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1954 Masters Tournament

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1954 Masters Tournament

| image = 1954_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg

| caption = Front cover of the 1954 Masters Guide

| dates = April 8–12, 1954

| location = Augusta, Georgia

| course = Augusta National Golf Club

| org = Augusta National Golf Club

| tour = PGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6800|yd|-1}}

| field = 78 players

| cut = None

| purse = $25,000

| winners_share = $5,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead

| score = 289 (+1), playoff

| previous = 1953

| next = 1955

| 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 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.

Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open.

Snead's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YiNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6736%2C5945276 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|agency=United Press|title=Hogan, Snead tie in Masters golf|date=April 12, 1954|page=2B }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-VhOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hAAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5514%2C5465082|work=Toledo Blade|location=(Ohio)|title=Snead, Hogan play off in Masters today|agency=Associated Press|date=April 12, 1954|page=18}}

Snead remained the oldest winner of the Masters for nearly a quarter century, until Gary Player won his third green jacket at age 42 in 1978.

Field

;1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (10), Claude Harmon (12), Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10), Craig Wood (2)

;2. U.S. Open champions

Julius Boros (9,10), Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (7), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

;3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (5,8,a), Charles Coe (8,9,a), Gene Littler (8,11), Billy Maxwell, Skee Riegel, Jess Sweetser (5,a)

;4. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6)

;5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (9,10,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a)

;6. PGA champions

Walter Burkemo (7,12), Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Chandler Harper (9), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa (7,10)

;7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team

Jack Burke Jr. (9,10), Dave Douglas (12), Fred Haas (10), Ted Kroll (9,10), Ed Oliver (9)

;8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team

Arnold Blum (a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ken Venturi (a)

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 Masters Tournament

Jerry Barber, Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Doug Ford (10), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert, Fred Hawkins, Dick Mayer, Al Mengert (10), Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer, Earl Stewart

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 U.S. Open

Pete Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Clarence Doser, George Fazio, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bill Nary (12), Bill Ogden, Bob Rosburg, Frank Souchak (a)

;11. 1953 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Don Albert (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Bobby Kuntz (a), Dale Morey (a), Ray Palmer (a), Angelo Santilli (a)

;12. 1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Jimmy Clark, Jack Isaacs, Felice Torza

;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Skip Alexander

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1954 PGA Tour

Bud Holscher, Bob Toski

;16. Foreign invitations

Peter Thomson

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, April 8, 1954

class="wikitable"

!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

rowspan=2 align=center|T1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Joe Patton (a)rowspan=2 align=center|70rowspan=2 align="center"|−2
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dutch Harrison
rowspan=2 align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrumrowspan=2 align=center|71rowspan=2 align="center"|−1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Burke Jr.
rowspan=2 align=center|T5{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hoganalign=center rowspan=2|72rowspan=2 align="center"|E
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dave Douglas
rowspan=10 align=center|T7{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelsonalign=center rowspan=10|73rowspan=10 align="center"|+1
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Rosburg
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Bolt
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gardner Dickinson
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pete Cooper
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} William C. Campbell (a)
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cary Middlecoff

=Second round=

Friday, April 9, 1954

class="wikitable"

!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Joe Patton (a)70-74=144align="center"|E
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan72-73=145align="center"|+1
rowspan="2" align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Rosburg73-73=146rowspan="2" align="center"|+2
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrum71-75=146
rowspan="2" align="center"|T5{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Bolt73-74=147rowspan="2" align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead74-73=147
rowspan=6 align="center"|T7{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Besselink74-74=148rowspan=6 align="center"|+4
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lew Worsham74-74=148
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert73-75=148
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dave Douglas72-76=148
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Burke Jr.71-77=148
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Thomson76-72=148

=Third round=

Saturday, April 10, 1954

class="wikitable"

!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan72-73-69=214align="center"|−2
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead74-73-70=217align="center"|+1
rowspan=3 align="center"|T3{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cary Middlecoff73-76-70=219rowspan=3 align="center"|+3
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Bolt73-74-72=219
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Joe Patton (a)70-74-75=219
rowspan="2" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jerry Barber74-76-71=221rowspan="2" align="center"|+5
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Burke Jr.71-77-73=221
rowspan="4" align="center"|T8{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Besselink74-74-74=222rowspan="4" align="center"|+6
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lew Worsham74-74-74=222
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrum71-75-76=222
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Rosburg73-73-76=222

=Final round=

Sunday, April 11, 1954

==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$)

rowspan=2 align=center|T1{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hogan (c)72-73-69-75=289rowspan=2 align=center|+1rowspan=2 align=center|Playoff
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Snead (c)74-73-70-72=289
align=center|3style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Joe Patton (a)style="background:silver"|70-74-75-71=290align=center|+2align=center|0
rowspan=2 align=center|T4{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dutch Harrison70-79-74-68=291rowspan=2 align=center|+3rowspan=2 align=center|1,938
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lloyd Mangrum71-75-76-69=291
rowspan=3 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jerry Barber74-76-71-71=292rowspan=3 align=center|+4rowspan=3 align=center|1,042
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Burke Jr.71-77-73-71=292
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Rosburg73-73-76-70=292
rowspan=2 align=center|T9{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Besselink74-74-74-72=294rowspan=2 align=center|+6rowspan=2 align=center|781
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cary Middlecoff73-76-70-75=294

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
align=center|11{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Chapman (a)75-75-75-70=295align=center|+7align=center|0
rowspan=4 align=center|T12{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tommy Bolt73-74-72-77=296rowspan=4 align=center|+8rowspan=4 align=center|631
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chick Harbert73-75-75-73=296
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byron Nelson (c)73-76-74-73=296
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lew Worsham74-74-74-74=296
rowspan=4 align=center|T16{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Julius Boros76-79-68-74=297rowspan=4 align=center|+9rowspan=3 align=center|563
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jay Hebert79-74-74-70=297
{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Thomson76-72-76-73=297
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ken Venturi (a)76-74-73-74=297rowspan=3 align=center|0
rowspan=2 align=center|T20{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Charles Coe (a)76-75-73-74=298rowspan=2 align=center|+10
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harvie Ward (a)78-75-74-71=298
rowspan=7 align=center|T22{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Walter Burkemo74-77-75-73=299rowspan=7 align=center|+11rowspan=7 align=center|443
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pete Cooper73-76-75-75=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marty Furgol76-79-75-69=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Littler79-75-73-72=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ed Oliver75-75-75-74=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Earl Stewart78-75-75-71=299
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bob Toski80-74-71-74=299
rowspan=3 align=center|T29{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Demaret (c)80-75-72-73=300rowspan=3 align=center|+12rowspan=3 align=center|333
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vic Ghezzi73-79-73-75=300
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dick Mayer76-75-72-77=300
align=center|32{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gardner Dickinson73-78-76-74=301align=center|+13align=center|250
rowspan=5 align=center|T33{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Clark76-82-72-72=302rowspan=5 align=center|+14rowspan=5 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Fazio78-79-74-71=302
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Doug Ford77-78-74-73=302
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Haas76-78-78-70=302
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Palmer75-81-77-69=302
rowspan=5 align=center|T38{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clarence Doser74-78-72-79=303rowspan=5 align=center|+15rowspan=5 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lawson Little76-77-74-76=303
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Al Mengert76-79-73-75=303
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Skee Riegel75-76-76-76=303
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Horton Smith (c)80-78-71-74=303
rowspan=3 align=center|T43{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Billy Maxwell75-77-77-75=304rowspan=3 align=center|+16align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Stranahan (a)79-75-72-78=304align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Felice Torza74-78-74-78=304align=center|250
rowspan=5 align=center|T46{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Skip Alexander80-77-73-75=305rowspan=5 align=center|+17align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bruce Cudd (a)76-78-73-78=305align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Leland Gibson75-77-78-75=305rowspan=3 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bud Holscher78-77-73-77=305
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Nary78-74-78-75=305
rowspan=2 align=center|T51{{flagicon|USA|1912}} William C. Campbell (a)73-77-75-81=306rowspan=2 align=center|+18align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ted Kroll78-76-75-77=306align=center|250
rowspan=5 align=center|T53{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Arnold Blum (a)75-82-75-75=307rowspan=5 align=center|+19align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dave Douglas72-76-77-82=307rowspan=4 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Claude Harmon (c)77-75-77-78=307
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jack Isaacs76-79-76-76=307
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gene Sarazen (c)79-75-78-75=307
rowspan=2 align=center|T58{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Don Cherry (a)80-79-74-76=309rowspan=2 align=center|+21align=center|0
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred Hawkins78-80-76-75=309align=center|250
rowspan=3 align=center|T60{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Ogden81-76-77-76=310rowspan=3 align=center|+22rowspan=3 align=center|250
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Johnny Revolta81-79-75-75=310
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Turnesa83-79-75-73=310
align=center|63{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)81-76-79-76=312align=center|+24rowspan=6 align=center|0
rowspan=2 align=center|T64{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jimmy Jackson (a)75-82-79-78=314rowspan=2 align=center|+26
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bobby Kuntz (a)80-77-82-75=314
align=center|66{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim McHale Jr. (a)78-82-79-76=315align=center|+27
align=center|67{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Don Albert (a)77-79-83-77=316align=center|+28
rowspan=2 align=center|T68{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Angelo Santilli (a)79-81-82-75=317rowspan=2 align=center|+29
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Denny Shute73-85-82-77=317align=center|250
align=center|70{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ray Palmer (a)84-78-80-77=319align=center|+31align=center|0
align=center|71{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Craig Wood (c)87-80-78-75=320align=center|+32align=center|250
align=center|72{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Parks Jr.86-79-79-80=324align=center|+36align=center|250
rowspan=7 align=center|WD{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dale Morey (a)83-75-76=234align=center|+18rowspan=7 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jim Ferrier78-78=156align=center|+12
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jess Sweetser (a)79align=center|+7
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Chandler Harper83align=center|+11
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Souchak (a)90align=center|+18
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jock Hutchisonrowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|
{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fred McLeod

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

Par454343454443545344
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Snead+1+1+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3style="background: Pink;"|+2+2+2+2+2+2style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3style="background: Pink;"|+2+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1+1
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hoganstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1style="background: Pink;"|−2−2−2−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1−1−1style="background: Green;"|+1+1+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1+1+1+1
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pattonstyle="background: PaleGreen;"|+4style="background: Pink;"|+3+3+3+3style="background: Red;"|+1+1style="background: Pink;"|Estyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|Estyle="background: Green;"|+2style="background: Pink;"|+1style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2+2+2+2
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Harrison+7style="background: Pink;"|+6+6+6+6style="background: Pink;"|+5+5+5+5+5+5+5style="background: Pink;"|+4style="background: PaleGreen;"|+5style="background: Pink;"|+4+4style="background: Pink;"|+3+3
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Mangrum+6style="background: Pink;"|+5style="background: PaleGreen;"|+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6style="background: Pink;"|+5style="background: Pink;"|+4style="background: Pink;"|+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

:

class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%;
style="background: Red;" width=10|

|Eagle

|style="background: Pink;" width=10|

|Birdie

|style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10|

|Bogey

|style="background: Green;" width=10|

|Double bogey

= Playoff =

Monday, April 12, 1954

class="wikitable"

!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)

style="background:gold"

| align=center|1

{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sam Sneadalign=center|70align=center|−2align=center|5,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Hoganalign=center|71align=center|−1align=center|3,125

==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

Par454343454443545344
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} SneadEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1style="background: PaleGreen;"|EEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1−1−1style="background: Pink;"|−2−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1style="background: Pink;"|−2−2style="background: Pink;"|−3−3−3style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2
align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} HoganEstyle="background: Pink;"|−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1style="background: Pink;"|−2style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1−1−1

Source:{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=03xIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4939%2C6559649|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|title=Snead beats Hogan in Masters playoff|agency=Associated Press|date=April 13, 1954|page=16}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024707/http://www.masters.com/en_US/discover/past_winners.html Masters.com] – past winners and results
  • [https://www.golfcompendium.com/2018/10/1954-masters.html GolfCompendium.com: 1954 Masters]
  • [http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1954leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1954 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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