1952 Masters Tournament


The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke, Jr. It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles.
Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner. He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214, but shot a 79 on Sunday and finished seven strokes back.
With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1952
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ray Gafford69−3
T1Johnny Palmer69−3
T3Al Besselink70−2
T3Ben Hogan70−2
T3Sam Snead70−2
T6Skip Alexander71−1
T6Tommy Bolt71−1
T6Doug Ford71−1
T6Fred Hawkins71−1
T6Joe Kirkwood, Jr.71−1
T6Lloyd Mangrum71−1
T6Johnny Revolta71−1
T6Lew Worsham71−1

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Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sam Snead70-67=137−7
2Ben Hogan70-70=140−4
T3Tommy Bolt71-71=142−2
T3Jim Ferrier72-70=142−2
T3Johnny Revolta71-71=142−2
T6Jack Burke, Jr.76-67=143−1
T6George Fazio72-71=143−1
T6Johnny Palmer69-74=143−1
T6Harvie Ward 72-71=143−1
T10Skip Alexander71-73=144E
T10Dow Finsterwald72-72=144E
T10Fred Hawkins71-73=144E
T10Cary Middlecoff72-72=144E
T10Ed Oliver72-72=144E

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Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ben Hogan70-70-74=214−2
T1Sam Snead70-67-77=214−2
3Cary Middlecoff72-72-72=216E
T4Al Besselink70-76-71=217+1
T4Tommy Bolt71-71-75=217+1
6Johnny Palmer69-74-75=218+2
T7Jim Ferrier72-70-77=219+3
T7Johnny Revolta71-71-77=219+3
T7Lew Worsham71-75-73=219+3
10Lloyd Mangrum71-74-75=220+4

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Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Sam Snead70-67-77-72=286−24,000
2Jack Burke, Jr.76-67-78-69=290+22,500
T3Al Besselink70-76-71-74=291+31,387
T3Tommy Bolt71-71-75-74=291+31,387
T3Jim Ferrier72-70-77-72=291+31,387
6Lloyd Mangrum71-74-75-72=292+4800
T7Julius Boros73-73-76-71=293+5625
T7Fred Hawkins71-73-78-71=293+5625
T7Ben Hogan70-70-74-79=293+5625
T7Lew Worsham71-75-73-74=293+5625

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Snead−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−2−1−2−1E−1−1−1−1−1−2
Burke+6+5+4+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2
Besselink+1+2+1+2+3+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+3+3+2+3+3+3
Bolt+1−1−1−1EEEE+1+1+1+1−1−1E+1+3+3
Ferrier+3+3+2+2+3+2+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+4+3+3+3+3
Hogan−1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5
Middlecoff+1+1+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+4+4+6+6+6+6

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