1949 Masters Tournament
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The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.[3] This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.[4]
Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum.[5][6] This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1975); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).
Previous champions of both the Masters and PGA Championship, won in different calendar years, were Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard.
Defending tour player of the year Ben Hogan did not play in the majors in 1949,[7] due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February.[8][9][10] Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff.[11][12] Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.
Founder and host Bobby Jones (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.[7]
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon (9,12), Herman Keiser (9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Craig Wood (2)
- Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (a), Skee Riegel (9,a)
- 4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
- 6. PGA champions
Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
- Team not selected in time for inclusion.
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
- Team not selected in time for inclusion.
- 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters Tournament
Art Bell, Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison, Dick Metz, Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd
- Ben Hogan (2,6,10,12) did not play.
- 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 U.S. Open
Skip Alexander, Herman Barron, Leland Gibson, Otto Greiner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Jug McSpaden, Toney Penna, George Schneiter, Herschel Spears, Jim Turnesa, Ellsworth Vines
- Charles Congdon and Smiley Quick did not play.
- 11. 1948 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Charles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)
- Ray Billows (a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.
- 12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
- 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
- 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour
Pete Cooper, Clayton Heafner
- 16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament
Fred Moseley (a)
- 17 Home club professional
- 18. Foreign invitations
John de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin, Bobby Locke (9,10)
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 7, 1949
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lloyd Mangrum | 69 | −3 |
| 2 | Frank Stranahan (a) | 70 | −2 |
| T3 | Leland Gibson | 71 | −1 |
| Clayton Heafner | |||
| Dick Metz | |||
| Johnny Revolta | |||
| 7 | Lawson Little | 72 | E |
| T8 | Herman Barron | 73 | +1 |
| Chick Harbert | |||
| Claude Harmon | |||
| Dutch Harrison | |||
| Joe Kirkwood, Jr. | |||
| Johnny Palmer | |||
| Sam Snead | |||
| Jim Turnesa |
Source:[13]
Second round
Friday, April 8, 1949
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Herman Keiser | 75-68=143 | −1 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 69-74=143 | ||
| 3 | Johnny Palmer | 73-71=144 | E |
| T4 | Fred Haas | 75-70=145 | +1 |
| Clayton Heafner | 71-74=145 | ||
| Joe Kirkwood, Jr. | 73-72=145 | ||
| Byron Nelson | 75-70=145 | ||
| Jim Turnesa | 73-72=145 | ||
| 9 | Chick Harbert | 73-73=146 | +2 |
| T10 | Johnny Bulla | 74-73=147 | +3 |
| Dick Metz | 71-76=147 | ||
| Horton Smith | 75-72=147 | ||
| Frank Stranahan (a) | 70-77=147 |
Source:[14]
Third round
Saturday, April 9, 1949
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Palmer | 73-71-70=214 | −2 |
| T2 | Joe Kirkwood, Jr. | 73-72-70=215 | −1 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 69-74-72=215 | ||
| Sam Snead | 73-75-67=215 | ||
| T5 | Johnny Bulla | 74-73-69=216 | E |
| Jim Ferrier | 77-72-67=216 | ||
| Jim Turnesa | 73-72-71=216 | ||
| 8 | Clayton Heafner | 71-74-72=217 | +1 |
| T9 | Herman Barron | 73-75-71=219 | +3 |
| Byron Nelson | 75-70-74=219 |
Source:[15]
Final round
Sunday, April 10, 1949
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Snead | 73-75-67-67=282 | −6 | 2,750 |
| T2 | Johnny Bulla | 74-73-69-69=285 | −3 | 1,100 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 69-74-72-70=285 | |||
| T4 | Johnny Palmer | 73-71-70-72=286 | −2 | 440 |
| Jim Turnesa | 73-72-71-70=286 | |||
| 6 | Lew Worsham | 76-75-70-68=289 | +1 | 330 |
| 7 | Joe Kirkwood Jr. | 73-72-70-75=290 | +2 | 330 |
| T8 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 76-72-73-71=292 | +4 | 312 |
| Clayton Heafner | 71-74-72-75=292 | |||
| Byron Nelson (c) | 75-70-74-73=292 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T11 | Claude Harmon (c) | 73-75-73-72=293 | +5 | 303 | |
| Herman Keiser (c) | 75-68-78-72=293 | ||||
| T13 | Herman Barron | 73-75-71-75=294 | +6 | 275 | |
| Leland Gibson | 71-77-74-72=294 | ||||
 Bobby Locke | 74-74-74-72=294 | ||||
| T16 | Charles Coe (a) | 77-72-72-74=295 | +7 | 0 | |
| Johnny Dawson (a) | 78-72-72-73=295 | ||||
| Jim Ferrier | 77-72-67-79=295 | 275 | |||
| T19 |  Tony Holguin | 81-70-71-74=296 | +8 | 248 | |
| Frank Stranahan (a) | 70-77-75-74=296 | 0 | |||
| T21 | Pete Cooper | 76-75-72-74=297 | +9 | 248 | |
| Henry Picard (c) | 74-77-73-73=297 | ||||
| T23 | Bob Hamilton | 77-79-69-73=298 | +10 | 188 | |
| Dutch Harrison | 73-78-75-72=298 | ||||
| Lawson Little | 72-77-73-76=298 | ||||
| Cary Middlecoff | 76-77-72-73=298 | ||||
| Toney Penna | 74-76-76-72=298 | ||||
| Horton Smith (c) | 75-72-78-73=298 | ||||
| 29 | Fred Haas | 75-70-75-79=299 | +11 | ||
| T30 | Skip Alexander | 74-77-75-74=300 | +12 | ||
| George Fazio | 78-76-71-75=300 | ||||
| Dick Metz | 71-76-76-77=300 | ||||
| Skee Riegel (a) | 75-74-74-77=300 | ||||
| 34 | Craig Wood (c) | 81-75-72-73=301 | +13 | ||
| T35 | Art Bell | 81-74-75-72=302 | +14 | ||
| Billy Burke | 76-74-74-78=302 | ||||
| Vic Ghezzi | 76-78-71-77=302 | ||||
| 38 | Ellsworth Vines | 76-77-76-74=303 | +15 | ||
| T39 | Johnny Revolta | 71-77-80-76=304 | +16 | ||
| Gene Sarazen (c) | 75-74-76-79=304 | ||||
| Harry Todd | 74-79-76-75=304 | ||||
| T42 | George Schneiter | 77-76-73-79=305 | +17 | ||
| Al Smith | 78-77-74-76=305 | ||||
| Herschel Spears | 76-77-77-75=305 | ||||
| T45 | Fred Moseley (a) | 77-75-78-76=306 | +18 | ||
| Denny Shute | 79-74-76-77=306 | ||||
| T47 | Ed Furgol | 77-79-77-74=307 | +19 | ||
| Otto Greiner | 77-75-78-77=307 | ||||
| 49 | Gene Dahlbender (a) | 74-83-72-79=308 | +20 | ||
| 50 | Dick Chapman (a) | 77-75-81-76=309 | +21 | ||
| 51 | Mike Turnesa | 78-75-80-78=311 | +23 | ||
| 52 | Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 82-80-79-77=318 | +30 | ||
| 53 | Johnny Farrell | 76-80-81-83=320 | +32 | ||
| WD | Chick Harbert | 73-73-75=221 | +5 | ||
| Jimmy McGonagill (a) | 82-78-77=237 | +21 | |||
| Ed Dudley | 79-78-83=240 | +24 | |||
 John de Bendern (a) | 81-86-81=248 | +32 | |||
| Jug McSpaden | 85 | +13 | |||
Scorecard
| 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 |
| Snead | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 |
| Bulla | E | E | E | E | +1 | E | E | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 |
| Mangrum | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 |
| Palmer | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
| Turnesa | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | E | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 |
| Worsham | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 |
| Kirkwood | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | +1 | E | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 |
| Ferrier | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +4 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +7 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey + |
References
- ^ Keeler, O.B. (April 8, 1949). "Masters field chases Mangrum". Miami News. p. 2-B.
- ^ "Middlecoff man to beat in golf". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 16.
- ^ "The Masters leaderboard for 1949". augusta.com.
- ^ Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1949). "Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
- ^ "Snead tames putter to win Masters title". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 11, 1949. p. 4-part 2.
- ^ a b "Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 21.
- ^ "Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 1, sec. 4.
- ^ "Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on". Milwaukee Journal. United Press. February 3, 1949. p. 6, part 2.
- ^ "Improving Hogan will play again". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 4, 1949. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
- ^ "Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 1, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1949). "Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1949). "Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1949). "Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, 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
- Augusta.com – 1949 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
