1965 Masters Tournament
Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 Total To par
Sam Snead United States 1949 , 1952 , 1954 75 74 149 +5
Cary Middlecoff United States 1955 76 75 151 +7
Jack Burke , Jr United States 1956 75 77 152 +8
Claude Harmon United States 1948 74 79 153 +9
Gene Sarazen United States 1935 78 76 154 +10
Henry Picard United States 1938 76 79 155 +11
Ralph Guldahl United States 1939 83 85 168 +24
Herman Keiser United States 1946 80 WD
Field -- Past champions in the field
The 1965 Masters Tournament was the 29th Masters Tournament, held April 8-11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Nicklaus, age 25, won the second of his six Masters titles with a score of 271 (−17), at the time a tournament record, three strokes better than Ben Hogan's 274 in 1953. It was equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd and surpassed in 1997 by Tiger Woods' 270 (−18). Nicklaus' winning margin of nine strokes also stood until 1997, when Woods was victorious by twelve strokes to win his first green jacket. It was the fourth of a record 18 major titles won by Nicklaus in his career. The Big Three (Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player) were tied for the lead after 36 holes at 138 (−6), but Nicklaus shot a 64 (−8) on Saturday to post a 202 (−14), a gain of five shots on Player and eight on Palmer. Nicklaus' round tied the course record set by Lloyd Mangrum in the first round in 1940; it was lowered to 63 by Nick Price in the third round in 1986. Nicklaus totally over-powered the Augusta National course, hitting short-irons into most of the par four holes and mid-irons into many of the par five holes, especially during his record-tying third round 64. After the tournament was over, when asked about Nicklaus' performance that week Bobby Jones said, He plays a game with which I am not familiar. Byron Nelson, age 53, tied for fifteenth place, the last cut made at Augusta by the two-time champion. Art Wall, Jr. won the sixth Par 3 contest with a score of 20.