1948 Masters Tournament

1948 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 8–11, 1948
Location	Augusta, Georgia; 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W
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)
Field	57 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$10,000
Winner's share	$2,500
Champion
	Claude Harmon
	279 (−9)
Location map
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The 1948 Masters Tournament was the 12th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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 first 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.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (7,9), Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser (7,9), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Lew Worsham (7,10,12)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,9,a), Skee Riegel (8,11,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6,9), Sam Snead (6,7,9,10)

5. British Amateur champions

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi (9,10,12), Bob Hamilton, Ben Hogan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team

Herman Barron (9), Dutch Harrison (10)

Ed Oliver (9,10) did not play.

8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team

George Hamer (a), Fred Kammer (a), Bud Ward (3,10,11,a)

Ted Bishop (3,a), Smiley Quick (a), Frank Stranahan (9,10,a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla, Fred Haas, Chandler Harper, Jug McSpaden, Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer (10), Toney Penna, Ellsworth Vines

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 U.S. Open

Sammy Byrd, Ed Furgol, Leland Gibson (12), Chick Harbert (12), Claude Harmon, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Gene Kunes, Jim McHale Jr. (a), Bill Nary, Al Smith, Harry Todd

George Payton and Paul Runyan did not play.

11. 1947 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Bob Rosburg (a), Jack Selby (a), Felice Torza, Harvie Ward (a)

Johnny Dawson (a) and Frank Strafaci (a) did not play.

12. 1947 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Art Bell, Ky Laffoon

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

Chuck Kocsis (a) did not play

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

Skip Alexander

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1948 PGA Tour

Cary Middlecoff

Clayton Heafner did not play.

16 Winner of the 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Played after the Masters, the winner receiving entry to the 1949 event.

17 Home club professional

Ed Dudley

18. Foreign invitations

Henry Cotton (4), Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1948

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

Source:^[4]

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1948

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

Source:^[5]

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1948

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

Source:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1948

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion

*Top 10*
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Claude Harmon	70-70-69-70=279	−9	2,500
2	Cary Middlecoff	74-71-69-70=284	−4	1,500
3	Chick Harbert	71-70-70-76=287	−1	1,000
T4	Jim Ferrier	71-71-75-71=288	E	750
T4	Lloyd Mangrum	69-73-75-71=288	E	750
T6	Ed Furgol	70-72-73-74=289	+1	500
T6	Ben Hogan	70-71-77-71=289	+1	500
T8	Byron Nelson (c)	71-73-72-74=290	+2	350
T8	Harry Todd	72-67-80-71=290	+2	350
T10	Herman Keiser (c)	70-72-76-73=291	+3	250
	Bobby Locke	71-71-74-75=291
	Dick Metz	71-72-75-73=291

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T13	Johnny Bulla	74-72-76-71=293	+5	188
	Dutch Harrison	73-77-73-70=293		188
	Skee Riegel (a)	71-74-73-75=293		0
T16	Al Smith	73-73-74-74=294	+6	138
T16	Sam Snead	74-75-72-73=294	+6	138
T18	Jimmy Demaret (c)	73-72-78-72=295	+7	80
	Ed Dudley	73-76-75-71=295
	Vic Ghezzi	75-73-73-74=295
	Fred Haas	75-75-76-69=295
	Bob Hamilton	72-72-76-75=295
T23	Art Bell	71-74-74-77=296	+8
T23	Gene Sarazen (c)	77-74-73-72=296	+8
T25	Herman Barron	73-77-71-76=297	+9
	Henry Cotton	72-73-75-77=297
	Henry Picard (c)	73-73-74-77=297
T28	Johnny Palmer	75-73-76-74=298	+10
T28	Ellsworth Vines	76-71-77-74=298	+10
T30	Bud Ward (a)	74-74-77-74=299	+11
T30	Lew Worsham	74-78-71-76=299	+11
32	Denny Shute	74-73-76-77=300	+12
33	Jug McSpaden	77-75-76-73=301	+13
34	Horton Smith (c)	78-73-76-75=302	+14
T35	Skip Alexander	77-73-77-76=303	+15
	Ralph Guldahl (c)	75-78-75-75=303
	Ky Laffoon	74-75-76-78=303
	Jim McHale Jr. (a)	78-73-77-75=303
	Felice Torza	75-73-76-79=303
T40	Dick Chapman (a)	74-76-77-77=304	+16
	Chandler Harper	76-76-77-75=304
	Lawson Little	73-77-76-78=304
T43	Billy Burke	75-75-76-79=305	+17
	Leland Gibson	72-77-79-77=305
	Craig Wood (c)	77-80-77-71=305
46	Toney Penna	77-78-75-77=307	+19
47	Sammy Byrd	84-75-75-76=310	+22
48	Johnny Farrell	74-80-78-79=311	+23
49	Bill Nary	74-79-86-74=313	+25
50	Bobby Jones	76-81-79-79=315	+27
T51	Fred Kammer (a)	78-75-77-86=316	+28
T51	Harvie Ward (a)	78-78-81-79=316	+28
53	Bob Rosburg (a)	79-81-80-78=318	+30
54	Jack Selby (a)	81-76-84-80=321	+33
WD	Gene Kunes	74-76-76=226	+10
	George Hamer (a)	77-78-76=231	+15
	Joe Kirkwood Sr.	78-77-82=237	+21

Sources:^[7]^[8]

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

^ ^a ^b "Harmon wins Masters; ties record with 279". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 3-part 2.
^ "Harmon cards blistering, record-tying 279 to win Masters' golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 10.
^ Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1948). "Mangrum fires 69 for lead in Masters' golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1948). "Harry Todd leads on 139 in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part.
^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1948). "Harmon's 209 for 54, leads Masters golf". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

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

[hwmtrtsn-1] "Harmon wins Masters; ties record with 279". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 3-part 2.

[hcbret-2] "Harmon cards blistering, record-tying 279 to win Masters' golf tourney". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 12, 1948. p. 10.

[tcotmgj-3] Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

[mfsnfl-4] Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1948). "Mangrum fires 69 for lead in Masters' golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.

[hrytdd-5] Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1948). "Harry Todd leads on 139 in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part.

[hmn209lds-6] Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1948). "Harmon's 209 for 54, leads Masters golf". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

[7] "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[8] "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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