1984 Masters Tournament


The 1984 Masters Tournament was the 48th Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Crenshaw won the first of his two major titles, both Masters, two strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson, the winner in 1977 and 1981.
The leader after 36 holes was Masters rookie Mark Lye at 135, three strokes ahead of Tom Kite. Play was halted near the end of the third round due to thunderstorms and the final groups completed it on Sunday morning. After 54 holes, Kite led at 207 and Lye was a stroke back. Crenshaw was two strokes back at 209 and shot a final round 68 to slip on his first green jacket. He won again eleven years later in 1995.
Defending champion Seve Ballesteros was assessed a two-stroke penalty in the second round for grounding his club within the confines of a water hazard at the 13th hole and missed the cut by a stroke. He also missed the cut as defending champion in 1981.
Normally scheduled to conclude on the second Sunday of April, this Masters was held a week later, as was 1979.

Course

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Hale Irwin, Larry Nelson
;3. The Open champions
Bill Rogers
;4. PGA champions
Hal Sutton
;5. 1983 U.S. Amateur semi-finalists
Clark Burroughs, Chris Perry, Clifton Pierce, Jay Sigel
;6. Previous two U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions
;7. Members of the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup team
Nathaniel Crosby, Rick Fehr, William Hoffer, Jim Holtgrieve, Bob Lewis, David Tentis, Billy Tuten
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1983 Masters Tournament
Ben Crenshaw, Keith Fergus, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite, Wayne Levi, Johnny Miller, Gil Morgan, Dan Pohl, Jack Renner, Scott Simpson, J. C. Snead, Lee Trevino, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Weiskopf
;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1983 U.S. Open
Chip Beck, Lennie Clements, Ralph Landrum, Pat McGowan, Mike Nicolette, Andy North, David Ogrin, Calvin Peete, Jim Thorpe
;10. Top eight players and ties from 1983 PGA Championship
John Fought, Bruce Lietzke
;11. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Andy Bean, Ronnie Black, Rex Caldwell, Jim Colbert, John Cook, Fred Couples, Bob Eastwood, Danny Edwards, David Edwards, Morris Hatalsky, Gary Koch, Pat Lindsey, Mark Lye, John Mahaffey, Mark McCumber, Larry Mize, Tom Purtzer, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange
;12. Top 30 players from the 1983 PGA Tour money list
Ed Fiori, Jay Haas
;13. Members of the U.S. 1983 Ryder Cup team
Bob Gilder
;14. Foreign invitations
Isao Aoki, Nick Faldo, David Graham, Bernhard Langer, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman, Peter Oosterhuis, Philip Parkin, Nick Price

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 12, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Crenshaw67−5
2Lee Trevino68−4
T3Isao Aoki69−3
T3David Graham69−3
T3Mark Lye69−3
T3Tom Purtzer69−3
T7George Archer70−2
T7Nick Faldo70−2
T7Raymond Floyd70−2
T7Hale Irwin70−2
T7Tom Kite70−2
T7Gary Koch70−2

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Second round

Friday, April 13, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mark Lye69-66=135−9
2Tom Kite70-68=138−6
T3Ben Crenshaw67-72=139−5
T3Nick Faldo70-69=139−5
T3David Graham69-70=139−5
T6Isao Aoki69-72=141−3
T6Andy Bean71-70=141−3
T6David Edwards71-70=141−3
T6Hale Irwin70-71=141−3
T6Larry Mize71-70=141−3
T6Lee Trevino68-73=141−3
T6Tom Watson74-67=141−3

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Third round

Saturday, April 14, 1984
Sunday, April 15, 1984
The third round had an hour-long weather delay and another thunderstorm hit shortly after 6 pm EST, which halted play for the day. Nineteen players did not complete the round on Saturday; the final pairing of Mark Lye and Tom Kite had just hit their tee shots at the par-3 12th hole. Play was resumed at 8 am on Sunday morning.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Kite70-68-69=207−9
2Mark Lye69-66-73=208−8
T3Ben Crenshaw67-72-70=209−7
T3Nick Faldo70-69-70=209−7
T3David Graham69-70-70=209−7
6Tom Watson74-67-69=210−6
T7Rex Caldwell71-71-69=211−5
T7Fred Couples71-73-67=211−5
T7Larry Nelson76-69-66=211−5
T10Wayne Levi71-72-69=212−4
T10Larry Mize71-70-71=212−4

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Final round

Sunday, April 15, 1984
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ben Crenshaw67-72-70-68=277−11108,000
2Tom Watson74-67-69-69=279−964,800
T3David Edwards71-70-72-67=280−834,800
T3Gil Morgan73-71-69-67=280−834,800
5Larry Nelson76-69-66-70=281−724,000
T6Ronnie Black71-74-69-68=282−619,425
T6David Graham69-70-70-73=282−619,425
T6Tom Kite70-68-69-75=282−619,425
T6Mark Lye69-66-73-74=282−619,425
10Fred Couples71-73-67-72=283−516,200

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par