Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1940 Masters Tournament was the seventh Masters Tournament held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Georgia. The purse was $5000 and the winner’s share was $1500.Jimmy Demaret won the first of his three Masters titles four strokes ahead of runner-up Lloyd Mangrum who shot an opening round 64 (−8) a new course record. It stood for 46 years until Nick Price’s 63 in 1986 later equaled by Greg Norman in 1996.