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1950 Masters Tournament

Golf tournament held in 1950

Field	Value
name	1950 Masters Tournament
image	1950_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1950 Masters Guide
dates	April 6–9, 1950
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6900 yd
field	65 players
cut	none
purse	$12,000
winners_share	$2,400
champion	USA Jimmy Demaret
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1949](1949-masters-tournament)
next	[1951](1951-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
coordinates

The 1950 Masters Tournament was the 14th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Demaret won at 283 (−5) and became the first three-time Masters champion, with previous wins in 1940 and 1947. He played the par-five 13th hole (Azalea) in six-under-par for the week, with two eagles and two birdies at the pivotal 480 yd hole.

Tournament summary

Third round leader Jim Ferrier, a naturalized American originally from Australia, bogeyed five of the final six holes for 75 (+3) and was two strokes back as runner-up. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 287 (−1).

Ben Hogan played in his first major since his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949. In second place after 54 holes, he shot a 76 (+4) in the final round and fell back to even par for the week, in a tie for fourth place with Byron Nelson. Hogan won the next three majors he entered: the 1950 U.S. Open, 1951 Masters, and 1951 U.S. Open.

The tournament drew an estimated 10,000 patrons on Saturday and 18,000 on Sunday. With the favorable turnout, host Bobby Jones increased the original purse of $10,000 to $12,000.

Field

;1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7,9,12), Claude Harmon (9,10), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9,10), Sam Snead (4,6,7,9.10,12)

Ralph Guldahl (2,10) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,7), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

;5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

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

;7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)

;8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)

Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (3,a), Charles Coe (3,a), Johnny Dawson (9,11,a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,11,a) did not play. Barnes was a reserve for the team.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 Masters Tournament Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 U.S. Open Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White

Ellsworth Vines did not play.

;11. 1949 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)

;12. 1949 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.

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

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour George Fazio, Henry Ransom

;16 Winner of 1949 Inter-service Invitational tournament Fred Moseley (a)

;17 Home club professional Ed Dudley

;18. Foreign invitations Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), Norman Von Nida

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 6, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Skee Riegel	69	−3
T2	USA Jimmy Demaret	70	−2
AUS Jim Ferrier
USA Horton Smith
USA Lawson Little
USA Herschel Spears
T7	USA Toney Penna	71	−1
USA Sam Snead
9	USA Johnny Palmer	72	E
T10	USA Charles Coe (a)	73	+1
USA George Fazio
USA Ben Hogan

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 7, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Jim Ferrier	70-67=137	−7
2	USA Ben Hogan	73-68=141	−3
3	USA Jimmy Demaret	70-72=142	−2
4	USA Lawson Little	70-73=143	−1
T5	USA Skee Riegel	69-75=144	E
USA Herschel Spears	70-74=144
T7	USA Byron Nelson	75-70=145	+1
USA Henry Picard	74-71=145
USA Sam Snead	71-74=145
10	USA Toney Penna	71-75=146	+2

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 8, 1950

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Jim Ferrier	70-67-73=210	−6
2	USA Ben Hogan	73-68-71=212	−4
T3	USA Jimmy Demaret	70-72-72=214	−2
USA Byron Nelson	75-70-69=214
5	USA Sam Snead	71-74-70=215	−1
6	USA Lawson Little	70-73-75=218	+2
7	USA Cary Middlecoff	75-76-68=219	+3
8	USA Clayton Heafner	74-77-69=220	+4
T9	USA Herman Keiser	75-72-75=222	+6
USA Henry Picard	74-71-77=222
USA Skee Riegel	69-75-78=222
USA Gene Sarazen	80-70-72=222

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 9, 1950

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	70-72-72-69=283	−5	2,400
2	AUS Jim Ferrier	70-67-73-75=285	−3	1,500
3	USA Sam Snead (c)	71-74-70-72=287	−1	1,020
T4	USA Ben Hogan	73-68-71-76=288	E	720
USA Byron Nelson (c)	75-70-69-74=288
6	USA Lloyd Mangrum	76-74-73-68=291	+3	480
T7	USA Clayton Heafner	74-77-69-72=292	+4	405
USA Cary Middlecoff	75-76-68-73=292
9	USA Lawson Little	70-73-75-75=293	+5	360
T10	USA Fred Haas	74-76-73-71=294	+6	321
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	80-70-72-72=294

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T12	ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	76-76-73-71=296	+8	285
USA Horton Smith (c)	70-79-75-72=296
T14	USA Skip Alexander	78-74-72-73=297	+9	261
USA Vic Ghezzi	78-75-70-74=297
USA Leland Gibson	78-73-72-74=297
USA Herman Keiser (c)	75-72-75-75=297
USA Joe Kirkwood Jr.	75-74-77-71=297
USA Henry Picard (c)	74-71-77-75=297
USA Frank Stranahan (a)	74-79-73-71=297	0
T21	USA George Fazio	73-74-78-73=298	+10	244
USA Toney Penna	71-75-77-75=298
USA Skee Riegel	69-75-78-76=298
T24	USA Chick Harbert	76-75-73-75=299	+11	240
USA Johnny Palmer	72-76-76-75=299
26	USA Eric Monti	74-79-74-73=300	+12
T27	USA Herschel Spears	70-74-79-78=301	+13
AUS Norman Von Nida	77-74-74-76=301
T29	USA Billy Burke	80-75-76-71=302	+14
USA Pete Cooper	74-77-77-74=302
31	USA Johnny Bulla	77-78-75-73=303	+15
T32	USA Charles Coe (a)	73-79-78-74=304	+16
USA Bob Hamilton	74-73-78-79=304
USA Claude Harmon (c)	77-77-74-76=304
T35	USA Tommy Barnes (a)	78-75-78-74=305	+17
USA Julius Boros	75-77-76-77=305
USA Al Brosch	77-75-78-75=305
USA Dick Chapman (a)	77-73-75-80=305
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	77-71-79-78=305
USA Denny Shute	77-72-81-75=305
USA Harvie Ward (a)	79-78-74-74=305
T42	USA Buck White	78-76-73-79=306	+18
USA Lew Worsham	77-78-76-75=306
T44	MEX Tony Holguin	78-75-77-77=307	+19
USA Jack Isaacs	79-81-72-75=307
T46	USA Herman Barron	75-77-82-74=308	+20
USA William C. Campbell (a)	80-78-74-76=308
USA Jim Turnesa	81-74-79-74=308
T49	USA Dave Douglas	79-79-76-75=309	+21
USA Harry Todd	76-75-81-77=309
T51	USA Jim McHale Jr. (a)	82-78-75-75=310	+22
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	77-76-79-78=310
T53	USA Ray Wade Hill	75-78-80-78=311	+23
USA Henry Williams Jr.	82-78-81-70=311
55	USA Gene Webb	76-78-75-83=312	+24
56	USA Harold Paddock Jr. (a)	78-79-78-79=314	+26
57	USA Fred Moseley (a)	82-77-78-79=316	+28
58	USA Frank Strafaci (a)	77-82-84-81=324	+36
59	USA Les Kennedy	81-80-82-82=325	+37
WD	USA Jack Burke Jr.	76-79-77=232	+16
USA Rufus King (a)	80-78=158	+14
USA Henry Ransom	79	+7
USA Johnny Farrell	84	+12
USA Ed Dudley	85	+13
USA Dutch Harrison

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 Demaret	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5
AUS Ferrier	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−4	−3
USA Snead	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1
USA Hogan	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	−1	E	+1	E
USA Nelson	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−1	E	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey

Source:

References

(April 6, 1950). "Sammy Snead favored in Masters golf tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 11, 1950). "Demaret cards 69 for 283, third Masters title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Slappery, Sterling. (April 10, 1950). "'Jinx 13th' decided it in favor of Demaret". Miami News.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 10, 1950). "Demaret's 283 wins masters tourney". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 9, 1950). "Hogan's 71 shaves Ferrier's lead to 2". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. "Riegel leads Masters with opening 69". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 8, 1950). "Ferrier leads Masters by 4; Hogan 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.

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