1954 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1954 Masters Tournament 1954_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1954 Masters Guide April 8–12, 1954 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6800 yd -1 78 players None $25,000 $5,000 USA 1912 Sam Snead 289 (+1), playoff 1953 1955 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 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory. Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open. Snead's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YiNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6736%2C5945276 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon United Press Hogan, Snead tie in Masters golf April 12, 1954 2B https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-VhOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5514%2C5465082 Toledo Blade Ohio Snead, Hogan play off in Masters today Associated Press April 12, 1954 18 Snead remained the oldest winner of the Masters for nearly a quarter century, until Gary Player won his third green jacket at age 42 in 1978. Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (10), Claude Harmon (12), Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10), Craig Wood (2) Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser and Henry Picard (6) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (7), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,8,a), Charles Coe (8,9,a), Gene Littler (8,11), Billy Maxwell, Skee Riegel, Jess Sweetser (5,a) 4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (9,10,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a) 6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (7,12), Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Chandler Harper (9), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa (7,10) 7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team Jack Burke Jr. (9,10), Dave Douglas (12), Fred Haas (10), Ted Kroll (9,10), Ed Oliver (9) 8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team Arnold Blum (a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ken Venturi (a) Sam Urzetta (3,a) and Jack Westland (3,a) did not play. Blum, McHale and Patton were reserves for the team. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber, Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Doug Ford (10), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert, Fred Hawkins, Dick Mayer, Al Mengert (10), Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer, Earl Stewart Bob Hamilton (6) did not play. 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 U.S. Open Pete Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Clarence Doser, George Fazio, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bill Nary (12), Bill Ogden, Bob Rosburg, Frank Souchak (a) 11. 1953 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Albert (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Bobby Kuntz (a), Dale Morey (a), Ray Palmer (a), Angelo Santilli (a) Ted Richards Jr. did not play. 12. 1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Jimmy Clark, Jack Isaacs, Felice Torza Henry Ransom did not play. 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Johnny Dawson (a) was selected but did not play. 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Skip Alexander 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1954 PGA Tour Bud Holscher, Bob Toski 16. Foreign invitations Peter Thomson Round summaries First round Thursday, April 8, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70 −2 USA 1912 Dutch HarrisonT3 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71 −1 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. T5 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 72 E USA 1912 Dave Douglas T7 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 73 +1 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg USA 1912 Chick Harbert USA 1912 Denny Shute USA 1912 Tommy Bolt USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi USA 1912 Gardner Dickinson USA 1912 Pete Cooper USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff Second round Friday, April 9, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74=144 E 2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 72-73=145 +1 T3 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 73-73=146 +2 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75=146T5 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 73-74=147 +3 USA 1912 Sam Snead 74-73=147 T7 USA 1912 Al Besselink 74-74=148 +4 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-74=148 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 73-75=148 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 72-76=148 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77=148 AUS Peter Thomson 76-72=148 Third round Saturday, April 10, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 72-73-69=214 −2 2 USA 1912 Sam Snead 74-73-70=217 +1T3 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 73-76-70=219 +3 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 73-74-72=219 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-75=219T6 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 74-76-71=221 +5 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77-73=221T8 USA 1912 Al Besselink 74-74-74=222+6 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-74-74=222 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75-76=222 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 73-73-76=222 Final round Sunday, April 11, 1954 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan (c) 72-73-69-75=289 +1 Playoff USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 74-73-70-72=2893 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-75-71=290 +2 0T4 USA 1912 Dutch Harrison 70-79-74-68=291 +3 1,938 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75-76-69=291T6 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 74-76-71-71=292 +4 1,042 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77-73-71=292 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 73-73-76-70=292T9 USA 1912 Al Besselink 74-74-74-72=294 +6 781 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 73-76-70-75=294 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 75-75-75-70=295 +7 0T12 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 73-74-72-77=296 +8 631 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 73-75-75-73=296 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 73-76-74-73=296 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-74-74-74=296T16 USA 1912 Julius Boros 76-79-68-74=297 +9 563 USA 1912 Jay Hebert 79-74-74-70=297 AUS Peter Thomson 76-72-76-73=297 USA 1912 Ken Venturi (a) 76-74-73-74=297 0T20 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 76-75-73-74=298 +10 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 78-75-74-71=298T22 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 74-77-75-73=299 +11 443 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 73-76-75-75=299 USA 1912 Marty Furgol 76-79-75-69=299 USA 1912 Gene Littler 79-75-73-72=299 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 75-75-75-74=299 USA 1912 Earl Stewart 78-75-75-71=299 USA 1912 Bob Toski 80-74-71-74=299T29 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 80-75-72-73=300 +12 333 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 73-79-73-75=300 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 76-75-72-77=30032 USA 1912 Gardner Dickinson 73-78-76-74=301 +13 250T33 USA 1912 Jimmy Clark 76-82-72-72=302 +14 250 USA 1912 George Fazio 78-79-74-71=302 USA 1912 Doug Ford 77-78-74-73=302 USA 1912 Fred Haas 76-78-78-70=302 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 75-81-77-69=302T38 USA 1912 Clarence Doser 74-78-72-79=303 +15 250 USA 1912 Lawson Little 76-77-74-76=303 USA 1912 Al Mengert 76-79-73-75=303 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 75-76-76-76=303 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 80-78-71-74=303T43 USA 1912 Billy Maxwell 75-77-77-75=304 +16 250 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 79-75-72-78=304 0 USA 1912 Felice Torza 74-78-74-78=304 250T46 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 80-77-73-75=305 +17 250 USA 1912 Bruce Cudd (a) 76-78-73-78=305 0 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 75-77-78-75=305 250 USA 1912 Bud Holscher 78-77-73-77=305 USA 1912 Bill Nary 78-74-78-75=305T51 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 73-77-75-81=306 +18 0 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 78-76-75-77=306 250T53 USA 1912 Arnold Blum (a) 75-82-75-75=307 +19 0 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 72-76-77-82=307 250 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 77-75-77-78=307 USA 1912 Jack Isaacs 76-79-76-76=307 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 79-75-78-75=307T58 USA 1912 Don Cherry (a) 80-79-74-76=309 +21 0 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 78-80-76-75=309 250T60 USA 1912 Bill Ogden 81-76-77-76=310 +22 250 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 81-79-75-75=310 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 83-79-75-73=31063 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 81-76-79-76=312 +24 0T64 USA 1912 Jimmy Jackson (a) 75-82-79-78=314 +26 USA 1912 Bobby Kuntz (a) 80-77-82-75=31466 USA 1912 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 78-82-79-76=315 +2767 USA 1912 Don Albert (a) 77-79-83-77=316 +28T68 USA 1912 Angelo Santilli (a) 79-81-82-75=317 +29 USA 1912 Denny Shute 73-85-82-77=317 25070 USA 1912 Ray Palmer (a) 84-78-80-77=319 +31 071 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 87-80-78-75=320 +32 25072 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 86-79-79-80=324 +36 250WD USA 1912 Dale Morey (a) 83-75-76=234 +18 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 78-78=156 +12 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 79 +7 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 83 +11 USA 1912 Frank Souchak (a) 90 +18 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison USA 1912 Fred McLeod 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 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Snead +1+1+1+2+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+1+1+1+1USA 1912 Hogan −1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1USA 1912 Patton +4+3+3+3+3+1+1E−1−1−1E+2+1+2+2+2+2 USA Harrison +7 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 USA Mangrum +6 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +4 +3 +3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Playoff Monday, April 12, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA 1912 Sam Snead 70 −2 5,0002 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 71 −1 3,125 Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344USA 1912 Snead E−1−1EE−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−2−2−3−3−3−2USA 1912 HoganE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−1−1 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=03xIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4939%2C6559649 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Snead beats Hogan in Masters playoff Associated Press April 13, 1954 16 References External links Masters.com – past winners and results GolfCompendium.com: 1954 Masters Augusta.com – 1954 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1954 1954 Category:1954 in golf Category:1954 in American sports Category:1954 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1954 sports events in the United States