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1955 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1955 Masters Tournament
image	1955_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1955 Masters Guide
dates	April 7–10, 1955
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6950 yd
field	78 players
cut	None
purse	$25,000
winners_share	$5,000
champion	USA Cary Middlecoff
score	279 (−9)
previous	[1954](1954-masters-tournament)
next	[1956](1956-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 1955 Masters Tournament was the 19th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the last one before CBS began televising the tournament the following year.

Cary Middlecoff shot a 65 in the second round, including a then-record 31 on the first nine, to win his only Masters, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan,{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1955/04/11/page/53/article/middlecoffs-279-wins-masters-golf

After a third round at even-par 72, Middlecoff entered the final round with a four shot lead over Hogan, the champion in 1951 and 1953. The victory margin of seven strokes was a tournament record for ten years, until Jack Nicklaus won by nine strokes over Arnold Palmer and Gary Player in 1965, later increased to twelve in 1997 by Tiger Woods. The previous record was five strokes, set in 1948 by Claude Harmon and tied by Hogan in 1953. The runner-up finish was Hogan's fourth at the Masters.

Arnold Palmer, a professional for less than a year, finished tied for tenth in his first Masters.

The Sarazen Bridge, approaching the left side of the 15th green, was dedicated on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gene Sarazen's double eagle in 1935. Included was a contest to duplicate the 232 yd shot, with the closest by Fred Haas at 4 ft away.

Course

Main article: Augusta National Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	White Pine	400	4		10	Camellia	470
2	Woodbine	555	5	11	Dogwood	445	4
3	Flowering Peach	355	4	12	Golden Bell	155	3
4	Palm	220	3	13	Azalea	470	5
5	Magnolia	450	4	14	Spanish Dagger	420	4
6	Juniper	190	3	15	Firethorn	505	5
7	Pampas	365	4	16	Redbud	190	3
8	Yellow Jasmine	520	5	17	Nandina	400	4
9	Carolina Cherry	420	4	18	Holly	420	4
Out	3,475	36	In	3,475	36
Source:	Total	6,950	72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, 11, and 14 were later renamed.

Field

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

Jimmy Demaret and Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

;2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ed Furgol (10), Lawson Little (3,5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10,12), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (9,10)

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

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

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

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

;7. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team

Team not selected in time for inclusion

;8. Members of the U.S. 1955 Walker Cup team Rex Baxter (a), William C. Campbell (10,a), Don Cherry (11,a), Joe Conrad (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (11,a), Dale Morey (11,a), Billy Joe Patton (9,10,a), Hillman Robbins (a)

Dick Yost (a) did not play. Baxter, Meister and Robbins were reserves for the team.

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber (12), Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt (10,12), Jack Burke Jr. (10), Pete Cooper, Marty Furgol (10), Jay Hebert (10), Ed Oliver, Bob Rosburg, Earl Stewart, Bob Toski (10)

Dutch Harrison and Ken Venturi (a) did not play.

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 U.S. Open Max Evans, Leland Gibson, Fred Haas, Dick Mayer, Shelley Mayfield (12), Al Mengert, Johnny Weitzel

;11. 1954 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Ted Lenczyk (a), Davis Love Jr. (a)

Ed Martin (a) did not play.

;12. 1954 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

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

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1955 PGA Tour Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger

;16. Foreign invitations Pat Fletcher, Rudy Horvath (10), Stan Leonard, Peter Thomson (4,9)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1955

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Burke Jr.	67	−5
T2		USA Julius Boros	71	−1
USA Mike Souchak
T4	USA Cary Middlecoff	72	E
USA Byron Nelson
USA Bob Rosburg
USA Sam Snead
T8	USA Walter Burkemo	73	+1
USA Pete Cooper
USA Ben Hogan
USA Skee Riegel

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1955

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Cary Middlecoff	72-65=137	−7
2	USA Ben Hogan	73-68=141	−3
T3	USA Jack Burke Jr.	67-76=143	−1
USA Sam Snead	72-71=143
5	USA Bob Rosburg	72-72=144	E
6	USA Mike Souchak	71-74=145	+1
T7	USA Tommy Bolt	76-70=146	+2
USA Julius Boros	71-75=146
USA Walter Burkemo	73-73=146
USA Pete Cooper	73-73=146
USA Ed Furgol	74-72=146
USA Skee Riegel	73-73=146
USA Harvie Ward (a)	77-69=146

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1955

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Cary Middlecoff	72-65-72=209	−7
2	USA Ben Hogan	73-68-72=213	−3
3	USA Jack Burke Jr.	67-76-71=214	−2
4	USA Bob Rosburg	72-72-72=216	E
T5	USA Sam Snead	72-71-74=217	+1
USA Mike Souchak	71-74-72=217
T7	USA Julius Boros	71-75-72=218	+2
USA Walter Burkemo	73-73-72=218
CAN Stan Leonard	77-73-68=218
T10	USA Lloyd Mangrum	74-73-72=219	+3
USA Skee Riegel	73-73-73=219

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1955

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Cary Middlecoff	72-65-72-70=279	−9	5,000
2	USA Ben Hogan (c)	73-68-72-73=286	−2	3,125
3	USA Sam Snead (c)	72-71-74-70=287	−1	2,125
T4	USA Julius Boros	71-75-72-71=289	+1	1,333
USA Bob Rosburg	72-72-72-73=289
USA Mike Souchak	71-74-72-72=289
7	USA Lloyd Mangrum	74-73-72-72=291	+3	875
T8	CAN Stan Leonard	77-73-68-74=292	+4	813
USA Harvie Ward (a)	77-69-75-71=292	0
T10	USA Dick Mayer	78-72-72-71=293	+5	696
USA Byron Nelson (c)	72-75-74-72=293
USA Arnold Palmer	76-76-72-69=293

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T13	USA Jack Burke Jr.	67-76-71-80=294	+6	594
USA Skee Riegel	73-73-73-75=294
T15	USA Walter Burkemo	73-73-72-77=295	+7	563
USA Jay Hebert	75-74-74-72=295
USA Frank Stranahan	77-76-71-71=295
T18	USA Joe Conrad (a)	77-71-74-75=297	+9	0
USA Billy Maxwell	77-72-77-71=297	525
USA Johnny Palmer	77-73-72-75=297
AUS Peter Thomson	74-73-74-76=297
T22	USA Tommy Bolt	76-70-77-75=298	+10	513
USA Gene Littler	75-72-76-75=298
T24	USA Pete Cooper	73-73-78-75=299	+11	500
USA Ed Furgol	74-72-78-75=299
USA Hillman Robbins (a)	77-76-74-72=299	0
27	USA Max Evans	76-75-75-76=302	+14	500
T28	USA Bill Goodloe (a)	74-73-81-75=303	+15	0
USA Claude Harmon (c)	77-75-78-73=303	250
T30	USA Don Cherry (a)	79-75-78-72=304	+16	0
USA Bud Ward	77-73-77-77=304	250
T32	USA Charles Coe (a)	74-77-76-78=305	+17	0
CAN Pat Fletcher	76-75-77-77=305	250
USA Chick Harbert	76-80-73-76=305
USA Al Mengert	79-71-78-77=305
T36	USA Billy Burke	75-78-77-76=306	+18	250
USA William C. Campbell (a)	77-73-80-76=306	0
USA Bruce Cudd (a)	75-74-79-78=306
USA Shelley Mayfield	77-73-80-76=306	250
USA Denny Shute	78-71-77-80=306
T41	USA Henry Picard (c)	78-79-75-75=307	+19	250
USA Bob Toski	78-71-79-79=307
T43	USA Marty Furgol	79-74-79-76=308	+20	250
USA Leland Gibson	81-75-75-77=308
CAN Rudy Horvath	79-77-76-76=308
USA Jimmy Jackson (a)	79-75-77-77=308	0
USA Earl Stewart	78-80-72-78=308	250
48	USA Jim Turnesa	77-75-79-78=309	+21	250
T49	USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	79-76-77-78=310	+22	0
USA Johnny Revolta	75-78-79-78=310	250
USA Johnny Weitzel	78-80-78-74=310
USA Lew Worsham	80-75-79-76=310
T53	USA Dick Chapman (a)	74-79-73-85=311	+23	0
USA Vic Ghezzi	78-79-77-77=311	250
USA Ed Oliver	77-76-81-77=311
T56	USA Jerry Barber	75-77-77-83=312	+24	250
USA Herman Keiser (c)	82-79-75-76=312
58	USA Rex Baxter (a)	74-76-80-83=313	+25	0
T59	USA Ted Lenczyk (a)	77-80-77-81=315	+27
USA Horton Smith (c)	81-81-79-74=315	250
61	USA Sam Parks Jr.	80-80-78-78=316	+28	250
62	USA Craig Wood (c)	81-81-79-76=317	+29	250
T63	USA Al Besselink	80-75-80-83=318	+30	250
USA Dale Morey (a)	82-77-81-78=318	0
65	USA Lawson Little	81-77-77-84=319	+31	250
66	USA Bo Wininger	81-74-81-84=320	+32	250
67	USA Ed Meister (a)	86-87-74-77=324	+36	0
68	USA Davis Love Jr. (a)	82-85-83-77=327	+39
WD	USA Ted Bishop (a)	79-76-80=235	+19
USA Fred Haas	75-77=152	+8
USA Chandler Harper	77-79=156	+12
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	83-80=163	+19
USA Johnny Farrell	81-84=165	+21
USA Jess Sweetser (a)	79	+7
USA Jock Hutchison	83	+11
USA Tony Manero	87	+15
USA Fred McLeod	91	+19
USA Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

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 Middlecoff	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−8	−9
USA Hogan	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
USA Snead	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1
USA Boros	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1
USA Rosburg	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Souchak	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1
USA Burke	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+5	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |Triple bogey + |}

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