1950 Masters Tournament
Golf tournament held in 1950
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The 1950 Masters Tournament was the 14th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Demaret won at 283 (−5) and became the first three-time Masters champion, with previous wins in 1940 and 1947.[4] He played the par-five 13th hole (Azalea) in six-under-par for the week, with two eagles and two birdies at the pivotal 480-yard (440 m) hole.[2][3]
Third round leader Jim Ferrier, a naturalized American originally from Australia, bogeyed five of the final six holes for 75 (+3) and was two strokes back as runner-up. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 287 (−1).
Ben Hogan played in his first major since his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949. In second place after 54 holes,[5] he shot a 76 (+4) in the final round and fell back to even par for the week, in a tie for fourth place with Byron Nelson.[2] Hogan won the next three majors he entered: the 1950 U.S. Open, 1951 Masters, and 1951 U.S. Open.
The tournament drew an estimated 10,000 patrons on Saturday and 18,000 on Sunday. With the favorable turnout, host Bobby Jones increased the original purse of $10,000 to $12,000.[3]
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (7,9,12), Claude Harmon (9,10), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9,10), Sam Snead (4,6,7,9.10,12)
- Ralph Guldahl (2,10) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,7), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9)
- 3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)
- 4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6)
- 5. British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
- 6. PGA champions
Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton (7,9)
- 7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)
- 8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)
- Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (3,a), Charles Coe (3,a), Johnny Dawson (9,11,a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,11,a) did not play. Barnes was a reserve for the team.
- 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 Masters Tournament
Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)
- 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 U.S. Open
Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White
- Ellsworth Vines did not play.
- 11. 1949 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)
- 12. 1949 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.
- 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Harvie Ward (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
- 16 Winner of 1949 Inter-service Invitational tournament
Fred Moseley (a)
- 17 Home club professional
- 18. Foreign invitations
Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), Norman Von Nida
- Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 6, 1950
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Skee Riegel | 69 | −3 |
| T2 | Jimmy Demaret | 70 | −2 |
| Jim Ferrier | |||
| Horton Smith | |||
| Lawson Little | |||
| Herschel Spears | |||
| T7 | Toney Penna | 71 | −1 |
| Sam Snead | |||
| 9 | Johnny Palmer | 72 | E |
| T10 | Charles Coe (a) | 73 | +1 |
| George Fazio | |||
| Ben Hogan |
Source:[6]
Second round
Friday, April 7, 1950
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Ferrier | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| 2 | Ben Hogan | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| 3 | Jimmy Demaret | 70-72=142 | −2 |
| 4 | Lawson Little | 70-73=143 | −1 |
| T5 | Skee Riegel | 69-75=144 | E |
| Herschel Spears | 70-74=144 | ||
| T7 | Byron Nelson | 75-70=145 | +1 |
| Henry Picard | 74-71=145 | ||
| Sam Snead | 71-74=145 | ||
| 10 | Toney Penna | 71-75=146 | +2 |
Source:[7]
Third round
Saturday, April 8, 1950
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Ferrier | 70-67-73=210 | −6 |
| 2 | Ben Hogan | 73-68-71=212 | −4 |
| T3 | Jimmy Demaret | 70-72-72=214 | −2 |
| Byron Nelson | 75-70-69=214 | ||
| 5 | Sam Snead | 71-74-70=215 | −1 |
| 6 | Lawson Little | 70-73-75=218 | +2 |
| 7 | Cary Middlecoff | 75-76-68=219 | +3 |
| 8 | Clayton Heafner | 74-77-69=220 | +4 |
| T9 | Herman Keiser | 75-72-75=222 | +6 |
| Henry Picard | 74-71-77=222 | ||
| Skee Riegel | 69-75-78=222 | ||
| Gene Sarazen | 80-70-72=222 |
Source:[5]
Final round
Sunday, April 9, 1950
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 70-72-72-69=283 | −5 | 2,400 |
| 2 | Jim Ferrier | 70-67-73-75=285 | −3 | 1,500 |
| 3 | Sam Snead (c) | 71-74-70-72=287 | −1 | 1,020 |
| T4 | Ben Hogan | 73-68-71-76=288 | E | 720 |
| Byron Nelson (c) | 75-70-69-74=288 | |||
| 6 | Lloyd Mangrum | 76-74-73-68=291 | +3 | 480 |
| T7 | Clayton Heafner | 74-77-69-72=292 | +4 | 405 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 75-76-68-73=292 | |||
| 9 | Lawson Little | 70-73-75-75=293 | +5 | 360 |
| T10 | Fred Haas | 74-76-73-71=294 | +6 | 321 |
| Gene Sarazen (c) | 80-70-72-72=294 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T12 |  Roberto De Vicenzo | 76-76-73-71=296 | +8 | 285 | |
| Horton Smith (c) | 70-79-75-72=296 | ||||
| T14 | Skip Alexander | 78-74-72-73=297 | +9 | 261 | |
| Vic Ghezzi | 78-75-70-74=297 | ||||
| Leland Gibson | 78-73-72-74=297 | ||||
| Herman Keiser (c) | 75-72-75-75=297 | ||||
| Joe Kirkwood Jr. | 75-74-77-71=297 | ||||
| Henry Picard (c) | 74-71-77-75=297 | ||||
| Frank Stranahan (a) | 74-79-73-71=297 | 0 | |||
| T21 | George Fazio | 73-74-78-73=298 | +10 | 244 | |
| Toney Penna | 71-75-77-75=298 | ||||
| Skee Riegel | 69-75-78-76=298 | ||||
| T24 | Chick Harbert | 76-75-73-75=299 | +11 | 240 | |
| Johnny Palmer | 72-76-76-75=299 | ||||
| 26 | Eric Monti | 74-79-74-73=300 | +12 | ||
| T27 | Herschel Spears | 70-74-79-78=301 | +13 | ||
 Norman Von Nida | 77-74-74-76=301 | ||||
| T29 | Billy Burke | 80-75-76-71=302 | +14 | ||
| Pete Cooper | 74-77-77-74=302 | ||||
| 31 | Johnny Bulla | 77-78-75-73=303 | +15 | ||
| T32 | Charles Coe (a) | 73-79-78-74=304 | +16 | ||
| Bob Hamilton | 74-73-78-79=304 | ||||
| Claude Harmon (c) | 77-77-74-76=304 | ||||
| T35 | Tommy Barnes (a) | 78-75-78-74=305 | +17 | ||
| Julius Boros | 75-77-76-77=305 | ||||
| Al Brosch | 77-75-78-75=305 | ||||
| Dick Chapman (a) | 77-73-75-80=305 | ||||
| Chuck Kocsis (a) | 77-71-79-78=305 | ||||
| Denny Shute | 77-72-81-75=305 | ||||
| Harvie Ward (a) | 79-78-74-74=305 | ||||
| T42 | Buck White | 78-76-73-79=306 | +18 | ||
| Lew Worsham | 77-78-76-75=306 | ||||
| T44 |  Tony Holguin | 78-75-77-77=307 | +19 | ||
| Jack Isaacs | 79-81-72-75=307 | ||||
| T46 | Herman Barron | 75-77-82-74=308 | +20 | ||
| William C. Campbell (a) | 80-78-74-76=308 | ||||
| Jim Turnesa | 81-74-79-74=308 | ||||
| T49 | Dave Douglas | 79-79-76-75=309 | +21 | ||
| Harry Todd | 76-75-81-77=309 | ||||
| T51 | Jim McHale Jr. (a) | 82-78-75-75=310 | +22 | ||
| Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 77-76-79-78=310 | ||||
| T53 | Ray Wade Hill | 75-78-80-78=311 | +23 | ||
| Henry Williams Jr. | 82-78-81-70=311 | ||||
| 55 | Gene Webb | 76-78-75-83=312 | +24 | ||
| 56 | Harold Paddock Jr. (a) | 78-79-78-79=314 | +26 | ||
| 57 | Fred Moseley (a) | 82-77-78-79=316 | +28 | ||
| 58 | Frank Strafaci (a) | 77-82-84-81=324 | +36 | ||
| 59 | Les Kennedy | 81-80-82-82=325 | +37 | ||
| WD | Jack Burke Jr. | 76-79-77=232 | +16 | ||
| Rufus King (a) | 80-78=158 | +14 | |||
| Henry Ransom | 79 | +7 | |||
| Johnny Farrell | 84 | +12 | |||
| Ed Dudley | 85 | +13 | |||
| Dutch Harrison | |||||
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 |
| Demaret | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 |
| Ferrier | −6 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3 |
| Snead | E | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 |
| Hogan | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | E | E | −1 | E | +1 | E |
| Nelson | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −1 | E | E |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey |
Source:[2]
References
- ^ a b "Sammy Snead favored in Masters golf tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 6, 1950. p. 18.
- ^ a b c d "Demaret cards 69 for 283, third Masters title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 11, 1950. p. 18.
- ^ a b c Slappery, Sterling (April 10, 1950). "'Jinx 13th' decided it in favor of Demaret". Miami News. Associated Press. p. 2-B.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1950). "Demaret's 283 wins masters tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
- ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1950). "Hogan's 71 shaves Ferrier's lead to 2". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles. "Riegel leads Masters with opening 69". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1950). "Ferrier leads Masters by 4; Hogan 2d". Chicago Daily 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 – 1950 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
