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1954 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1954 Masters Tournament
image	1954_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1954 Masters Guide
dates	April 8–12, 1954
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6800 yd
field	78 players
cut	None
purse	$25,000
winners_share	$5,000
champion	USA Sam Snead
score	289 (+1), playoff
previous	[1953](1953-masters-tournament)
next	[1955](1955-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 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.

Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open.

Snead's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.

Snead remained the oldest winner of the Masters for nearly a quarter century, until Gary Player won his third green jacket at age 42 in 1978.

Field

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

Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser and Henry Picard (6) did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (7), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,8,a), Charles Coe (8,9,a), Gene Littler (8,11), Billy Maxwell, Skee Riegel, Jess Sweetser (5,a)

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

;5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (9,10,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a)

;6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (7,12), Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Chandler Harper (9), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa (7,10)

;7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team Jack Burke Jr. (9,10), Dave Douglas (12), Fred Haas (10), Ted Kroll (9,10), Ed Oliver (9)

;8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team Arnold Blum (a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ken Venturi (a)

Sam Urzetta (3,a) and Jack Westland (3,a) did not play. Blum, McHale and Patton were reserves for the team.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber, Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Doug Ford (10), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert, Fred Hawkins, Dick Mayer, Al Mengert (10), Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer, Earl Stewart

Bob Hamilton (6) did not play.

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 U.S. Open Pete Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Clarence Doser, George Fazio, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bill Nary (12), Bill Ogden, Bob Rosburg, Frank Souchak (a)

;11. 1953 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Albert (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Bobby Kuntz (a), Dale Morey (a), Ray Palmer (a), Angelo Santilli (a)

Ted Richards Jr. did not play.

;12. 1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Jimmy Clark, Jack Isaacs, Felice Torza

Henry Ransom did not play.

;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 Skip Alexander

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1954 PGA Tour Bud Holscher, Bob Toski

;16. Foreign invitations Peter Thomson

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1954

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70	−2
USA Dutch Harrison
T3	USA Lloyd Mangrum	71	−1
USA Jack Burke Jr.
T5	USA Ben Hogan	72	E
USA Dave Douglas
T7	USA Byron Nelson	73	+1
USA Bob Rosburg
USA Chick Harbert
USA Denny Shute
USA Tommy Bolt
USA Vic Ghezzi
USA Gardner Dickinson
USA Pete Cooper
USA William C. Campbell (a)
USA Cary Middlecoff

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1954

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70-74=144	E
2	USA Ben Hogan	72-73=145	+1
T3	USA Bob Rosburg	73-73=146	+2
USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-75=146
T5	USA Tommy Bolt	73-74=147	+3
USA Sam Snead	74-73=147
T7	USA Al Besselink	74-74=148	+4
USA Lew Worsham	74-74=148
USA Chick Harbert	73-75=148
USA Dave Douglas	72-76=148
USA Jack Burke Jr.	71-77=148
AUS Peter Thomson	76-72=148

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1954

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ben Hogan	72-73-69=214	−2
2	USA Sam Snead	74-73-70=217	+1
T3	USA Cary Middlecoff	73-76-70=219	+3
USA Tommy Bolt	73-74-72=219
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70-74-75=219
T6	USA Jerry Barber	74-76-71=221	+5
USA Jack Burke Jr.	71-77-73=221
T8	USA Al Besselink	74-74-74=222	+6
USA Lew Worsham	74-74-74=222
USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-75-76=222
USA Bob Rosburg	73-73-76=222

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1954

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	USA Ben Hogan (c)	72-73-69-75=289	+1	Playoff
USA Sam Snead (c)	74-73-70-72=289
3	USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70-74-75-71=290	+2	0
T4	USA Dutch Harrison	70-79-74-68=291	+3	1,938
USA Lloyd Mangrum	71-75-76-69=291
T6	USA Jerry Barber	74-76-71-71=292	+4	1,042
USA Jack Burke Jr.	71-77-73-71=292
USA Bob Rosburg	73-73-76-70=292
T9	USA Al Besselink	74-74-74-72=294	+6	781
USA Cary Middlecoff	73-76-70-75=294

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Dick Chapman (a)	75-75-75-70=295	+7	0
T12	USA Tommy Bolt	73-74-72-77=296	+8	631
USA Chick Harbert	73-75-75-73=296
USA Byron Nelson (c)	73-76-74-73=296
USA Lew Worsham	74-74-74-74=296
T16	USA Julius Boros	76-79-68-74=297	+9	563
USA Jay Hebert	79-74-74-70=297
AUS Peter Thomson	76-72-76-73=297
USA Ken Venturi (a)	76-74-73-74=297	0
T20	USA Charles Coe (a)	76-75-73-74=298	+10
USA Harvie Ward (a)	78-75-74-71=298
T22	USA Walter Burkemo	74-77-75-73=299	+11	443
USA Pete Cooper	73-76-75-75=299
USA Marty Furgol	76-79-75-69=299
USA Gene Littler	79-75-73-72=299
USA Ed Oliver	75-75-75-74=299
USA Earl Stewart	78-75-75-71=299
USA Bob Toski	80-74-71-74=299
T29	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	80-75-72-73=300	+12	333
USA Vic Ghezzi	73-79-73-75=300
USA Dick Mayer	76-75-72-77=300
32	USA Gardner Dickinson	73-78-76-74=301	+13	250
T33	USA Jimmy Clark	76-82-72-72=302	+14	250
USA George Fazio	78-79-74-71=302
USA Doug Ford	77-78-74-73=302
USA Fred Haas	76-78-78-70=302
USA Johnny Palmer	75-81-77-69=302
T38	USA Clarence Doser	74-78-72-79=303	+15	250
USA Lawson Little	76-77-74-76=303
USA Al Mengert	76-79-73-75=303
USA Skee Riegel	75-76-76-76=303
USA Horton Smith (c)	80-78-71-74=303
T43	USA Billy Maxwell	75-77-77-75=304	+16	250
USA Frank Stranahan (a)	79-75-72-78=304	0
USA Felice Torza	74-78-74-78=304	250
T46	USA Skip Alexander	80-77-73-75=305	+17	250
USA Bruce Cudd (a)	76-78-73-78=305	0
USA Leland Gibson	75-77-78-75=305	250
USA Bud Holscher	78-77-73-77=305
USA Bill Nary	78-74-78-75=305
T51	USA William C. Campbell (a)	73-77-75-81=306	+18	0
USA Ted Kroll	78-76-75-77=306	250
T53	USA Arnold Blum (a)	75-82-75-75=307	+19	0
USA Dave Douglas	72-76-77-82=307	250
USA Claude Harmon (c)	77-75-77-78=307
USA Jack Isaacs	76-79-76-76=307
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	79-75-78-75=307
T58	USA Don Cherry (a)	80-79-74-76=309	+21	0
USA Fred Hawkins	78-80-76-75=309	250
T60	USA Bill Ogden	81-76-77-76=310	+22	250
USA Johnny Revolta	81-79-75-75=310
USA Jim Turnesa	83-79-75-73=310
63	USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)	81-76-79-76=312	+24	0
T64	USA Jimmy Jackson (a)	75-82-79-78=314	+26
USA Bobby Kuntz (a)	80-77-82-75=314
66	USA Jim McHale Jr. (a)	78-82-79-76=315	+27
67	USA Don Albert (a)	77-79-83-77=316	+28
T68	USA Angelo Santilli (a)	79-81-82-75=317	+29
USA Denny Shute	73-85-82-77=317	250
70	USA Ray Palmer (a)	84-78-80-77=319	+31	0
71	USA Craig Wood (c)	87-80-78-75=320	+32	250
72	USA Sam Parks Jr.	86-79-79-80=324	+36	250
WD	USA Dale Morey (a)	83-75-76=234	+18
USA Jim Ferrier	78-78=156	+12
USA Jess Sweetser (a)	79	+7
USA Chandler Harper	83	+11
USA Frank Souchak (a)	90	+18
USA Jock Hutchison
USA Fred McLeod

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 Snead	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Hogan	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Patton	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	E	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2
USA Harrison	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+5	+4	+4	+3	+3
USA Mangrum	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+4	+3	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

Monday, April 12, 1954

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Sam Snead	70	−2	5,000
2	USA Ben Hogan	71	−1	3,125

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 Snead	E	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2
USA Hogan	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1

Source:

References

(April 12, 1954). "Hogan, Snead tie in Masters golf". Eugene Register-Guard.
(April 12, 1954). "Snead, Hogan play off in Masters today". Toledo Blade.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.
(April 13, 1954). "Snead beats Hogan in Masters playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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