1935 Masters Tournament

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The 1935 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 2nd Masters Tournament. The golf course nines were reversed for this tournament. Gene Sarazen holed an albatross (235 yards, 4 wood) at the par 5, 15th hole to tie Craig Wood and force a 36-hole playoff. This shot is referred to as the "shot heard 'round the world". Sarazen won the playoff 71-73=144 to 75-74=149. The purse was $5,000.

[edit] Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Gene Sarazen	United States	68-71-73-70=282	-6	1,500
2	Craig Wood	United States	69-72-68-73=282	-6	800
3	Olin Dutra	United States	70-70-70-74=284	-4	600
4	Henry Picard	United States	67-68-76-75=286	-2	500
5	Denny Shute	United States	73-71-70-73=287	-1	400
6	Lawson Little (a)	United States	74-72-70-72=288	E	0
7	Paul Runyan	United States	70-72-75-72=289	+1	300
8	Vic Ghezzi	United States	73-71-73-73=290	+2	250
T9	Bobby Cruickshank	Scotland	76-70-73-72=291	+3	137.50
	Jimmy Hines	United States	70-70-77-74=291
	Byron Nelson	United States	71-74-72-74=291
	Joe Turnesa	United States	73-71-74-73=291