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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.

1951 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1951 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–8, 1951
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
Field64 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$15,000[1]
Winner's share$3,000
Champion
United States Ben Hogan
280 (−8)
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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

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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)

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

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

11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

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

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
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

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First round

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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

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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

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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

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Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard

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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

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Golfers given 50% prize bonus". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  2. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Hogan wins first Masters title on 280". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  3. ^ a b "Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 20.
  4. ^ "Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  5. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1951). "Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  6. ^ a b "Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 1B.
  7. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  8. ^ "Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 6, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  9. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1951). "Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  10. ^ "Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  11. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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