1951 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1951 Masters Tournament 1951_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1951 Masters Guide April 5–8, 1951 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 64 players None $15,000https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dXFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6482%2C5939440 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Golfers given 50% prize bonus April 9, 1951 4, part 2 $3,000 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 280 (−8) 1950 1952 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 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15thMasters Tournament, held April5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/09/page/53/article/hogan-wins-first-masters-title-on-280 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan wins first Masters title on 280 April 6, 1951 1, part 4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1SUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4821%2C1948607 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters April 9, 1951 20https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dXFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7115%2C5938563 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind April 8, 1951 4, part 2 It was the fifth of his nine major titles. After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/08/page/41/article/riegel-snead-set-masters-pace-at-211 Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211 April 8, 1951 1, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dHFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7101%2C5000143 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead April 8, 1951 1B Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68(−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80(+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946. The reigning U.S.Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951U.S.Open. With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000. Ticket prices were raised to $10 that year.Eubanks Steve Augusta: Home of the Masters Tournament 1997 Rutledge Hill Press Nashville, Tennessee 1558534695 https://archive.org/details/augustahomeofmas00euba Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9), Sam Snead (4,6,9,10) Ralph Guldahl (2), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12) and Craig Wood (2) did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,9,10), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10,12), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (8,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Sam Urzetta (8,11,a), George Von Elm 4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9,10), Vic Ghezzi (9), Chandler Harper (12), Johnny Revolta 7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion. 8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a) Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe and Ward were reserves for the team. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 Masters Tournament George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna Skip Alexander (10) did not play. 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams Dick Metz did not play. 11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a) Bud Holscher (a) and Dick Kinchla (a) did not play. 12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr. 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 Jack Burke Jr. 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1951 PGA Tour Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll 16. Foreign invitations Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 5, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 George Fazio 68 −4 T2 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3 USA 1912 Sam Snead 4 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70 −2 T5 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 71 −1 USA 1912 Dick Mayer USA 1912 Byron Nelson USA 1912 Lew Worsham T9 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 72 E USA 1912 Lawson Little ARG Juan Segura (a) Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/06/page/47/article/fazio-fires-68-to-lead-masters Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters April 6, 1951 1, part 3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cnFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7228%2C4665916 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80 April 6, 1951 4, part 2 Second round Friday, April 6, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-68=141 −3 T2 USA 1912 George Fazio 68-74=142 −2 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-72=142 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 71-71=142 T5 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 71-72=143 −1 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 74-69=143 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74=143 USA 1912 Sam Snead 69-74=143 T9 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 74-70=144 E USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-71=144 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-73=144 Source:http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/07/page/27/article/riegel-shoots-68-leads-masters-on-141 Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141 April 7, 1951 1, part 3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c3FQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959%2C4813719 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141 April 7, 1951 4, part 2 Third round Saturday, April 7, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-68-70=211 −5 USA 1912 Sam Snead 69-74-68=211 3 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-72-70=212 −44 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-70=213 −3 5 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 71-71-72=214 −2 T6 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 73-73-69=215 −1 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 74-69-72=215 T8 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 71-72-73=216 E USA 1912 George Fazio 68-74-74=216 T10 USA 1912 Bill Goodloe (a) 74-71-72=217 +1 USA 1912 Lawson Little 72-73-72=217 USA 1912 Byron Nelson 71-73-73=217 Source: Final round Sunday, April 8, 1951 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-72-70-68=280 −8 3,0002 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 73-68-70-71=282 −6 1,875T3 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-70-73=286 −2 1,163 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 71-71-72-72=2865 USA 1912 Dave Douglas 74-69-72-73=288 E 7506 USA 1912 Lawson Little 72-73-72-72=289 +1 6007 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 74-70-74-72=290 +2 525T8 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 71-72-73-75=291 +3 450 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 71-73-73-74=291 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 69-74-68-80=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 73-72-74-73=292 +4 390T12 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 76-71-73-73=293 +5 0 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 73-73-69-78=293 356 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-73-74-71=293T15 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 80-71-72-71=294 +6 338 USA 1912 Dutch Harrison 76-71-76-71=29417 USA 1912 Julius Boros 76-72-74-73=295 +7 338T18 USA 1912 George Fazio 68-74-74-80=296 +8 315 USA 1912 Bob Toski 75-73-73-75=296T20 USA 1912 Al Besselink 76-73-71-77=297 +9 308 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 72-76-72-77=297 0 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 75-74-74-74=297 308 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 74-72-73-78=297 USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 73-71-78-75=297T25 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 76-75-71-76=298 +10 150 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 71-75-79-73=298 USA 1912 Bill Nary 76-73-73-76=298 USA 1912 Henry Ransom 74-74-74-76=298 USA 1912 Sam Urzetta (a) 73-72-78-75=298 0T30 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-74-78-71=299 +11 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 73-74-77-75=299T32 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 74-74-75-78=301 +13 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 79-77-70-75=301 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 74-74-74-79=301T35 USA 1912 Marty Furgol 77-76-73-76=302 +14 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 75-77-74-76=302 USA 1912 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 75-76-76-75=302 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 74-77-77-74=302T39 USA 1912 Fred Haas 79-76-73-75=303 +15 MEX Tony Holguin 78-72-75-78=303 USA 1912 Herman Keiser (c) 77-73-79-74=303T42 USA 1912 Bill Goodloe (a) 74-71-72-88=305 +17 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 74-75-75-81=305T44 USA 1912 Ray Gafford 77-73-76-80=306 +18 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 76-73-77-80=30646 USA 1912 Harold Williams 76-77-76-78=307 +19T47 USA 1912 Denny Shute 79-76-79-74=308 +20 USA 1912 Henry Williams Jr. 77-76-77-78=30849 USA 1912 Harold Paddock Jr. (a) 75-78-80-79=312 +24T50 USA 1912 Dow Finsterwald (a) 76-81-75-81=313 +25 USA 1912 Bobby Knowles (a) 78-79-75-81=313 ARG Juan Segura (a) 72-80-79-82=313 USA 1912 Bill Shields (a) 82-76-76-79=313 USA 1912 George Von Elm 77-76-79-81=313T55 CAN 1921 Bill Mawhinney (a) 83-75-73-84=315 +27 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 80-79-78-78=315T57 USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 81-78-83-76=318 +30 USA 1912 John Ward (a) 78-75-81-84=31859 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 79-82-74-86=321 +33WD USA 1912 Chandler Harper 77-72-76=225 +9 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 81-76-74=231 +15 USA 1912 Tom Veech (a) 80-79-77=236 +20 USA 1912 Toney Penna 80-78-84=242 +26 USA 1912 Fred McLeod 86-88=174 +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 Hogan −4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8USA 1912 Riegel −5−6−5−5−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6USA 1912 Mangrum −3−4−4−4−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−1−1E−1−2−2−2USA 1912 Worsham −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2USA 1912 Douglas −1−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−3−2−2E−1EEEEEUSA 1912 Snead −5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3+1+1EE+1+2+2+2USA 1912 Middlecoff −1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+3+4+5+5+5+5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey + Source: References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1951 1951 Category:1951 in golf Category:1951 in American sports Category:1951 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1951 sports events in the United States