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1948 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1948 Masters Tournament
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dates	April 8–11, 1948
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6800 yd
field	57 players
cut	none
purse	$10,000
winners_share	$2,500
champion	USA Claude Harmon
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1947](1947-masters-tournament)
next	[1949](1949-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 1948 Masters Tournament was the 12th Masters Tournament, held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tournament summary

Claude Harmon shot a record-tying 279 (−9) and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, a future champion in 1955. The Sunday gallery in 1948 was estimated at 10,000 spectators, and the tournament purse was $10,000. Harmon won $2,500 and his four-round score tied the record set by Ralph Guldahl in 1939. Primarily a club professional, it was Harmon's first tour victory.

This was the final appearance as a player in the Masters for host Bobby Jones, then age 46. It was also the last Masters that did not immediately present the iconic green jacket to the winner. The nine winners of the first twelve tournaments received their green jackets in 1949.

The five-stroke victory margin was matched by Ben Hogan in 1953; the record was raised to seven in 1955 by Cary Middlecoff, nine in 1965 by Jack Nicklaus, and twelve by Tiger Woods in 1997.

Field

;1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7,9), Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser (7,9), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)

;2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Lew Worsham (7,10,12)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,9,a), Skee Riegel (8,11,a)

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,9), Sam Snead (6,7,9,10)

;5. British Amateur champions

;6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi (9,10,12), Bob Hamilton, Ben Hogan (7,9,10)

;7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team Herman Barron (9), Dutch Harrison (10)

Ed Oliver (9,10) did not play.

;8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team George Hamer (a), Fred Kammer (a), Bud Ward (3,10,11,a)

Ted Bishop (3,a), Smiley Quick (a), Frank Stranahan (9,10,a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla, Fred Haas, Chandler Harper, Jug McSpaden, Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer (10), Toney Penna, Ellsworth Vines

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 U.S. Open Sammy Byrd, Ed Furgol, Leland Gibson (12), Chick Harbert (12), Claude Harmon, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Gene Kunes, Jim McHale Jr. (a), Bill Nary, Al Smith, Harry Todd

George Payton and Paul Runyan did not play.

;11. 1947 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bob Rosburg (a), Jack Selby (a), Felice Torza, Harvie Ward (a)

Johnny Dawson (a) and Frank Strafaci (a) did not play.

;12. 1947 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Art Bell, Ky Laffoon

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

Chuck Kocsis (a) did not play

;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Skip Alexander

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1948 PGA Tour Cary Middlecoff

Clayton Heafner did not play.

;16 Winner of the 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Played after the Masters, the winner receiving entry to the 1949 event.

;17 Home club professional Ed Dudley

;18. Foreign invitations Henry Cotton (4), Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1948

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lloyd Mangrum	69	−3
T2	USA Ed Furgol	70	−2
USA Claude Harmon
USA Ben Hogan
USA Herman Keiser
T6	USA Art Bell	71	−1
AUS Jim Ferrier
USA Chick Harbert
ZAF Bobby Locke
USA Dick Metz
USA Byron Nelson
USA Skee Riegel (a)

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1948

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Harry Todd	72-67=139	−5
2	USA Claude Harmon	70-70=140	−4
T3	USA Chick Harbert	71-70=141	−3
USA Ben Hogan	70-71=141
T5	AUS Jim Ferrier	71-71=142	−2
USA Ed Furgol	70-72=142
USA Herman Keiser	70-72=142
ZAF Bobby Locke	71-71=142
USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-73=142
10	USA Dick Metz	71-72=143	−1

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1948

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Claude Harmon	70-70-69=209	−7
2	USA Chick Harbert	71-70-70=211	−5
3	USA Cary Middlecoff	74-71-69=214	−2
4	USA Ed Furgol	70-72-73=215	−1
T5	ZAF Bobby Locke	71-71-74=216	E
USA Byron Nelson	71-73-72=216
T7	AUS Jim Ferrier	71-71-75=217	+1
USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-73-75=217
T9	USA Ben Hogan	70-71-77=218	+2
USA Herman Keiser	70-72-76=218
USA Dick Metz	71-72-75=218
USA Skee Riegel (a)	71-74-73=218

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1948

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Claude Harmon	70-70-69-70=279	−9	2,500
2	USA Cary Middlecoff	74-71-69-70=284	−4	1,500
3	USA Chick Harbert	71-70-70-76=287	−1	1,000
T4	AUS Jim Ferrier	71-71-75-71=288	E	750
USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-73-75-71=288
T6	USA Ed Furgol	70-72-73-74=289	+1	500
USA Ben Hogan	70-71-77-71=289
T8	USA Byron Nelson (c)	71-73-72-74=290	+2	350
USA Harry Todd	72-67-80-71=290
T10	USA Herman Keiser (c)	70-72-76-73=291	+3	250
ZAF Bobby Locke	71-71-74-75=291
USA Dick Metz	71-72-75-73=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T13	USA Johnny Bulla	74-72-76-71=293	+5	188
USA Dutch Harrison	73-77-73-70=293
USA Skee Riegel (a)	71-74-73-75=293	0
T16	USA Al Smith	73-73-74-74=294	+6	138
USA Sam Snead	74-75-72-73=294
T18	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	73-72-78-72=295	+7	80
USA Ed Dudley	73-76-75-71=295
USA Vic Ghezzi	75-73-73-74=295
USA Fred Haas	75-75-76-69=295
USA Bob Hamilton	72-72-76-75=295
T23	USA Art Bell	71-74-74-77=296	+8
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	77-74-73-72=296
T25	USA Herman Barron	73-77-71-76=297	+9
ENG Henry Cotton	72-73-75-77=297
USA Henry Picard (c)	73-73-74-77=297
T28	USA Johnny Palmer	75-73-76-74=298	+10
USA Ellsworth Vines	76-71-77-74=298
T30	USA Bud Ward (a)	74-74-77-74=299	+11
USA Lew Worsham	74-78-71-76=299
32	USA Denny Shute	74-73-76-77=300	+12
33	USA Jug McSpaden	77-75-76-73=301	+13
34	USA Horton Smith (c)	78-73-76-75=302	+14
T35	USA Skip Alexander	77-73-77-76=303	+15
USA Ralph Guldahl (c)	75-78-75-75=303
USA Ky Laffoon	74-75-76-78=303
USA Jim McHale Jr. (a)	78-73-77-75=303
USA Felice Torza	75-73-76-79=303
T40	USA Dick Chapman (a)	74-76-77-77=304	+16
USA Chandler Harper	76-76-77-75=304
USA Lawson Little	73-77-76-78=304
T43	USA Billy Burke	75-75-76-79=305	+17
USA Leland Gibson	72-77-79-77=305
USA Craig Wood (c)	77-80-77-71=305
46	USA Toney Penna	77-78-75-77=307	+19
47	USA Sammy Byrd	84-75-75-76=310	+22
48	USA Johnny Farrell	74-80-78-79=311	+23
49	USA Bill Nary	74-79-86-74=313	+25
50	USA Bobby Jones	76-81-79-79=315	+27
T51	USA Fred Kammer (a)	78-75-77-86=316	+28
USA Harvie Ward (a)	78-78-81-79=316
53	USA Bob Rosburg (a)	79-81-80-78=318	+30
54	USA Jack Selby (a)	81-76-84-80=321	+33
WD	USA Gene Kunes	74-76-76=226	+10
USA George Hamer (a)	77-78-76=231	+15
USA Joe Kirkwood Sr.	78-77-82=237	+21

Sources:

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 Harmon	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9
USA Middlecoff	−2	−2	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4
USA Harbert	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1
AUS Ferrier	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	E
USA Mangrum	+2	+1	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E
USA Furgol	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+1
USA Hogan	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Nelson	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2
ZAF Locke	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey

References

(April 12, 1948). "Harmon wins Masters; ties record with 279". Milwaukee Sentinel.
(April 12, 1948). "Harmon cards blistering, record-tying 279 to win Masters' golf tourney". Spokesman-Review.
Kindred, Dave. (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket".
Bartlett, Charles. (April 9, 1948). "Mangrum fires 69 for lead in Masters' golf". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 10, 1948). "Harry Todd leads on 139 in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 11, 1948). "Harmon's 209 for 54, leads Masters golf". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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