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1956 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1956 Masters Tournament
image	1956_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1956 Masters Guide
dates	April 5–8, 1956
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6965 yd
field	84 players
cut	None
purse
winners_share	$6,000
champion	USA Jack Burke Jr.
score	289 (+1)
previous	[1955](1955-masters-tournament)
next	[1957](1957-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 1956 Masters Tournament was the 20th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Jack Burke Jr. won his first major championship and only Masters, one stroke ahead of amateur Ken Venturi. It was the final Masters played without a 36-hole cut. CBS televised the third and fourth rounds of the tournament for the first time, and has done so every year since.

Burke shot a 71 (−1) on Sunday, one of only two players to break par in the final round; he rallied from a tournament record eight shots back to pass Venturi, who had led the entire tournament. Then a 24-year-old amateur, Venturi opened with a first round 66 (−6), the best round to date at the Masters by an amateur. But on Sunday, he shot a 42 (+6) on the final nine holes to card a disappointing 80 (+8). Burke's 289, along with Sam Snead in 1954 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history.

Burke was late arriving at the course for his final round on Sunday after going to church and had only fifteen minutes to warm up. He won a second (and final) major title in late July at the PGA Championship, in its penultimate edition as a match play competition.

Field

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

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

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

;3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,a), Gene Littler (9,10), Billy Maxwell (9), Arnold Palmer (9,10), Skee Riegel (9), Sam Urzetta, Harvie Ward (5,8,9,10,11,a)

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

;5. British Amateur champions Joe Conrad (8,9,a), Frank Stranahan (9,10)

;6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (9), Doug Ford (7,10,12), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (7), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa

;7. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team Jerry Barber, Tommy Bolt (9,10,12), Jack Burke Jr. (9,10,12), Ted Kroll

Marty Furgol and Chandler Harper (6) did not play.

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

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

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1955 Masters Tournament Pete Cooper, Jay Hebert, Dick Mayer, Johnny Palmer, Bob Rosburg (10), Mike Souchak (10)

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1955 U.S. Open Bob Harris, Fred Hawkins (12), Bud Holscher, Walker Inman, Shelley Mayfield (12), Al Mengert, George Schneiter, Ernie Vossler, Art Wall Jr.

Smiley Quick did not play.

;11. 1955 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bill Booe (a), Joe Campbell (a), Ed Hopkins (a), Bill Hyndman (a), Charles Kunkle (a), Jim McCoy (a), Hillman Robbins (9,a)

;12. 1955 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Don Fairfield

;13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Ken Venturi (a)

;14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Don Bisplinghoff (a)

;15. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Fred Haas

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1956 PGA Tour Dow Finsterwald, Lionel Hebert

;17. Foreign invitations Al Balding, Henry Cotton (4), Roberto De Vicenzo, Stan Leonard (9), Moe Norman (a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ken Venturi (a)	66	−6
2	USA Cary Middlecoff	67	−5
T3	USA Tommy Bolt	68	−4
USA Shelley Mayfield
5	USA Ben Hogan	69	−3
T6	USA Doug Ford	70	−2
USA Bob Rosburg
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)
T9	USA Jerry Barber	71	−1
USA Fred Hawkins

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ken Venturi (a)	66-69=135	−9
2	USA Cary Middlecoff	67-72=139	−5
T3	USA Tommy Bolt	68-74=142	−2
USA Pete Cooper	72-70=142
USA Doug Ford	70-72=142
USA Shelley Mayfield	68-74=142
T7	USA Jack Burke Jr.	72-71=143	−1
USA Jerry Barber	71-72=143
T9	USA Fred Hawkins	71-73=144	E
USA Bob Rosburg	70-74=144

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Ken Venturi (a)	66-69-75=210	−6
2	USA Cary Middlecoff	67-72-75=214	−2
3	USA Doug Ford	70-72-75=217	+1
T4	USA Jack Burke Jr.	72-71-75=218	+2
USA Lloyd Mangrum	72-74-72=218
T6	USA Jerry Barber	71-72-76=219	+3
USA Pete Cooper	72-70-77=219
T8	USA Tommy Bolt	68-74-78=220	+4
USA Fred Hawkins	71-73-76=220
USA Mike Souchak	73-73-74=220

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1956

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jack Burke Jr.	72-71-75-71=289	+1	6,000
2	USA Ken Venturi (a)	66-69-75-80=290	+2	0
3	USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	67-72-75-77=291	+3	3,750
T4	USA Lloyd Mangrum	72-74-72-74=292	+4	2,325
USA Sam Snead (c)	73-76-72-71=292
T6	USA Jerry Barber	71-72-76-75=294	+6	1,350
USA Doug Ford	70-72-75-77=294
T8	USA Tommy Bolt	68-74-78-76=296	+8	975
USA Ben Hogan (c)	69-78-74-75=296
USA Shelley Mayfield	68-74-80-74=296

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
11	USA Johnny Palmer	76-74-74-73=297	+9	825
T12	USA Pete Cooper	72-70-77-79=298	+10	735
USA Gene Littler	73-77-74-74=298
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	70-76-79-73=298	0
USA Sam Urzetta	73-75-76-74=298	735
16	USA Bob Rosburg	70-74-81-74=299	+11	675
T17	USA Walter Burkemo	72-74-78-76=300	+12	660
ARG Roberto De Vicenzo	75-72-78-75=300
USA Hillman Robbins (a)	73-73-78-76=300	0
USA Mike Souchak	73-73-74-80=300	660
21	USA Arnold Palmer	73-75-74-79=301	+13	630
T22	USA Frank Stranahan	72-75-79-76=302	+14	630
USA Jim Turnesa	74-74-74-80=302
T24	USA Julius Boros	73-78-72-80=303	+15	480
USA Dow Finsterwald	74-73-79-77=303
USA Ed Furgol	74-75-78-76=303
CAN Stan Leonard	75-75-79-74=303
USA Al Mengert	74-72-79-78=303
T29	CAN Al Balding	75-78-77-74=304	+16	300
USA Vic Ghezzi	74-77-77-76=304
USA Fred Haas	78-72-75-79=304
USA Fred Hawkins	71-73-76-84=304
USA Walker Inman	73-75-74-82=304
T34	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	73-75-76-81=305	+17	300
USA Billy Maxwell	75-75-81-74=305
USA Art Wall Jr.	75-80-75-75=305
USA Harvie Ward (a)	76-70-81-78=305	0
USA Lew Worsham	74-72-80-79=305	300
39	USA Byron Nelson (c)	73-75-78-80=306	+18	300
T40	USA Chick Harbert	73-76-78-80=307	+19	300
USA Bob Harris	73-79-77-78=307
USA Skee Riegel	72-79-76-80=307
T43	USA William C. Campbell (a)	77-78-77-76=308	+20	0
USA Jack Fleck	74-77-76-81=308	300
USA Dick Mayer	75-74-81-78=308
T46	USA Rex Baxter (a)	76-79-79-75=309	+21	0
USA Claude Harmon (c)	77-79-76-77=309	300
USA Henry Picard (c)	75-76-82-76=309
T49	USA Bud Holscher	73-81-80-76=310	+22	300
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	77-75-78-80=310
T51	USA Jimmy Jackson (a)	77-74-76-84=311	+23	0
USA Ted Kroll	75-75-79-82=311	300
T53	USA Bruce Cudd (a)	78-77-84-74=313	+25	0
USA Jay Hebert	74-76-82-81=313	300
USA Bill Hyndman (a)	79-77-77-80=313	0
T56	USA Joe Campbell (a)	77-80-78-79=314	+26
USA Ed Hopkins (a)	76-76-82-80=314
T58	USA Don Bisplinghoff (a)	77-80-81-78=316	+28
USA Don Fairfield	78-75-77-86=316	300
USA Ed Meister (a)	78-78-84-76=316	0
T61	USA Joe Conrad (a)	76-79-81-81=317	+29
USA Lionel Hebert	77-77-80-83=317	300
USA Ernie Vossler	78-79-83-77=317
64	USA George Schneiter	77-80-82-79=318	+30	300
T65	USA Dick Chapman (a)	79-82-82-76=319	+31	0
USA Dale Morey (a)	83-75-83-78=319
USA Sam Parks Jr.	80-82-76-81=319	300
T68	ENG Henry Cotton	77-83-81-80=321	+33	300
USA Jim McCoy (a)	77-81-81-82=321	0
70	USA Craig Wood (c)	76-80-78-88=322	+34	300
71	USA Denny Shute	82-79-89-74=324	+36	300
T72	USA Don Cherry (a)	79-81-81-84=325	+37	0
USA Lawson Little	77-81-85-82=325	300
74	USA Bill Booe (a)	82-80-87-77=326	+38	0
75	USA Johnny Revolta	84-81-79-84=328	+40	300
76	USA Horton Smith (c)	86-84-84-82=336	+48	300
77	USA Charles Kunkle (a)	78-82-85-95=340	+52	0
WD	USA Johnny Farrell	79-86-86=251	+35
CAN Moe Norman (a)	75-78=153	+9
USA Billy Burke	80-80=160	+16
USA Tony Manero	81-80=161	+17
USA Fred McLeod	90-88=178	+34
USA Jock Hutchison	83	+11
USA George Sargent

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 Burke	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1
USA Venturi	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2
USA Middlecoff	−3	−4	−4	−3	−1	−1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3

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

References

(April 9, 1956). "Venturi folds, steady Burke wins Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Drum, Bob. (April 9, 1956). "Burke Master as Venturi folds". Pittsburgh Press.
(April 6, 1956). "Ken Venturi leads Masters with amateur record of 66". Spokesman-Review.
(April 9, 1956). "Jack Burke Surprise Winner of Masters Golf". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
Wind, Herbert Warren. (April 16, 1956). "And Then—Jackie Burke Took Charge".
(April 9, 1956). "Pros Baffled By 'Lost' Par". Pittsburgh Press.
"Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc..
"Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour.
(April 9, 1956). "Cards of the leaders". St. Petersburg Times.

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