1953 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1953 Masters Tournament 1953_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1953 Masters Guide April 9–12, 1953 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6950 yd 0 71 players None $4,000 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 274 (−14) 1952 1954 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 1953Masters Tournament was the 17thMasters Tournament, held April9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan shattered the Masters scoring record by five strokes with a 274(−14),http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/04/13/page/61/article/hogans-record-274-wins-masters-golf Chicago Daily Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan's record 274 wins Masters golf April 13, 1953 1, part 4 which stood for twelve years, until Jack Nicklaus' 271 in 1965. Hogan shot four rounds of70 or better,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AcdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5302%2C3551374 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Hogan's record 274 wins Masters golf April 13, 1953 20 April 16, 2013 and went on to win the U.S.Open by six strokes in June and the British Open by four in July. Through 2022, it remains the only time these three majors were won in the same calendar year. Hogan, age forty, led by four strokes after 54holes and finished five ahead of runner-up Ed Oliver to win his second Masters, the seventh of his nine major titles. This win was commemorated five years later in 1958 with the dedication of the Hogan Bridge over Rae's Creek at the par-3 12thhole.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UXsoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3966%2C344129 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Florida Associated Press Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan April 3, 1958 8 Hogan was the first Masters winner over age forty; a few months older than Hogan, Sam Snead won the next year at41. Course Augusta National Golf Club HoleYardsPar HoleYardsPar14004 1047042555511445433554121553422031347055450414420461903155055736541619038520517400494204184204Out3,47536In3,47536Source: Total6,95072 Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (10), Claude Harmon (9), Ben Hogan (2,6,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (10), Sam Snead (4,6,9,10), Craig Wood (2) Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Olin Dutra (6), Chick Evans (3,a), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10,12), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (9,10) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,a), Charles Coe (a), Skee Riegel (9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Jack Westland (11,a) 4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (9,a) 6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton (12), Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (9), Jim Turnesa (12) 7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion 8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1952 Masters Tournament Al Besselink, Arnold Blum (a), Tommy Bolt (10), Jack Burke Jr., George Fazio (10), Doug Ford (10), Fred Hawkins, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Chuck Kocsis (a), Ted Kroll (10,12), Johnny Palmer 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1952 U.S. Open Al Brosch, Johnny Bulla, Clarence Doser (12), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert (12), Jimmy Jackson (a), Milon Marusic, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Earl Stewart, Harry Todd, Felice Torza, Bill Trombley, Bo Wininger Paul Runyan (6) did not play. 11. 1952 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Cherry (a), Al Mengert Gene Littler (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) and Dick Yost (a) did not play. 12. 1952 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Frank Champ, Fred Haas 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions William C. Campbell (a) 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 1953 PGA Tour Jerry Barber, Dick Mayer 16. Foreign invitations John de Bendern (5,a), Ricardo Rossi, Peter Thomson Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1953 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 68 −4T2 USA 1912 Al Besselink 69 −3 USA 1912 Ed Oliver T4 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70 −2 USA 1912 Milan Marusic T6 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71 −1 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton USA 1912 Ted Kroll USA 1912 Sam SneadT10 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 72 E USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u_MiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1cwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1269%2C1338673 Palm Beach Post United Press Harbert leads Masters field with 68 April 10, 1953 15 April 16, 2013http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/04/10/page/49/article/harberts-68-sets-masters-tourney-pace Chicago Daily Tribune Harbert's 68 sets Masters tourney pace April 10, 1953 2, part 3 Second round Friday, April 10, 1953 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-69=139 −52 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 71-69=140 −4T3 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 68-73=141 −3 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 71-70=141 T5 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68=142 −2 USA 1912 Milan Marusic 70-72=142 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 69-73=142T8 USA 1912 Al Besselink 69-75=144 E USA 1912 Julius Boros 73-71=144 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 73-71=144 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-70=144 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u_MiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1cwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1084%2C1459587 Palm Beach Post United Press Hogan takes Masters lead April 11, 1953 10 April 16, 2013https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AMdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5133%2C3204050 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Hogan takes Masters golf lead with 139 April 11, 1953 12 April 16, 2013 Third round Saturday, April 11, 1953 With a 66 (−6), 1951 champion Ben Hogan set the 54-hole scoring record at 205 (−11).http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/04/12/page/53/article/hogans-record-205-paces-masters-golf Chicago Sunday Tribune Bartlett Charles Hogan's record 205 paces Masters golf April 12, 1953 1, part 2 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 70-69-66=205 −112 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 69-73-67=209 −7 3 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 71-69-70=210 −64 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 68-73-70=211 −55 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68-71=213 −3 T6 USA 1912 Al Besselink 69-75-70=214 −2 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71-75-68=214 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 71-70-73=214 9 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 74-72-69=215 −1T10 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 78-69-69=216 E USA 1912 Leland Gibson 73-71-72=216 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 73-72-71=216 USA 1912 Dick Metz 73-72-71=216 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 72-75-69=216 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 73-74-69=216 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vPMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1cwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2374%2C1621595 Palm Beach Post-Times Hogan shoots 66 to lead Masters United Press April 12, 1953 25 April 16, 2013 Final round Sunday, April 12, 1953 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Ben Hogan (c) 70-69-66-69=274 −14 4,0002 USA 1912 Ed Oliver 69-73-67-70=279 −9 2,5003 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68-71-69=282 −6 1,7004 USA 1912 Bob Hamilton 71-69-70-73=283 −5 1,400T5 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 71-75-68-71=285 −3 900 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 68-73-70-74=2857 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 71-70-73-72=286 −2 7008 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 78-69-69-71=287 −1 6509 USA 1912 Al Besselink 69-75-70-74=288 E 600T10 USA 1912 Julius Boros 73-71-75-70=289 +1 523 USA 1912 Chandler Harper 74-72-69-74=289 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 75-70-74-70=289 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 74-73-72-71=290 +2 450T14 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan (a) 72-75-69-75=291 +3 0USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 73-74-69-75=291T16 USA 1912 Charles Coe (a) 75-74-72-71=292 +4 USA 1912 Jim Ferrier 74-71-76-71=292 443 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 73-72-71-76=292 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 71-75-71-75=292 USA 1912 Earl Stewart 75-72-70-75=292T21 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 73-76-72-72=293 +5 425 USA 1912 Doug Ford 73-73-72-75=293T23 USA 1912 Leland Gibson 73-71-72-78=294 +6 407 USA 1912 Al Mengert 77-70-75-72=294 USA 1912 Dick Metz 73-72-71-78=29426 USA 1912 Fred Haas 74-73-71-77=295 +7 400T27 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68-77=296 +8 200 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 73-74-73-76=296T29 USA 1912 Skip Alexander 72-78-74-73=297 +9 200 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 73-73-78-73=297 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 74-72-76-75=297 USA 1912 Felice Torza 78-73-72-74=297 USA 1912 Bo Wininger 80-70-72-75=297T34 USA 1912 Clarence Doser 75-77-71-75=298 +10 200 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 75-73-75-75=298 USA 1912 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 75-76-72-75=298 037 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 72-77-78-72=299 +11T38 USA 1912 Al Brosch 74-73-78-75=300 +12 200 USA 1912 Jimmy Jackson (a) 75-77-74-74=300 0 USA 1912 Milon Marusic 70-72-77-81=300 200 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 73-75-74-78=300 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-78-73-74=300 AUS Peter Thomson 77-76-74-73=30044 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-70-77-80=301 +13 200T45 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 75-78-74-75=302 +14 0 USA 1912 Don Cherry (a) 73-76-79-74=302 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 73-80-75-74=302 200 USA 1912 Chuck Kocsis (a) 75-75-75-77=302 0 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 78-76-72-76=302 20050 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 73-76-76-79=304 +16 200T51 USA 1912 Johnny Bulla 75-77-81-72=305 +17 200 USA 1912 George Fazio 77-74-77-77=305T53 USA 1912 Harry Todd 78-73-75-80=306 +18 200 USA 1912 Jack Westland (a) 81-74-75-76=306 0T55 USA 1912 Arnold Blum (a) 76-73-77-82=308 +20 BRA Ricardo Rossi 75-81-80-72=308 200 USA 1912 Denny Shute 78-81-74-75=30858 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 77-77-75-81=310 +22 200T59 USA 1912 Frank Champ 85-72-77-77=311 +23 200 USA 1912 Bill Trombley 78-75-79-79=31161 ENG John de Bendern (a) 80-77-75-80=312 +24 062 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 81-78-76-80=315 +27 20063 USA 1912 Olin Dutra 80-78-82-78=318 +30 20064 USA 1912 Chick Evans (a) 85-79-79-85=328 +40 0WD USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 74-77-73=224 +8 USA 1912 Jess Sweetser (a) 75-78-77=230 +14 USA 1912 Clayton Heafner 78-74-79=231 +15 USA 1912 Billy Burke 80-80=160 +16 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison USA 1912 Joe Kirkwood Jr. USA 1912 Fred McLeod Source: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 −11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−14USA 1912 Oliver −7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9USA 1912 Mangrum −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−5−6USA 1912 Hamilton −5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−4−5−5USA 1912 Bolt −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3USA 1912 Harbert −5−5−5−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey + References External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1953 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1953 1953 Category:1953 in golf Category:1953 in American sports Category:1953 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1953 sports events in the United States