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1951 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1951 Masters Tournament
image	1951_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1951 Masters Guide
dates	April 5–8, 1951
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage
field	64 players
cut	none
purse	$15,000
winners_share	$3,000
champion	USA Ben Hogan
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1950](1950-masters-tournament)
next	[1952](1952-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 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel. It was the fifth of his nine major titles.

After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion. Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946.

The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open.

With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.

Field

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

Ralph Guldahl (2), Henry Picard (6,9,10,12) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

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

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

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

;5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

;6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9,10), Vic Ghezzi (9), Chandler Harper (12), Johnny Revolta

;7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team

Team not selected in time for inclusion.

;8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a)

Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe and Ward were reserves for the team.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 Masters Tournament George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna

Skip Alexander (10) did not play.

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams

Dick Metz did not play.

;11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a)

Bud Holscher (a) and Dick Kinchla (a) did not play.

;12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr.

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

Johnny Dawson (a) was selected but did not play.

;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 1951 PGA Tour Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll

;16. Foreign invitations Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA George Fazio	68	−4
T2	USA Lloyd Mangrum	69	−3
USA Sam Snead
4	USA Ben Hogan	70	−2
T5	USA Johnny Bulla	71	−1
USA Dick Mayer
USA Byron Nelson
USA Lew Worsham
T9	USA Dick Chapman (a)	72	E
USA Lawson Little
ARG Juan Segura (a)

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Skee Riegel	73-68=141	−3
T2	USA George Fazio	68-74=142	−2
USA Ben Hogan	70-72=142
USA Lew Worsham	71-71=142
T5	USA Johnny Bulla	71-72=143	−1
USA Dave Douglas	74-69=143
USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-74=143
USA Sam Snead	69-74=143
T9	USA Jim Ferrier	74-70=144	E
USA Joe Kirkwood, Jr.	73-71=144
USA Byron Nelson	71-73=144

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Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Skee Riegel	73-68-70=211	−5
USA Sam Snead	69-74-68=211
3	USA Ben Hogan	70-72-70=212	−4
4	USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-74-70=213	−3
5	USA Lew Worsham	71-71-72=214	−2
T6	USA Cary Middlecoff	73-73-69=215	−1
USA Dave Douglas	74-69-72=215
T8	USA Johnny Bulla	71-72-73=216	E
USA George Fazio	68-74-74=216
T10	USA Bill Goodloe (a)	74-71-72=217	+1
USA Lawson Little	72-73-72=217
USA Byron Nelson	71-73-73=217

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Ben Hogan	70-72-70-68=280	−8	3,000
2	USA Skee Riegel	73-68-70-71=282	−6	1,875
T3	USA Lloyd Mangrum	69-74-70-73=286	−2	1,163
USA Lew Worsham	71-71-72-72=286
5	USA Dave Douglas	74-69-72-73=288	E	750
6	USA Lawson Little	72-73-72-72=289	+1	600
7	USA Jim Ferrier	74-70-74-72=290	+2	525
T8	USA Johnny Bulla	71-72-73-75=291	+3	450
USA Byron Nelson (c)	71-73-73-74=291
USA Sam Snead (c)	69-74-68-80=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Jack Burke Jr.	73-72-74-73=292	+4	390
T12	USA Charles Coe (a)	76-71-73-73=293	+5	0
USA Cary Middlecoff	73-73-69-78=293	356
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	75-73-74-71=293
T15	USA Ed Furgol	80-71-72-71=294	+6	338
USA Dutch Harrison	76-71-76-71=294
17	USA Julius Boros	76-72-74-73=295	+7	338
T18	USA George Fazio	68-74-74-80=296	+8	315
USA Bob Toski	75-73-73-75=296
T20	USA Al Besselink	76-73-71-77=297	+9	308
USA Dick Chapman (a)	72-76-72-77=297	0
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	75-74-74-74=297	308
USA Clayton Heafner	74-72-73-78=297
USA Joe Kirkwood Jr.	73-71-78-75=297
T25	USA Ted Kroll	76-75-71-76=298	+10	150
USA Dick Mayer	71-75-79-73=298
USA Bill Nary	76-73-73-76=298
USA Henry Ransom	74-74-74-76=298
USA Sam Urzetta (a)	73-72-78-75=298	0
T30	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	76-74-78-71=299	+11
USA Johnny Palmer	73-74-77-75=299
T32	USA Leland Gibson	74-74-75-78=301	+13
USA Horton Smith (c)	79-77-70-75=301
USA Frank Stranahan (a)	74-74-74-79=301
T35	USA Marty Furgol	77-76-73-76=302	+14
USA Claude Harmon (c)	75-77-74-76=302
USA Jim McHale Jr. (a)	75-76-76-75=302
USA Harvie Ward (a)	74-77-77-74=302
T39	USA Fred Haas	79-76-73-75=303	+15
MEX Tony Holguin	78-72-75-78=303
USA Herman Keiser (c)	77-73-79-74=303
T42	USA Bill Goodloe (a)	74-71-72-88=305	+17
USA Johnny Revolta	74-75-75-81=305
T44	USA Ray Gafford	77-73-76-80=306	+18
USA Chick Harbert	76-73-77-80=306
46	USA Harold Williams	76-77-76-78=307	+19
T47	USA Denny Shute	79-76-79-74=308	+20
USA Henry Williams Jr.	77-76-77-78=308
49	USA Harold Paddock Jr. (a)	75-78-80-79=312	+24
T50	USA Dow Finsterwald (a)	76-81-75-81=313	+25
USA Bobby Knowles (a)	78-79-75-81=313
ARG Juan Segura (a)	72-80-79-82=313
USA Bill Shields (a)	82-76-76-79=313
USA George Von Elm	77-76-79-81=313
T55	CAN Bill Mawhinney (a)	83-75-73-84=315	+27
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	80-79-78-78=315
T57	USA Johnny Farrell	81-78-83-76=318	+30
USA John Ward (a)	78-75-81-84=318
59	USA William C. Campbell (a)	79-82-74-86=321	+33
WD	USA Chandler Harper	77-72-76=225	+9
USA Vic Ghezzi	81-76-74=231	+15
USA Tom Veech (a)	80-79-77=236	+20
USA Toney Penna	80-78-84=242	+26
USA Fred McLeod	86-88=174	+30

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 Hogan	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
USA Riegel	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6
USA Mangrum	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	−1	E	−1	−2	−2	−2
USA Worsham	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2
USA Douglas	−1	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E
USA Snead	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2
USA Middlecoff	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey +

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References

(April 9, 1951). "Golfers given 50% prize bonus". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1951). "Hogan wins first Masters title on 280". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 9, 1951). "Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 8, 1951). "Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 8, 1951). "Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
(April 8, 1951). "Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1951). "Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 6, 1951). "Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 7, 1951). "Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 7, 1951). "Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141". Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
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