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1957 Masters Tournament

The 1957 Masters Tournament was the 21st Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first Masters played with a 36-hole cut; 101 players started and forty made the cut at 150 (+6).

1957 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 4–7, 1957
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field101 players, 40 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Winner's share$8,750
Champion
United States Doug Ford
283 (−5)
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Doug Ford won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead, a three-time champion.[2] Snead was the third round leader, but could only shoot even-par in a round that included six birdies and six bogeys. Ford was three strokes back after 54 holes,[3] but was bogey-free on Sunday. On the final hole, Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie for his 66 (–6).[1][4] This was Ford's second and final major title; he also won the 1955 PGA Championship.

This year was the Masters debut of Gary Player, age 21, and he tied for 24th. He won three Masters, in 1961, 1974, and 1978. Five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson was fifth, his best career finish in the Masters. Amateur Harvie Ward was fourth at even-par 288, five strokes behind Ford.

Two-time champion Ben Hogan had finished in the top ten in the last fourteen Masters that he had entered, but had 32 putts on Friday and missed the event's first-ever cut by a stroke.[5][6] It was the only cut he missed at Augusta; in nine more Masters he had three top ten finishes, including his final appearance at age 54 in 1967.

Field edit

This was the last year when professionals were invited based solely on qualification in amateur events.

1. Masters champions

Jack Burke Jr. (4,8,10,11), Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon (10), Ben Hogan (2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2,8,9,11), Byron Nelson (2,4), Henry Picard (4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (3,4,8,9,10,11), Craig Wood

The following categories only apply to Americans
2. U.S. Open champions

Julius Boros (8,9), Billy Burke, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8,9,10), Lawson Little (5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (8), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

3. The Open champions

Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

4. PGA champions

Walter Burkemo (8), Doug Ford (8,9,11), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chick Harbert (11), Chandler Harper (11), Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, Jim Turnesa (8)

5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (a), Joe Conrad (6), Gene Littler (8), Billy Maxwell (9), Arnold Palmer (8,9), Skee Riegel, Frank Stranahan (8), Sam Urzetta (8), Bud Ward, Harvie Ward (6,7,a)

6. Members of the 1955 U.S. Walker Cup team

William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (8,9,a), Hillman Robbins (8,a), Dick Yost (a)

  • Robbins and Meister were reserves for the team.
7. 1956 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Rex Baxter (a), Arnold Blum (a), Joe Campbell (a), Sarg Fontanini (a), Ted Gleichmann (a), Chuck Kocsis (a)

8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 Masters Tournament

Jerry Barber (9,11), Tommy Bolt (9,11), Pete Cooper (9), Dow Finsterwald, Shelley Mayfield, Al Mengert, Johnny Palmer, Bob Rosburg, Mike Souchak, Ken Venturi (9)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 U.S. Open

Errie Ball, Johnny Bulla, Billy Casper, Wes Ellis, Fred Haas, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bob Kay, Ted Kroll (10,11), Bill Ogden, Bob Toski

10. 1956 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Fred Hawkins, Bill Johnston, Terl Johnson, Henry Ransom

11. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team

Marty Furgol

12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Mike Fetchick

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

Dick Mayer

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

Bud Taylor (a)

15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1957 PGA Tour

Gardner Dickinson, Art Wall Jr.

16. Winner of the 1956 Canadian Open

Doug Sanders

17. Foreign invitations

Al Balding, Henry Cotton (9), Bruce Crampton, Stan Leonard (8), Jerry Magee (7,a), Moe Norman, Gary Player, Peter Thomson (8), Harry Weetman, Trevor Wilkes

  • Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, April 4, 1957

Place Player Score To par
1   Jack Burke Jr. 71 −1
T2   Bruce Crampton 72 E
  Jimmy Demaret
  Doug Ford
  Peter Thomson
  Sam Snead
T7   Al Balding 73 +1
  Jerry Barber
  Henry Cotton
  Ed Furgol
  Marty Furgol
  Arnold Palmer
  Skee Riegel
  Bud Ward
  Harvie Ward (a)

Source:[7]

Second round edit

Friday, April 5, 1957

Place Player Score To par
1   Sam Snead 72-68=140 −4
2   Jimmy Demaret 72-70=142 −2
3   Jack Burke Jr. 71-72=143 −1
T4   Ed Furgol 73-71=144 E
  Harvie Ward (a) 73-71=144
T6   Doug Ford 72-73=145 +1
  Peter Thomson 72-73=145
T8   Al Balding 73-73=146 +2
  Henry Cotton 73-73=146
  Jay Hebert 74-72=146
  Byron Nelson 74-72=146
  Arnold Palmer 73-73=146

Source:[8][9]

Third round edit

Saturday, April 6, 1957

Place Player Score To par
1   Sam Snead 72-68-74=214 −2
T2   Stan Leonard 75-72-68=215 −1
  Arnold Palmer 73-73-69=215
  Harvie Ward (a) 73-71-71=215
5   Ed Furgol 73-71-72=216 E
T6   Jack Burke Jr. 71-72-74=217 +1
  Jimmy Demaret 72-70-75=217
  Doug Ford 72-73-72=217
T9   Henry Cotton 73-73-72=218 +2
  Peter Thomson 72-73-73=218

Source:

Final round edit

Sunday, April 7, 1957

Final leaderboard edit

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1   Doug Ford 72-73-72-66=283 −5 8,750
2   Sam Snead (c) 72-68-74-72=286 −2 4,375
3   Jimmy Demaret (c) 72-70-75-70=287 −1 2,625
4   Harvie Ward (a) 73-71-71-73=288 E 0
5   Peter Thomson 72-73-73-71=289 +1 1,750
6   Ed Furgol 73-71-72-74=290 +2 1,313
T7   Jack Burke Jr. (c) 71-72-74-74=291 +3 1,138
  Dow Finsterwald 74-74-73-70=291
  Arnold Palmer 73-73-69-76=291
10   Jay Hebert 74-72-76-70=292 +4 1,006

Sources:[10][11]

Scorecard edit

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
  Ford E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5
  Snead −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −1 −1 E +1 E −1 −1 −2
  Demaret +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1
  Ward −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
  Thomson +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E +1 +1
  Furgol −1 E E −1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2
  Palmer −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E −1 E E E E E E E +3 +4 +3
  Leonard −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E +2 +3 +3 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Doug Ford's 283 captures Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1957. p. 1.
  2. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1957). "Ford takes Masters! Posts 66 for 283". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1957). "Snead's Masters lead cut to stroke". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  4. ^ "Two shots that won the Masters". Sports Illustrated. April 15, 1957. p. 16.
  5. ^ Grimsley, Will (April 6, 1957). "Stutter putter Ben's downfall". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 13.
  6. ^ "Snead takes Masters golf lead with 140". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 6, 1957. p. 12.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1957). "Masters interrupted; Burke's 71 leads". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1957). "Snead's 140 leads Masters; Hogan out". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  9. ^ "Masters golf scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1957. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Leaders' cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 8, 1957. p. 26.

External links edit

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