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1952 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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1952 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1952 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1952
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 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
United States Sam Snead
286 (−2)
Location map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, 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

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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)

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

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First round

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Thursday, April 3, 1952

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Ray Gafford 69 −3
United States Johnny Palmer
T3 United States Al Besselink 70 −2
United States Ben Hogan
United States Sam Snead
T6 United States Skip Alexander 71 −1
United States Tommy Bolt
United States Doug Ford
United States Fred Hawkins
United States Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
United States Lloyd Mangrum
United States Johnny Revolta
United States Lew Worsham

Source:[5][6]

Second round

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Friday, April 4, 1952

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Sam Snead 70-67=137 −7
2 United States Ben Hogan 70-70=140 −4
T3 United States Tommy Bolt 71-71=142 −2
United States Jim Ferrier 72-70=142
United States Johnny Revolta 71-71=142
T6 United States Jack Burke Jr. 76-67=143 −1
United States George Fazio 72-71=143
United States Johnny Palmer 69-74=143
United States Harvie Ward (a) 72-71=143
T10 United States Skip Alexander 71-73=144 E
United States Dow Finsterwald 72-72=144
United States Fred Hawkins 71-73=144
United States Cary Middlecoff 72-72=144
United States Ed Oliver 72-72=144

Source:[7]

Third round

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Saturday, April 5, 1952

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Ben Hogan 70-70-74=214 −2
United States Sam Snead 70-67-77=214
3 United States Cary Middlecoff 72-72-72=216 E
T4 United States Al Besselink 70-76-71=217 +1
United States Tommy Bolt 71-71-75=217
6 United States Johnny Palmer 69-74-75=218 +2
T7 United States Jim Ferrier 72-70-77=219 +3
United States Johnny Revolta 71-71-77=219
United States Lew Worsham 71-75-73=219
10 United States Lloyd Mangrum 71-74-75=220 +4

Source:[3][4]

Final round

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Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Sam Snead (c) 70-67-77-72=286 −2 4,000
2 United States Jack Burke Jr. 76-67-78-69=290 +2 2,500
T3 United States Al Besselink 70-76-71-74=291 +3 1,367
United States Tommy Bolt 71-71-75-74=291
United States Jim Ferrier 72-70-77-72=291
6 United States Lloyd Mangrum 71-74-75-72=292 +4 800
T7 United States Julius Boros 73-73-76-71=293 +5 625
United States Fred Hawkins 71-73-78-71=293
United States Ben Hogan (c) 70-70-74-79=293
United States Lew Worsham 71-75-73-74=293

Sources:[8][9]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
United States Snead −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 −2 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2
United States Burke +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Besselink +1 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3
United States Bolt +1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 E +1 +3 +3
United States Ferrier +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3
United States Hogan −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +4 +4 +5
United States Middlecoff +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +6 +6 +6 +6

Source:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1952). "Snead wins Masters golf on 286". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  2. ^ a b "Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1952. p. 20.
  3. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1952). "Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  4. ^ a b "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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