The 1937 Masters Tournament was the fourth Masters Tournament, held April 1–4 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 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 (double bogey, bogey), Nelson played the 12th and 13th holes 2–3 (birdie, eagle), 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

Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7,9,10), Horton Smith (7,9,10,12) Tommy Armour (4,6,9,10), Billy Burke (9,10), Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Willie Macfarlane, Tony Manero (10,12), Sam Parks Jr. (7,9), George Sargent Lawson Little (5,9), Jess Sweetser (5,a) Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6,9,10,12) Johnny Revolta (7,9,10), Paul Runyan (7,9,10) Ky Laffoon (9,10), Henry Picard (9,10), Craig Wood (9,12) Charlie Yates (a) Harry Cooper (10), Wiffy Cox (10), Bobby Cruickshank, Ed Dudley, Al Espinosa, Vic Ghezzi (110, Ray Mangrum (10), Jug McSpaden (10,12), Byron Nelson, Jimmy Thomson (10,12), Al Watrous Herman Barron, Al Brosch, Clarence Clark, Ralph Guldahl, Tom Kerrigan, Chuck Kocsis (a), Frank Moore, Jack Munger (a), Felix Serafin John Riddell (a) Jimmy Hines, Bill Mehlhorn Leonard Dodson, Sam Snead Francis Francis (a) Fred Haas (a) winner of 1936 Canadian Amateur Championship

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 1, 1937 Source:

Second round

Friday, April 2, 1937 Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 3, 1937 Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 4, 1937

Final leaderboard

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Scorecard

Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: