1949 Masters Tournament

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]

1949 Masters Tournament

Front cover of the 1949 Masters Guide
Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1949
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,900 yards (6,310 m)[1][2]
Field	58 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$11,000
Winner's share	$2,750
Champion
Sam Snead
282 (−6)
Location map
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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)

• Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

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

• Ben Hogan (2,6,10,12) did not play.

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

• Charles Congdon and Smiley Quick did not play.

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

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Claude Harmon (c)	73-75-73-72=293	+5	303
	Herman Keiser (c)	75-68-78-72=293
T13	Herman Barron	73-75-71-75=294	+6	275
	Leland Gibson	71-77-74-72=294
	Bobby Locke	74-74-74-72=294
T16	Charles Coe (a)	77-72-72-74=295	+7	0
	Johnny Dawson (a)	78-72-72-73=295
	Jim Ferrier	77-72-67-79=295		275
T19	Tony Holguin	81-70-71-74=296	+8	248
	Frank Stranahan (a)	70-77-75-74=296		0
T21	Pete Cooper	76-75-72-74=297	+9	248
	Henry Picard (c)	74-77-73-73=297
T23	Bob Hamilton	77-79-69-73=298	+10	188
	Dutch Harrison	73-78-75-72=298
	Lawson Little	72-77-73-76=298
	Cary Middlecoff	76-77-72-73=298
	Toney Penna	74-76-76-72=298
	Horton Smith (c)	75-72-78-73=298
29	Fred Haas	75-70-75-79=299	+11
T30	Skip Alexander	74-77-75-74=300	+12
	George Fazio	78-76-71-75=300
	Dick Metz	71-76-76-77=300
	Skee Riegel (a)	75-74-74-77=300
34	Craig Wood (c)	81-75-72-73=301	+13
T35	Art Bell	81-74-75-72=302	+14
	Billy Burke	76-74-74-78=302
	Vic Ghezzi	76-78-71-77=302
38	Ellsworth Vines	76-77-76-74=303	+15
T39	Johnny Revolta	71-77-80-76=304	+16
	Gene Sarazen (c)	75-74-76-79=304
	Harry Todd	74-79-76-75=304
T42	George Schneiter	77-76-73-79=305	+17
	Al Smith	78-77-74-76=305
	Herschel Spears	76-77-77-75=305
T45	Fred Moseley (a)	77-75-78-76=306	+18
	Denny Shute	79-74-76-77=306
T47	Ed Furgol	77-79-77-74=307	+19
	Otto Greiner	77-75-78-77=307
49	Gene Dahlbender (a)	74-83-72-79=308	+20
50	Dick Chapman (a)	77-75-81-76=309	+21
51	Mike Turnesa	78-75-80-78=311	+23
52	Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	82-80-79-77=318	+30
53	Johnny Farrell	76-80-81-83=320	+32
WD	Chick Harbert	73-73-75=221	+5
	Jimmy McGonagill (a)	82-78-77=237	+21
	Ed Dudley	79-78-83=240	+24
	John de Bendern (a)	81-86-81=248	+32
	Jug McSpaden	85	+13

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 +