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1950 Masters Tournament
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Golf tournament held in 1950
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1950 Masters Tournament 1950_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1950 Masters Guide April 6–9, 1950 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6900 yd -1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9AcNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2404%2C1822045 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Sammy Snead favored in Masters golf tourney April 6, 1950 18https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9wcNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3097%2C2633858 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Demaret cards 69 for 283, third Masters title April 11, 1950 18 65 players None $12,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NLIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6OsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351%2C4852037 Miami News Associated Press Slappery Sterling 'Jinx 13th' decided it in favor of Demaret April 10, 1950 2-B $2,400 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 283 (−5) 1949 1951 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title
The 1950 Masters Tournament was the 14thMasters Tournament, held April6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Demaret won at 283(−5) and became the first three-time Masters champion, with previous wins in 1940 and 1947.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/04/10/page/53/article/demarets-283-wins-masters-tourney Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Demaret's 283 wins masters tourney April 10, 1950 1, part 4 He played the par-five 13thhole (Azalea) in six-under-par for the week, with two eagles and two birdies at the pivotal 480 yd -1 on hole.
Tournament summary
Third round leader Jim Ferrier, a naturalized American originally from Australia, bogeyed five of the final six holes for 75 (+3) and was two strokes back as runner-up. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 287 (−1).
Ben Hogan played in his first major since his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949. In second place after 54 holes,http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/04/09/page/59/article/hogans-71-shaves-ferriers-lead-to-2 Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan's 71 shaves Ferrier's lead to 2 April 9, 1950 1, part 2 he shot a 76 (+4) in the final round and fell back to even par for the week, in a tie for fourth place with Byron Nelson. Hogan won the next three majors he entered: the 1950 U.S. Open, 1951 Masters, and 1951 U.S. Open.
The tournament drew an estimated 10,000 patrons on Saturday and 18,000 on Sunday. With the favorable turnout, host Bobby Jones increased the original purse of $10,000 to $12,000.
Field
1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (7,9,12), Claude Harmon (9,10), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9,10), Sam Snead (4,6,7,9.10,12)
Ralph Guldahl (2,10) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.
2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,7), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9)
3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)
4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6)
5. British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
6. PGA champions
Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton (7,9)
7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)
8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)
Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (3,a), Charles Coe (3,a), Johnny Dawson (9,11,a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,11,a) did not play. Barnes was a reserve for the team.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 Masters Tournament
Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)
10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 U.S. Open
Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White
Ellsworth Vines did not play.
11. 1949 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)
12. 1949 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Harvie Ward (a)
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Jack Burke Jr.
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour
George Fazio, Henry Ransom
16 Winner of 1949 Inter-service Invitational tournament
Fred Moseley (a)
17 Home club professional
Ed Dudley
18. Foreign invitations
Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), 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 6, 1950
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 69 −3T2 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 70 −2 AUS Jim Ferrier USA 1912 Horton Smith USA 1912 Lawson Little USA 1912 Herschel Spears T7 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71 −1 USA 1912 Sam Snead 9 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 72 ET10 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 73 +1 USA 1912 George Fazio USA 1912 Ben Hogan
Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/04/07/page/37/article/riegel-leads-masters-with-opening-69 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Riegel leads Masters with opening 69 1, part 3
Second round
Friday, April 7, 1950
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Jim Ferrier 70-67=137 −7 2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 73-68=141 −33 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 70-72=142 −24 USA 1912 Lawson Little 70-73=143 −1 T5 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 69-75=144 E USA 1912 Herschel Spears 70-74=144T7 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 75-70=145 +1 USA 1912 Henry Picard 74-71=145 USA 1912 Sam Snead 71-74=145 10 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-75=146 +2
Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/04/08/page/19/article/ferrier-leads-masters-by-4-hogan-2d Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Ferrier leads Masters by 4; Hogan 2d April 8, 1950 1, part 2
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 1950
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Jim Ferrier 70-67-73=210 −6 2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 73-68-71=212 −4T3 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 70-72-72=214 −2 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 75-70-69=2145 USA 1912 Sam Snead 71-74-70=215 −1 6 USA 1912 Lawson Little 70-73-75=218 +2 7 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68=219 +3 8 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-77-69=220 +4 T9 USA 1912 Herman Keiser 75-72-75=222 +6 USA 1912 Henry Picard 74-71-77=222 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 69-75-78=222 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen 80-70-72=222
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Final round
Sunday, April 9, 1950
Final leaderboard
Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion
Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 70-72-72-69=283 −5 2,4002 AUS Jim Ferrier 70-67-73-75=285 −3 1,5003 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 71-74-70-72=287 −1 1,020T4 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 73-68-71-76=288 E 720 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 75-70-69-74=2886 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 76-74-73-68=291 +3 480T7 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-77-69-72=292 +4 405 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68-73=2929 USA 1912 Lawson Little 70-73-75-75=293 +5 360T10 USA 1912 Fred Haas 74-76-73-71=294 +6 321 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 80-70-72-72=294
Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 76-76-73-71=296 +8 285 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 70-79-75-72=296T14 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 78-74-72-73=297 +9 261 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 78-75-70-74=297 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 78-73-72-74=297 USA 1912 Herman Keiser (c) 75-72-75-75=297 USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 75-74-77-71=297 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 74-71-77-75=297USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 74-79-73-71=297 0T21 USA 1912 George Fazio 73-74-78-73=298 +10 244 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-75-77-75=298 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 69-75-78-76=298T24 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 76-75-73-75=299 +11 240 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 72-76-76-75=29926 USA 1912 Eric Monti 74-79-74-73=300 +12 T27 USA 1912 Herschel Spears 70-74-79-78=301 +13 AUS Norman Von Nida 77-74-74-76=301T29 USA 1912 Billy Burke 80-75-76-71=302 +14 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 74-77-77-74=30231 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 77-78-75-73=303 +15T32 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 73-79-78-74=304 +16 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 74-73-78-79=304 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 77-77-74-76=304T35 USA 1912 Tommy Barnes (a) 78-75-78-74=305 +17 USA 1912 Julius Boros 75-77-76-77=305 USA 1912 Al Brosch 77-75-78-75=305 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 77-73-75-80=305 USA 1912 Chuck Kocsis (a) 77-71-79-78=305 USA 1912 Denny Shute 77-72-81-75=305 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 79-78-74-74=305T42 USA 1912 Buck White 78-76-73-79=306 +18 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 77-78-76-75=306T44 MEX Tony Holguin 78-75-77-77=307 +19 USA 1912 Jack Isaacs 79-81-72-75=307T46 USA 1912 Herman Barron 75-77-82-74=308 +20 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 80-78-74-76=308 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 81-74-79-74=308T49 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 79-79-76-75=309 +21 USA 1912 Harry Todd 76-75-81-77=309T51 USA 1912 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 82-78-75-75=310 +22 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 77-76-79-78=310T53 USA 1912 Ray Wade Hill 75-78-80-78=311 +23 USA 1912 Henry Williams Jr. 82-78-81-70=31155 USA 1912 Gene Webb 76-78-75-83=312 +2456 USA 1912 Harold Paddock Jr. (a) 78-79-78-79=314 +2657 USA 1912 Fred Moseley (a) 82-77-78-79=316 +2858 USA 1912 Frank Strafaci (a) 77-82-84-81=324 +3659 USA 1912 Les Kennedy 81-80-82-82=325 +37WD USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 76-79-77=232 +16 USA 1912 Rufus King (a) 80-78=158 +14 USA 1912 Henry Ransom 79 +7 USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 84 +12 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 85 +13 USA 1912 Dutch Harrison
Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021
Scorecard
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Demaret −1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−3−4−5−5−5AUS Ferrier −6−7−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−6−6−5−4−3USA 1912 Snead EEEEEE+1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−1USA 1912 Hogan −4−4−3−3−2−2−1−2−2−2−1−1EE−1E+1EUSA 1912 Nelson −2−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−1EE
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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References
External links
Masters.com – past winners and results
Augusta.com – 1950 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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