1952 Masters Tournament

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

1952 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1952
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	70 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$20,000[1]
Winner's share	$4,000
Champion
Sam Snead
286 (−2)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

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]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Sam Snead	United States	1949	70	67	77	72	286	−2	1
Ben Hogan	United States	1951	70	70	74	79	293	+5	T7
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	73	74	77	73	297	+9	T14
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	72	75	78	77	302	+14	T24
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	74	73	77	80	304	+16	T30
Henry Picard	United States	1938	76	77	78	80	311	+23	T52
Craig Wood	United States	1941	73	81	80	80	314	+26	59
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	77	76			153	+9	WD
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935							WD

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1952

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ray Gafford	United States	69	−3
	Johnny Palmer	United States
T3	Al Besselink	United States	70	−2
	Ben Hogan	United States
	Sam Snead	United States
T6	Skip Alexander	United States	71	−1
	Tommy Bolt	United States
	Doug Ford	United States
	Fred Hawkins	United States
	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States
	Johnny Revolta	United States
	Lew Worsham	United States

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sam Snead	United States	70-67=137	−7
2	Ben Hogan	United States	70-70=140	−4
T3	Tommy Bolt	United States	71-71=142	−2
	Jim Ferrier	Australia	72-70=142
	Johnny Revolta	United States	71-71=142
T6	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	76-67=143	−1
	George Fazio	United States	72-71=143
	Johnny Palmer	United States	69-74=143
	Harvie Ward (a)	United States	72-71=143
T10	Skip Alexander	United States	71-73=144	E
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	72-72=144
	Fred Hawkins	United States	71-73=144
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	72-72=144
	Ed Oliver	United States	72-72=144

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Hogan	United States	70-70-74=214	−2
	Sam Snead	United States	70-67-77=214
3	Cary Middlecoff	United States	72-72-72=216	E
T4	Al Besselink	United States	70-76-71=217	+1
	Tommy Bolt	United States	71-71-75=217
6	Johnny Palmer	United States	69-74-75=218	+2
T7	Jim Ferrier	Australia	72-70-77=219	+3
	Johnny Revolta	United States	71-71-77=219
	Lew Worsham	United States	71-75-73=219
10	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	71-74-75=220	+4

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sam Snead	United States	70-67-77-72=286	−2	4,000
2	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	76-67-78-69=290	+2	2,500
T3	Al Besselink	United States	70-76-71-74=291	+3	1,387
	Tommy Bolt	United States	71-71-75-74=291
	Jim Ferrier	Australia	72-70-77-72=291
6	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	71-74-75-72=292	+4	800
T7	Julius Boros	United States	73-73-76-71=293	+5	625
	Fred Hawkins	United States	71-73-78-71=293
	Ben Hogan	United States	70-70-74-79=293
	Lew Worsham	United States	71-75-73-74=293

Source:[1][2]

Scorecard

Final round

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
Snead	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2	−1	E	−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	−1	E	+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]

References

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

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1952 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1952 Masters leaderboard and scorecards