1952 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1952
Location	Augusta, Georgia 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Field	72 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$20,000[1]
Winner's share	$4,000
Champion
Sam Snead
286 (−2)
Location Map
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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.^[1][2] 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),^[3][4] 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.^[1]

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

Source:^[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952

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

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952

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

Source:^[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard

Top 10

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

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

Sources:^[8][9]

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

Source:^[1][2]