1953 Masters Tournament


The 1953 Masters Tournament was the 17th Masters Tournament, held April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
Ben Hogan shattered the Masters scoring record by five strokes with a 274, which stood for 12 years, until Jack Nicklaus' 271 in 1965. Hogan shot four rounds of 70 or better, and went on to win the U.S. Open by six strokes in June and the British Open by four in July. Through 2015, it remains the only time these three majors were won in the same calendar year.
Hogan finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Ed Oliver to win his second Masters, the seventh of his nine major titles. This win was commemorated five years later in 1958 with the dedication of the Hogan Bridge over Rae's Creek at the par-3 12th hole.

Course

Past champions in the field

First round

Thursday, April 9, 1953
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Chick Harbert68−4
T2Al Besselink69−3
T2Ed Oliver69−3
T4Ben Hogan70−2
T4Milan Marusic70−2
T6Tommy Bolt71−1
T6Bob Hamilton71−1
T6Ted Kroll71−1
T6Sam Snead71−1
T10Skip Alexander72E
T10Dick Chapman 72E
T10Frank Stranahan 72E

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Second round

Friday, April 10, 1953
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Hogan70-69=139−5
2Bob Hamilton71-69=140−4
T3Chick Harbert68-73=141−3
T3Ted Kroll71-70=141−3
T5Lloyd Mangrum74-68=142−2
T5Milan Marusic70-72=142−2
T5Ed Oliver69-73=142−2
T8Al Besselink69-75=144E
T8Julius Boros73-71=144E
T8Leland Gibson73-71=144E
T8Lew Worsham74-70=144E

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Third round

Saturday, April 11, 1953
With a 66, 1951 champion Ben Hogan set the 54-hole scoring record at 205.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ben Hogan70-69-66=205−11
2Ed Oliver69-73-67=209−7
3Bob Hamilton71-69-70=210−6
4Chick Harbert68-73-70=211−5
5Lloyd Mangrum74-68-71=213−3
T6Al Besselink69-75-70=214−2
T6Tommy Bolt71-75-68=214−2
T6Ted Kroll71-70-73=214−2
9Chandler Harper74-72-69=215−1
T10Jack Burke, Jr.78-69-69=216E
T10Leland Gibson73-71-72=216E
T10Dick Mayer73-72-71=216E
T10Dick Metz73-72-71=216E
T10Frank Stranahan 72-75-69=216E
T10Harvie Ward 73-74-69=216E

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Final round

Sunday, April 12, 1953
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ben Hogan70-69-66-69=274−144,000
2Ed Oliver69-73-67-70=279−92,500
3Lloyd Mangrum74-68-71-69=282−61,700
4Bob Hamilton71-69-70-73=283−51,400
T5Tommy Bolt71-75-68-71=285−3900
T5Chick Harbert68-73-70-74=285−3900
7Ted Kroll71-70-73-72=286−2700
8Jack Burke, Jr.78-69-69-71=287−1650
9Al Besselink69-75-70-74=288E600
T10Julius Boros73-71-75-70=289+1523
T10Chandler Harper74-72-69-74=289+1523
T10Fred Hawkins75-70-74-70=289+1523

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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
Hogan−11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−14
Oliver−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9
Mangrum−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−5−6
Hamilton−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−4−5−5
Bolt−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3
Harbert−5−5−5−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +