1947 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1947 Masters Tournament April 3–6, 1947 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6800 yd -1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eikxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7125%2C1473297 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round April 7, 1947 4-part 2 58 players None $10,000 $2,500 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 281 (−7) 1946 1948 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 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11thMasters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/04/07/page/29/article/demaret-wins-second-masters-golf-title Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Demaret wins second Masters golf title April 7, 1947 29 Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54holes.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eSkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6953%2C773537 Milwaukee Sentinel associated Press Demaret's 210 leads Masters April 6, 1947 1B http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/04/06/page/23/article/demarets-210-leads-masters-by-3-strokes Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes April 6, 1947 1, part 2 He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan. Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters. He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950. Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2) Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,a) 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10) 5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (a) 6. PGA champions Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta 7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion. 8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team George Hamer (a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a) Ted Bishop (3,11,a), Fred Kammer (11,a), Smiley Quick (11,a), Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), George Schneiter, Felix Serafin 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. Open Herman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Steve Kovach, Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham Henry Ransom and Paul Runyan did not play. 11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Babe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a) Maurice McCarthy (8,a) and Robert Sweeny Jr. (5,a) did not play. 12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Charles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, Frank Moore, Jim Turnesa 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Johnny Dawson (a) did not play 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Ellsworth Vines 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA Tour Johnny Palmer, George Schoux 16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournament Joe MacDonald (a) 17 Home club professional Ed Dudley 18. Extra invitations George Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke Round summaries First round Thursday, April 3, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 69 −3 USA 1912 Byron Nelson T3 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 70 −2 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier USA 1912 Fred Haas USA 1912 Ed Oliver USA 1912 Johnny Palmer USA 1912 George Schneiter USA 1912 Lew Worsham T10 USA 1912 Herman Barron 71 −1 USA 1912 Chick Harbert USA 1912 Lawson Little USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff USA 1912 Toney Penna USA 1912 George Schoux Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/04/04/page/27/ Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret April 4, 1947 27http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/04/05/page/15/ Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf April 5, 1947 15 Second round Friday, April 4, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 69-71=140 −4 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 71-69=140T3 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 70-71=141 −3 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 69-72=141 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-70=141T8 USA 1912 Herman Barron 71-71=142 −2 USA 1912 Claude Harmon 73-69=142 USA 1912 Lawson Little 71-71=142 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 70-72=142 USA 1912 Horton Smith 72-70=142 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kKUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7153%2C609424 Milwaukee Sentinell INS Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s April 5, 1947 3, part 2 Third round Saturday, April 5, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 69-71-70=210 −6T2 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 69-72-72=213 −3 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 74-69-70=213T4 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 70-71-73=214 −2 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 71-72-71=214 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 75-68-71=214 T7 USA 1912 Henry Picard 73-70-72=215 −1 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70=215T9 USA 1912 Herman Barron 71-71-74=216 E USA 1912 Dick Metz 72-72-72=216 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 71-69-76=216 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 70-72-74=216 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-70-75=216 Source: Final round Sunday, April 6, 1947 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 69-71-70-71=281 −7 2,500T2 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-72-70=283 −5 1,500USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70-68=283 0T4 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 75-68-71-70=284 −4 900 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 74-69-70-71=284T6 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 70-71-73-72=286 −2 625 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 73-70-72-71=286T8 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 77-72-68-70=287 −1 335 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 76-73-68-70=287 USA 1912 Dick Metz 72-72-72-71=287 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 70-72-74-71=287 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-70-75-71=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 70-75-74-69=288 E 225T14 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 72-71-74-72=289 +1 0 USA 1912 Lawson Little 71-71-76-71=289 188 ZAF 1928 Bobby Locke 74-74-71-70=289T17 USA 1912 Herman Barron 71-71-74-74=290 +2 125 USA 1912 Fred Haas 70-74-73-73=290 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 70-73-74-73=29020 USA 1912 Denny Shute 73-75-72-71=291 +3 10021 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 73-77-71-71=292 +4 50T22 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 72-70-76-75=293 +5 USA 1912 Sam Snead 72-71-75-75=293T24 USA 1912 Herman Keiser (c) 74-75-73-72=294 +6 USA 1912 Ellsworth Vines 75-71-75-73=294T26 USA 1912 Claude Harmon 73-69-76-77=295 +7 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-76-74-70=295 USA 1912 George Schneiter 70-75-78-72=295T29 USA 1912 Dutch Harrison 74-71-74-77=296 +8 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 75-73-75-73=296 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 71-69-76-80=296 USA 1912 Harry Todd 74-74-71-77=296T33 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 71-72-71-83=297 +9 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 74-74-73-76=297 USA 1912 Frank Moore 76-74-71-76=297 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 70-76-71-80=29737 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 72-75-73-78=298 +1038 USA 1912 George Schoux 71-72-78-78=299 +11T39 USA 1912 Charles Congdon 75-74-75-76=300 +12 USA 1912 George Fazio 75-78-71-76=300 USA 1912 Gene Kunes 74-73-78-75=300T42 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 72-78-74-77=301 +13 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 75-73-77-76=301T44 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 77-73-71-81=302 +14 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 80-72-77-73=30246 USA 1912 Babe Lind (a) 75-76-75-77=303 +15T47 USA 1912 Steve Kovach 78-73-78-75=304 +16 USA 1912 Felix Serafin 75-73-79-77=304 USA 1912 Robert Willits (a) 76-78-75-75=304T50 USA 1912 George Hamer (a) 77-77-77-74=305 +17 USA 1912 Skee Riegel (a) 75-80-75-75=30552 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 77-76-79-74=306 +18T53 USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 80-76-76-79=311 +23 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 78-80-75-78=311T55 USA 1912 Bobby Jones 75-79-78-80=312 +24 USA 1912 Charlie Yates (a) 77-75-81-79=31257 USA 1912 Billy Burke 83-73-81-77=314 +26WD USA 1912 Joe MacDonald (a) 85-80-81=246 +30 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 −6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−7−7USA 1912 Nelson −3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5USA 1912 Stranahan −1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5USA 1912 Hogan −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4USA 1912 McSpaden −2−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4USA 1912 Ferrier −2−3−4−5−5−5−5−6−5−4−4−2−3−3−2−2−2−2USA 1912 Picard −1−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E−1−2−2−3−3−2USA 1912 Harbert −1−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+1+2+3+7+9+9 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey + References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1947 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1947 1947 Category:1947 in golf Category:1947 in American sports Category:1947 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1947 sports events in the United States