1951 Masters Tournament

Golf tournament
1951 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1951 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–8, 1951
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
Field64 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$15,000[1]
Winner's share$3,000
Champion
United States Ben Hogan
280 (−8)
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The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel.[2][3][4] It was the fifth of his nine major titles.

After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion.[5][6] Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946.

The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open.

With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.[1]

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9), Sam Snead (4,6,9,10)

2. U.S. Open champions

Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,9,10), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10,12), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (8,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Sam Urzetta (8,11,a), George Von Elm

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9,10), Vic Ghezzi (9), Chandler Harper (12), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team

William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a)

  • Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe and Ward were reserves for the team.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 Masters Tournament

George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open

Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams

11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a)

12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr.

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Jack Burke Jr.

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1951 PGA Tour

Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll

16. Foreign invitations

Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a)

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States George Fazio68−4
T2United States Lloyd Mangrum69−3
United States Sam Snead
4United States Ben Hogan70−2
T5United States Johnny Bulla71−1
United States Dick Mayer
United States Byron Nelson
United States Lew Worsham
T9United States Dick Chapman (a)72E
United States Lawson Little
Argentina Juan Segura (a)

Source:[7][8]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Skee Riegel73-68=141−3
T2United States George Fazio68-74=142−2
United States Ben Hogan70-72=142
United States Lew Worsham71-71=142
T5United States Johnny Bulla71-72=143−1
United States Dave Douglas74-69=143
United States Lloyd Mangrum69-74=143
United States Sam Snead69-74=143
T9United States Jim Ferrier74-70=144E
United States Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73-71=144
United States Byron Nelson71-73=144

Source:[9][10]

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Skee Riegel73-68-70=211−5
United States Sam Snead69-74-68=211
3United States Ben Hogan70-72-70=212−4
4United States Lloyd Mangrum69-74-70=213−3
5United States Lew Worsham71-71-72=214−2
T6United States Cary Middlecoff73-73-69=215−1
United States Dave Douglas74-69-72=215
T8United States Johnny Bulla71-72-73=216E
United States George Fazio68-74-74=216
T10United States Bill Goodloe (a)74-71-72=217+1
United States Lawson Little72-73-72=217
United States Byron Nelson71-73-73=217

Source:[5][6]

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Ben Hogan70-72-70-68=280−83,000
2United States Skee Riegel73-68-70-71=282−61,875
T3United States Lloyd Mangrum69-74-70-73=286−21,163
United States Lew Worsham71-71-72-72=286
5United States Dave Douglas74-69-72-73=288E750
6United States Lawson Little72-73-72-72=289+1600
7United States Jim Ferrier74-70-74-72=290+2525
T8United States Johnny Bulla71-72-73-75=291+3450
United States Byron Nelson (c)71-73-73-74=291
United States Sam Snead (c)69-74-68-80=291

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
United States Hogan−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
United States Riegel−5−6−5−5−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6
United States Mangrum−3−4−4−4−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−1−1E−1−2−2−2
United States Worsham−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2
United States Douglas−1−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−3−2−2E−1EEEEE
United States Snead−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3+1+1EE+1+2+2+2
United States Middlecoff−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+3+4+5+5+5+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

Source:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Golfers given 50% prize bonus". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  2. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Hogan wins first Masters title on 280". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  3. ^ a b "Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 20.
  4. ^ "Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  5. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1951). "Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  6. ^ a b "Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  8. ^ "Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 6, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  9. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1951). "Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  10. ^ "Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  11. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  • Masters.com – past winners and results
  • Augusta.com – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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