1952 Masters Tournament

The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1952 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1952
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Field72 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$20,000[1]
Winner's share$4,000
Champion
Sam Snead
286 (−2)
Location map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in 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.[1][2] 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),[3][4] but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday and finished seven strokes back.

With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.[1]

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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 par
T1 Ray Gafford69−3
Johnny Palmer
T3 Al Besselink70−2
Ben Hogan
Sam Snead
T6 Skip Alexander71−1
Tommy Bolt
Doug Ford
Fred Hawkins
Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
Lloyd Mangrum
Johnny Revolta
Lew Worsham

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Sam Snead70-67=137−7
2 Ben Hogan70-70=140−4
T3 Tommy Bolt71-71=142−2
Jim Ferrier72-70=142
Johnny Revolta71-71=142
T6 Jack Burke Jr.76-67=143−1
George Fazio72-71=143
Johnny Palmer69-74=143
Harvie Ward (a)72-71=143
T10 Skip Alexander71-73=144E
Dow Finsterwald72-72=144
Fred Hawkins71-73=144
Cary Middlecoff72-72=144
Ed Oliver72-72=144

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Ben Hogan70-70-74=214−2
Sam Snead70-67-77=214
3 Cary Middlecoff72-72-72=216E
T4 Al Besselink70-76-71=217+1
Tommy Bolt71-71-75=217
6 Johnny Palmer69-74-75=218+2
T7 Jim Ferrier72-70-77=219+3
Johnny Revolta71-71-77=219
Lew Worsham71-75-73=219
10 Lloyd Mangrum71-74-75=220+4

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Sam Snead (c)70-67-77-72=286−24,000
2 Jack Burke Jr.76-67-78-69=290+22,500
T3 Al Besselink70-76-71-74=291+31,367
Tommy Bolt71-71-75-74=291
Jim Ferrier72-70-77-72=291
6 Lloyd Mangrum71-74-75-72=292+4800
T7 Julius Boros73-73-76-71=293+5625
Fred Hawkins71-73-78-71=293
Ben Hogan (c)70-70-74-79=293
Lew Worsham71-75-73-74=293

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Snead−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−1−2−1E−1−1−1−1−1−2
Burke+6+5+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2
Besselink+1+2+1+2+3+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+3+3+3
Bolt+1−1−1−1EEEE+1+1+1+1−1−1E+1+3+3
Ferrier+3+3+2+2+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+3
Hogan−1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5
Middlecoff+1+1+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+6

Source:[1][2]

References
  1. Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1952). "Snead wins Masters golf on 286". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  2. "Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1952. p. 20.
  3. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1952). "Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  4. "Snead, Hogan lead Masters with 214". Milwaukee Sentinel. April 6, 1952. p. 1B.
  5. Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1952). "Hogan, Snead fire 70s in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  6. "Palmer, Gafford fire 69s in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 4, 1952. p. 29.
  7. Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1952). "Snead gets 67; leads Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  8. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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