1949 Masters Tournament

1949 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1949 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 1949
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,900 yards (6,310 m)[1][2]
Field58 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$11,000
Winner's share$2,750
Champion
Sam Snead
282 (−6)
Location map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

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 champions

Jimmy 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 champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (a), Skee Riegel (9,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters Tournament

Art 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. Open

Skip 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-finalists

Charles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)

  • Ray Billows (a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.
12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

George Fazio, Mike Turnesa

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Johnny Dawson (a)

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Johnny Palmer

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour

Pete Cooper, Clayton Heafner

16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Fred Moseley (a)

17 Home club professional
18. Foreign invitations

John de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin, Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1949

Place Player Score To par
1 Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3
2 Frank Stranahan (a) 70 −2
T3 Leland Gibson 71 −1
Clayton Heafner
Dick Metz
Johnny Revolta
7 Lawson Little 72 E
T8 Herman Barron 73 +1
Chick Harbert
Claude Harmon
Dutch Harrison
Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
Johnny Palmer
Sam Snead
Jim Turnesa

Source:[13]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1949

Place Player Score To par
T1 Herman Keiser 75-68=143 −1
Lloyd Mangrum 69-74=143
3 Johnny Palmer 73-71=144 E
T4 Fred Haas 75-70=145 +1
Clayton Heafner 71-74=145
Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72=145
Byron Nelson 75-70=145
Jim Turnesa 73-72=145
9 Chick Harbert 73-73=146 +2
T10 Johnny Bulla 74-73=147 +3
Dick Metz 71-76=147
Horton Smith 75-72=147
Frank Stranahan (a) 70-77=147

Source:[14]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1949

Place Player Score To par
1 Johnny Palmer 73-71-70=214 −2
T2 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72-70=215 −1
Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72=215
Sam Snead 73-75-67=215
T5 Johnny Bulla 74-73-69=216 E
Jim Ferrier 77-72-67=216
Jim Turnesa 73-72-71=216
8 Clayton Heafner 71-74-72=217 +1
T9 Herman Barron 73-75-71=219 +3
Byron Nelson 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 Sam Snead 73-75-67-67=282 −6 2,750
T2 Johnny Bulla 74-73-69-69=285 −3 1,100
Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72-70=285
T4 Johnny Palmer 73-71-70-72=286 −2 440
Jim Turnesa 73-72-71-70=286
6 Lew Worsham 76-75-70-68=289 +1 330
7 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 73-72-70-75=290 +2 330
T8 Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-72-73-71=292 +4 312
Clayton Heafner 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 
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Snead −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6
Bulla E E E E +1 E E −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 −2 E −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 −1 E E +1 E +2 +1 +1 +1 +2
Ferrier E −1 −1 E E E +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +4 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 +7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References

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