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1946 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1946 Masters Tournament
dates	April 4–7, 1946
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6800 yd
field	51 players
cut	none
purse	$10,000
winners_share	$2,500
champion	USA Herman Keiser
score	282 (−6)
previous	[1942](1942-masters-tournament)
next	[1947](1947-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
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The 1946 Masters Tournament was the tenth Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first in four years, because of World War II. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous Masters in 1942, with a winner's share of $2,500.

Herman Keiser won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan, the tour's money leader. Keiser and Hogan both three-putted the slick 18th green on Sunday; Keiser from 20 ft, and a half-hour later Hogan from 15 ft.

Hogan won the PGA Championship four months later in August for his first major title at age 34. He later won the Masters in 1951 and 1953 and finished his career with nine wins in majors.

Field

With only one major championship played in 1945, the invitation criteria were modified. Eight amateurs and eight professionals were selected by a committee in February and four further professionals were invited just before the event.

;1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7), Ralph Guldahl (2,7), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,8), Henry Picard (6,7), Horton Smith (7), Craig Wood (2,7)

Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7) did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke (7), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,7), Lawson Little (3,5,7)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a)

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,8)

;5. British Amateur champions Charlie Yates (7,a)

;6. PGA champions Vic Ghezzi (8), Bob Hamilton, Sam Snead (7)

;7. Top 30 players and ties from the 1942 Masters Tournament Sammy Byrd (8), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Dutch Harrison, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Gene Kunes, Jug McSpaden, Johnny Palmer, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson

Tommy Armour (2,4,6), Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Willie Goggin, Paul Runyan (6) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.

;8. 1945 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Claude Harmon, Ralph Hutchison, Ky Laffoon

Clarence Doser did not play.

;9. Selected amateurs, not already qualified Bob Cochran (a), Fred Haas, Cary Middlecoff (a), Frank Stranahan (a)

Ray Billows (a), Harry Givan (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) did not play. Haas turned professional before the event.

;10. Selected professionals, not already qualified Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla, Ed Dudley, Jimmy Hines, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Jim Turnesa

;11. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) did not play

;12. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Al Watrous

;13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1946 PGA Tour Leland Gibson, George Schneiter

;14. Additional invitations Clayton Heafner, Rod Munday, Buck White, Al Zimmerman

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1946

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Chick Harbert	69	−3
	USA Herman Keiser
T3	USA Vic Ghezzi	71	−1
USA Fred Haas
USA Toney Penna
T6	USA Johnny Bulla	72	E
USA Cary Middlecoff
USA Byron Nelson
USA Jimmy Thomson
T10	USA George Schneiter	73	+1
USA Clayton Heafner

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Second round

Friday, April 5, 1946

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Herman Keiser	69-68=137	−7
2	USA Jimmy Thomson	72-70=142	−2
3	USA Clayton Heafner	74-69=143	−1
T4	USA Bob Hamilton	75-69=144	E
USA Chick Harbert	69-75=144
USA Ben Hogan	74-70=144
USA Toney Penna	71-73=144
T8	USA Jimmy Demaret	75-70=145	+1
USA Jim Foulis	70-75=145
USA Byron Nelson	72-73=145

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1946

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Herman Keiser	69-68-71=208	−8
2	USA Ben Hogan	74-70-69=213	−3
T3	USA Jim Ferrier	74-72-68=214	−2
USA Fred Haas	71-75-68=214
USA Clayton Heafner	74-69-71=214
6	USA Bob Hamilton	75-69-71=215	−1
T7	USA Jimmy Demaret	75-70-71=216	E
USA Byron Nelson	72-73-71=216
T9	USA Jim Foulis	75-70-72=217	+1
USA Vic Ghezzi	71-79-67=217
USA Ky Laffoon	74-73-70=217

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Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1946

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Herman Keiser	69-68-71-74=282	−6	2,500
2	USA Ben Hogan	74-70-69-70=283	−5	1,500
3	USA Bob Hamilton	75-69-71-72=287	−1	1,000
T4	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	75-70-71-73=289	+1	683
USA Jim Ferrier	74-72-68-75=289
USA Ky Laffoon	74-73-70-72=289
T7	USA Chick Harbert	69-75-76-70=290	+2	356
USA Clayton Heafner	74-69-71-76=290
USA Byron Nelson (c)	72-73-71-74=290
USA Sam Snead	74-75-70-71=290

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Jim Foulis	75-70-72-74=291	+3	250
T12	USA Vic Ghezzi	71-79-67-76=293	+5	213
USA Cary Middlecoff (a)	72-76-71-74=293	0
USA George Schneiter	73-73-72-75=293	213
15	USA Fred Haas	71-75-68-80=294	+6	175
T16	USA Johnny Bulla	72-76-73-74=295	+7	138
USA Lloyd Mangrum	76-75-72-72=295
18	USA Claude Harmon	76-75-74-71=296	+8	100
19	USA Chandler Harper	74-76-73-74=297	+9	100
20	USA Frank Stranahan (a)	76-74-73-75=298	+10	0
T21	USA Lawson Little	74-74-78-73=299	+11	50
USA Toney Penna	71-73-80-75=299
USA Felix Serafin	76-75-79-69=299
USA Horton Smith (c)	78-77-75-69=299
T25	USA Herman Barron	74-73-74-79=300	+12
USA Henry Picard (c)	79-73-71-77=300
USA Denny Shute	79-77-71-73=300
USA Jimmy Thomson	72-70-79-79=300
T29	USA Gene Kunes	76-72-77-76=301	+13
USA Jug McSpaden	75-74-75-77=301
USA Al Zimmerman	76-76-74-75=301
T32	USA Ed Dudley	76-76-76-74=302	+14
USA Bobby Jones	75-72-77-78=302
USA Dick Metz	77-75-71-79=302
USA Johnny Palmer	76-75-77-74=302
USA Al Watrous	80-76-72-74=302
T37	USA Dutch Harrison	75-77-75-76=303	+15
USA Ed Oliver	79-73-71-80=303
USA Jim Turnesa	73-78-71-81=303
40	USA Sammy Byrd	75-79-71-79=304	+16
T41	USA Dick Chapman (a)	77-77-73-79=306	+18
USA Ralph Hutchison	79-78-75-74=306
43	USA Leland Gibson	78-80-75-75=308	+20
44	USA Rod Munday	78-77-76-78=309	+21
45	USA Buck White	77-82-76-75=310	+22
46	USA Billy Burke	80-80-77-75=312	+24
47	USA Bob Cochran (a)	81-76-76-80=313	+25
48	USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	85-76-78-76=315	+27
49	USA Jimmy Hines	79-80-77-80=316	+28
50	USA Charlie Yates (a)	78-79-78-86=321	+33
WD	USA Craig Wood (c)	83	+11

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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
USA Keiser	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6
USA Hogan	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:--

References

(April 7, 1946). "Keiser shaky, retains lead". Milwaukee Journal.
(April 8, 1946). "Hogan far ahead in winter earnings". Miami News.
(April 8, 1946). "Keiser wins Masters tourney as Hogan misses short putt". Milwaukee Journal.
Keeler, O.B.. (April 8, 1946). "Hogan 3-putts final hole giving Keiser Masters' title". Miami News.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 8, 1946). "Keiser wins Masters golf meet with 282". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 5, 1946). "War vets lead first round of Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1946). "Keiser leads Master golf thru 2d round". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 7, 1946). "Keiser holds 5-shot Masters golf lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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