1952 Masters Tournament Explained

1952 Masters Tournament
Dates:April 3–6, 1952
Location:Augusta, Georgia
Course:Augusta National Golf Club
Org:Augusta National Golf Club
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:72 players
Cut:none
Purse:$20,000
Winners Share:$4,000
Score:286 (−2)
Previous:1951
Next:1953
Map:USA#USA Georgia
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Augusta National
Coordinates:33.503°N -82.02°W

The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke Jr.[1] [2] It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles.

Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214 (−2),[3] [4] but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday and finished seven strokes back.

With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.[1]

Field

1. Masters championsJimmy Demaret (7,10), Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,6,7,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2)
2. U.S. Open championsBilly Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10)
3. U.S. Amateur championsTed Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward
4. British Open championsDenny Shute (6)
5. British Amateur championsFrank Stranahan (8,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
6. PGA championsJim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (10)
7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup teamSkip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10)
8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup teamDow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a)
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters TournamentAl Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski
10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. OpenCharlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White
11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalistsArnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a)
12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalistsWalter Burkemo, Reggie Myles
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 championsTommy Bolt
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA TourDoug Ford, Ted Kroll
16. Foreign invitationsStan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, Norman Von Nida

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1952

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 69 −3
T3 70 −2
T6 71 −1
Tommy Bolt
Doug Ford
Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
Source:[5] [6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-67=137 −7
2 70-70=140 −4
T3 71-71=142 −2
72-70=142
71-71=142
T6 76-67=143 −1
72-71=143
69-74=143
72-71=143
T10 71-73=144 E
72-72=144
71-73=144
72-72=144
72-72=144
Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 70-70-74=214 −2
70-67-77=214
3 72-72-72=216 E
T4 70-76-71=217 +1
71-71-75=217
6 69-74-75=218 +2
T7 72-70-77=219 +3
71-71-77=219
71-75-73=219
10 71-74-75=220 +4
Source:[3] [4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (US$)
1 Sam Snead (c) 70-67-77-72=286 −2 4,000
2 76-67-78-69=290 +2 2,500
T3 70-76-71-74=291 +3 1,367
71-71-75-74=291
72-70-77-72=291
6 71-74-75-72=292 +4 800
T7 73-73-76-71=293 +5 625
71-73-78-71=293
Ben Hogan (c) 70-70-74-79=293
71-75-73-74=293

Sources:[8] [9]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Snead −2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−1−2−1E−1−1−1−1−1−2
Burke+6+5+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2
Besselink +1 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3
Bolt +1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 E +1 +3 +3
Ferrier +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3
Hogan −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5
Middlecoff +1+1+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+6
Source:[1] [2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Snead wins Masters golf on 286 . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 7, 1952 . 1, part 4.
  2. News: Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 7, 1952 . 20.
  3. News: Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead . Chicago Sunday Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 6, 1952 . 1, part 2.
  4. News: Snead, Hogan lead Masters with 214 . Milwaukee Sentinel . April 6, 1952 . 1B.
  5. News: Hogan, Snead fire 70s in Masters . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 4, 1952 . 1, part 4.
  6. News: Palmer, Gafford fire 69s in Masters . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . April 4, 1952 . 29 .
  7. News: Snead gets 67; leads Masters golf . Chicago Daily Tribune . Bartlett . Charles . April 5, 1952 . 1, part 3.
  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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