2020 April Memorabilia Auction Featuring Ken Venturi Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/12/2020
1942 Records of the Masters Tournament Bulletin Poster Display
Contained in this lot is a 1942 Records of the Masters Tournament Bulletin Poster Display. This piece is in the same conversation as the highly coveted pre-WWII masters paper items, in a different form. Included on this bulletin poster display is champion Byron Nelson's scorecard, a chart showing the top 24 scores, as well as the difficulty order of holes and the champions through the 9th playing in 1942. There is so much history behind this 1942 Masters Tournament that we're not sure where to begin. This was the final Masters Tournament competition before the postponement due to World War II (the final Major tournament as well). Byron Nelson, the winner of the 1937 Masters, won in a playoff against Ben Hogan (only the 2nd multiple winner after Horton Smith). The 18 hole playoff was refereed by Bobby Jones himself. With the impending war, and the club flirting with bankruptcy for the previous nine years, the 1942 Tournament would turn out to be the most important one in the National's short history to that date. After dropping behind early on in the playoff, Nelson would go on a stretch that seemed cruel in it's perfection, Lord Byron shot 6 under from hole 6 through hole 13. This duel for the ages was 75 years ago, and looking back it seems as though there was more than one victory that day. One for Nelson, and one for Augusta National. This piece is in excellent condition, with the standard distribution creases. 27" x 17 1/2."
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