1947 Masters Tournament

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]

1947 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1947
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field	58 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$10,000
Winner's share	$2,500
Champion
Jimmy Demaret
281 (−7)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940	69	71	70	71	281	−7	1
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	69	72	72	70	283	−5	T2
Henry Picard	United States	1938	73	70	72	71	286	−2	T6
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	72	70	76	75	293	+5	T22
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	74	75	73	72	294	+6	T24
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	75	76	74	70	295	+7	T26
Craig Wood	United States	1941	78	80	75	78	311	+23	T53

Source:[1][2]

• The Masters did not have a 36-hole cut until 1957

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jimmy Demaret	United States	69	−3
	Byron Nelson	United States
T3	Johnny Bulla	United States	70	−2
	Jim Ferrier	Australia  United States
	Fred Haas	United States
	Ed Oliver	United States
	Johnny Palmer	United States
	George Schneiter	United States
	Lew Worsham	United States
T10	Herman Barron	United States	71	−1
	Chick Harbert	United States
	Lawson Little	United States
	Cary Middlecoff	United States
	Toney Penna	Italy  United States
	George Schoux	United States

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jimmy Demaret	United States	69-71=140	−4
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	71-69=140
T3	Jim Ferrier	Australia  United States	70-71=141	−3
	Byron Nelson	United States	69-72=141
	Toney Penna	Italy  United States	71-70=141
T8	Herman Barron	United States	71-71=142	−2
	Claude Harmon	United States	73-69=142
	Lawson Little	United States	71-71=142
	Ed Oliver	United States	70-72=142
	Horton Smith	United States	72-70=142

Source:[6][7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jimmy Demaret	United States	69-71-70=210	−6
T2	Byron Nelson	United States	69-72-72=213	−3
	Jug McSpaden	United States	74-69-70=213
T4	Jim Ferrier	Australia  United States	70-71-73=214	−2
	Chick Harbert	United States	71-72-71=214
	Ben Hogan	United States	75-68-71=214
T7	Henry Picard	United States	73-70-72=215	−1
	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	73-72-70=215
T9	Herman Barron	United States	71-71-74=216	E
	Dick Metz	United States	72-72-72=216
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	71-69-76=216
	Ed Oliver	United States	70-72-74=216
	Toney Penna	Italy  United States	71-70-75=216

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1947

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jimmy Demaret	United States	69-71-70-71=281	−7	2,500
T2	Byron Nelson	United States	69-72-72-70=283	−5	1,500
	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	73-72-70-68=283		0
T4	Ben Hogan	United States	75-68-71-70=284	−4	900
	Jug McSpaden	United States	74-69-70-71=284
T6	Jim Ferrier	Australia  United States	70-71-73-72=286	−2	625
	Henry Picard	United States	73-70-72-71=286
T8	Chandler Harper	United States	77-72-68-70=287	−1	335
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	76-73-68-70=287
	Dick Metz	United States	72-72-72-71=287
	Ed Oliver	United States	70-72-74-71=287
	Toney Penna	Italy  United States	71-70-75-71=287

Source:[1][2]

Scorecard

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
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	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2
Harbert	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	+1	+2	+3	+7	+9	+9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey +

References

1. "Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1947. p. 4-part 2.
2. Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1947). "Demaret wins second Masters golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 29.
3. "Demaret's 210 leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. associated Press. April 6, 1947. p. 1B.
4. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1947). "Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
5. Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1947). "Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
6. Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1947). "Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
7. "Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s". Milwaukee Sentinell. INS. April 5, 1947. p. 3, part 2.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1947 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1947 Masters leaderboard and scorecards