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1957 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1957 Masters Tournament
image	1957_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1957 Masters Guide
dates	April 4–7, 1957
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6980 yd
field	101 players, 40 after cut
cut	150 (+6)
purse
winners_share	$8,750
champion	USA Doug Ford
score	283 (−5)
previous	[1956](1956-masters-tournament)
next	[1958](1958-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 1957 Masters Tournament was the 21st Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first Masters played with a 36-hole cut; 101 players started and forty made the cut at 150 (+6).

Doug Ford won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead, a three-time champion. Snead was the third round leader, but could only shoot even-par in a round that included six birdies and six bogeys. Ford was three strokes back after 54 holes, but was bogey-free on Sunday. On the final hole, Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie for his 66 (–6). This was Ford's second and final major title; he also won the 1955 PGA Championship.

This year was the Masters debut of Gary Player, age 21, and he tied for 24th. He won three Masters, in 1961, 1974, and 1978. Five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson was fifth, his best career finish in the Masters. Amateur Harvie Ward was fourth at even-par 288, five strokes behind Ford.

Two-time champion Ben Hogan had finished in the top ten in the last fourteen Masters that he had entered, but had 32 putts on Friday and missed the event's first-ever cut by a stroke. It was the only cut he missed at Augusta; in nine more Masters he had three top ten finishes, including his final appearance at age 54 in 1967.

Field

This was the last year when professionals were invited based solely on qualification in amateur events.

;1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4,8,10,11), Jimmy Demaret, Claude Harmon (10), Ben Hogan (2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2,8,9,11), Byron Nelson (2,4), Henry Picard (4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (3,4,8,9,10,11), Craig Wood

Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (8,9), Billy Burke, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol (8,9,10), Lawson Little (5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (8), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

;3. The Open champions Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)

;4. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (8), Doug Ford (8,9,11), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chick Harbert (11), Chandler Harper (11), Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, Jim Turnesa (8)

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (a), Joe Conrad (6), Gene Littler (8), Billy Maxwell (9), Arnold Palmer (8,9), Skee Riegel, Frank Stranahan (8), Sam Urzetta (8), Bud Ward, Harvie Ward (6,7,a)

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

Robbins and Meister were reserves for the team.

;7. 1956 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Rex Baxter (a), Arnold Blum (a), Joe Campbell (a), Sarg Fontanini (a), Ted Gleichmann (a), Chuck Kocsis (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber (9,11), Tommy Bolt (9,11), Pete Cooper (9), Dow Finsterwald, Shelley Mayfield, Al Mengert, Johnny Palmer, Bob Rosburg, Mike Souchak, Ken Venturi (9)

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 U.S. Open Errie Ball, Johnny Bulla, Billy Casper, Wes Ellis, Fred Haas, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bob Kay, Ted Kroll (10,11), Bill Ogden, Bob Toski

;10. 1956 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Fred Hawkins, Bill Johnston, Terl Johnson, Henry Ransom

;11. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team Marty Furgol

;12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Mike Fetchick

;13. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Dick Mayer

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

;15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1957 PGA Tour Gardner Dickinson, Art Wall Jr.

;16. Winner of the 1956 Canadian Open Doug Sanders

;17. Foreign invitations Al Balding, Henry Cotton (9), Bruce Crampton, Stan Leonard (8), Jerry Magee (7,a), Moe Norman, Gary Player, Peter Thomson (8), Harry Weetman, Trevor Wilkes

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1957

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Burke Jr.	71	−1
T2	AUS Bruce Crampton	72	E
USA Jimmy Demaret
USA Doug Ford
AUS Peter Thomson
USA Sam Snead
T7	CAN Al Balding	73	+1
USA Jerry Barber
ENG Henry Cotton
USA Ed Furgol
USA Marty Furgol
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Skee Riegel
USA Bud Ward
USA Harvie Ward (a)

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1957

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Sam Snead	72-68=140	−4
2	USA Jimmy Demaret	72-70=142	−2
3	USA Jack Burke Jr.	71-72=143	−1
T4	USA Ed Furgol	73-71=144	E
USA Harvie Ward (a)	73-71=144
T6	USA Doug Ford	72-73=145	+1
AUS Peter Thomson	72-73=145
T8	CAN Al Balding	73-73=146	+2
ENG Henry Cotton	73-73=146
USA Jay Hebert	74-72=146
USA Byron Nelson	74-72=146
USA Arnold Palmer	73-73=146

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1957

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Sam Snead	72-68-74=214	−2
T2	CAN Stan Leonard	75-72-68=215	−1
USA Arnold Palmer	73-73-69=215
USA Harvie Ward (a)	73-71-71=215
5	USA Ed Furgol	73-71-72=216	E
T6	USA Jack Burke Jr.	71-72-74=217	+1
USA Jimmy Demaret	72-70-75=217
USA Doug Ford	72-73-72=217
T9	ENG Henry Cotton	73-73-72=218	+2
AUS Peter Thomson	72-73-73=218

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1957

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Doug Ford	72-73-72-66=283	−5	8,750
2	USA Sam Snead (c)	72-68-74-72=286	−2	4,375
3	USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	72-70-75-70=287	−1	2,625
4	USA Harvie Ward (a)	73-71-71-73=288	E	0
5	AUS Peter Thomson	72-73-73-71=289	+1	1,750
6	USA Ed Furgol	73-71-72-74=290	+2	1,313
T7	USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	71-72-74-74=291	+3	1,138
USA Dow Finsterwald	74-74-73-70=291
USA Arnold Palmer	73-73-69-76=291
10	USA Jay Hebert	74-72-76-70=292	+4	1,006

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Marty Furgol	73-74-73-73=293	+5	941
CAN Stan Leonard	75-72-68-78=293
T13	ENG Henry Cotton	73-73-72-76=294	+6	853
USA Bud Taylor (a)	74-74-77-69=294	0
USA Ken Venturi	74-76-74-70=294	853
T16	CAN Al Balding	73-73-73-76=295	+7	779
USA Billy Casper	75-75-75-70=295
USA Mike Fetchick	74-73-72-76=295
USA Fred Hawkins	75-74-72-74=295
USA Byron Nelson (c)	74-72-73-76=295
T21	AUS Bruce Crampton	72-75-78-71=296	+8	729
USA Al Mengert	75-75-71-75=296
USA Henry Ransom	75-73-72-76=296
T24	USA Johnny Palmer	77-73-73-74=297	+9	700
ZAF Gary Player	77-72-75-73=297
T26	USA Jerry Barber	73-77-78-70=298	+10	500
USA Jack Fleck	76-74-75-73=298
T28	USA Bill Johnston	77-70-78-74=299	+11	300
USA Lawson Little	76-72-77-74=299
USA Lloyd Mangrum	77-71-74-77=299
T31	USA Skee Riegel	73-74-78-75=300	+12	300
USA Doug Sanders	76-72-75-77=300
USA Bud Ward	73-75-76-76=300
34	USA Rex Baxter (a)	79-71-73-78=301	+13	0
T35	USA Dick Mayer	80-70-75-77=302	+14	300
USA Henry Picard (c)	79-71-78-74=302
USA Sam Urzetta	74-73-78-77=302
T38	USA Don Cherry (a)	78-72-76-77=303	+15	0
USA Claude Harmon (c)	78-72-77-76=303	300
40	USA Hillman Robbins (a)	77-73-74-80=304	+16	0
CUT	USA Tommy Bolt	74-77=151	+7
USA Bruce Cudd (a)	74-77=151
USA Ben Hogan (c)	76-75=151
USA Gene Littler	76-75=151
CAN Moe Norman	77-74=151
USA Bill Ogden	74-77=151
USA Bob Toski	78-73=151
USA Art Wall Jr.	79-72=151
ZAF Trevor Wilkes	75-76=151
USA Ted Gleichmann (a)	76-76=152	+8
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	79-73=152
USA Bob Rosburg	76-76=152
USA Mike Souchak	78-74=152
USA Jim Turnesa	76-76=152
USA Errie Ball	75-78=153	+9
USA Arnold Blum (a)	79-74=153
USA Gardner Dickinson	77-76=153
USA Paul Runyan	74-79=153
USA Lew Worsham	77-76=153
USA Dick Yost (a)	74-79=153
USA Walter Burkemo	79-75=154	+10
USA Joe Conrad	78-76=154
USA Chick Harbert	79-75=154
USA Chuck Kocsis (a)	77-77=154
USA Denny Shute	75-79=154
USA Frank Stranahan	79-75=154
USA Pete Cooper	80-75=155	+11
USA Vic Ghezzi	79-76=155
USA Fred Haas	74-81=155
USA Shelley Mayfield	78-77=155
USA Ed Meister (a)	80-75=155
USA Gene Sarazen (c)	80-75=155
USA Dick Chapman (a)	79-77=156	+12
USA Dutch Harrison	75-81=156
USA Ted Kroll	79-77=156
CAN Jerry Magee (a)	77-79=156
ENG Harry Weetman	79-77=156
USA Joe Campbell (a)	78-79=157	+13
USA Wes Ellis	80-77=157
USA Terl Johnson	77-80=157
USA Sam Parks Jr.	81-76=157
USA Julius Boros	79-79=158	+14
USA William C. Campbell (a)	82-76=158
USA Chandler Harper	80-78=158
USA Herman Keiser (c)	80-78=158
USA Dale Morey (a)	80-78=158
USA Jimmy Jackson (a)	83-76=159	+15
USA Horton Smith (c)	77-82=159
USA Craig Wood (c)	82-77=159
USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	77-83=160	+16
USA Johnny Revolta	81-79=160
USA Johnny Bulla	80-82=162	+18
USA Tony Manero	78-84=162
USA Bob Kay	88-78=166	+22
USA Sarg Fontanini (a)	85-83=168	+24
WD	USA Bob Hamilton	78	+6
USA Billy Maxwell	81	+9
USA Jock Hutchison	83	+11
USA Billy Burke	85	+13
USA Fred McLeod	88	+16
DQ	USA Charles Coe (a)	86	+14

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 Ford	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5
USA Snead	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−2
USA Demaret	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1
USA Ward	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
AUS Thomson	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1
USA Furgol	−1	E	E	−1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2
USA Palmer	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+3	+4	+3
CAN Leonard	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	+2	+3	+3	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5

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

References

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(April 15, 1957). "Two shots that won the Masters".
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(April 6, 1957). "Snead takes Masters golf lead with 140". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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