1955 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1955 Masters Tournament 1955_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1955 Masters Guide April 7–10, 1955 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6950 yd 0https://www.si.com/vault/1955/04/04/605310/the-masters Sports Illustrated Wind Herbert Warren Herbert Warren Wind The Augusta National: a hole by hole study April 4, 1955 20 78 players None $25,000 $5,000 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 279 (−9) 1954 1956 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 1955 Masters Tournament was the 19th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the last one before CBS began televising the tournament the following year. Cary Middlecoff shot a 65 in the second round, including a then-record 31 on the first nine, to win his only Masters, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan,http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/11/page/53/article/middlecoffs-279-wins-masters-golf Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Middlecoff's 279 wins Masters golf April 11, 1955 1, part 4https://www.si.com/vault/1955/04/18/621625/the-doc-shows-the-masters-how Sports Illustrated The Doc shows the Masters how Wind Herbert Warren Herbert Warren Wind April 18, 1955 58 and the second of his three major championships. After a third round at even-par 72, Middlecoff entered the final round with a four shot lead over Hogan, the champion in 1951 and 1953.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/10/page/41/article/middlecoffs-209-holds-masters-lead-18-to-go Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Middlecoff's 209 holds Masters lead; 18 to go April 10, 1955 1, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-tInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3611%2C556465 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Fullerton Hugh Jr. Careful Cary's 72 holds Ben 4 back April 10, 1955 1, sports The victory margin of seven strokes was a tournament record for ten years, until Jack Nicklaus won by nine strokes over Arnold Palmer and Gary Player in 1965, later increased to twelve in 1997 by Tiger Woods. The previous record was five strokes, set in 1948 by Claude Harmon and tied by Hogan in 1953. The runner-up finish was Hogan's fourth at the Masters. Arnold Palmer, a professional for less than a year, finished tied for tenth in his first Masters.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3VooAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5WoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5116%2C4642216 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Middlecoff wins Masters with 279 April 11, 1955 22 The Sarazen Bridge, approaching the left side of the 15th green, was dedicated on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gene Sarazen's double eagle in 1935.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/07/page/85/article/golf-masters-tee-off-today Chicago Daily Tribune United Press photo Special day for golfdom's Squire April 7, 1955 1, sec. 6http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/07/page/85/article/that-historic-double-eagle Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles That historic double eagle April 7, 1955 1, sec. 6The Sarazen Bridge masters.com http://www.masters.com/en_US/watch/2011-03-03/012ef80c0a3000000029.html?promo=sitesearch March 13, 2017 Included was a contest to duplicate the 232 yd on shot, with the closest by Fred Haas at 4 ft 1 in away.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2looAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5WoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5307%2C3755459 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Haas closest to Sarazen's double eagle April 7, 1955 18 Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1White Pine4004 10Camellia47042Woodbine555511Dogwood44543Flowering Peach355412Golden Bell15534Palm220313Azalea47055Magnolia450414Spanish Dagger42046Juniper190315Firethorn50557Pampas365416Redbud19038Yellow Jasmine520517Nandina40049Carolina Cherry420418Holly4204Out3,47536In3,47536Source:Total6,95072 ^ Holes 1, 2, 4, 11, and 14 were later renamed. Field 1. Masters champions Claude Harmon (10), Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2) Jimmy Demaret and Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ed Furgol (10), Lawson Little (3,5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10,12), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (9,10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,9,10,a), Charles Coe (9,a), Gene Littler (9,10), Billy Maxwell, Arnold Palmer (11), Skee Riegel (9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Bud Ward 4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan, Robert Sweeny Jr. (11,a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a) 6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (9,12), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (9,12), Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa 7. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion 8. Members of the U.S. 1955 Walker Cup team Rex Baxter (a), William C. Campbell (10,a), Don Cherry (11,a), Joe Conrad (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (11,a), Dale Morey (11,a), Billy Joe Patton (9,10,a), Hillman Robbins (a) Dick Yost (a) did not play. Baxter, Meister and Robbins were reserves for the team. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber (12), Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt (10,12), Jack Burke Jr. (10), Pete Cooper, Marty Furgol (10), Jay Hebert (10), Ed Oliver, Bob Rosburg, Earl Stewart, Bob Toski (10) Dutch Harrison and Ken Venturi (a) did not play. 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 U.S. Open Max Evans, Leland Gibson, Fred Haas, Dick Mayer, Shelley Mayfield (12), Al Mengert, Johnny Weitzel 11. 1954 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Ted Lenczyk (a), Davis Love Jr. (a) Ed Martin (a) did not play. 12. 1954 PGA Championship quarter-finalists 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Goodloe (a) 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Johnny Palmer 15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1955 PGA Tour Mike Souchak, Bo Winingerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QnckAAAAIBAJ&pg=4155%2C1400544 The Pittsburgh Press Wininger closes Masters field April 4, 1955 23 16. Foreign invitations Pat Fletcher, Rudy Horvath (10), Stan Leonard, Peter Thomson (4,9) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 7, 1955 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 67 −5 T2 USA 1912 Julius Boros 71 −1 USA 1912 Mike Souchak T4 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72 E USA 1912 Byron Nelson USA 1912 Bob Rosburg USA 1912 Sam Snead T8 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 73 +1 USA 1912 Pete Cooper USA 1912 Ben Hogan USA 1912 Skee Riegel Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/08/page/37/article/burkes-67-leads-masters-snead-has-72 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Burke's 67 leads Masters; Snead has 72 April 8, 1955 1, part 4 Second round Friday, April 8, 1955 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-65=137 −72 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 73-68=141 −3 T3 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 67-76=143 −1 USA 1912 Sam Snead 72-71=143 5 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 72-72=144 E 6 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 71-74=145 +1 T7 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 76-70=146 +2 USA 1912 Julius Boros 71-75=146 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 73-73=146 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 73-73=146 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 74-72=146 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-73=146 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 77-69=146 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/09/page/25/article/middlecoffs-137-takes-lead-in-masters Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Middlecoff's 137 takes lead in Masters April 9, 1955 1, part 3 Third round Saturday, April 9, 1955 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-65-72=209 −72 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 73-68-72=213 −3 3 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 67-76-71=214 −2 4 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 72-72-72=216 E T5 USA 1912 Sam Snead 72-71-74=217 +1 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 71-74-72=217T7 USA 1912 Julius Boros 71-75-72=218 +2 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 73-73-72=218 CAN 1921 Stan Leonard 77-73-68=218 T10 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 74-73-72=219 +3 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-73-73=219 Source: Final round Sunday, April 10, 1955 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-65-72-70=279 −9 5,0002 USA 1912 Ben Hogan (c) 73-68-72-73=286 −2 3,1253 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 72-71-74-70=287 −1 2,125T4 USA 1912 Julius Boros 71-75-72-71=289 +1 1,333 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 72-72-72-73=289 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 71-74-72-72=2897 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 74-73-72-72=291 +3 875T8 CAN 1921 Stan Leonard 77-73-68-74=292 +4 813USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 77-69-75-71=292 0T10 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 78-72-72-71=293 +5 696 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 72-75-74-72=293 USA 1912 Arnold Palmer 76-76-72-69=293 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 67-76-71-80=294 +6 594 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-73-73-75=294T15 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 73-73-72-77=295 +7 563 USA 1912 Jay Hebert 75-74-74-72=295 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan 77-76-71-71=295T18 USA 1912 Joe Conrad (a) 77-71-74-75=297 +9 0 USA 1912 Billy Maxwell 77-72-77-71=297 525 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 77-73-72-75=297 AUS Peter Thomson 74-73-74-76=297T22 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 76-70-77-75=298 +10 513 USA 1912 Gene Littler 75-72-76-75=298T24 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 73-73-78-75=299 +11 500 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 74-72-78-75=299 USA 1912 Hillman Robbins (a) 77-76-74-72=299 027 USA 1912 Max Evans 76-75-75-76=302 +14 500T28 USA 1912 Bill Goodloe (a) 74-73-81-75=303 +15 0 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 77-75-78-73=303 250T30 USA 1912 Don Cherry (a) 79-75-78-72=304 +16 0 USA 1912 Bud Ward 77-73-77-77=304 250T32 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 74-77-76-78=305 +17 0 CAN 1921 Pat Fletcher 76-75-77-77=305 250 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 76-80-73-76=305 USA 1912 Al Mengert 79-71-78-77=305T36 USA 1912 Billy Burke 75-78-77-76=306 +18 250 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 77-73-80-76=306 0 USA 1912 Bruce Cudd (a) 75-74-79-78=306 USA 1912 Shelley Mayfield 77-73-80-76=306 250 USA 1912 Denny Shute 78-71-77-80=306T41 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 78-79-75-75=307 +19 250 USA 1912 Bob Toski 78-71-79-79=307T43 USA 1912 Marty Furgol 79-74-79-76=308 +20 250 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 81-75-75-77=308 CAN 1921 Rudy Horvath 79-77-76-76=308 USA 1912 Jimmy Jackson (a) 79-75-77-77=308 0 USA 1912 Earl Stewart 78-80-72-78=308 25048 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 77-75-79-78=309 +21 250T49 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 79-76-77-78=310 +22 0 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 75-78-79-78=310 250 USA 1912 Johnny Weitzel 78-80-78-74=310 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 80-75-79-76=310T53 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 74-79-73-85=311 +23 0 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 78-79-77-77=311 250 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 77-76-81-77=311T56 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 75-77-77-83=312 +24 250 USA 1912 Herman Keiser (c) 82-79-75-76=31258 USA 1912 Rex Baxter (a) 74-76-80-83=313 +25 0T59 USA 1912 Ted Lenczyk (a) 77-80-77-81=315 +27 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 81-81-79-74=315 25061 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 80-80-78-78=316 +28 25062 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 81-81-79-76=317 +29 250T63 USA 1912 Al Besselink 80-75-80-83=318 +30 250 USA 1912 Dale Morey (a) 82-77-81-78=318 065 USA 1912 Lawson Little 81-77-77-84=319 +31 25066 USA 1912 Bo Wininger 81-74-81-84=320 +32 25067 USA 1912 Ed Meister (a) 86-87-74-77=324 +36 068 USA 1912 Davis Love Jr. (a) 82-85-83-77=327 +39WD USA 1912 Ted Bishop (a) 79-76-80=235 +19 USA 1912 Fred Haas 75-77=152 +8 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 77-79=156 +12 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 83-80=163 +19 USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 81-84=165 +21 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 79 +7 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison 83 +11 USA 1912 Tony Manero 87 +15 USA 1912 Fred McLeod 91 +19 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 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 Middlecoff −7−8−8−8−7−8−9−9−9−7−7−8−8−8−9−9−8−9USA 1912 Hogan −3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−2−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2USA 1912 Snead EEEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−1USA 1912 Boros +2+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+2+1+1+1USA 1912 Rosburg +1+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+3+1+1+1+1USA 1912 Souchak +1EEEEEE−1EEEE+1+1E+1+1+1USA 1912 Burke −1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+5+5+5+5+6+6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- | style="background:Red; width:10px;"| |Eagle | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey | style="background:Green; width:10px;"| |Double bogey | style="background:Olive; width:10px;"| |Triple bogey + |} References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1955 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1955 1955 Category:1955 in golf Category:1955 in American sports Category:1955 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1955 sports events in the United States