1949 Masters Tournament


The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.
Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum. This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by Jack Burke Jr. and Jack Nicklaus ; they completed their doubles in the summer.
Previous champions of both the Masters and PGA Championship, won in different calendar years, were Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard.
Defending tour player of the year Ben Hogan did not play in the majors in 1949, due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February. Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff. Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors, including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.
Founder and host Bobby Jones played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1949
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lloyd Mangrum69−3
2Frank Stranahan 70−2
T3Leland Gibson71−1
T3Clayton Heafner71−1
T3Dick Metz71−1
T3Johnny Revolta71−1
7Lawson Little72E
T8Herman Barron73+1
T8Chick Harbert73+1
T8Claude Harmon73+1
T8Dutch Harrison73+1
T8Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73+1
T8Johnny Palmer73+1
T8Sam Snead73+1
T8Jim Turnesa73+1

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Second round

Friday, April 8, 1949
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Herman Keiser75-68=143−1
T1Lloyd Mangrum69-74=143−1
3Johnny Palmer73-71=144E
T4Fred Haas75-70=145+1
T4Clayton Heafner71-74=145+1
T4Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73-72=145+1
T4Byron Nelson75-70=145+1
T4Jim Turnesa73-72=145+1
9Chick Harbert73-73=146+2
T10Johnny Bulla74-73=147+3
T10Dick Metz71-76=147+3
T10Horton Smith75-72=147+3
T10Frank Stranahan 70-77=147+3

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Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1949
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Johnny Palmer73-71-70=214−2
T2Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73-72-70=215−1
T2Lloyd Mangrum69-74-72=215−1
T2Sam Snead73-75-67=215−1
T5Johnny Bulla74-73-69=216E
T5Jim Ferrier77-72-67=216E
T5Jim Turnesa73-72-71=216E
8Clayton Heafner71-74-72=217+1
T9Herman Barron73-75-71=219+3
T9Byron Nelson75-70-74=219+3

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Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1949
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Sam Snead73-75-67-67=282−62,750
T2Johnny Bulla74-73-69-69=285−31,100
T2Lloyd Mangrum69-74-72-70=285−31,100
T4Johnny Palmer73-71-70-72=286−2440
T4Jim Turnesa73-72-71-70=286−2440
6Lew Worsham76-75-70-68=289+1330
7Joe Kirkwood, Jr.73-72-70-75=290+2330
T8Jimmy Demaret76-72-73-71=292+4311
T8Clayton Heafner71-74-72-75=292+4311
T8Byron Nelson75-70-74-73=292+4311

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par454343454443545344
Snead−2−3−3−4−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−3−4−4−5−5−5−6
BullaEEEE+1EE−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−3−3−3
Mangrum−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−3
Palmer−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−2−2−2−2
TurnesaE−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2E−1−1−2−2−3−2
Worsham+5+5+5+5+5+4+3+2+2+3+4+4+3+3+2+2+2+1
Kirkwood−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1EE+1E+2+1+1+1+2
FerrierE−1−1EEE+1+2+2+3+2+4+7+7+6+6+6+7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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