The 1942 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...

. It was the 9th Masters Tournament.

Byron Nelson

Byron Nelson

John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...

 shot five under par in the final 13 playoff holes to defeat Ben Hogan

Ben Hogan

William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...

 69-70. Hogan led by three strokes after five holes. This was Nelson's second Masters title. The purse was $5,000.

This was the last Masters tournament until 1946. The tournament was not played from 1943-1945 due to World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Byron Nelson Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912... *	United States	68-67-72-73=280	-8	1,500
2	Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...	United States	73-70-67-70=280		800
3	Paul Runyan Paul Runyan Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. He was among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, won two PGA Championships, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Runyan was also a golf instructor....	United States	67-73-72-71=283	-5	600
4	Sam Byrd	United States	68-68-75-74=285	-3	500
5	Horton Smith Horton Smith Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, who is best known as the first man to win the Masters Tournament.- Tournament career :...	United States	67-73-74-73=287	-1	400
6	Jimmy Demaret Jimmy Demaret James Newton Demaret was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters....	United States	70-70-75-75=290	+2	300
T7	E.J. "Dutch" Harrison	United States	74-70-71-77=292	+4	200
	Lawson Little Lawson Little William Lawson Little, Jr. was an American professional golfer who also had a distinguished amateur career....	United States	71-74-72-75=292
	Sam Snead Sam Snead Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...	United States	78-69-72-73=292
T10	Chick Harbert	United States	73-73-72-75=293	+5	100
	Gene Kunes Gene Kunes Eugene Laverne Kunes was an American professional golfer.Kunes was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He made his living as a club professional while occasionally playing on the early PGA Tour...	United States	74-74-74-71=293

*Nelson defeated Hogan in an 18-hole playoff (69 to 70).

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