1947 Masters Tournament Explained

1947 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 3–6, 1947
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6800yd[1]
Field:58 players
Cut:none
Purse:$10,000
Winners Share:$2,500
Score:281 (−7)
Previous:1946
Next:1948
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.[1] [2]

Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54 holes.[3] [4] He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan.[2] Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters.[1] He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950.

Field

1. Masters championsJimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)
2. U.S. Open championsBilly Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10)
3. U.S. Amateur championsDick Chapman (8,a)
4. British Open championsDenny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10)
5. British Amateur championsCharlie Yates (a)
6. PGA championsVic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta
7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team
8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup teamGeorge Hamer (a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a)
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters TournamentJohnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), George Schneiter, Felix Serafin
10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. OpenHerman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Steve Kovach, Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham
11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsBabe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a)
12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalistsCharles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, Frank Moore, Jim Turnesa
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 championsEllsworth Vines
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA TourJohnny Palmer, George Schoux
16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournamentJoe MacDonald (a)
17 Home club professionalEd Dudley
18. Extra invitationsGeorge Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 69 −3
T3 70 −2
Jim Ferrier
George Schneiter
T10 71 −1
Toney Penna
George Schoux
Source:[5] [6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 69-71=140 −4
71-69=140
T3 70-71=141 −3
69-72=141
71-70=141
T8 71-71=142 −2
73-69=142
71-71=142
70-72=142
72-70=142
Source:[6] [7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69-71-70=210 −6
T2 69-72-72=213 −3
74-69-70=213
T4 70-71-73=214 −2
71-72-71=214
75-68-71=214
T7 73-70-72=215 −1
73-72-70=215
T9 71-71-74=216 E
72-72-72=216
71-69-76=216
70-72-74=216
71-70-75=216
Source:[3] [4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1947

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Jimmy Demaret (c) 69-71-70-71=281 −7 2,500
T2 Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-72-70=283 −5 1,500
Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70-68=283 0
T4 75-68-71-70=284 −4 900
74-69-70-71=284
T6 70-71-73-72=286 −2 625
Henry Picard (c) 73-70-72-71=286
T8 77-72-68-70=287 −1 335
76-73-68-70=287
72-72-72-71=287
70-72-74-71=287
71-70-75-71=287

Sources:[8] [9]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Demaret −6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−7−7
Nelson −3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
Stranahan −1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5
Hogan −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4
McSpaden −2−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4
Ferrier −2−3−4−5−5−5−5−6−5−4−4−2−3−3−2−2−2−2
Picard −1−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E−1−2−2−3−3−2
Harbert −1−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+1+2+3+7+9+9
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round . Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press . April 7, 1947 . 4-part 2.
  2. News: Demaret wins second Masters golf title . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 7, 1947 . 29.
  3. News: Demaret's 210 leads Masters . Milwaukee Sentinel . associated Press . April 6, 1947 . 1B .
  4. News: Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes . Chicago Sunday Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 6, 1947 . 1, part 2.
  5. News: Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 4, 1947 . 27.
  6. News: Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 5, 1947 . 15.
  7. News: Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s . Milwaukee Sentinell . INS . April 5, 1947 . 3, part 2.
  8. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  9. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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