The 1942 Masters Tournament was the ninth Masters Tournament, contested from April 9 to April 13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Byron Nelson shot five-under par in the final 13 playoff holes to defeat Ben Hogan 69-70. Hogan led by three strokes after five holes. This was Nelson's second Masters title. The purse was $5,000 and the winner's share was $1,500.
This was the last Masters tournament until 1946; it was not played from 1943-1945, due to World War II.
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“To be an editor, as I was.
Then to lie here close by the river over the place
Where the sewage flows from the village,
And the empty cans and garbage are dumped,
And abortions are hidden.”
—Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)