1961 Masters Tournament 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 replayed the next day. In the final round on Monday, Player defeated Palmer and amateur Charles Coe by one stroke to become the
Guy Hunt (golfer) Guy Hunt (golfer) Guy Lewis Hunt (born 17 January 1947) is an English professional golfer. Hunt was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. He turned professional as a sixteen-year-old in 1963. He finished second on the Order of Merit in the first official season of the European Tour in 1972, having had eleven top ten finishes. He also made the top twenty three times after that, in 1974, 1975 and 1977. His sole European Tour win came at the 1977 Dunlop Masters. He played on the 1975 Ryder Cup team. Hunt later worked as a tournament administrator and he also played