1949 Masters Tournament

The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.[3]

1949 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 7–10, 1949
Location	Augusta, Georgia
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)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum.[4][5] 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,[6] due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February.[7][8][9] Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff.[10][11] 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.[6]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947	76	72	73	71	292	+4	T8
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	75	70	74	73	292	+4	T8
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	73	75	73	72	293	+5	T11
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	75	68	78	72	293	+5	T11
Henry Picard	United States	1938	74	77	73	73	297	+9	T21
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	75	72	78	73	298	+10	T23
Craig Wood	United States	1941	81	75	72	73	301	+13	34
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	75	74	76	79	304	+16	T39

• The Masters did not have a 36-hole cut until 1957

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1949

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69	−3
2	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	70	−2
T3	Leland Gibson	United States	71	−1
	Clayton Heafner	United States
	Dick Metz	United States
	Johnny Revolta	United States
7	Lawson Little	United States	72	E
T8	Herman Barron	United States	73	+1
	Chick Harbert	United States
	Claude Harmon	United States
	Dutch Harrison	United States
	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia
	Johnny Palmer	United States
	Sam Snead	United States
	Jim Turnesa	United States

Source:[12]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1949

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Herman Keiser	United States	75-68=143	−1
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74=143
3	Johnny Palmer	United States	73-71=144	E
T4	Fred Haas	United States	75-70=145	+1
	Clayton Heafner	United States	71-74=145
	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia	73-72=145
	Byron Nelson	United States	75-70=145
	Jim Turnesa	United States	73-72=145
9	Chick Harbert	United States	73-73=146	+2
T10	Johnny Bulla	United States	74-73=147	+3
	Dick Metz	United States	71-76=147
	Horton Smith	United States	75-72=147
	Frank Stranahan (a)	United States	70-77=147

Source:[13]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1949

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Johnny Palmer	United States	73-71-70=214	−2
T2	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia	73-72-70=215	−1
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74-72=215
	Sam Snead	United States	73-75-67=215
T5	Johnny Bulla	United States	74-73-69=216	E
	Jim Ferrier	Australia	77-72-67=216
	Jim Turnesa	United States	73-72-71=216
8	Clayton Heafner	United States	71-74-72=217	+1
T9	Herman Barron	United States	73-75-71=219	+3
	Byron Nelson	United States	75-70-74=219

Source:[14]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1949

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sam Snead	United States	73-75-67-67=282	−6	2,750
T2	Johnny Bulla	United States	74-73-69-69=285	−3	1,100
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74-72-70=285
T4	Johnny Palmer	United States	73-71-70-72=286	−2	440
	Jim Turnesa	United States	73-72-71-70=286
6	Lew Worsham	United States	76-75-70-68=289	+1	330
7	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia	73-72-70-75=290	+2	330
T8	Jimmy Demaret	United States	76-72-73-71=292	+4	311
	Clayton Heafner	United States	71-74-72-75=292
	Byron Nelson	United States	75-70-74-73=292

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

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 +

References

1. Keeler, O.B. (April 8, 1949). "Masters field chases Mangrum". Miami News. p. 2-B.
2. "Middlecoff man to beat in golf". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 16.
3. Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
4. Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1949). "Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
5. "Snead tames putter to win Masters title". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 11, 1949. p. 4-part 2.
6. "Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 21.
7. "Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 1, sec. 4.
8. "Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on". Milwaukee Journal. United Press. February 3, 1949. p. 6, part 2.
9. "Improving Hogan will play again". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 4, 1949. p. 1, part 3.
10. "Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
11. "Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 1, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
12. Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1949). "Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
13. Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1949). "Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
14. Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1949). "Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1949 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1949 Masters leaderboard and scorecards