| 1960 Masters | |
Arnold Palmer went wire-to-wire to win the 1960 Masters, finishing at 6-under par and one stroke in front of Ken Venturi.
Palmer birdied the final two holes to secure the win, which was his second Masters championship and also the second major of his career. Palmer and the man he beat by one stroke, Venturi, were part of a rules dispute at the 1958 Masters, site of Palmer's first career major. Venturi believed Palmer took an improper drop, and brought the matter up again in his 2004 memoir.
Palmer led after each round, and with the victory completed just the second wire-to-wire win in tournament history to this point.
Jack Nicklaus, playing as an amateur in his second Masters, finished tied for 13th.
Results from the 1960 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (a-amateur):
| Arnold Palmer | 67-73-72-70--282 | $17,500 |
| Ken Venturi | 73-69-71-70--283 | $10,500 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 71-70-72-71--284 | $7,000 |
| Billy Casper | 71-71-71-74--287 | $5,250 |
| Julius Boros | 72-71-70-75--288 | $4,200 |
| Walt Burkemo | 72-69-75-73--289 | $2,800 |
| Ben Hogan | 73-68-72-76--289 | $2,800 |
| Gary Player | 72-71-72-74--289 | $2,800 |
| Lionel Hebert | 74-70-73-73--290 | $1,575 |
| Stan Leonard | 72-72-72-74--290 | $1,575 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 72-72-74-74--292 | $1,225 |
| Sam Snead | 73-74-72-73--292 | $1,225 |
| Ted Kroll | 72-76-71-74--293 | $1,225 |
| a-Jack Nicklaus | 75-71-72-75--293 | |
| a-Billy Joe Patton | 75-72-74-72--293 | |
| Bruce Crampton | 74-73-75-72--294 | $1,050 |
| Claude Harmon | 69-72-75-78--294 | $1,050 |
| Fred Hawkins | 69-78-72-75--294 | $1,050 |
| Mike Souchak | 72-75-72-75--294 | $1,050 |
| Tommy Bolt | 73-74-75-73--295 | $875 |
| Don January | 70-72-74-79--295 | $875 |
| Ed Oliver | 74-75-73-73--295 | $875 |
| Bob Rosburg | 74-74-71-76--295 | $875 |
| a-Frank Taylor | 70-74-73-78--295 | |
| a-Tommy Aaron | 74-75-75-73--297 | |
| Doug Ford | 74-72-80-71--297 | $875 |
| Billy Maxwell | 72-71-79-75--297 | $875 |
| Dave Ragan | 74-73-75-75--297 | $875 |
| George Bayer | 73-73-80-72--298 | $500 |
| a-Deane Beman | 71-72-77-78--298 | |
| a-Dick Crawford | 74-72-75-77--298 | |
| Doug Sanders | 73-71-81-73--298 | $500 |
| a-Gene Andrews | 73-76-77-73--299 | |
| Jerry Barber | 76-73-74-77--300 | $500 |
| Jack Fleck | 78-71-77-74--300 | $500 |
| a-Chuck Kocsis | 76-72-78-74--300 | |
| Dave Marr | 73-77-77-73--300 | $500 |
| Harry Weetman | 70-78-74-78--300 | $500 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 72-74-78-77--301 | |
| Chick Harbert | 73-77-74-77--301 | $500 |
| Jay Hebert | 69-77-78-77--301 | $500 |
| Jim Turnesa | 76-73-73-79--301 | $500 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 74-74-76-78--302 | $500 |
| Lew Worsham | 72-76-74-84--306 | $500 |
| a-Ward Wettlaufer | 73-77-83-78--311 |
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