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1952 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1952 Masters Tournament
image	1952_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1952 Masters Guide
dates	April 3–6, 1952
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage
field	72 players
cut	none
purse	$20,000
winners_share	$4,000
champion	USA Sam Snead
score	286 (−2)
previous	[1951](1951-masters-tournament)
next	[1953](1953-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 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 (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214 (−2), but shot a 79 (+7) 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.

Field

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

Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10)

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward

;4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

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

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

;7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team Skip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10)

Dutch Harrison (9) and Henry Ransom (10) did not play.

;8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a)

William C. Campbell (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a) and Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe, Mengert and Ward were reserves for the team.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters Tournament Al Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. Open Charlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White

Paul Runyan (6) did not play.

;11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Arnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a)

Jack Benson (a), Joe Gagliardi (a) and Ed Martin (a) did not play.

;12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Walter Burkemo, Reggie Myles

Ellsworth Vines did not play.

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

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour Doug Ford, Ted Kroll

;16. Foreign invitations Stan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, 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 3, 1952

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Ray Gafford	69	−3
USA Johnny Palmer
T3	USA Al Besselink	70	−2
USA Ben Hogan
USA Sam Snead
T6	USA Skip Alexander	71	−1
USA Tommy Bolt
USA Doug Ford
USA Fred Hawkins
USA Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
USA Lloyd Mangrum
USA Johnny Revolta
USA Lew Worsham

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Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Sam Snead	70-67=137	−7
2	USA Ben Hogan	70-70=140	−4
T3	USA Tommy Bolt	71-71=142	−2
USA Jim Ferrier	72-70=142
USA Johnny Revolta	71-71=142
T6	USA Jack Burke Jr.	76-67=143	−1
USA George Fazio	72-71=143
USA Johnny Palmer	69-74=143
USA Harvie Ward (a)	72-71=143
T10	USA Skip Alexander	71-73=144	E
USA Dow Finsterwald	72-72=144
USA Fred Hawkins	71-73=144
USA Cary Middlecoff	72-72=144
USA Ed Oliver	72-72=144

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Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Ben Hogan	70-70-74=214	−2
USA Sam Snead	70-67-77=214
3	USA Cary Middlecoff	72-72-72=216	E
T4	USA Al Besselink	70-76-71=217	+1
USA Tommy Bolt	71-71-75=217
6	USA Johnny Palmer	69-74-75=218	+2
T7		USA Jim Ferrier	72-70-77=219	+3
USA Johnny Revolta	71-71-77=219
USA Lew Worsham	71-75-73=219
10	USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-74-75=220	+4

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Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Sam Snead (c)	70-67-77-72=286	−2	4,000
2	USA Jack Burke Jr.	76-67-78-69=290	+2	2,500
T3	USA Al Besselink	70-76-71-74=291	+3	1,367
USA Tommy Bolt	71-71-75-74=291
USA Jim Ferrier	72-70-77-72=291
6	USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-74-75-72=292	+4	800
T7	USA Julius Boros	73-73-76-71=293	+5	625
USA Fred Hawkins	71-73-78-71=293
USA Ben Hogan (c)	70-70-74-79=293
USA Lew Worsham	71-75-73-74=293

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Cary Middlecoff	72-72-72-78=294	+6	520
12	USA Johnny Palmer	69-74-75-77=295	+7	500
13	USA Johnny Revolta	71-71-77-77=296	+8	450
T14	USA George Fazio	72-71-78-76=297	+9	443
USA Claude Harmon (c)	73-74-77-73=297
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	75-78-71-73=297	0
USA Ted Kroll	74-74-76-73=297	443
USA Skee Riegel	75-71-78-73=297
T19	USA Joe Kirkwood Jr.	71-77-74-76=298	+10	420
USA Frank Stranahan (a)	72-74-76-76=298	0
T21	USA Doug Ford	71-74-79-75=299	+11	420
ZAF Bobby Locke	74-71-79-75=299
USA Harvie Ward (a)	72-71-78-78=299	0
T24	USA Arnold Blum (a)	74-77-77-74=302	+14
USA Clayton Heafner	76-74-74-78=302	400
USA Byron Nelson (c)	72-75-78-77=302
T27	USA Skip Alexander	71-73-77-82=303	+15	267
USA Smiley Quick	73-76-79-75=303
AUS Norman Von Nida	77-77-73-76=303
T30	USA Dave Douglas	76-69-81-78=304	+16	200
USA Vic Ghezzi	77-77-76-74=304
USA Ed Oliver	72-72-77-83=304
USA Horton Smith (c)	74-73-77-80=304
T34	USA Charlie Bassler	74-75-79-77=305	+17	200
CAN Stan Leonard	75-76-75-79=305
USA Al Mengert (a)	74-77-78-76=305	0
USA Earl Stewart	75-80-75-75=305	200
T38	USA Ed Furgol	74-77-78-77=306	+18	200
USA Chandler Harper	76-74-79-77=306
T40	USA Bob Hamilton	80-71-81-75=307	+19	200
USA Bob Toski	80-72-78-77=307
T42	USA Walter Burkemo	80-74-76-78=308	+20	200
USA Johnny Dawson (a)	74-78-78-78=308	0
USA Marty Furgol	73-76-79-80=308	200
USA Bobby Knowles (a)	78-77-79-74=308	0
T46	USA Charles Coe (a)	80-76-81-72=309	+21
USA Dow Finsterwald	72-72-83-82=309	200
USA Sam Urzetta (a)	78-73-76-82=309	0
T49	USA Ray Gafford	69-80-81-80=310	+22	200
USA Billy Maxwell (a)	77-77-77-79=310	0
USA Denny Shute	74-77-78-81=310	200
T52	USA Bill Goodloe (a)	77-71-77-86=311	+23	0
USA Henry Picard (c)	76-77-78-80=311	200
54	USA Reggie Myles	77-75-80-80=312	+24	200
T55	USA Ted Bishop (a)	82-75-81-75=313	+25	0
USA Al Brosch	76-74-85-78=313	200
USA Dick Chapman (a)	72-79-80-82=313	0
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	74-77-79-83=313
59	USA Craig Wood (c)	73-81-80-80=314	+26	200
60	USA Tommy Jacobs (a)	79-81-77-79=316	+28	0
61	USA Jimmy Frisina (a)	74-79-88-81=322	+34
WD	USA Jim McHale Jr. (a)	72-77-81=230	+14
USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	77-76=153	+9
FRA Albert Pélissier	78-80=158	+14
USA Bud Ward	74	+2
USA Jess Sweetser (a)	84	+12
USA Billy Burke
USA Lawson Little
USA Fred McLeod
USA Gene Sarazen (c)
USA Buck White
DQ	USA Johnny Bulla	77	+5

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Scorecard

Final round

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 Snead	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2
USA Burke	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
USA Besselink	+1	+2	+1	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+3	+3	+3
USA Bolt	+1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	−1	−1	E	+1	+3	+3
USA Ferrier	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3
USA Hogan	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+4	+4	+5
USA Middlecoff	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+6	+6	+6	+6

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References

Bartlett, Charles. (April 7, 1952). "Snead wins Masters golf on 286". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 7, 1952). "Snead's 286 wins Masters golf title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1952). "Hogan ties Snead for Masters golf lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
(April 6, 1952). "Snead, Hogan lead Masters with 214". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 4, 1952). "Hogan, Snead fire 70s in Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(April 4, 1952). "Palmer, Gafford fire 69s in Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 5, 1952). "Snead gets 67; leads Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune.
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