1937 Masters Tournament
The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The tournament was at this point officially named the "Augusta National Invitation Tournament", and would not officially adopt the Masters Tournament name until 1939.
Opening with a six-under 66, Byron Nelson led after the first and second rounds, but a 75 on Saturday dropped him four strokes back, in a tie for third. On the final nine on Sunday, he gained six strokes on third round leader Ralph Guldahl over two holes and won the tournament by two strokes. Compared to Guldahl's 5–6, Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3, respectively. The Nelson Bridge, over Rae's Creek departing the 13th tee, was dedicated in 1958 to commemorate the feat.
At age 25, this was the first of Nelson's five major titles; he won the Masters again in 1942, which was not held again until 1946. Guldahl rebounded and won three majors over the next two years: the U.S. Open in 1937 and 1938 and the Masters in 1939.
Sam Snead made his Masters debut and finished 18th. The purse was $5,000 with a winner's share of $1,500.
Field
;1. Masters championsGene Sarazen, Horton Smith
;2. U.S. Open champions
Tommy Armour, Billy Burke, Bobby Jones, Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero, Sam Parks Jr., George Sargent
;3. U.S. Amateur champions
Lawson Little, Jess Sweetser
;4. British Open champions
Jock Hutchison, Denny Shute
;5. British Amateur champions
;6. PGA champions
Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan
;7. Members of the U.S. 1935 Ryder Cup team
Ky Laffoon, Henry Picard, Craig Wood
- Olin Dutra and Walter Hagen did not play.
Charlie Yates
- Albert Campbell, George Dunlap, Walter Emery, Johnny Fischer, Harry Givan, Johnny Goodman, Francis Ouimet, Reynolds Smith, George Voigt and Ed White did not play.
Harry Cooper, Wiffy Cox, Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi, Jug McSpaden, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson, Al Watrous
- Johnny Dawson, Johnny Farrell, Dick Metz and Orville White did not play.
Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis, Frank Moore, Jack Munger, Felix Serafin
- Zell Eaton, Jerry Gianferante, Willie Goggin and Macdonald Smith did not play
John Riddell
- Ray Billows and Russell Martin did not play.
Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn
;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1937 PGA Tour
Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead
;14 Foreign invitations
Francis Francis
;Additional invitation
Fred Haas winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 1, 1937| Place | Player | Score | To par | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  |1912Second roundFriday, April 2, 1937
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