1952 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1952 Masters Tournament 1952_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1952 Masters Guide April 3–6, 1952 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 72 players None $20,000 $4,000 USA 1912 Sam Snead 286 (−2) 1951 1953 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 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16thMasters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke Jr.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/04/07/page/57/article/snead-wins-masters-golf-on-286 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Snead wins Masters golf on 286 April 7, 1952 1, part 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6NkNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4300%2C1708171 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title April 7, 1952 20 It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles. Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214(−2),http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/04/06/page/41/article/hogan-ties-snead-at-214-for-masters-golf-lead Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead April 6, 1952 1, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xFcxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3663%2C4983374 Milwaukee Sentinel Snead, Hogan lead Masters with 214 April 6, 1952 1B but shot a 79(+7) on Sunday and finished seven strokes back. With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000patrons at fivedollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000. Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7,10), Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,6,7,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2) Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (10) 7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team Skip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10) Dutch Harrison (9) and Henry Ransom (10) did not play. 8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a) William C. Campbell (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a) and Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe, Mengert and Ward were reserves for the team. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters Tournament Al Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. Open Charlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White Paul Runyan (6) did not play. 11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Arnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a) Jack Benson (a), Joe Gagliardi (a) and Ed Martin (a) did not play. 12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Walter Burkemo, Reggie Myles Ellsworth Vines did not play. 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Johnny Dawson (a) 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Tommy Bolt 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour Doug Ford, Ted Kroll 16. Foreign invitations Stan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, 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 3, 1952 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Ray Gafford 69 −3 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer T3 USA 1912 Al Besselink 70 −2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan USA 1912 Sam Snead T6 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 71 −1 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt USA 1912 Doug Ford USA 1912 Fred Hawkins USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum USA 1912 Johnny Revolta USA 1912 Lew Worsham Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/04/04/page/53/article/hogan-snead-fire-70s-in-masters Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan, Snead fire 70s in Masters April 4, 1952 1, part 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5tkNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4819%2C1204411 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Palmer, Gafford fire 69s in Masters April 4, 1952 29 Second round Friday, April 4, 1952 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70-67=137 −7 2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-70=140 −4 T3 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71-71=142 −2 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 72-70=142 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-71=142T6 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 76-67=143 −1 USA 1912 George Fazio 72-71=143 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 69-74=143 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 72-71=143 T10 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 71-73=144 E USA 1912 Dow Finsterwald 72-72=144 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 71-73=144 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-72=144 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 72-72=144 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1952/04/05/page/29/article/snead-gets-67-leads-masters-golf-with-137 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Snead gets 67; leads Masters golf April 5, 1952 1, part 3 Third round Saturday, April 5, 1952 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-70-74=214 −2 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70-67-77=214 3 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-72-72=216 E T4 USA 1912 Al Besselink 70-76-71=217 +1 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71-71-75=2176 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 69-74-75=218 +2 T7 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 72-70-77=219 +3 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-71-77=219 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 71-75-73=21910 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-74-75=220 +4 Source: Final round Sunday, April 6, 1952 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 70-67-77-72=286 −2 4,0002 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 76-67-78-69=290 +2 2,500T3 USA 1912 Al Besselink 70-76-71-74=291 +3 1,367 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71-71-75-74=291 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 72-70-77-72=2916 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-74-75-72=292 +4 800T7 USA 1912 Julius Boros 73-73-76-71=293 +5 625 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 71-73-78-71=293 USA 1912 Ben Hogan (c) 70-70-74-79=293 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 71-75-73-74=293 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 72-72-72-78=294 +6 52012 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 69-74-75-77=295 +7 50013 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 71-71-77-77=296 +8 450T14 USA 1912 George Fazio 72-71-78-76=297 +9 443 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 73-74-77-73=297USA 1912 Chuck Kocsis (a) 75-78-71-73=297 0 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 74-74-76-73=297 443 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 75-71-78-73=297T19 USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 71-77-74-76=298 +10 420 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 72-74-76-76=298 0T21 USA 1912 Doug Ford 71-74-79-75=299 +11 420 ZAF 1928 Bobby Locke 74-71-79-75=299 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 72-71-78-78=299 0T24 USA 1912 Arnold Blum (a) 74-77-77-74=302 +14 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 76-74-74-78=302 400 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 72-75-78-77=302T27 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 71-73-77-82=303 +15 267 USA 1912 Smiley Quick 73-76-79-75=303 AUS Norman Von Nida 77-77-73-76=303T30 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 76-69-81-78=304 +16 200 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 77-77-76-74=304 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 72-72-77-83=304 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 74-73-77-80=304T34 USA 1912 Charlie Bassler 74-75-79-77=305 +17 200 CAN 1921 Stan Leonard 75-76-75-79=305 USA 1912 Al Mengert (a) 74-77-78-76=305 0 USA 1912 Earl Stewart 75-80-75-75=305 200T38 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 74-77-78-77=306 +18 200 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 76-74-79-77=306T40 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 80-71-81-75=307 +19 200 USA 1912 Bob Toski 80-72-78-77=307T42 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 80-74-76-78=308 +20 200 USA 1912 Johnny Dawson (a) 74-78-78-78=308 0 USA 1912 Marty Furgol 73-76-79-80=308 200 USA 1912 Bobby Knowles (a) 78-77-79-74=308 0T46 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 80-76-81-72=309 +21 USA 1912 Dow Finsterwald 72-72-83-82=309 200 USA 1912 Sam Urzetta (a) 78-73-76-82=309 0T49 USA 1912 Ray Gafford 69-80-81-80=310 +22 200 USA 1912 Billy Maxwell (a) 77-77-77-79=310 0 USA 1912 Denny Shute 74-77-78-81=310 200T52 USA 1912 Bill Goodloe (a) 77-71-77-86=311 +23 0 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 76-77-78-80=311 20054 USA 1912 Reggie Myles 77-75-80-80=312 +24 200T55 USA 1912 Ted Bishop (a) 82-75-81-75=313 +25 0 USA 1912 Al Brosch 76-74-85-78=313 200 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 72-79-80-82=313 0 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 74-77-79-83=31359 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 73-81-80-80=314 +26 20060 USA 1912 Tommy Jacobs (a) 79-81-77-79=316 +28 061 USA 1912 Jimmy Frisina (a) 74-79-88-81=322 +34WD USA 1912 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 72-77-81=230 +14 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 77-76=153 +9 FRA Albert Pélissier 78-80=158 +14 USA 1912 Bud Ward 74 +2 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 84 +12 USA 1912 Billy Burke USA 1912 Lawson Little USA 1912 Fred McLeod USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) USA 1912 Buck WhiteDQ USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 77 +5 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 Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Snead −2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−1−2−1E−1−1−1−1−1−2USA 1912 Burke+6+5+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2 USA Besselink +1 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 USA Bolt +1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 E +1 +3 +3 USA 1912 Ferrier +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3USA 1912 Hogan −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5USA 1912 Middlecoff +1+1+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+6 Source: References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1952 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1952 1952 Category:1952 in golf Category:1952 in American sports Category:1952 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1952 sports events in the United States