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1952 Masters Tournament

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1952 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1952
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Field72 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$20,000[1]
Winner's share$4,000
Champion
United States Sam Snead
286 (−2)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke Jr.[1][2] It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles.

Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214 (−2),[3][4] but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday and finished seven strokes back.

With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.[1]

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (7,10), Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,6,7,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (8,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team

Skip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10)

8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team

Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters Tournament

Al Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. Open

Charlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White

11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Arnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a)

12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Walter Burkemo, Reggie Myles

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Johnny Dawson (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Tommy Bolt

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour

Doug Ford, Ted Kroll

16. Foreign invitations

Stan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, Norman Von Nida

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1952

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Ray Gafford  United States 69 −3
Johnny Palmer  United States
T3 Al Besselink  United States 70 −2
Ben Hogan  United States
Sam Snead  United States
T6 Skip Alexander  United States 71 −1
Tommy Bolt  United States
Doug Ford  United States
Fred Hawkins  United States
Joe Kirkwood, Jr.  United States
Lloyd Mangrum  United States
Johnny Revolta  United States
Lew Worsham  United States

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Sam Snead  United States 70-67=137 −7
2 Ben Hogan  United States 70-70=140 −4
T3 Tommy Bolt  United States 71-71=142 −2
Jim Ferrier  United States 72-70=142
Johnny Revolta  United States 71-71=142
T6 Jack Burke Jr.  United States 76-67=143 −1
George Fazio  United States 72-71=143
Johnny Palmer  United States 69-74=143
Harvie Ward (a)  United States 72-71=143
T10 Skip Alexander  United States 71-73=144 E
Dow Finsterwald  United States 72-72=144
Fred Hawkins  United States 71-73=144
Cary Middlecoff  United States 72-72=144
Ed Oliver  United States 72-72=144

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Ben Hogan  United States 70-70-74=214 −2
Sam Snead  United States 70-67-77=214
3 Cary Middlecoff  United States 72-72-72=216 E
T4 Al Besselink  United States 70-76-71=217 +1
Tommy Bolt  United States 71-71-75=217
6 Johnny Palmer  United States 69-74-75=218 +2
T7 Jim Ferrier  United States 72-70-77=219 +3
Johnny Revolta  United States 71-71-77=219
Lew Worsham  United States 71-75-73=219
10 Lloyd Mangrum  United States 71-74-75=220 +4

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Sam Snead (c) 70-67-77-72=286 −2 4,000
2 United States Jack Burke Jr. 76-67-78-69=290 +2 2,500
T3 United States Al Besselink 70-76-71-74=291 +3 1,367
United States Tommy Bolt 71-71-75-74=291
United States Jim Ferrier 72-70-77-72=291
6 United States Lloyd Mangrum 71-74-75-72=292 +4 800
T7 United States Julius Boros 73-73-76-71=293 +5 625
United States Fred Hawkins 71-73-78-71=293
United States Ben Hogan (c) 70-70-74-79=293
United States Lew Worsham 71-75-73-74=293

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
United States Snead −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −2 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2
United States Burke +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Besselink +1 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3
United States Bolt +1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 E +1 +3 +3
United States Ferrier +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3
United States Hogan −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5
United States Middlecoff +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +6 +6 +6 +6

Source:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1952). "Snead wins Masters golf on 286". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  2. ^ a b "Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1952. p. 20.
  3. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1952). "Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  4. ^ a b "Snead, Hogan lead Masters with 214". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 6, 1952. p. 1B.
  5. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1952). "Hogan, Snead fire 70s in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  6. ^ "Palmer, Gafford fire 69s in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1952. p. 29.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1952). "Snead gets 67; leads Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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