1946 Masters Tournament
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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1946 Masters Tournament
| image =
| dates = April 4–7, 1946
| location = Augusta, Georgia
| course = Augusta National Golf Club
| org = Augusta National Golf Club
| tour = PGA Tour
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6800|yd|0}} {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mR0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ECUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3665%2C2342411 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Keiser shaky, retains lead |date=April 7, 1946 |page=1, sports}}
| field = 51 players
| cut = none
| purse = $10,000
| winners_share = $2,500
| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Keiser
| score = 282 (−6)
| previous = 1942
| next = 1947
| map = USA#USA Georgia
| map_relief = yes
| map_label = Augusta National
| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
| coordinates = {{coord|33.503|N|82.020|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
}}
The 1946 Masters Tournament was the tenth Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first in four years, because of World War II. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous Masters in 1942, with a winner's share of $2,500.
Herman Keiser won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan, the tour's money leader.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FzIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5848%2C3147892 |newspaper=Miami News |title=Hogan far ahead in winter earnings |agency=United Press |date=April 8, 1946 |page=4B}} Keiser and Hogan both three-putted the slick 18th green on Sunday;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mh0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ECUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3964%2C3225180 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Keiser wins Masters tourney as Hogan misses short putt |date=April 8, 1946 |page=4-part 2 }} Keiser from {{convert|20|ft|0}}, and a half-hour later Hogan from {{convert|15|ft|1}}.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FzIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4494%2C3127370 |newspaper=Miami News |last=Keeler |first=O.B. |title=Hogan 3-putts final hole giving Keiser Masters' title |date=April 8, 1946 |page=2B}}{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/04/08/page/25/article/keiser-wins-masters-golf-meet-with-282 |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Keiser wins Masters golf meet with 282 |date=April 8, 1946 |page=25}}
Hogan won the PGA Championship four months later in August for his first major title at age 34. He later won the Masters in 1951 and 1953 and finished his career with nine wins in majors.
Field
With only one major championship played in 1945, the invitation criteria were modified. Eight amateurs and eight professionals were selected by a committee in February and four further professionals were invited just before the event.
;1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (7), Ralph Guldahl (2,7), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,8), Henry Picard (6,7), Horton Smith (7), Craig Wood (2,7)
- Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7) did not play.
;2. U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke (7), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,7), Lawson Little (3,5,7)
;3. U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (a)
;4. British Open champions
Denny Shute (6,8)
;5. British Amateur champions
Charlie Yates (7,a)
;6. PGA champions
Vic Ghezzi (8), Bob Hamilton, Sam Snead (7)
;7. Top 30 players and ties from the 1942 Masters Tournament
Sammy Byrd (8), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Dutch Harrison, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Gene Kunes, Jug McSpaden, Johnny Palmer, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson
- Tommy Armour (2,4,6), Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Willie Goggin, Paul Runyan (6) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.
;8. 1945 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Claude Harmon, Ralph Hutchison, Ky Laffoon
- Clarence Doser did not play.
;9. Selected amateurs, not already qualified
Bob Cochran (a), Fred Haas, Cary Middlecoff (a), Frank Stranahan (a)
- Ray Billows (a), Harry Givan (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) did not play. Haas turned professional before the event.
;10. Selected professionals, not already qualified
Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla, Ed Dudley, Jimmy Hines, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Jim Turnesa
;11. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
- Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) did not play
;12. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1946 PGA Tour
Leland Gibson, George Schneiter
;14. Additional invitations
Round summaries
=First round=
Thursday, April 4, 1946
class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
rowspan="2" align="center"|T1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert | rowspan="2" align="center"|69 | rowspan="2" align="center"|−3 |
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Keiser | |||
rowspan="3" align="center"|T3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi | rowspan="3" align="center"|71 | rowspan="3" align="center"|−1 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Haas | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Toney Penna | |||
rowspan="4" align="center"|T6 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Bulla | rowspan="4" align="center"|72 | rowspan="4" align="center"|E |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cary Middlecoff | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson | |||
rowspan="2" align="center"|T10 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Schneiter | rowspan="2" align="center"|73 | rowspan="2" align="center"|+1 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner |
=Second round=
Friday, April 5, 1946
class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Keiser | 69-68=137 | align="center"|−7 |
align="center"|2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson | 72-70=142 | align="center"|−2 |
align="center"|3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner | 74-69=143 | align="center"|−1 |
rowspan="4" align="center"|T4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Hamilton | 75-69=144 | rowspan="4" align="center"|E |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert | 69-75=144 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan | 74-70=144 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Toney Penna | 71-73=144 | ||
rowspan="3" align="center"|T8 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret | 75-70=145 | rowspan="3" align="center"|+1 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Foulis | 70-75=145 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson | 72-73=145 |
=Third round=
Saturday, April 6, 1946
class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Keiser | 69-68-71=208 | align="center"|−8 |
align="center"|2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan | 74-70-69=213 | align="center"|−3 |
rowspan="3" align="center"|T3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Ferrier | 74-72-68=214 | rowspan="3" align="center"|−2 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Haas | 71-75-68=214 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner | 74-69-71=214 | ||
align="center"|6 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Hamilton | 75-69-71=215 | align="center"|−1 |
rowspan="2" align="center"|T7 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret | 75-70-71=216 | rowspan="2" align="center"|E |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson | 72-73-71=216 | ||
rowspan="3" align="center"|T9 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Foulis | 75-70-72=217 | rowspan="3" align="center"|+1 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi | 71-79-67=217 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon | 74-73-70=217 |
=Final round=
Sunday, April 7, 1946
==Final leaderboard==
class="wikitable" |
style="background:gold"
| Champion |
style="background:silver"
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
class="wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+style="text-align:left"|Top 10 !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$) | ||||
style="background:gold"
|align=center|1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Keiser | 69-68-71-74=282 | align=center|−6 | align=center|2,500 |
align=center|2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan | 74-70-69-70=283 | align=center|−5 | align=center|1,500 |
align=center|3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Hamilton | 75-69-71-72=287 | align=center|−1 | align=center|1,000 |
rowspan=3 align=center|T4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret (c) | 75-70-71-73=289 | rowspan=3 align=center|+1 | rowspan=3 align=center|683 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Ferrier | 74-72-68-75=289 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ky Laffoon | 74-73-70-72=289 | |||
rowspan=4 align=center|T7 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert | 69-75-76-70=290 | rowspan=4 align=center|+2 | rowspan=4 align=center|356 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clayton Heafner | 74-69-71-76=290 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson (c) | 72-73-71-74=290 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead | 74-75-70-71=290 |
class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-top:-1px;" | ||||
scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
align=center|11 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Foulis | 75-70-72-74=291 | align=center|+3 | align=center|250 |
rowspan=3 align=center|T12 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi | 71-79-67-76=293 | rowspan=3 align=center|+5 | align=center|213 |
style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cary Middlecoff (a) | style="background:silver"|72-76-71-74=293 | align=center|0 | ||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Schneiter | 73-73-72-75=293 | align=center|213 | ||
align=center|15 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Haas | 71-75-68-80=294 | align=center|+6 | align=center|175 |
rowspan=2 align=center|T16 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Bulla | 72-76-73-74=295 | rowspan=2 align=center|+7 | rowspan=2 align=center|138 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrum | 76-75-72-72=295 | |||
align=center|18 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Claude Harmon | 76-75-74-71=296 | align=center|+8 | align=center|100 |
align=center|19 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chandler Harper | 74-76-73-74=297 | align=center|+9 | align=center|100 |
align=center|20 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Stranahan (a) | 76-74-73-75=298 | align=center|+10 | align=center|0 |
rowspan=4 align=center|T21 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little | 74-74-78-73=299 | rowspan=4 align=center|+11 | rowspan=4 align=center|50 |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Toney Penna | 71-73-80-75=299 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Felix Serafin | 76-75-79-69=299 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith (c) | 78-77-75-69=299 | |||
rowspan=4 align=center|T25 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Herman Barron | 74-73-74-79=300 | rowspan=4 align=center|+12 | rowspan=27 align=center| |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Henry Picard (c) | 79-73-71-77=300 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute | 79-77-71-73=300 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Thomson | 72-70-79-79=300 | |||
rowspan=3 align=center|T29 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Kunes | 76-72-77-76=301 | rowspan=3 align=center|+13 | |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jug McSpaden | 75-74-75-77=301 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Zimmerman | 76-76-74-75=301 | |||
rowspan=5 align=center|T32 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Dudley | 76-76-76-74=302 | rowspan=5 align=center|+14 | |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Jones | 75-72-77-78=302 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Metz | 77-75-71-79=302 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Palmer | 76-75-77-74=302 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Watrous | 80-76-72-74=302 | |||
rowspan=3 align=center|T37 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dutch Harrison | 75-77-75-76=303 | rowspan=3 align=center|+15 | |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Oliver | 79-73-71-80=303 | |||
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Turnesa | 73-78-71-81=303 | |||
align=center|40 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sammy Byrd | 75-79-71-79=304 | align=center|+16 | |
rowspan=2 align=center|T41 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Chapman (a) | 77-77-73-79=306 | rowspan=2 align=center|+18 | |
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ralph Hutchison | 79-78-75-74=306 | |||
align=center|43 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Leland Gibson | 78-80-75-75=308 | align=center|+20 | |
align=center|44 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rod Munday | 78-77-76-78=309 | align=center|+21 | |
align=center|45 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Buck White | 77-82-76-75=310 | align=center|+22 | |
align=center|46 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Burke | 80-80-77-75=312 | align=center|+24 | |
align=center|47 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Cochran (a) | 81-76-76-80=313 | align=center|+25 | |
align=center|48 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ralph Guldahl (c) | 85-76-78-76=315 | align=center|+27 | |
align=center|49 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Hines | 79-80-77-80=316 | align=center|+28 | |
align=center|50 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Charlie Yates (a) | 78-79-78-86=321 | align=center|+33 | |
align=center|WD | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood (c) | 83 | align=center|+11 |
Sources:{{cite web |title=Masters – Past Winners & Results |url=https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html |publisher=Augusta National Inc. |access-date=April 20, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Past results – Masters tournament |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=April 20, 2021}}
== Scorecard ==
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!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 |
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Keiser | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | −8 | −8 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6 |
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hogan | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2 | style="background: Pink;"|−3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | style="background: Pink;"|−4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | style="background: Pink;"|−5 | style="background: Pink;"|−6 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 | style="background: Pink;"|−6 | −6 | −6 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
References
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External links
- [http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Masters.com] – past winners and results
- [https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/10/1946-masters.html GolfCompendium.com] – 1946 Masters
- [http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1946leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1946 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
{{Golf Major Championships master|1946}}
{{Masters Tournaments}}
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Category:1946 in American sports