1954 Masters Tournament
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 8–12, 1954 |
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) |
Field | 78 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $25,000 |
Winner's share | $5,000 |
Champion | |
Sam Snead | |
289 (+1), playoff | |
Location Map | |
Augusta National Location in the United States | |
The 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.
Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open.
Snead's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.[1][2]
Snead remained the oldest winner of the Masters for nearly a quarter century, until Gary Player won his third green jacket at age 42 in 1978.
Field[]
- 1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (10), Claude Harmon (12), Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10), Craig Wood (2)
- Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser and Henry Picard (6) did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Julius Boros (9,10), Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (7), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (5,8,a), Charles Coe (8,9,a), Gene Littler (8,11), Billy Maxwell, Skee Riegel, Jess Sweetser (5,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (9,10,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a)
- 6. PGA champions
Walter Burkemo (7,12), Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Chandler Harper (9), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa (7,10)
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team
Jack Burke Jr. (9,10), Dave Douglas (12), Fred Haas (10), Ted Kroll (9,10), Ed Oliver (9)
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team
(a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), (a), (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ken Venturi (a)
- Sam Urzetta (3,a) and Jack Westland (3,a) did not play. Blum, McHale and Patton were reserves for the team.
- 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 Masters Tournament
Jerry Barber, Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Doug Ford (10), , Chick Harbert, Fred Hawkins, Dick Mayer, Al Mengert (10), Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer, Earl Stewart
- Bob Hamilton (6) did not play.
- 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 U.S. Open
Pete Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, , George Fazio, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, (12), , Bob Rosburg, Frank Souchak (a)
- 11. 1953 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
(a), (a), (a), Dale Morey (a), (a), (a)
- did not play.
- 12. 1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- Henry Ransom did not play.
- 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
- Johnny Dawson (a) was selected but 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 1954 PGA Tour
- 16. Foreign invitations
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, April 8, 1954
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | United States | 70 | −2 |
Dutch Harrison | United States | |||
T3 | Lloyd Mangrum | United States | 71 | −1 |
Jack Burke Jr. | United States | |||
T5 | Ben Hogan | United States | 72 | E |
Dave Douglas | United States | |||
T7 | Byron Nelson | United States | 73 | +1 |
Bob Rosburg | United States | |||
Chick Harbert | United States | |||
Denny Shute | United States | |||
Tommy Bolt | United States | |||
Vic Ghezzi | United States | |||
Gardner Dickinson | United States | |||
Pete Cooper | United States | |||
William C. Campbell (a) | United States | |||
Cary Middlecoff | United States |
Second round[]
Friday, April 9, 1954
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | United States | 70-74=144 | E |
2 | Ben Hogan | United States | 72-73=145 | +1 |
T3 | Bob Rosburg | United States | 73-73=146 | +2 |
Lloyd Mangrum | United States | 71-75=146 | ||
T5 | Tommy Bolt | United States | 73-74=147 | +3 |
Sam Snead | United States | 74-73=147 | ||
T7 | Al Besselink | United States | 74-74=148 | +4 |
Lew Worsham | United States | 74-74=148 | ||
Chick Harbert | United States | 73-75=148 | ||
Dave Douglas | United States | 72-76=148 | ||
Jack Burke Jr. | United States | 71-77=148 | ||
Peter Thomson | Australia | 76-72=148 |
Third round[]
Saturday, April 10, 1954
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Ben Hogan | United States | 72-73-69=214 | −2 |
2 | Sam Snead | United States | 74-73-70=217 | +1 |
T3 | Cary Middlecoff | United States | 73-76-70=219 | +3 |
Tommy Bolt | United States | 73-74-72=219 | ||
Billy Joe Patton (a) | United States | 70-74-75=219 | ||
T6 | Jerry Barber | United States | 74-76-71=221 | +5 |
Jack Burke Jr. | United States | 71-77-73=221 | ||
T8 | Al Besselink | United States | 74-74-74=222 | +6 |
Lew Worsham | United States | 74-74-74=222 | ||
Lloyd Mangrum | United States | 71-75-76=222 | ||
Bob Rosburg | United States | 73-73-76=222 |
Final round[]
Sunday, April 11, 1954
Final leaderboard[]
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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T1 | Ben Hogan (c) | 72-73-69-75=289 | +1 | Playoff |
Sam Snead (c) | 74-73-70-72=289 | |||
3 | Billy Joe Patton (a) | 70-74-75-71=290 | +2 | 0 |
T4 | Dutch Harrison | 70-79-74-68=291 | +3 | 1,938 |
Lloyd Mangrum | 71-75-76-69=291 | |||
T6 | Jerry Barber | 74-76-71-71=292 | +4 | 1,042 |
Jack Burke Jr. | 71-77-73-71=292 | |||
Bob Rosburg | 73-73-76-70=292 | |||
T9 | Al Besselink | 74-74-74-72=294 | +6 | 781 |
Cary Middlecoff | 73-76-70-75=294 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
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Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
11 | Dick Chapman (a) | 75-75-75-70=295 | +7 | 0 | |
T12 | Tommy Bolt | 73-74-72-77=296 | +8 | 631 | |
Chick Harbert | 73-75-75-73=296 | ||||
Byron Nelson (c) | 73-76-74-73=296 | ||||
Lew Worsham | 74-74-74-74=296 | ||||
T16 | Julius Boros | 76-79-68-74=297 | +9 | 563 | |
Jay Hebert | 79-74-74-70=297 | ||||
Peter Thomson | 76-72-76-73=297 | ||||
Ken Venturi (a) | 76-74-73-74=297 | 0 | |||
T20 | Charles Coe (a) | 76-75-73-74=298 | +10 | ||
Harvie Ward (a) | 78-75-74-71=298 | ||||
T22 | Walter Burkemo | 74-77-75-73=299 | +11 | 443 | |
Pete Cooper | 73-76-75-75=299 | ||||
Marty Furgol | 76-79-75-69=299 | ||||
Gene Littler | 79-75-73-72=299 | ||||
Ed Oliver | 75-75-75-74=299 | ||||
Earl Stewart | 78-75-75-71=299 | ||||
Bob Toski | 80-74-71-74=299 | ||||
T29 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 80-75-72-73=300 | +12 | 333 | |
Vic Ghezzi | 73-79-73-75=300 | ||||
Dick Mayer | 76-75-72-77=300 | ||||
32 | Gardner Dickinson | 73-78-76-74=301 | +13 | 250 | |
T33 | Jimmy Clark | 76-82-72-72=302 | +14 | 250 | |
George Fazio | 78-79-74-71=302 | ||||
Doug Ford | 77-78-74-73=302 | ||||
Fred Haas | 76-78-78-70=302 | ||||
Johnny Palmer | 75-81-77-69=302 | ||||
T38 | 74-78-72-79=303 | +15 | 250 | ||
Lawson Little | 76-77-74-76=303 | ||||
Al Mengert | 76-79-73-75=303 | ||||
Skee Riegel | 75-76-76-76=303 | ||||
Horton Smith (c) | 80-78-71-74=303 | ||||
T43 | Billy Maxwell | 75-77-77-75=304 | +16 | 250 | |
Frank Stranahan (a) | 79-75-72-78=304 | 0 | |||
Felice Torza | 74-78-74-78=304 | 250 | |||
T46 | Skip Alexander | 80-77-73-75=305 | +17 | 250 | |
(a) | 76-78-73-78=305 | 0 | |||
75-77-78-75=305 | 250 | ||||
Bud Holscher | 78-77-73-77=305 | ||||
78-74-78-75=305 | |||||
T51 | William C. Campbell (a) | 73-77-75-81=306 | +18 | 0 | |
Ted Kroll | 78-76-75-77=306 | 250 | |||
T53 | (a) | 75-82-75-75=307 | +19 | 0 | |
Dave Douglas | 72-76-77-82=307 | 250 | |||
Claude Harmon (c) | 77-75-77-78=307 | ||||
76-79-76-76=307 | |||||
Gene Sarazen (c) | 79-75-78-75=307 | ||||
T58 | Don Cherry (a) | 80-79-74-76=309 | +21 | 0 | |
Fred Hawkins | 78-80-76-75=309 | 250 | |||
T60 | 81-76-77-76=310 | +22 | 250 | ||
Johnny Revolta | 81-79-75-75=310 | ||||
Jim Turnesa | 83-79-75-73=310 | ||||
63 | Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 81-76-79-76=312 | +24 | 0 | |
T64 | (a) | 75-82-79-78=314 | +26 | ||
(a) | 80-77-82-75=314 | ||||
66 | (a) | 78-82-79-76=315 | +27 | ||
67 | (a) | 77-79-83-77=316 | +28 | ||
T68 | (a) | 79-81-82-75=317 | +29 | ||
Denny Shute | 73-85-82-77=317 | 250 | |||
70 | (a) | 84-78-80-77=319 | +31 | 0 | |
71 | Craig Wood (c) | 87-80-78-75=320 | +32 | 250 | |
72 | Sam Parks Jr. | 86-79-79-80=324 | +36 | 250 | |
WD | Dale Morey (a) | 83-75-76=234 | +18 | ||
Jim Ferrier | 78-78=156 | +12 | |||
Jess Sweetser (a) | 79 | +7 | |||
Chandler Harper | 83 | +11 | |||
Frank Souchak (a) | 90 | +18 | |||
Jock Hutchison | |||||
Fred McLeod |
Scorecard[]
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Playoff[]
Monday, April 12, 1954
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Sam Snead | United States | 70 | −2 | 5,000 |
2 | Ben Hogan | United States | 71 | −1 | 3,125 |
Scorecard[]
Source:[5]
References[]
- ^ "Hogan, Snead tie in Masters golf". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. April 12, 1954. p. 2B.
- ^ "Snead, Hogan play off in Masters today". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. April 12, 1954. p. 18.
- ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ "Snead beats Hogan in Masters playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 13, 1954. p. 16.
External links[]
- Masters.com – past winners and results
- About.com: 1954 Masters
- Augusta.com – 1954 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
- Masters Tournament
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- 1954 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- April 1954 sports events