1969 Masters Tournament
Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Jack Burke , Jr United States 1956 73 72 70 76 291 +3 T24
Jack Nicklaus United States 1963 , 1965 , 1966 68 75 72 76 291 +3 T24
Arnold Palmer United States 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1964 73 75 70 74 292 +4 27
Gary Player South Africa 1961 74 70 75 76 295 +7 T33
Bob Goalby United States 1968 70 76 76 75 297 +9 T40
Art Wall , Jr United States 1959 70 77 78 72 297 +9 T40
Herman Keiser United States 1946 71 77 80 WD
Cary Middlecoff United States 1955 72 76 80 WD
Field -- Past champions in the field
The 1969 Masters Tournament was the 33rd Masters Tournament, held April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. George Archer won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper, George Knudson, and Tom Weiskopf. Third round leader Casper was five over-par after ten holes in his final round, then regrouped with three birdies but needed another. Weiskopf was tied for the lead until a bogey at 17, and future champion Charles Coody bogeyed the final three holes and finished two strokes back. Casper would win the title in 1970 in a playoff and Coody would win in 1971. This was the last Masters that Ken Venturi participated in, and he missed the cut by twelve strokes. As an amateur in 1956, Venturi led after 54 holes but finished runner-up to Jack Burke, Jr. Burke made the cut at the Masters for the final time in 1969 and finished in 24th place. Past champions were noticeably absent from the leaderboard this year, as Burke tied for the best finish with three-time winner Jack Nicklaus. It was Archer's third Masters and his only top ten finish at Augusta; his next best result was tied for eleventh in 1981. Bob Lunn won the tenth Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 23.