1951 Masters Tournament

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)

• Ralph Guldahl (2), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

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

• Skip Alexander (10) did not play.

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

• Dick Metz did not play.

11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

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

• Bud Holscher (a) and Dick Kinchla (a) did not play.

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

• 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

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	George Fazio	68	−4
T2	Lloyd Mangrum	69	−3
	Sam Snead
4	Ben Hogan	70	−2
T5	Johnny Bulla	71	−1
	Dick Mayer
	Byron Nelson
	Lew Worsham
T9	Dick Chapman (a)	72	E
	Lawson Little
	Juan Segura (a)

Source:^[7][8]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Skee Riegel	73-68=141	−3
T2	George Fazio	68-74=142	−2
	Ben Hogan	70-72=142
	Lew Worsham	71-71=142
T5	Johnny Bulla	71-72=143	−1
	Dave Douglas	74-69=143
	Lloyd Mangrum	69-74=143
	Sam Snead	69-74=143
T9	Jim Ferrier	74-70=144	E
	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	73-71=144
	Byron Nelson	71-73=144

Source:^[9][10]

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Skee Riegel	73-68-70=211	−5
	Sam Snead	69-74-68=211
3	Ben Hogan	70-72-70=212	−4
4	Lloyd Mangrum	69-74-70=213	−3
5	Lew Worsham	71-71-72=214	−2
T6	Cary Middlecoff	73-73-69=215	−1
	Dave Douglas	74-69-72=215
T8	Johnny Bulla	71-72-73=216	E
	George Fazio	68-74-74=216
T10	Bill Goodloe (a)	74-71-72=217	+1
	Lawson Little	72-73-72=217
	Byron Nelson	71-73-73=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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Ben Hogan	70-72-70-68=280	−8	3,000
2	Skee Riegel	73-68-70-71=282	−6	1,875
T3	Lloyd Mangrum	69-74-70-73=286	−2	1,163
	Lew Worsham	71-71-72-72=286
5	Dave Douglas	74-69-72-73=288	E	750
6	Lawson Little	72-73-72-72=289	+1	600
7	Jim Ferrier	74-70-74-72=290	+2	525
T8	Johnny Bulla	71-72-73-75=291	+3	450
	Byron Nelson (c)	71-73-73-74=291
	Sam Snead (c)	69-74-68-80=291

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Jack Burke Jr.	73-72-74-73=292	+4	390
T12	Charles Coe (a)	76-71-73-73=293	+5	0
	Cary Middlecoff	73-73-69-78=293		356
	Gene Sarazen (c)	75-73-74-71=293
T15	Ed Furgol	80-71-72-71=294	+6	338
	Dutch Harrison	76-71-76-71=294
17	Julius Boros	76-72-74-73=295	+7	338
T18	George Fazio	68-74-74-80=296	+8	315
	Bob Toski	75-73-73-75=296
T20	Al Besselink	76-73-71-77=297	+9	308
	Dick Chapman (a)	72-76-72-77=297		0
	Roberto De Vicenzo	75-74-74-74=297		308
	Clayton Heafner	74-72-73-78=297
	Joe Kirkwood Jr.	73-71-78-75=297
T25	Ted Kroll	76-75-71-76=298	+10	150
	Dick Mayer	71-75-79-73=298
	Bill Nary	76-73-73-76=298
	Henry Ransom	74-74-74-76=298
	Sam Urzetta (a)	73-72-78-75=298		0
T30	Jimmy Demaret (c)	76-74-78-71=299	+11
	Johnny Palmer	73-74-77-75=299
T32	Leland Gibson	74-74-75-78=301	+13
	Horton Smith (c)	79-77-70-75=301
	Frank Stranahan (a)	74-74-74-79=301
T35	Marty Furgol	77-76-73-76=302	+14
	Claude Harmon (c)	75-77-74-76=302
	Jim McHale Jr. (a)	75-76-76-75=302
	Harvie Ward (a)	74-77-77-74=302
T39	Fred Haas	79-76-73-75=303	+15
	Tony Holguin	78-72-75-78=303
	Herman Keiser (c)	77-73-79-74=303
T42	Bill Goodloe (a)	74-71-72-88=305	+17
	Johnny Revolta	74-75-75-81=305
T44	Ray Gafford	77-73-76-80=306	+18
	Chick Harbert	76-73-77-80=306
46	Harold Williams	76-77-76-78=307	+19
T47	Denny Shute	79-76-79-74=308	+20
	Henry Williams Jr.	77-76-77-78=308
49	Harold Paddock Jr. (a)	75-78-80-79=312	+24
T50	Dow Finsterwald (a)	76-81-75-81=313	+25
	Bobby Knowles (a)	78-79-75-81=313
	Juan Segura (a)	72-80-79-82=313
	Bill Shields (a)	82-76-76-79=313
	George Von Elm	77-76-79-81=313
T55	Bill Mawhinney (a)	83-75-73-84=315	+27
	Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	80-79-78-78=315
T57	Johnny Farrell	81-78-83-76=318	+30
	John Ward (a)	78-75-81-84=318
59	William C. Campbell (a)	79-82-74-86=321	+33
WD	Chandler Harper	77-72-76=225	+9
	Vic Ghezzi	81-76-74=231	+15
	Tom Veech (a)	80-79-77=236	+20
	Toney Penna	80-78-84=242	+26
	Fred McLeod	86-88=174	+30

Sources:^[11][12]

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
Hogan	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Riegel	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
Mangrum	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2
Worsham	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2
Douglas	−1	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E
Snead	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2
Middlecoff	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey +

Source:^[2][3]

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• Augusta.com – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards