1967 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Gay Brewer, who one year earlier lost in a 3-way playoff to Jack Nicklaus, this time won the Masters by a stroke. Brewer made three straight birdies in the middle of the back nine — holes 13-15 — in the final round to earn the win. The 1967 tournament was the 31st time The Masters was played.
Winner: Gay Brewer, 280
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 6-9, 1967
Leader after first round: Bert Yancey, 67
Leader after second round: Bert Yancey, 140
Leader after third round: Bert Yancey, Julius Boros, Bobby Nichols, 211
What Happened at the 1967 Masters Tournament
The previous year, Gay Brewer was involved in a three-man playoff, a playoff that was won by Jack Nicklaus. But at the 1967 Masters, Brewer took care of business in regulation, winning by one stroke after a final-round 67. This was Brewer's second win in 1967, and the 10th win of his PGA Tour career. He would win only one more time on the PGA Tour, and not for another five years.Brewer won it on the strength of three consecutive birdies on Holes 13-15 in the final round. Nicklaus, meanwhile, was going for his third consecutive Masters victory after wins in 1965 and 1966, and he failed miserably at that attempt, missing the cut after a second-round 79 that included nine bogeys. In the six Masters from 1963-68, this is the only one in which Nicklaus failed to finish in the Top 5 (and he won three of them). It also was the first time in tournament history the defending champion missed the cut.
A whopping eight amateurs did make the cut, including Johnny Miller, making his first Masters appearance. (Downing Gray took low amateur honors, however.) Two-time champ Ben Hogan finished tied for 10th in what was his final time playing The Masters, while 3-time winner Jimmy Demaret missed the cut in his final time playing.
Hogan, age 54, was in contention until shooting 77 in a putting-plagued final round. He was so distraught over his putting that Hogan said afterward he was embarrassed for anyone to watch him putt. In the third round, though, Hogan's 66 included becoming the first golfer to shoot 30 on Augusta National's back nine. That score wasn't bettered until 1992.
Sam Snead tied Hogan in 10th place, his final Top 10 finish in a Masters. Arnold Palmer won the Par-3 Contest, then finished fourth in the tournament. But it was also Palmer's final Top 10 finish in a Masters.
This was the first Masters televised outside the United States. The BBC showed the tournament in the United Kingdom.
1967 Masters Final Scores
| Gay Brewer | 73-68-72-67—280 |
| Bobby Nichols | 72-69-70-70—281 |
| Bert Yancey | 67-73-71-73—284 |
| Anold Palmer | 73-73-70-69—285 |
| Julius Boros | 71-70-70-75—286 |
| Paul Harney | 73-71-74-69—287 |
| Gary Player | 75-69-72-71—287 |
| Tommy Aaron | 75-68-74-71—288 |
| Lionel Hebert | 77-71-67-73—288 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 73-72-74-71—290 |
| Bruce Devlin | 74-70-75-71—290 |
| Ben Hogan | 74-73-66-77—290 |
| Mason Rudolph | 72-76-72-70—290 |
| Sam Snead | 72-76-71-71—290 |
| Jacky Cupit | 73-76-67-75—291 |
| George Archer | 75-67-72-78—292 |
| Wes Ellis | 79-71-74-68—292 |
| Tony Jacklin | 71-70-74-77—292 |
| Dave Marr | 73-74-70-75—292 |
| Doug Sanders | 74-72-73-73—292 |
| Jay Hebert | 72-77-68-76—293 |
| Bob Rosburg | 73-72-76-72—293 |
| Ken Venturi | 76-73-71-73—293 |
| Peter Butler | 72-73-77-72—294 |
| Billy Casper | 70-74-75-75—294 |
| Frank Beard | 74-75-75-71—295 |
| Tommy Bolt | 72-77-72-74—295 |
| Don January | 74-74-76-71—295 |
| Gene Littler | 72-74-74-75—295 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 73-73-73-76—295 |
| Doug Ford | 74-69-82-71—296 |
| Rod Funseth | 74-73-78-71—296 |
| George Knudson | 72-74-75-75—296 |
| Kel Nagle | 73-75-74-74—296 |
| Ramon Sota | 74-73-73-76—296 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 77-70-73-77—297 |
| Terry Dill | 73-76-72-76—297 |
| Al Geiberger | 77-73-72-75—297 |
| a-Downing Gray | 70-76-75-76—297 |
| Harold Henning | 74-73-77-73—297 |
| Phil Rodgers | 72-77-75-73—297 |
| a-Deane Beman | 74-76-74-74—298 |
| Rives McBee | 75-73-74-76—298 |
| a-Don Allen | 75-71-78-76—300 |
| a-Bobby Cole | 75-73-74-78—300 |
| a-Ron Cerrudo | 76-73-77-75—301 |
| Chen Ching-Po | 74-76-72-79—301 |
| Dave Thomas | 74-74-72-81—301 |
| Bruce Crampton | 77-73-75-77—302 |
| Don Massengale | 74-73-77-78—302 |
| Art Wall Jr. | 74-76-77-75—302 |
| a-Bob Murphy | 73-77-76-77—303 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 76-74-74-81—305 |
| a-Johnny Miller | 72-78-81-74—305 |
| a-Joe Carr | 76-74-79-84—313 |
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