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
Dates	April 8–11, 1948
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	57 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$10,000
Winner's share	$2,500
Champion
Claude Harmon
279 (−9)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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 only 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.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	71	73	72	74	290	+2	T8
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	70	72	76	73	291	+3	T10
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947	73	72	78	72	295	+7	T18
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	77	74	73	72	296	+8	T23
Henry Picard	United States	1938	73	73	74	77	297	+9	T25
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	78	73	76	75	302	+14	34
Ralph Guldahl	United States	1939	75	78	75	75	303	+15	T35
Craig Wood	United States	1941	77	80	77	71	305	+17	T43

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1948

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

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1948

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

Source:[5]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1948

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

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1948

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

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
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

1. "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.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1948 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1948 Masters leaderboard and scorecards