Golf tournament
The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament , held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia .[ 3] Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.[ 4]
Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum .[ 5] [ 6] 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,[ 7] west Texas in early February.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] 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.[ 7]
Field
1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon (9,12), Herman Keiser (9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith , Craig Wood (2)
2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke , Johnny Farrell , Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)
3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a), Skee Riegel (9,a)
4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)
5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta
7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion. 8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion. 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters Tournament Art Bell , Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol , Fred Haas , Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison , Dick Metz , Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd
10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 U.S. Open Skip Alexander , Herman Barron , Leland Gibson , Otto Greiner , Joe Kirkwood Jr. , Jug McSpaden , Toney Penna , George Schneiter , Herschel Spears , Jim Turnesa , Ellsworth Vines
11. 1948 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Charles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)
12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalists George Fazio , Mike Turnesa
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Johnny Dawson (a)
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Johnny Palmer
15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour Pete Cooper , Clayton Heafner
16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament Fred Moseley (a)
17 Home club professional 18. Foreign invitations John de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin , Bobby Locke (9,10)
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 7, 1949
Source: [ 13]
Second round
Friday, April 8, 1949
Source: [ 14]
Third round
Saturday, April 9, 1949
Source: [ 15]
Final round
Sunday, April 10, 1949
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Sources:[ 16] [ 17]
Scorecard
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
−2
−3
−3
−4
−3
−3
−3
−4
−4
−3
−2
−3
−4
−4
−5
−5
−5
−6
E
E
E
E
+1
E
E
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−3
−2
−3
−3
−3
−3
−1
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−3
−4
−3
−3
−3
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−2
−3
−2
−2
−2
−3
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−2
−2
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−2
−2
E
−1
−1
−2
−2
−3
−2
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+4
+3
+2
+2
+3
+4
+4
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+1
−1
−2
−2
−2
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
E
E
+1
E
+2
+1
+1
+1
+2
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
^ Keeler, O.B. (April 8, 1949). "Masters field chases Mangrum" . Miami News . p. 2-B. ^ "Middlecoff man to beat in golf" . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 16.^ "The Masters leaderboard for 1949" . augusta.com .^ Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket" . Golf Digest . Retrieved April 17, 2014 . ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1949). "Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282" . Chicago Daily Tribune . p. 1, part 4. ^ "Snead tames putter to win Masters title" . Milwaukee Journal . Associated Press. April 11, 1949. p. 4-part 2.^ a b "Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 21.^ "Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash" . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 1, sec. 4.^ "Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on" . Milwaukee Journal . United Press. February 3, 1949. p. 6, part 2.^ "Improving Hogan will play again" . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press. February 4, 1949. p. 1, part 3.^ "Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff" . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press. January 26, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.^ "Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff" . Chicago Daily Tribune . Associated Press. February 1, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1949). "Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters" . Chicago Daily Tribune . p. 1, part 3. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1949). "Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead" . Chicago Daily Tribune . p. 1, part 2. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1949). "Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214" . Chicago Sunday Tribune . p. 1, part 2. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
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