1961 Masters Tournament 54 holes, he finished his round nearly an hour ahead of Palmer's double-bogey at the final hole. "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"</small> 1961 Masters Tournament The 1961 Masters Tournament was the 25th Masters Tournament, held April 6–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Due to heavy rains and flooding of several greens, Sunday's final round was halted before 4 p.m. and the scores were erased, even though ten players had completed their rounds. Third round leader Gary Player was even par through eleven holes, and defending champion Arnold Palmer was two-under through nine. The entire round was
Jean van de Velde (golfer) with only the company's brand putter in an attempt to best the seven strokes that cost him the championship. He succeeded on his third attempt. Jean van de Velde (golfer) Jean van de Velde (born 29 May 1966) is a French professional golfer who is known mainly for his dramatic loss at The Open Championship in 1999. Van de Velde was born in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France. He turned professional in 1987 and his rookie season on the European Tour was 1989. His first European Tour win was the 1993 Roma Masters. He has twice finished in the top twenty of