1951 Masters Tournament


The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel. It was the fifth of his nine major titles.
After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion. Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68, while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80. Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946.
The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open.
With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1George Fazio68−4
T2Lloyd Mangrum69−3
T2Sam Snead69−3
4Ben Hogan70−2
T5Johnny Bulla71−1
T5Dick Mayer71−1
T5Byron Nelson71−1
T5Lew Worsham71−1
T9Dick Chapman 72E
T9Lawson Little72E
T9Juan Segura 72E

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Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Skee Riegel73-68=141−3
T2George Fazio68-74=142−2
T2Ben Hogan70-72=142−2
T2Lew Worsham71-71=142−2
T5Johnny Bulla71-72=143−1
T5Dave Douglas74-69=143−1
T5Lloyd Mangrum69-74=143−1
T5Sam Snead69-74=143−1
T9Jim Ferrier74-70=144E
T9Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73-71=144E
T9Byron Nelson71-73=144E

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Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Skee Riegel73-68-70=211−5
T1Sam Snead69-74-68=211−5
3Ben Hogan70-72-70=212−4
4Lloyd Mangrum69-74-70=213−3
5Lew Worsham71-71-72=214−2
T6Cary Middlecoff73-73-69=215−1
T6Dave Douglas74-69-72=215−1
T8Johnny Bulla71-72-73=216E
T8George Fazio68-74-74=216E
T10William Goodloe 74-71-72=217+1
T10Lawson Little72-73-72=217+1
T10Byron Nelson71-73-73=217+1

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Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ben Hogan70-72-70-68=280−83,000
2Skee Riegel73-68-70-71=282−61,875
T3Lloyd Mangrum69-74-70-73=286−21162
T3Lew Worsham71-71-72-72=286−21162
5Dave Douglas74-69-72-73=288E750
6Lawson Little72-73-72-72=289+1600
7Jim Ferrier74-70-74-72=290+2525
T8Johnny Bulla71-72-73-75=291+3450
T8Byron Nelson71-73-73-74=291+3450
T8Sam Snead69-74-68-80=291+3450

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par454343454443545344
Hogan−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
Riegel−5−6−5−5−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6
Mangrum−3−4−4−4−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−1−1E−1−2−2−2
Worsham−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2
Douglas−1−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−3−2−2E−1EEEEE
Snead−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3+1+1EE+1+2+2+2
Middlecoff−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+3+4+5+5+5+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

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