1948 Masters Tournament

The 1948 Masters Tournament was the 12th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1948 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1948
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
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field57 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$10,000
Winner's share$2,500
Champion
United States Claude Harmon
279 (−9)
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Claude Harmon shot a record-tying 279 (−9) and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, a future champion in 1955. The Sunday gallery in 1948 was estimated at 10,000 spectators, and the tournament purse was $10,000. Harmon won $2,500 and his four-round score tied the record set by Ralph Guldahl in 1939.[2] Primarily a club professional, it was Harmon's first tour victory.[1]

This was the final appearance as a player in the Masters for host Bobby Jones, then age 46. It was also the last Masters that did not immediately present the iconic green jacket to the winner. The nine winners of the first twelve tournaments received their green jackets in 1949.[3]

The five-stroke victory margin was matched by Ben Hogan in 1953; the record was raised to seven in 1955 by Cary Middlecoff, nine in 1965 by Jack Nicklaus, and twelve by Tiger Woods in 1997.

Field

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1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (7,9), Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser (7,9), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Lew Worsham (7,10,12)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,9,a), Skee Riegel (8,11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,9), Sam Snead (6,7,9,10)

5. British Amateur champions
6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi (9,10,12), Bob Hamilton, Ben Hogan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team

Herman Barron (9), Dutch Harrison (10)

8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team

George Hamer (a), Fred Kammer (a), Bud Ward (3,10,11,a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla, Fred Haas, Chandler Harper, Jug McSpaden, Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer (10), Toney Penna, Ellsworth Vines

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 U.S. Open

Sammy Byrd, Ed Furgol, Leland Gibson (12), Chick Harbert (12), Claude Harmon, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Gene Kunes, Jim McHale Jr. (a), Bill Nary, Al Smith, Harry Todd

11. 1947 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Bob Rosburg (a), Jack Selby (a), Felice Torza, Harvie Ward (a)

12. 1947 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Art Bell, Ky Laffoon

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 1948 PGA Tour

Cary Middlecoff

16 Winner of the 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament
  • Played after the Masters, the winner receiving entry to the 1949 event.
17 Home club professional

Ed Dudley

18. Foreign invitations

Henry Cotton (4), Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 8, 1948

Place Player Score To par
1   Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3
T2   Ed Furgol 70 −2
  Claude Harmon
  Ben Hogan
  Herman Keiser
T6   Art Bell 71 −1
  Jim Ferrier
  Chick Harbert
  Bobby Locke
  Dick Metz
  Byron Nelson
  Skee Riegel (a)

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Second round

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Friday, April 9, 1948

Place Player Score To par
1   Harry Todd 72-67=139 −5
2   Claude Harmon 70-70=140 −4
T3   Chick Harbert 71-70=141 −3
  Ben Hogan 70-71=141
T5   Jim Ferrier 71-71=142 −2
  Ed Furgol 70-72=142
  Herman Keiser 70-72=142
  Bobby Locke 71-71=142
  Lloyd Mangrum 69-73=142
10   Dick Metz 71-72=143 −1

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Third round

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Saturday, April 10, 1948

Place Player Score To par
1   Claude Harmon 70-70-69=209 −7
2   Chick Harbert 71-70-70=211 −5
3   Cary Middlecoff 74-71-69=214 −2
4   Ed Furgol 70-72-73=215 −1
T5   Bobby Locke 71-71-74=216 E
  Byron Nelson 71-73-72=216
T7   Jim Ferrier 71-71-75=217 +1
  Lloyd Mangrum 69-73-75=217
T9   Ben Hogan 70-71-77=218 +2
  Herman Keiser 70-72-76=218
  Dick Metz 71-72-75=218
  Skee Riegel (a) 71-74-73=218

Source:[6]

Final round

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Sunday, April 11, 1948

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   Claude Harmon 70-70-69-70=279 −9 2,500
2   Cary Middlecoff 74-71-69-70=284 −4 1,500
3   Chick Harbert 71-70-70-76=287 −1 1,000
T4   Jim Ferrier 71-71-75-71=288 E 750
  Lloyd Mangrum 69-73-75-71=288
T6   Ed Furgol 70-72-73-74=289 +1 500
  Ben Hogan 70-71-77-71=289
T8   Byron Nelson (c) 71-73-72-74=290 +2 350
  Harry Todd 72-67-80-71=290
T10   Herman Keiser (c) 70-72-76-73=291 +3 250
  Bobby Locke 71-71-74-75=291
  Dick Metz 71-72-75-73=291

Sources:[7][8]

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
  Harmon −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9
  Middlecoff −2 −2 −1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4
  Harbert −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1
  Ferrier +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −1 −2 −2 −1 E
  Mangrum +2 +1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E
  Furgol −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 E E +1 +1
  Hogan +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
  Nelson E E +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2
  Locke E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harmon wins Masters; ties record with 279". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 3-part 2.
  2. ^ "Harmon cards blistering, record-tying 279 to win Masters' golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 10.
  3. ^ Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  4. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1948). "Mangrum fires 69 for lead in Masters' golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  5. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1948). "Harry Todd leads on 139 in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part.
  6. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1948). "Harmon's 209 for 54, leads Masters golf". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  7. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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