1950 Masters Tournament

The 1950 Masters Tournament was the 14th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Demaret won at 283 (−5) and became the first three-time Masters champion, with previous wins in 1940 and 1947.^[4] He played the par-five 13th hole (Azalea) in six-under-par for the week, with two eagles and two birdies at the pivotal 480-yard (440 m) hole.^[2][3]

1950 Masters Tournament

Front cover of the 1950 Masters Guide
Tournament information
Dates	April 6–9, 1950
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	65 players[1]
Cut	none
Prize fund	$12,000 [3]
Winner's share	$2,400
Champion
Jimmy Demaret
283 (−5)
Location map
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Tournament summary

Third round leader Jim Ferrier, a naturalized American originally from Australia, bogeyed five of the final six holes for 75 (+3) and was two strokes back as runner-up. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 287 (−1).

Ben Hogan played in his first major since his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949. In second place after 54 holes,^[5] he shot a 76 (+4) in the final round and fell back to even par for the week, in a tie for fourth place with Byron Nelson.^[2] Hogan won the next three majors he entered: the 1950 U.S. Open, 1951 Masters, and 1951 U.S. Open.

The tournament drew an estimated 10,000 patrons on Saturday and 18,000 on Sunday. With the favorable turnout, host Bobby Jones increased the original purse of $10,000 to $12,000.^[3]

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (7,9,12), Claude Harmon (9,10), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9,10), Sam Snead (4,6,7,9.10,12)

• Ralph Guldahl (2,10) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,7), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

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

6. PGA champions

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

7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team

Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team

Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)

• Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (3,a), Charles Coe (3,a), Johnny Dawson (9,11,a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,11,a) did not play. Barnes was a reserve for the team.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 Masters Tournament

Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 U.S. Open

Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White

• Ellsworth Vines did not play.

11. 1949 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)

12. 1949 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.

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

Harvie Ward (a)

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

Jack Burke Jr.

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

George Fazio, Henry Ransom

16 Winner of 1949 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Fred Moseley (a)

17 Home club professional

Ed Dudley

18. Foreign invitations

Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), Norman Von Nida

• Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Skee Riegel	69	−3
T2	Jimmy Demaret	70	−2
	Jim Ferrier
	Horton Smith
	Lawson Little
	Herschel Spears
T7	Toney Penna	71	−1
	Sam Snead
9	Johnny Palmer	72	E
T10	Charles Coe (a)	73	+1
	George Fazio
	Ben Hogan

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jim Ferrier	70-67=137	−7
2	Ben Hogan	73-68=141	−3
3	Jimmy Demaret	70-72=142	−2
4	Lawson Little	70-73=143	−1
T5	Skee Riegel	69-75=144	E
	Herschel Spears	70-74=144
T7	Byron Nelson	75-70=145	+1
	Henry Picard	74-71=145
	Sam Snead	71-74=145
10	Toney Penna	71-75=146	+2

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jim Ferrier	70-67-73=210	−6
2	Ben Hogan	73-68-71=212	−4
T3	Jimmy Demaret	70-72-72=214	−2
	Byron Nelson	75-70-69=214
5	Sam Snead	71-74-70=215	−1
6	Lawson Little	70-73-75=218	+2
7	Cary Middlecoff	75-76-68=219	+3
8	Clayton Heafner	74-77-69=220	+4
T9	Herman Keiser	75-72-75=222	+6
	Henry Picard	74-71-77=222
	Skee Riegel	69-75-78=222
	Gene Sarazen	80-70-72=222

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1950

Final leaderboard

Champion

Silver Cup winner (low amateur)

(a) = amateur

(c) = past champion

Top 10

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-72-72-69=283	−5	2,400
2	Jim Ferrier	70-67-73-75=285	−3	1,500
3	Sam Snead (c)	71-74-70-72=287	−1	1,020
T4	Ben Hogan	73-68-71-76=288	E	720
	Byron Nelson (c)	75-70-69-74=288
6	Lloyd Mangrum	76-74-73-68=291	+3	480
T7	Clayton Heafner	74-77-69-72=292	+4	405
	Cary Middlecoff	75-76-68-73=292
9	Lawson Little	70-73-75-75=293	+5	360
T10	Fred Haas	74-76-73-71=294	+6	321
	Gene Sarazen (c)	80-70-72-72=294

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T12	Roberto De Vicenzo	76-76-73-71=296	+8	285
	Horton Smith (c)	70-79-75-72=296
T14	Skip Alexander	78-74-72-73=297	+9	261
	Vic Ghezzi	78-75-70-74=297
	Leland Gibson	78-73-72-74=297
	Herman Keiser (c)	75-72-75-75=297
	Joe Kirkwood Jr.	75-74-77-71=297
	Henry Picard (c)	74-71-77-75=297
	Frank Stranahan (a)	74-79-73-71=297		0
T21	George Fazio	73-74-78-73=298	+10	244
	Toney Penna	71-75-77-75=298
	Skee Riegel	69-75-78-76=298
T24	Chick Harbert	76-75-73-75=299	+11	240
	Johnny Palmer	72-76-76-75=299
26	Eric Monti	74-79-74-73=300	+12
T27	Herschel Spears	70-74-79-78=301	+13
	Norman Von Nida	77-74-74-76=301
T29	Billy Burke	80-75-76-71=302	+14
	Pete Cooper	74-77-77-74=302
31	Johnny Bulla	77-78-75-73=303	+15
T32	Charles Coe (a)	73-79-78-74=304	+16
	Bob Hamilton	74-73-78-79=304
	Claude Harmon (c)	77-77-74-76=304
T35	Tommy Barnes (a)	78-75-78-74=305	+17
	Julius Boros	75-77-76-77=305
	Al Brosch	77-75-78-75=305
	Dick Chapman (a)	77-73-75-80=305
	Chuck Kocsis (a)	77-71-79-78=305
	Denny Shute	77-72-81-75=305
	Harvie Ward (a)	79-78-74-74=305
T42	Buck White	78-76-73-79=306	+18
	Lew Worsham	77-78-76-75=306
T44	Tony Holguin	78-75-77-77=307	+19
	Jack Isaacs	79-81-72-75=307
T46	Herman Barron	75-77-82-74=308	+20
	William C. Campbell (a)	80-78-74-76=308
	Jim Turnesa	81-74-79-74=308
T49	Dave Douglas	79-79-76-75=309	+21
	Harry Todd	76-75-81-77=309
T51	Jim McHale Jr. (a)	82-78-75-75=310	+22
	Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	77-76-79-78=310
T53	Ray Wade Hill	75-78-80-78=311	+23
	Henry Williams Jr.	82-78-81-70=311
55	Gene Webb	76-78-75-83=312	+24
56	Harold Paddock Jr. (a)	78-79-78-79=314	+26
57	Fred Moseley (a)	82-77-78-79=316	+28
58	Frank Strafaci (a)	77-82-84-81=324	+36
59	Les Kennedy	81-80-82-82=325	+37
WD	Jack Burke Jr.	76-79-77=232	+16
	Rufus King (a)	80-78=158	+14
	Henry Ransom	79	+7
	Johnny Farrell	84	+12
	Ed Dudley	85	+13
	Dutch Harrison

Sources:^[8][9]

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
Demaret	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5
Ferrier	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−4	−3
Snead	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1
Hogan	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	−1	E	+1	E
Nelson	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[2]