1972 Masters Tournament Series Badge - Augusta National Golf Club - Jack Nicklaus Win

A 1972Masters Series Badge issued by Augusta National Golf Club.   The winner once again was Jack Nicklaus winning his final 6th Masters and 18th Major championship.

The 1972 Masters Tournament was the 36th Masters Tournament, held April 6 –9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Nicklaus opened with a 68 and led wire-to-wire to win the fourth^[2] of his six Masters titles, three strokes ahead of three runners-up.^[3] It was the tenth of 18 major titles as a professional for Nicklaus, who also won the U.S. Open in 1972 and was the runner-up at the Open Championship in Scotland, one stroke behind Lee Trevino.

It was the first Masters played without founder Bobby Jones, who died in December 1971 at age 69. This Masters was also the debut of twenty-year-old Ben Crenshaw of the University of Texas, a future two-time champion who was low amateur at 295 (T19).