1947 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 3–6, 1947 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°WCoordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1] |
Field | 58 players |
Cut | none |
Prize fund | $10,000 |
Winner's share | $2,500 |
Champion | |
Jimmy Demaret | |
281 (−7) | |
Location Map | |
Augusta National Location in the United States | |
The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.[1][2]
Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54 holes.[3][4] He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan.[2] Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters.[1] He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950.
Field[]
- 1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)
- Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (8,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Charlie Yates (a)
- 6. PGA champions
Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team
- Team not selected in time for inclusion.
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team
(a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a)
- Ted Bishop (3,11,a), Fred Kammer (11,a), Smiley Quick (11,a), Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.
- 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters Tournament
Johnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), , Felix Serafin
- 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. Open
Herman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, , Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham
- Henry Ransom and Paul Runyan did not play.
- 11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
(a), (a)
- (8,a) and Robert Sweeny Jr. (5,a) did not play.
- 12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Charles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, , Jim Turnesa
- 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
- Johnny Dawson (a) did not play
- 14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
- 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA Tour
- 16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournament
(a)
- 17 Home club professional
- 18. Extra invitations
George Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, April 3, 1947
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 69 | −3 |
Byron Nelson | United States | |||
T3 | Johnny Bulla | United States | 70 | −2 |
Jim Ferrier | United States | |||
Fred Haas | United States | |||
Ed Oliver | United States | |||
Johnny Palmer | United States | |||
George Schneiter | United States | |||
Lew Worsham | United States | |||
T10 | Herman Barron | United States | 71 | −1 |
Chick Harbert | United States | |||
Lawson Little | United States | |||
Cary Middlecoff | United States | |||
Toney Penna | United States | |||
George Schoux | United States |
Second round[]
Friday, April 4, 1947
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 69-71=140 | −4 |
Cary Middlecoff | United States | 71-69=140 | ||
T3 | Jim Ferrier | United States | 70-71=141 | −3 |
Byron Nelson | United States | 69-72=141 | ||
Toney Penna | United States | 71-70=141 | ||
T8 | Herman Barron | United States | 71-71=142 | −2 |
Claude Harmon | United States | 73-69=142 | ||
Lawson Little | United States | 71-71=142 | ||
Ed Oliver | United States | 70-72=142 | ||
Horton Smith | United States | 72-70=142 |
Third round[]
Saturday, April 5, 1947
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 69-71-70=210 | −6 |
T2 | Byron Nelson | United States | 69-72-72=213 | −3 |
Jug McSpaden | United States | 74-69-70=213 | ||
T4 | Jim Ferrier | United States | 70-71-73=214 | −2 |
Chick Harbert | United States | 71-72-71=214 | ||
Ben Hogan | United States | 75-68-71=214 | ||
T7 | Henry Picard | United States | 73-70-72=215 | −1 |
Frank Stranahan (a) | United States | 73-72-70=215 | ||
T9 | Herman Barron | United States | 71-71-74=216 | E |
Dick Metz | United States | 72-72-72=216 | ||
Cary Middlecoff | United States | 71-69-76=216 | ||
Ed Oliver | United States | 70-72-74=216 | ||
Toney Penna | United States | 71-70-75=216 |
Final round[]
Sunday, April 6, 1947
Final leaderboard[]
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 69-71-70-71=281 | −7 | 2,500 |
T2 | Byron Nelson (c) | 69-72-72-70=283 | −5 | 1,500 |
Frank Stranahan (a) | 73-72-70-68=283 | 0 | ||
T4 | Ben Hogan | 75-68-71-70=284 | −4 | 900 |
Jug McSpaden | 74-69-70-71=284 | |||
T6 | Jim Ferrier | 70-71-73-72=286 | −2 | 625 |
Henry Picard (c) | 73-70-72-71=286 | |||
T8 | Chandler Harper | 77-72-68-70=287 | −1 | 335 |
Lloyd Mangrum | 76-73-68-70=287 | |||
Dick Metz | 72-72-72-71=287 | |||
Ed Oliver | 70-72-74-71=287 | |||
Toney Penna | 71-70-75-71=287 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
13 | Johnny Bulla | 70-75-74-69=288 | E | 225 | |
T14 | Dick Chapman (a) | 72-71-74-72=289 | +1 | 0 | |
Lawson Little | 71-71-76-71=289 | 188 | |||
Bobby Locke | 74-74-71-70=289 | ||||
T17 | Herman Barron | 71-71-74-74=290 | +2 | 125 | |
Fred Haas | 70-74-73-73=290 | ||||
Johnny Palmer | 70-73-74-73=290 | ||||
20 | Denny Shute | 73-75-72-71=291 | +3 | 100 | |
21 | Vic Ghezzi | 73-77-71-71=292 | +4 | 50 | |
T22 | Horton Smith (c) | 72-70-76-75=293 | +5 | ||
Sam Snead | 72-71-75-75=293 | ||||
T24 | Herman Keiser (c) | 74-75-73-72=294 | +6 | ||
Ellsworth Vines | 75-71-75-73=294 | ||||
T26 | Claude Harmon | 73-69-76-77=295 | +7 | ||
Gene Sarazen (c) | 75-76-74-70=295 | ||||
70-75-78-72=295 | |||||
T29 | Dutch Harrison | 74-71-74-77=296 | +8 | ||
Clayton Heafner | 75-73-75-73=296 | ||||
Cary Middlecoff | 71-69-76-80=296 | ||||
Harry Todd | 74-74-71-77=296 | ||||
T33 | Chick Harbert | 71-72-71-83=297 | +9 | ||
Ky Laffoon | 74-74-73-76=297 | ||||
76-74-71-76=297 | |||||
Lew Worsham | 70-76-71-80=297 | ||||
37 | Ed Dudley | 72-75-73-78=298 | +10 | ||
38 | 71-72-78-78=299 | +11 | |||
T39 | Charles Congdon | 75-74-75-76=300 | +12 | ||
George Fazio | 75-78-71-76=300 | ||||
Gene Kunes | 74-73-78-75=300 | ||||
T42 | Bob Hamilton | 72-78-74-77=301 | +13 | ||
Johnny Revolta | 75-73-77-76=301 | ||||
T44 | Ed Furgol | 77-73-71-81=302 | +14 | ||
Jim Turnesa | 80-72-77-73=302 | ||||
46 | (a) | 75-76-75-77=303 | +15 | ||
T47 | 78-73-78-75=304 | +16 | |||
Felix Serafin | 75-73-79-77=304 | ||||
(a) | 76-78-75-75=304 | ||||
T50 | (a) | 77-77-77-74=305 | +17 | ||
Skee Riegel (a) | 75-80-75-75=305 | ||||
52 | Jim Foulis | 77-76-79-74=306 | +18 | ||
T53 | Johnny Farrell | 80-76-76-79=311 | +23 | ||
Craig Wood (c) | 78-80-75-78=311 | ||||
T55 | Bobby Jones | 75-79-78-80=312 | +24 | ||
Charlie Yates (a) | 77-75-81-79=312 | ||||
57 | Billy Burke | 83-73-81-77=314 | +26 | ||
WD | (a) | 85-80-81=246 | +30 |
Scorecard[]
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey + |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1947. p. 4-part 2.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1947). "Demaret wins second Masters golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 29.
- ^ a b "Demaret's 210 leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. associated Press. April 6, 1947. p. 1B.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1947). "Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1947). "Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1947). "Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
- ^ "Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s". Milwaukee Sentinell. INS. April 5, 1947. p. 3, part 2.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Masters.com – past winners and results
- About.com – 1947 Masters
- Augusta.com – 1947 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
- Masters Tournament
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- 1947 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- April 1947 sports events