Fuzzy Zoeller won his only Masters, the first of his two major titles, with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff with Ed Sneed and Tom Watson.

The sudden-death playoff began on the tenth hole, a downhill par-4, where all three players missed birdie putts and parred.

[2] In his fifth season on tour, it was Zoeller's second win, the first came less than three months earlier at the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational.

The second round was suspended for two hours Friday afternoon due to heavy rain and tornado warnings.

Tommy Aaron, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (8,9,11,12), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (3,4,8,9,11,12), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (3,8,9,11), Sam Snead, Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (3,8,9,10,11,12) Lou Graham (12), Hubert Green (8,11,12), Hale Irwin (8,9,12), Andy North (9), Jerry Pate (8,9,10,11) Johnny Miller (9) Dave Stockton (9,12), Lee Trevino (8,9,10,11), Lanny Wadkins (8,11,12) Bobby Clampett (7,a), John Cook (6,7,a), Scott Hoch (7,a), Mike Peck (a) Jay Sigel (a) Wally Armstrong, Miller Barber, Andy Bean (9,10,11), Rod Funseth (11), Joe Inman (9), Don January (12), Tom Kite (11), Billy Kratzert (9), Gene Littler, Jerry McGee (12), Lindy Miller, Gil Morgan (10,11), Ed Sneed (12), Leonard Thompson, Tom Weiskopf (9,10) Mike McCullough, Artie McNickle, J. C. Snead Craig Stadler Bob Byman, Ben Crenshaw, Lee Elder, Jerry Heard, Lon Hinkle, Barry Jaeckel, Bruce Lietzke, Mark McCumber, Mac McLendon, Larry Nelson, Jim Simons, Ron Streck, Fuzzy Zoeller Dave Hill Isao Aoki, Seve Ballesteros (8,9), Nick Faldo, David Graham (8), Graham Marsh (10), Peter McEvoy (6,a), Jack Newton (11), Peter Oosterhuis (8), Simon Owen, Masashi Ozaki, Victor Regalado (11), Bob Shearer (9) Thursday, April 12, 1979 Friday, April 13, 1979 Saturday, April 14, 1979 Saturday, April 14, 1979 Sunday, April 15, 1979 Sources:[6][7] Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[2]