1936 Masters Tournament
The 1936 Masters Tournament was the third Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Horton Smith won his second Masters, one stroke ahead of runner-up Harry Cooper, with defending champion Gene Sarazen in third. Still officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament," the purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.
Due to heavy rains, the first round of play was postponed until Friday. Sunday's play was also postponed and the third and fourth rounds were played on Monday. On the back nine of the final round, Smith chipped in for birdie from at the 14th hole, birdied the next hole, then parred out to win again.
Cooper led after each of the first three rounds in an attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner at the Masters; that occurred at the 1941 edition, won by Craig Wood. After three rounds under par, Cooper shot 76 in the final round on Monday afternoon, with his bogey on the 17th hole proving decisive.
Field
;1. U.S. Open championsTommy Armour, Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Johnny Goodman, Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Gene Sarazen, George Sargent
;2. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little, Jess Sweetser
;3. British Open champions
Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute
;4. British Amateur champions
;5. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team
Ky Laffoon, Henry Picard, Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, Horton Smith, Craig Wood
- Olin Dutra did not play
- Team not selected in time for inclusion.
Bobby Cruickshank, Johnny Dawson, Leo Diegel, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi, Jimmy Hines, Ray Mangrum, Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Joe Turnesa, Charlie Yates
- Clarence Clark and Leo Diegel did not play.
Herman Barron, Harry Cooper, Vincent Eldred, Bill Kaiser, Butch Krueger, Gene Kunes, Ted Luther, Dick Metz, Jimmy Thomson, Ted Turner, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous
- Mortie Dutra, Willie Hunter, and Macdonald Smith did not play.
Fred Haas, Jack Munger
- Walter Emery, Chuck Kocsis, Joe Lynch and George Voigt did not play.
- Al Zimmerman did not play.
Wiffy Cox, Orville White
;12. Foreign invitations
Chin Sei-Sui, Jules Huot, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Robert Sweeny Jr., Toichira Toda
;Additional invitations
Albert Campbell, Bobby Riegel
Round summaries
First round
Friday, April 3, 1936Rain on Thursday delayed the first round a day.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  |1912Second roundSaturday, April 4, 1936
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