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.[2][3][4] It was the fifth of his nine major titles.

1951 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–8, 1951
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	64 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$15,000[1]
Winner's share	$3,000
Champion
Ben Hogan
280 (−8)

Augusta 

Location in the United States

After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion.[5][6] Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). 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.[1]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Sam Snead	United States	1949	69	74	68	80	291	+3	T8
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	71	73	73	74	291	+3	T8
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	75	73	74	71	293	+5	T12
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	76	74	78	71	299	+11	T30
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	79	77	70	75	301	+13	T32
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	75	77	74	76	302	+14	T35
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	77	73	79	74	303	+15	T39

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	George Fazio	United States	68	−4
T2	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69	−3
	Sam Snead	United States
4	Ben Hogan	United States	70	−2
T5	Johnny Bulla	United States	71	−1
	Dick Mayer	United States
	Byron Nelson	United States
	Lew Worsham	United States
T9	Dick Chapman (a)	United States	72	E
	Lawson Little	United States
	Juan Segura (a)	Argentina

Source:[7][8]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Skee Riegel	United States	73-68=141	−3
T2	George Fazio	United States	68-74=142	−2
	Ben Hogan	United States	70-72=142
	Lew Worsham	United States	71-71=142
T5	Johnny Bulla	United States	71-72=143	−1
	Dave Douglas	United States	74-69=143
	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74=143
	Sam Snead	United States	69-74=143
T9	Jim Ferrier	Australia	74-70=144	E
	Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	Australia	73-71=144
	Byron Nelson	United States	71-73=144

Source:[9][10]

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Skee Riegel	United States	73-68-70=211	−5
	Sam Snead	United States	69-74-68=211
3	Ben Hogan	United States	70-72-70=212	−4
4	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74-70=213	−3
5	Lew Worsham	United States	71-71-72=214	−2
T6	Cary Middlecoff	United States	73-73-69=215	−1
	Dave Douglas	United States	74-69-72=215
T8	Johnny Bulla	United States	71-72-73=216	E
	George Fazio	United States	68-74-74=216
T10	William Goodloe (a)	United States	74-71-72=217	+1
	Lawson Little	United States	72-73-72=217
	Byron Nelson	United States	71-73-73=217

Source:[5][6]

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ben Hogan	United States	70-72-70-68=280	−8	3,000
2	Skee Riegel	United States	73-68-70-71=282	−6	1,875
T3	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	69-74-70-73=286	−2	1162
	Lew Worsham	United States	71-71-72-72=286
5	Dave Douglas	United States	74-69-72-73=288	E	750
6	Lawson Little	United States	72-73-72-72=289	+1	600
7	Jim Ferrier	Australia	74-70-74-72=290	+2	525
T8	Johnny Bulla	United States	71-72-73-75=291	+3	450
	Byron Nelson	United States	71-73-73-74=291
	Sam Snead	United States	69-74-68-80=291

Source:[2][3][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
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	−1	E	−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	−2	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E
Snead	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2
Middlecoff	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey +

Source:[2][3]

References

1. "Golfers given 50% prize bonus". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
2. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Hogan wins first Masters title on 280". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
3. "Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 20.
4. "Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
5. Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1951). "Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
6. "Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 1B.
7. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
8. "Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 6, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
9. Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1951). "Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
10. "Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1951. p. 4, part 2.

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1951 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards