1946 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1946 Masters Tournament April 4–7, 1946 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6800 yd 0 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mR0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ECUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3665%2C2342411 Milwaukee Journal Associated Press Keiser shaky, retains lead April 7, 1946 1, sports 51 players None $10,000 $2,500 USA 1912 Herman Keiser 282 (−6) 1942 1947 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 1946 Masters Tournament was the tenth Masters Tournament, held April4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first in four years because of World WarII. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous Masters in 1942, with a winner's share of $2,500. Herman Keiser won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan, the tour's money leader.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FzIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5848%2C3147892 Miami News Hogan far ahead in winter earnings United Press April 8, 1946 4B Keiser and Hogan both three-putted the slick 18thgreen on Sunday;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mh0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ECUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3964%2C3225180 Milwaukee Journal Associated Press Keiser wins Masters tourney as Hogan misses short putt April 8, 1946 4-part 2 Keiser from 20 ft 0, and a half-hour later Hogan from 15 ft 1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FzIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4494%2C3127370 Miami News Keeler O.B. Hogan 3-putts final hole giving Keiser Masters' title April 8, 1946 2Bhttp://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/08/page/25/article/keiser-wins-masters-golf-meet-with-282 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Keiser wins Masters golf meet with 282 April 8, 1946 25 Hogan won the PGA Championship four months later in August for his first major title at age34. He later won the Masters in 1951 and 1953 and finished his career with nine wins in majors. Field With only one major championship played in 1945, the invitation criteria were modified. Eight amateurs and eight professionals were selected by a committee in February and four further professionals were invited just before the event. 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7), Ralph Guldahl (2,7), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,8), Henry Picard (6,7), Horton Smith (7), Craig Wood (2,7) Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke (7), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,7), Lawson Little (3,5,7) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a) 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,8) 5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (7,a) 6. PGA champions Vic Ghezzi (8), Bob Hamilton, Sam Snead (7) 7. Top 30 players and ties from the 1942 Masters Tournament Sammy Byrd (8), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Dutch Harrison, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Gene Kunes, Jug McSpaden, Johnny Palmer, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson Tommy Armour (2,4,6), Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Willie Goggin, Paul Runyan (6) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play. 8. 1945 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Claude Harmon, Ralph Hutchison, Ky Laffoon Clarence Doser did not play. 9. Selected amateurs, not already qualified Bob Cochran (a), Fred Haas, Cary Middlecoff (a), Frank Stranahan (a) Ray Billows (a), Harry Givan (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) did not play. Haas turned professional before the event. 10. Selected professionals, not already qualified Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla, Ed Dudley, Jimmy Hines, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Jim Turnesa 11. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) did not play 12. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Al Watrous 13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1946 PGA Tour Leland Gibson, George Schneiter 14. Additional invitations Clayton Heafner, Rod Munday, Buck White, Al Zimmerman Round summaries First round Thursday, April 4, 1946 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 69 −3 USA 1912 Herman Keiser T3 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 71 −1 USA 1912 Fred Haas USA 1912 Toney Penna T6 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 72 E USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff USA 1912 Byron Nelson USA 1912 Jimmy ThomsonT10 USA 1912 George Schneiter 73 +1 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/05/page/27/article/war-vets-lead-first-round-of-masters-golf Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles War vets lead first round of Masters golf April 5, 1946 27 Second round Friday, April 5, 1946 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Herman Keiser 69-68=137 −72 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 72-70=142 −23 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-69=143 −1T4 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 75-69=144 E USA 1912 Chick Harbert 69-75=144 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 74-70=144 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-73=144 T8 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 75-70=145 +1 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 70-75=145 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 72-73=145 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/06/page/19/article/keiser-leads-masters-golf-thru-2d-round Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Keiser leads Master golf thru 2d round April 6, 1946 19 Third round Saturday, April 6, 1946 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Herman Keiser 69-68-71=208 −82 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 74-70-69=213 −3 T3 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 74-72-68=214 −2 USA 1912 Fred Haas 71-75-68=214 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-69-71=2146 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 75-69-71=215 −1 T7 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret 75-70-71=216 E USA 1912 Byron Nelson 72-73-71=216T9 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 75-70-72=217 +1 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 71-79-67=217 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 74-73-70=217 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/07/page/31/article/keiser-holds-5-shot-masters-golf-lead Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Keiser holds 5-shot Masters golf lead April 7, 1946 1, part 2 Final round Sunday, April 7, 1946 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Herman Keiser 69-68-71-74=282 −6 2,5002 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 74-70-69-70=283 −5 1,5003 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 75-69-71-72=287 −1 1,000T4 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 75-70-71-73=289 +1 683 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 74-72-68-75=289 USA 1912 Ky Laffoon 74-73-70-72=289T7 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 69-75-76-70=290 +2 356 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-69-71-76=290 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 72-73-71-74=290 USA 1912 Sam Snead 74-75-70-71=290 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA 1912 Jim Foulis 75-70-72-74=291 +3 250T12 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 71-79-67-76=293 +5 213USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff (a) 72-76-71-74=293 0 USA 1912 George Schneiter 73-73-72-75=293 21315 USA 1912 Fred Haas 71-75-68-80=294 +6 175T16 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 72-76-73-74=295 +7 138 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 76-75-72-72=29518 USA 1912 Claude Harmon 76-75-74-71=296 +8 10019 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 74-76-73-74=297 +9 10020 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 76-74-73-75=298 +10 0T21 USA 1912 Lawson Little 74-74-78-73=299 +11 50 USA 1912 Toney Penna 71-73-80-75=299 USA 1912 Felix Serafin 76-75-79-69=299 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 78-77-75-69=299T25 USA 1912 Herman Barron 74-73-74-79=300 +12 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 79-73-71-77=300 USA 1912 Denny Shute 79-77-71-73=300 USA 1912 Jimmy Thomson 72-70-79-79=300T29 USA 1912 Gene Kunes 76-72-77-76=301 +13 USA 1912 Jug McSpaden 75-74-75-77=301 USA 1912 Al Zimmerman 76-76-74-75=301T32 USA 1912 Ed Dudley 76-76-76-74=302 +14 USA 1912 Bobby Jones 75-72-77-78=302 USA 1912 Dick Metz 77-75-71-79=302 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 76-75-77-74=302 USA 1912 Al Watrous 80-76-72-74=302T37 USA 1912 Dutch Harrison 75-77-75-76=303 +15 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 79-73-71-80=303 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 73-78-71-81=30340 USA 1912 Sammy Byrd 75-79-71-79=304 +16T41 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 77-77-73-79=306 +18 USA 1912 Ralph Hutchison 79-78-75-74=30643 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 78-80-75-75=308 +2044 USA 1912 Rod Munday 78-77-76-78=309 +2145 USA 1912 Buck White 77-82-76-75=310 +2246 USA 1912 Billy Burke 80-80-77-75=312 +2447 USA 1912 Bob Cochran (a) 81-76-76-80=313 +2548 USA 1912 Ralph Guldahl (c) 85-76-78-76=315 +2749 USA 1912 Jimmy Hines 79-80-77-80=316 +2850 USA 1912 Charlie Yates (a) 78-79-78-86=321 +33WD USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 83 +11 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 Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Keiser −7−8−8−8−7−8−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6USA 1912 Hogan −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−6−5−6−6−6−5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par References External links Masters.com – past winners and results GolfCompendium.com – 1946 Masters Augusta.com – 1946 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1946 1946 Category:1946 in golf Category:1946 in American sports Category:1946 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1946 sports events in the United States