1974 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1974 Masters was the 38th edition of the tournament. And it was the second time The Masters was won by Gary Player, who took the trophy in part on the strength of a late birdie.
Winner: Gary Player, 278
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 11-14, 1974
Leader after first round: Jim Colbert, 67
Leader after second round: Dave Stockton, 137
Leader after third round: Dave Stockton, 207
What Happened in the 1974 Masters Tournament
Gary Player won the 1974 Masters, the second of three Masters titles he collected in his career, and the seventh of his nine career major victories. Player shot 70 in the final round, finishing at 10-under par and winning by two strokes over runners-up Dave Stockton and Tom Weiskopf.Player wasn't in the Top 10 at the halfway mark, but a 66 in the third round shot him up the leaderboard into a tie for second place. He held a 2-stroke lead after 11 holes of his final round, but bogeyed No. 12.
Player rebounded with a birdie on the 13th hole. Over the final five holes, he had four pars but an all-important birdie on the 17th. There he nearly holed a 9-iron approach shot, then tapped in for the birdie.
Stockton got to within one of Player after a birdie on No. 13, but managed only pars the rest of the way. Weiskopf tied the lead with a birdie on the 15th, but gave it back with a bogey on No. 16. For Weiskopf, it was his third runner-up; he finished second a fourth time the next year, tying a record for most runner-up finishes in The Masters.
Another 3-time Masters champion, Sam Snead, finished tied for 20th. The 1974 Masters was the last one in which Snead made the cut. And this was the final Masters played by Jack Burke Jr., winner of the 1956 Masters. Burke missed the cut.
1974 Masters Final Scores
| Gary Player | 71-71-66-70—278 |
| Dave Stockton | 71-66-70-73—280 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 71-69-70-70—280 |
| Jim Colbert | 67-72-69-73—281 |
| Hale Irwin | 68-70-72-71—281 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 69-71-72-69—281 |
| Bobby Nichols | 73-68-68-73—282 |
| Phil Rodgers | 72-69-68-73—282 |
| Maurice Bembridge | 73-74-72-64—283 |
| Hubert Green | 68-70-74-71—283 |
| Bruce Crampton | 73-72-69-70—284 |
| Jerry Heard | 70-70-73-71—284 |
| Dave Hill | 71-72-70-71—284 |
| Arnold Palmer | 76-71-70-67—284 |
| Bud Allin | 73-73-70-69—285 |
| Miller Barber | 75-67-72-71—285 |
| Ralph Johnston | 72-71-70-72—285 |
| Johnny Miller | 72-74-69-70—285 |
| Dan Sikes | 69-71-74-71—285 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 70-74-71-71—286 |
| Sam Snead | 72-72-71-71—286 |
| Frank Beard | 69-70-72-76—287 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 75-70-70-72—287 |
| Raymond Floyd | 69-72-76-70—287 |
| Bob Goalby | 76-71-72-68—287 |
| Julius Boros | 75-70-69-74—288 |
| John Schlee | 75-71-71-71—288 |
| J.C. Snead | 73-68-74-73—288 |
| Charles Coody | 74-72-76-67—289 |
| Don Iverson | 68-74-73-74—289 |
| Hugh Baiocchi | 75-71-74-70—290 |
| Bruce Devlin | 70-72-76-72—290 |
| Al Geiberger | 76-68-70-76—290 |
| Graham Marsh | 76-69-72-73—290 |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 79-68-68-75—290 |
| Kermit Zarley | 73-71-77-69—290 |
| Billy Casper | 70-71-76-74—291 |
| Art Wall | 70-77-72-72—291 |
| Gene Littler | 69-71-78-74—292 |
| Larry Ziegler | 72-73-73-74—292 |
| Babe Hiskey | 70-78-75-72—295 |
| Leonard Thompson | 73-72-77-73—295 |
| Ed Sneed | 74-74-77-72—297 |
| Orville Moody | 74-73-78-77—302 |
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