| 1935 Masters | |
The second Masters produced the first playoff in the event, that playoff being the result of one of the most famous shots in golf history: Gene Sarazen's so-called "Shot Heard 'Round the World."
Sarazen's career was beginning to wind down as the 1935 Masters arrived. Sarazen had won six majors by this point - three PGA Championships, two U.S. Opens and one British Open. He entered the final round trailing Craig Wood by three strokes.
And Sarazen still trailed Wood by three strokes when Sarazen reached Augusta's par-5 15th hole. Sarazen's tee shot left him 235 yards to the green. That was a long carry back in those days, especially under the pressure of trying to win a tournament.
Sarazen hit a 4-wood, the ball hit the green and rolled across to the flagstick, dropping into the cup for a double-eagle. Sarazen caught Wood with one swing of the club.
Wood and Sarazen finished tied at 6-under 282, and a 36-hole playoff was contested the next day. Sarazen won that playoff 144 to 149, claiming his seventh major championship and becoming the first golfer to win all four professional majors. We refer to that feat today as the "career Grand Slam" (although in 1935, The Masters and even the PGA Championship, which had been around since 1916, were not yet established as majors in the public consciousness - Sarazen's accomplishment was recognized retroactively).
As for Wood, he would lose playoffs at all four of what we now recognize as the major championships before finally breaking through by winning the 1941 Masters.
And Sarazen's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," as it was dubbed by golf writers of the time, lives on as one of only three eagles in Masters history.
1935 Masters Scores
Results from the 1935 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Gene Sarazen | 68-71-73-70--282 | $1,500 |
| Craig Wood | 69-72-68-73--282 | $800 |
| Olin Dutra | 70-70-70-74--284 | $600 |
| Henry Picard | 67-68-76-75--286 | $500 |
| Denny Shute | 73-71-70-73--287 | $400 |
| a-Lawson Little | 74-72-70-72--288 | |
| Paul Runyan | 70-72-75-72--289 | $300 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 73-71-73-73--290 | $250 |
| Bobby Cruickshank | 76-70-73-72--291 | $137 |
| Jimmy Hines | 70-70-77-74--291 | $137 |
| Byron Nelson | 71-74-72-74--291 | $137 |
| Joe Turnesa | 73-71-74-70--291 | $137 |
| Ray Mangrum | 68-71-76-77--292 | $50 |
| Johnny Revolta | 70-74-73-75--292 | $50 |
| Walter Hagen | 73-69-72-79--293 | |
| Sam Parks Jr. | 74-70-74-75--293 | |
| a-Johnny Dawson | 75-72-72-75--294 | |
| Al Espinosa | 76-72-73-73--294 | |
| Clarence Clark | 77-75-73-71--296 | |
| Leo Diegel | 72-73-74-77--296 | |
| Ed Dudley | 73-73-74-76--296 | |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 75-72-75-74--296 | |
| Horton Smith | 74-75-74-73--296 | |
| a-Charlie Yates | 75-70-76-75--296 | |
| Harry Cooper | 73-76-74-74--297 | |
| Bobby Jones | 74-72-73-78--297 | |
| Mike Turnesa | 72-74-75-76--297 | |
| Gene Kunes | 76-72-77-73--298 | |
| Ky Laffoon | 76-73-72-77--298 | |
| Phil Perkins | 77-71-75-75--298 | |
| Mortie Dutra | 81-74-73-71--299 | |
| Willie MacFarlane | 73-77-75-74--299 | |
| Dick Metz | 75-73-73-78--299 | |
| Al Watrous | 78-72-75-75--300 | |
| John Golden | 75-73-77-76--301 | |
| Bill Mehlhorn | 76-70-77-78--302 | |
| Tommy Armour | 73-76-75-78--302 | |
| Billy Burke | 74-75-74-79--302 | |
| Johnny Farrell | 74-74-78-76--302 | |
| Jim Foulis | 81-72-74-75--302 | |
| Willie Goggin | 68-74-78-82--302 | |
| a-Fred Haas Jr. | 75-73-75-79--302 | |
| Wiffy Cox | 73-76-77-77--303 | |
| Frank Walsh | 75-82-73-73--303 | |
| Henry Ciuci | 79-77-74-74--304 | |
| Tony Manero | 72-76-77-79--304 | |
| Andy Kay | 78-74-77-76--305 | |
| a-Gus Moreland | 78-74-75-78--305 | |
| Orville White | 76-74-75-80--305 | |
| Al Espinosa | 78-73-79-76--306 | |
| Jock Hutchison | 78-73-80-76--307 | |
| Jimmy Thomson | 74-72-80-81--307 | |
| Pat Tiso | 76-75-75-81--307 | |
| Bob MacDonald | 73-79-76-81--309 | |
| Ralph Stonehouse | 78-74-80-77--309 | |
| Walter Kozak | 78-77-77-78--310 | |
| Bill Schwartz | 76-74-81-79--310 | |
| a-Leland Hamman | 75-79-79-79--312 | |
| Jules Huot | 78-78-81-76--313 | |
| a-Chandler Egan | 77-78-78-81--314 | |
| a-Jack Munger | 79-78-77-83--317 | |
| George Sargent | 80-79-79-81--319 | |
| a-Jack Westland | 77-82-77-84--320 | |
| Fred McLeod | 84-76-83-81--324 |
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