| 1979 Masters | |
Fuzzy Zoeller won the 1979 Masters, but the tournament is perhaps better known for Ed Sneed losing it. Sneed, a solid player on the PGA Tour for many years, began the final round of the 1979 Masters with a 5-stroke lead. He still led by three strokes with three holes to play - but bogied each of those final three holes.
The dropped Sneed into a tie with Zoeller and Tom Watson. All three golfers parred the first playoff hole, then Zoeller won the Green Jacket with a birdie on the second playoff hole.
Zoeller was a Masters rookie in 1979, and he was the first Masters rookie to win the tournament since Gene Sarazen in 1935. The 1979 playoff was also the first sudden-death playoff in the tournament's history.
Results from the 1979 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-71-69-70--280 | $50,000 |
| Ed Sneed | 68-67-69-76--280 | $30,000 |
| Tom Watson | 68-71-70-71--280 | $30,000 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 69-71-72-69--281 | $15,000 |
| Tom Kite | 71-72-68-72--283 | $13,000 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 67-75-68-74--284 | $11,500 |
| Craig Stadler | 69-66-74-76--285 | $9,000 |
| Leonard Thompson | 68-70-73-74--285 | $9,000 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 73-69-70-73--285 | $9,000 |
| Hubert Green | 74-69-72-71--286 | $6,500 |
| Gene Littler | 74-71-69-72--286 | $6,500 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 72-68-73-74--287 | $3,740 |
| Miller Barber | 75-64-72-76--287 | $3,740 |
| Jack Newton | 70-72-69-76--287 | $3,740 |
| Andy North | 72-72-74-69--287 | $3,740 |
| Lee Trevino | 73-71-70-73--287 | $3,740 |
| Lee Elder | 73-70-74-71--288 | $2,700 |
| Raymond Floyd | 70-68-73-77--288 | $2,700 |
| Billy Kratzert | 73-68-71-76--288 | $2,700 |
| Artie McNickle | 71-72-74-71--288 | $2,700 |
| Gary Player | 71-72-74-71--288 | $2,700 |
| J.C. Snead | 73-71-72-73--289 | $2,400 |
| a-Bobby Clampett | 73-71-73-73--290 | |
| Lou Graham | 69-71-76-74--290 | $2,225 |
| Joe Inman | 68-71-76-75--290 | $2,225 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-70-74-74--290 | $2,225 |
| Jim Simons | 72-70-75-73--290 | $2,225 |
| Tommy Aaron | 72-73-76-70--291 | $2,000 |
| Andy Bean | 69-74-74-74--291 | $2,000 |
| Graham Marsh | 71-72-73-75--291 | $2,000 |
| Gil Morgan | 72-69-71-80--292 | $1,975 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-75-70-77--292 | $1,975 |
| Victor Regalado | 71-74-75-72--292 | $1,975 |
| Isao Aoki | 71-72-72-78--293 | $1,950 |
| Bob Byman | 71-71-75-76--293 | $1,950 |
| Charles Coody | 71-72-74-76--293 | $1,950 |
| a-Scott Hoch | 72-73-74-74--293 | |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 73-72-73-75--293 | $1,950 |
| a-John Cook | 72-72-75-76--295 | |
| Nick Faldo | 73-71-79-73--296 | $1,875 |
| Jerry Pate | 72-70-75-80--297 | $1,850 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-72-71-81--297 | $1,850 |
| Billy Casper | 69-75-80-75--299 | $1,800 |
| Rod Funseth | 70-73-78-79--300 | $1,775 |
| Lindy Miller | 73-67-75-86--301 | $1,750 |
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