobody beat it until Nick Price carded the first 63 at Augusta National in the 1986 Masters.
Demaret had his own first-round success with a 67, then followed with three rounds of par or better to overtake Mangrum, who finished second. Demaret overcame an illness in the third round — he considered withdrawing — to shoot 70 that day. Augusta National officials helped him by delaying his starting time 30 minutes, giving him more time to prepare. (Rules about starting times were a bit looser in those days at Augusta.)
Demaret, playing in his second Masters, had just two wins on the PGA Tour entering 1940, but this season was his breakout year with six victories. Demaret went on to win The Masters twice more, in 1947 and 1950.
1940 Masters Final Scores
| Jimmy Demaret | 67-72-70-71—280 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 64-75-71-74—284 |
| Byron Nelson | 69-72-74-70—285 |
| Harry Cooper | 69-75-73-70—287 |
| Ed Dudley | 73-72-71-71—287 |
| Willie Goggin | 71-72-73-71—287 |
| Henry Picard | 71-71-71-75—288 |
| Sam Snead | 71-72-69-76—288 |
| Craig Wood | 70-75-67-76—288 |
| Ben Hogan | 73-74-69-74—290 |
| Toney Penna | 73-73-72-72—290 |
| Paul Runyan | 72-73-72-74—291 |
| Frank Walsh | 73-75-69-74—291 |
| Sam Byrd | 73-74-72-73—292 |
| Johnny Farrell | 76-72-70-74—292 |
| Ralph Guldahl | 74-73-71-74—292 |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 73-71-74-75—293 |
| a-Charlie Yates | 72-75-71-75—293 |
| Lawson Little | 70-77-75-72—294 |
| Ed Oliver | 73-75-74-72—294 |
| Johnny Bulla | 73-73-74-75—295 |
| Dick Metz | 71-74-75-75—295 |
| Gene Sarazen | 74-71-77-73—295 |
| a-Bud Ward | 74-68-75-78—295 |
| Al Watrous | 75-70-73-77—295 |
| a-Jim Ferrier | 73-74-75-74—296 |
| Jimmy Hines | 75-76-74-72—297 |
| Johnny Revolta | 74-74-74-75—297 |
| Jim Foulis | 74-75-73-76—298 |
| Tony Manero | 75-75-73-75—298 |
| Dutch Harrison | 72-76-74-77—299 |
| Frank Moore | 76-72-73-78—299 |
| a-Chick Harbert | 74-77-75-75—301 |
| Jules Huot | 78-76-70-77—301 |
| Jimmy Thomson | 77-76-70-78—301 |
| a-Wilford Wehrle | 74-71-76-80—301 |
| Martin Pose | 77-76-74-75—302 |
| Tommy Armour | 71-74-78-80—303 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 77-75-74-79—305 |
| a-William Holt | 80-75-76-74—305 |
| Rod Munday | 73-76-75-81—305 |
| a-Bob Sweeny | 76-78-73-78—305 |
| a-Tommy Tailer | 79-74-74-78—305 |
| a-Chuck Kocsis | 76-79-74-77—306 |
| a-Art Doering | 76-79-76-75—306 |
| Felix Serafin | 85-72-80-71—308 |
| Horton Smith | 76-76-80-77—309 |
| a-Willie Turnesa | 76-74-81-78—309 |
| a-George Dawson | 77-73-81-81—312 |
| Enrique Bertolino | 80-80-78-75—313 |
| a-Chick Evans | 82-84-86-79—331 |
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