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7. Jack Nicklaus 1961 Jack Nicklaus again displayed his awesome potential, 10 months after finishing second in the 1960 U.S. Open, a tournament that his final-36-hole playing partner Ben Hogan said Nicklaus “should have won by 10 shots.” In his final Masters as an amateur, the 21-year-old Nicklaus finished tied for seventh, his second consecutive top-10 showing in a major. Nicklaus won the first of his record six green jackets two years later. ____________________________________________ 1. Ken Venturi 1956 2. Billy Joe Patton 1954 3. Charles Coe 1961 4. E. Harvie Ward Jr. 1957 5. Frank Stranahan 1947 6. Ryan Moore 2005 7. Jack Nicklaus 1961 8. Robert Tyre Jones Jr. 1934 9. Richard Chapman 1954 10. Matt Kuchar 1998
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