Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 6–9, 1950 |
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 | 6,900 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 | |
Location in
Georgia | |
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]
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]
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)
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)
Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)
Denny Shute (6)
Frank Stranahan (8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton (7,9)
Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)
Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)
Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)
Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White
Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)
Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.
Harvie Ward (a)
Fred Moseley (a)
Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), Norman Von Nida
Thursday, April 6, 1950
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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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]
Friday, April 7, 1950
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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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]
Saturday, April 8, 1950
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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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]
Sunday, April 9, 1950
Champion |
Silver Cup winner (low amateur) |
(a) = amateur |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( US$) |
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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 | |||||
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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 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey |
Source: [2]