1956 Masters Tournament

August 2023 March 2026 1956 Masters Tournament 1956_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg Front cover of the 1956 Masters Guide April 5–8, 1956 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6965 yd 84 players None $6,000 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 289 (+1) 1955 1957 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 1956 Masters Tournament was the 20th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jack Burke Jr. won his first major championship and only Masters, one stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi. It was the final Masters played without a 36-hole cut. CBS televised the third and fourth rounds of the tournament for the first time, and has done so every year since. Burke shot a 71 (−1) on Sunday, one of only two players to break par in the final round; he rallied from a tournament record eight shots back to pass Venturi, who had led the entire tournament.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oW1QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jxAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6994%2C4761972 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Venturi folds, steady Burke wins Masters April 9, 1956 4, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iTAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=600EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6985%2C3266663 Pittsburgh Press Drum Bob Burke Master as Venturi folds April 9, 1956 24 Then a 24-year-old amateur, Venturi opened with a first round 66 (−6), the best round to date at the Masters by an amateur.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8HApAAAAIBAJ&sjid=veYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1166%2C2018762 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Ken Venturi leads Masters with amateur record of 66 April 6, 1956 16 But on Sunday, he shot a 42 (+6) on the final nine holes to card a disappointing 80 (+8).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8Z4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4729%2C5551348 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Jack Burke Surprise Winner of Masters Golf April 9, 1956 18 January 2, 2013https://www.si.com/vault/1956/04/16/597349/and-thenjackie-burke-took-charge Sports Illustrated Wind Herbert Warren Herbert Warren Wind And Then—Jackie Burke Took Charge April 16, 1956 28 March 30, 2016 Burke's 289, along with Sam Snead in 1954 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Burke was late arriving at the course for his final round on Sunday after going to church and had only fifteen minutes to warm up.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iTAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=600EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5602%2C3268128 Pros Baffled By 'Lost' Par Pittsburgh Press April 9, 1956 24 He won a second (and final) major title in late July at the PGA Championship, in its penultimate edition as a match play competition. Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Cary Middlecoff (2,7,9,10,12), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10), Craig Wood Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Jack Fleck (10), Ed Furgol (9), Lawson Little (3,5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (9), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., George Sargent, Lew Worsham (12) 3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,a), Gene Littler (9,10), Billy Maxwell (9), Arnold Palmer (9,10), Skee Riegel (9), Sam Urzetta, Harvie Ward (5,8,9,10,11,a) 4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6) 5. British Amateur champions Joe Conrad (8,9,a), Frank Stranahan (9,10) 6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (9), Doug Ford (7,10,12), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (7), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa 7. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team Jerry Barber, Tommy Bolt (9,10,12), Jack Burke Jr. (9,10,12), Ted Kroll Marty Furgol and Chandler Harper (6) did not play. 8. Members of the U.S. 1955 Walker Cup team Rex Baxter (a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (a) Dick Yost (a) did not play. Baxter and Meister were reserves for the team. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1955 Masters Tournament Pete Cooper, Jay Hebert, Dick Mayer, Johnny Palmer, Bob Rosburg (10), Mike Souchak (10) 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1955 U.S. Open Bob Harris, Fred Hawkins (12), Bud Holscher, Walker Inman, Shelley Mayfield (12), Al Mengert, George Schneiter, Ernie Vossler, Art Wall Jr. Smiley Quick did not play. 11. 1955 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bill Booe (a), Joe Campbell (a), Ed Hopkins (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Charles Kunkle (a), Jim McCoy (a), Hillman Robbins (9,a) 12. 1955 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Don Fairfield 13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Ken Venturi (a) 14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Don Bisplinghoff (a) 15. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Fred Haas 16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1956 PGA Tour Dow Finsterwald, Lionel Hebert 17. Foreign invitations Al Balding, Henry Cotton (4), Roberto De Vicenzo, Stan Leonard (9), Moe Norman (a) Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. Round summaries First round Thursday, April 5, 1956 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ken Venturi (a) 66 −62 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 67 −5T3 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 68 −4 USA 1912 Shelley Mayfield 5 USA 1912 Ben Hogan 69 −3T6 USA 1912 Doug Ford 70 −2 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) T9 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 71 −1 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins Second round Friday, April 6, 1956 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ken Venturi (a) 66-69=135 −92 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 67-72=139 −5T3 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 68-74=142 −2 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 72-70=142 USA 1912 Doug Ford 70-72=142 USA 1912 Shelley Mayfield 68-74=142T7 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 72-71=143 −1 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 71-72=143T9 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 71-73=144 E USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 70-74=144 Third round Saturday, April 7, 1956 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA 1912 Ken Venturi (a) 66-69-75=210 −62 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff 67-72-75=214 −23 USA 1912 Doug Ford 70-72-75=217 +1T4 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 72-71-75=218 +2 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 72-74-72=218 T6 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 71-72-76=219 +3 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 72-70-77=219T8 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 68-74-78=220 +4 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 71-73-76=220 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 73-73-74=220 Final round Sunday, April 8, 1956 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA 1912 Jack Burke Jr. 72-71-75-71=289 +1 6,0002 USA 1912 Ken Venturi (a) 66-69-75-80=290 +2 03 USA 1912 Cary Middlecoff (c) 67-72-75-77=291 +3 3,750T4 USA 1912 Lloyd Mangrum 72-74-72-74=292 +4 2,325 USA 1912 Sam Snead (c) 73-76-72-71=292T6 USA 1912 Jerry Barber 71-72-76-75=294 +6 1,350 USA 1912 Doug Ford 70-72-75-77=294T8 USA 1912 Tommy Bolt 68-74-78-76=296 +8 975 USA 1912 Ben Hogan (c) 69-78-74-75=296 USA 1912 Shelley Mayfield 68-74-80-74=296 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 USA 1912 Johnny Palmer 76-74-74-73=297 +9 825T12 USA 1912 Pete Cooper 72-70-77-79=298 +10 735 USA 1912 Gene Littler 73-77-74-74=298 USA 1912 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-76-79-73=298 0 USA 1912 Sam Urzetta 73-75-76-74=298 73516 USA 1912 Bob Rosburg 70-74-81-74=299 +11 675T17 USA 1912 Walter Burkemo 72-74-78-76=300 +12 660 ARG Roberto De Vicenzo 75-72-78-75=300 USA 1912 Hillman Robbins (a) 73-73-78-76=300 0 USA 1912 Mike Souchak 73-73-74-80=300 66021 USA 1912 Arnold Palmer 73-75-74-79=301 +13 630T22 USA 1912 Frank Stranahan 72-75-79-76=302 +14 630 USA 1912 Jim Turnesa 74-74-74-80=302T24 USA 1912 Julius Boros 73-78-72-80=303 +15 480 USA 1912 Dow Finsterwald 74-73-79-77=303 USA 1912 Ed Furgol 74-75-78-76=303 CAN 1921 Stan Leonard 75-75-79-74=303 USA 1912 Al Mengert 74-72-79-78=303T29 CAN 1921 Al Balding 75-78-77-74=304 +16 300 USA 1912 Vic Ghezzi 74-77-77-76=304 USA 1912 Fred Haas 78-72-75-79=304 USA 1912 Fred Hawkins 71-73-76-84=304 USA 1912 Walker Inman 73-75-74-82=304T34 USA 1912 Jimmy Demaret (c) 73-75-76-81=305 +17 300 USA 1912 Billy Maxwell 75-75-81-74=305 USA 1912 Art Wall Jr. 75-80-75-75=305 USA 1912 Harvie Ward (a) 76-70-81-78=305 0 USA 1912 Lew Worsham 74-72-80-79=305 30039 USA 1912 Byron Nelson (c) 73-75-78-80=306 +18 300T40 USA 1912 Chick Harbert 73-76-78-80=307 +19 300 USA 1912 Bob Harris 73-79-77-78=307 USA 1912 Skee Riegel 72-79-76-80=307T43 USA 1912 William C. Campbell (a) 77-78-77-76=308 +20 0 USA 1912 Jack Fleck 74-77-76-81=308 300 USA 1912 Dick Mayer 75-74-81-78=308T46 USA 1912 Rex Baxter (a) 76-79-79-75=309 +21 0 USA 1912 Claude Harmon (c) 77-79-76-77=309 300 USA 1912 Henry Picard (c) 75-76-82-76=309T49 USA 1912 Bud Holscher 73-81-80-76=310 +22 300 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen (c) 77-75-78-80=310T51 USA 1912 Jimmy Jackson (a) 77-74-76-84=311 +23 0 USA 1912 Ted Kroll 75-75-79-82=311 300T53 USA 1912 Bruce Cudd (a) 78-77-84-74=313 +25 0 USA 1912 Jay Hebert 74-76-82-81=313 300 USA 1912 Bill Hyndman (a) 79-77-77-80=313 0T56 USA 1912 Joe Campbell (a) 77-80-78-79=314 +26 USA 1912 Ed Hopkins (a) 76-76-82-80=314T58 USA 1912 Don Bisplinghoff (a) 77-80-81-78=316 +28 USA 1912 Don Fairfield 78-75-77-86=316 300 USA 1912 Ed Meister (a) 78-78-84-76=316 0T61 USA 1912 Joe Conrad (a) 76-79-81-81=317 +29 USA 1912 Lionel Hebert 77-77-80-83=317 300 USA 1912 Ernie Vossler 78-79-83-77=31764 USA 1912 George Schneiter 77-80-82-79=318 +30 300T65 USA 1912 Dick Chapman (a) 79-82-82-76=319 +31 0 USA 1912 Dale Morey (a) 83-75-83-78=319 USA 1912 Sam Parks Jr. 80-82-76-81=319 300T68 ENG Henry Cotton 77-83-81-80=321 +33 300 USA 1912 Jim McCoy (a) 77-81-81-82=321 070 USA 1912 Craig Wood (c) 76-80-78-88=322 +34 30071 USA 1912 Denny Shute 82-79-89-74=324 +36 300T72 USA 1912 Don Cherry (a) 79-81-81-84=325 +37 0 USA 1912 Lawson Little 77-81-85-82=325 30074 USA 1912 Bill Booe (a) 82-80-87-77=326 +38 075 USA 1912 Johnny Revolta 84-81-79-84=328 +40 30076 USA 1912 Horton Smith (c) 86-84-84-82=336 +48 30077 USA 1912 Charles Kunkle (a) 78-82-85-95=340 +52 0WD USA 1912 Johnny Farrell 79-86-86=251 +35 CAN 1921 Moe Norman (a) 75-78=153 +9 USA 1912 Billy Burke 80-80=160 +16 USA 1912 Tony Manero 81-80=161 +17 USA 1912 Fred McLeod 90-88=178 +34 USA 1912 Jock Hutchison 83 +11 USA 1912 George Sargent 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 Burke +2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1+2+2+2+1+1USA 1912 Venturi −5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−3−2−1−1E+1+1+2+2USA 1912 Middlecoff −3−4−4−3−1−1+1+1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+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 |} Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tD1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BHYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7139%2C4694624 St. Petersburg Times Florida Associated Press Cards of the leaders April 9, 1956 16 References 2 External links Masters.com – Past winners and results Augusta.com – 1956 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 1956 1956 Category:1956 in golf Category:1956 in American sports Category:1956 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1956 sports events in the United States