1957 Masters Tournament

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The 1957 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 21st Masters Tournament. This was the first Masters Tournament played with a cut. 101 players started in the tournament and 40 of them made the cut at six-over-par (150).

Doug Ford was three strokes behind Sam Snead on Sunday and he ended up winning the Masters by three strokes. During the final round Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie at the 18th hole.

This would be the first Masters Tournament which Gary Player participated in. He finished tied for 24th. He won three Masters later in his career. The 5-time Open Championship winner Peter Thomson finished 5th which would be his best finish in the Masters in his career.

[edit] Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Doug Ford  United States 72-73-72-66=283 -5 8,750
2 Sam Snead  United States 72-68-74-72=286 -2 4,375
3 Jimmy Demaret  United States 72-70-75-70=287 -1 2,625
4 Harvie Ward (a)  United States 73-71-71-73=288 E 0
5 Peter Thomson  Australia 72-73-73-71=289 +1 1,750
6 Ed Furgol  United States 73-71-72-74=290 +2 1,312.50
T7 Jack Burke, Jr.  United States 71-72-74-74=291 +3 1,137.50
Dow Finsterwald  United States 74-74-73-70=291
Arnold Palmer  United States 73-73-69-76=291
10 Jay Hebert  United States 74-72-76-70=292 +4 1,005.25

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