1949 Masters Tournament Explained

1949 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 7–10, 1949
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:6900yd[1] [2]
Field:58 players
Cut:none
Purse:$11,000
Winners Share:$2,750
Score:282 (−6)
Previous:1948
Next:1950
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.[3] This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.[4]

Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum.[5] [6] This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1975); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).

Previous champions of both the Masters and PGA Championship, won in different calendar years, were Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard.

Defending tour player of the year Ben Hogan did not play in the majors in 1949,[7] due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February.[8] [9] [10] Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff.[11] [12] Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.

Founder and host Bobby Jones (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.[7]

Field

1. Masters championsJimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon (9,12), Herman Keiser (9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Craig Wood (2)
2. U.S. Open championsBilly Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)
3. U.S. Amateur championsDick Chapman (a), Skee Riegel (9,a)
4. British Open championsDenny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)
5. British Amateur championsFrank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
6. PGA championsJim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta
7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters TournamentArt Bell, Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison, Dick Metz, Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd
10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 U.S. OpenSkip Alexander, Herman Barron, Leland Gibson, Otto Greiner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Jug McSpaden, Toney Penna, George Schneiter, Herschel Spears, Jim Turnesa, Ellsworth Vines
11. 1948 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsCharles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)
12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalistsGeorge Fazio, Mike Turnesa
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur championsJohnny Dawson (a)
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open championsJohnny Palmer
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA TourPete Cooper, Clayton Heafner
16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournamentFred Moseley (a)
17 Home club professional
18. Foreign invitationsJohn de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin, Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1949

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69 −3
2 70 −2
T3 71 −1
7 72 E
T8 73 +1
Source:[13]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1949

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 75-68=143 −1
69-74=143
3 73-71=144 E
T4 75-70=145 +1
71-74=145
73-72=145
75-70=145
73-72=145
9 73-73=146 +2
T10 74-73=147 +3
71-76=147
75-72=147
70-77=147
Source:[14]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1949

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 73-71-70=214 −2
T2 73-72-70=215 −1
69-74-72=215
73-75-67=215
T5 74-73-69=216 E
77-72-67=216
73-72-71=216
8 71-74-72=217 +1
T9 73-75-71=219 +3
75-70-74=219
Source:[15]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1949

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 73-75-67-67=282 −6 2,750
T2 74-73-69-69=285 −3 1,100
69-74-72-70=285
T4 73-71-70-72=286 −2 440
73-72-71-70=286
6 76-75-70-68=289 +1 330
7 73-72-70-75=290 +2 330
T8 Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-72-73-71=292 +4 312
71-74-72-75=292
Byron Nelson (c) 75-70-74-73=292

Sources:[16] [17]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Snead −2−3−3−4−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−3−4−4−5−5−5−6
Bulla EEEE+1EE−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−3−3−3
Mangrum −1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−3
Palmer −2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−2−2−2−2
Turnesa E−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2E−1−1−2−2−3−2
Worsham +5+5+5+5+5+4+3+2+2+3+4+4+3+3+2+2+2+1
Kirkwood −1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1EE+1E+2+1+1+1+2
Ferrier E−1−1EEE+1+2+2+3+2+4+7+7+6+6+6+7
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Masters field chases Mangrum . Miami News . Keeler . O.B. . April 8, 1949 . 2-B.
  2. News: Middlecoff man to beat in golf . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press . April 7, 1949 . 16.
  3. Web site: The Masters leaderboard for 1949. . augusta.com.
  4. The case of the missing green jacket . Golf Digest . Kindred . Dave . August 2013 . April 17, 2014.
  5. News: Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282 . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 11, 1949 . 1, part 4.
  6. News: Snead tames putter to win Masters title . Milwaukee Journal . Associated Press . April 11, 1949 . 4-part 2.
  7. News: Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 7, 1949 . 21.
  8. News: Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press . February 3, 1949 . 1, sec. 4.
  9. News: Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on . Milwaukee Journal . United Press . February 3, 1949 . 6, part 2 .
  10. News: Improving Hogan will play again . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press . February 4, 1949 . 1, part 3.
  11. News: Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press . January 26, 1949 . 3, sec. 3.
  12. News: Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press . February 1, 1949 . 3, sec. 3.
  13. News: Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters. Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 8, 1949 . 1, part 3.
  14. News: Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 9, 1949 . 1, part 2.
  15. News: Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214 . Chicago Sunday Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 10, 1949 . 1, part 2.
  16. Web site: Masters – Past Winners & Results . Augusta National Inc. . April 20, 2021.
  17. Web site: Past results – Masters tournament . PGA Tour . April 20, 2021.

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