1954 Masters Tournament


The 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.
Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open.
Snead's 289, along with Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1954
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Billy Joe Patton 70−2
T1Dutch Harrison

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1954
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Billy Joe Patton 70-74=144E
2Ben Hogan72-73=145+1
T3Bob Rosburg73-73=146+2
T3Lloyd Mangrum71-75=146+2
T5Tommy Bolt73-74=147+3
T5Sam Snead74-73=147+3
T7Al Besselink74-74=148+4
T7Lew Worsham74-74=148+4
T7Chick Harbert73-75=148+4
T7Dave Douglas72-76=148+4
T7Jack Burke, Jr.71-77=148+4
T7Peter Thomson76-72=148+4

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1954
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Hogan72-73-69=214−2
2Sam Snead74-73-70=217+1
T3Cary Middlecoff73-76-70=219+3
T3Tommy Bolt73-74-72=219+3
T3Billy Joe Patton 70-74-75=219+3
T6Jerry Barber74-76-71=221+5
T6Jack Burke, Jr.71-77-73=221+5
T8Al Besselink74-74-74=222+6
T8Lew Worsham74-74-74=222+6
T8Lloyd Mangrum71-75-76=222+6
T8Bob Rosburg73-73-76=222+6

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1954
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Sam Snead74-73-70-72=289+1Playoff
T1Ben Hogan72-73-69-75=289+1Playoff
3Billy Joe Patton 70-74-75-71=290+20
T4Dutch Harrison70-79-74-68=291+31,937
T4Lloyd Mangrum71-75-76-69=291+31,937
T6Jerry Barber74-76-71-71=292+41,041
T6Jack Burke, Jr.71-77-73-71=292+41,041
T6Bob Rosburg73-73-76-70=292+41,041
T9Al Besselink74-74-74-72=294+6781
T9Cary Middlecoff73-76-70-75=294+6781

Source:

Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Snead+1+1+1+2+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+1+1+1+1
Hogan−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1
Patton+4+3+3+3+3+1+1E−1−1−1E+2+1+2+2+2+2
Harrison+7+6+6+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+4+5+4+4+3+3
Mangrum+6+5+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+6+5+4+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

Monday, April 12, 1954
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Sam Snead70−25,000
2Ben Hogan71−13,125

Scorecard

Source:
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