1951 Masters Tournament

;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.

Thursday, April 5, 1951

Source:{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/06/page/47/article/fazio-fires-68-to-lead-masters |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters |date=April 6, 1951 |page=1, part 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cnFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7228%2C4665916 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80 |date=April 6, 1951 |page=4, part 2 }}

Friday, April 6, 1951

Source:{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1951/04/07/page/27/article/riegel-shoots-68-leads-masters-on-141 |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141|date=April 7, 1951 |page=1, part 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c3FQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6959%2C4813719 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141 |date=April 7, 1951 |page=4, part 2 }}

Saturday, April 7, 1951

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Sunday, April 8, 1951

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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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• [http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Masters.com] – past winners and results
• [http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1951leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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