1979 Masters Tournament
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1979 Masters Tournament
The 1979 Masters Tournament was the 43rd edition of the major golf tournament held April 12-15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Fuzzy Zoeller won the tournament with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson. Jack Nicklaus climbed up the leaderboard on Sunday with a 69 (-3) to finish a stroke out of the playoff; Tom Kite was at even par in the final round to finish fifth.
Second and third round leader Sneed bogeyed the final three holes to card a final round 76 (+4) and fell into the playoff. It was the debut of the sudden-death format at the Masters, which started on the tenth hole, a downhill par-4 where all three players missed birdie putts and parred. On the second hole, the par-4 11th, Sneed failed to hole a bunker shot and Watson a birdie putt, but Zoeller made his from 6 feet (1.8 m) and won his first major championship.[1]
Final leaderboard
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) | Playoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuzzy Zoeller |  United States |
70-71-69-70=280 | -8 | 50,000 | 4-3 |
| T2 | Ed Sneed | United States |
68-67-69-76=280 | 30,000 | 4-x | |
| Tom Watson | United States |
68-71-70-71=280 | 4-x | |||
| 4 | Jack Nicklaus | United States |
69-71-72-69=281 | -7 | 15,000 | |
| 5 | Tom Kite | United States |
71-72-68-72=283 | -5 | 13,000 | |
| 6 | Bruce Lietzke | United States |
67-75-68-74=284 | -4 | 11,500 | |
| T7 | Craig Stadler | United States |
69-66-74-76=285 | -3 | 9,000 | |
| Leonard Thompson | United States |
68-70-73-74=285 | ||||
| Lanny Wadkins | United States |
73-69-70-73=285 | ||||
| T10 | Hubert Green | United States |
74-69-72-71=286 | -2 | 6,500 | |
| Gene Littler | United States |
74-71-69-72=286 |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (April 23, 1979). "Fuzzy came in loud and clear". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094850/2/index.htm. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
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