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The '''1949 Masters Tournament''' was contested from April 7 to April 10 at [[Augusta National Golf Club]]. It was the 13th [[Masters Tournament]]. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner.
{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 1949 Masters Tournament
| image = 1949_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
| caption = Front cover of the 1949 ''Masters Guide''
| dates = April 7–10, 1949
| location = [[Augusta, Georgia]]
| course = [[Augusta National Golf Club]]
| org = Augusta National Golf Club
| tour = [[PGA Tour]]
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6900|yd|-1}}<ref name=mafichma>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ndUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2182%2C3835028 |newspaper=Miami News |last=Keeler |first=O.B. |title=Masters field chases Mangrum |date=April 8, 1949 |page=2-B}}</ref><ref name=mcmtbig>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MBw1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=0_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5632%2C1371543 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Middlecoff man to beat in golf |date=April 7, 1949 |page=16}}</ref>
| field = 58 players
| cut = none
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]11,000
| winners_share = $2,750
| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]]
| score = 282 (−6)
| previous = [[1948 Masters Tournament|1948]]
| next = [[1950 Masters Tournament|1950]]
| map = USA#USA Georgia
| map_relief = yes
| map_label = Augusta National
| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33.503|N|82.020|W|type:event|display=inline,title}}
}}
The '''1949 Masters Tournament''' was the 13th [[Masters Tournament]], held April 7–10 at [[Augusta National Golf Club]] in [[Augusta, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Masters leaderboard for 1949. |url=https://augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1949 |website=augusta.com}}</ref> This was the first year that the famous [[Augusta National Golf Club#Green jacket|Green Jacket]] was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.<ref name=tcotmgj>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2013-09/kindred-green-jacket-horton-smith |magazine=Golf Digest |last=Kindred |first=Dave |title=The case of the missing green jacket |date=August 2013 |accessdate=April 17, 2014}}</ref>


[[Sam Snead]] shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up [[Johnny Bulla]] and [[Lloyd Mangrum]].<ref name=sctss>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/04/11/page/53/article/snead-cards-67-wins-masters-with-282 |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282 |date=April 11, 1949 |page=1, part 4}}</ref><ref name=stptwm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iPQZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=liMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2188%2C261077 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Snead tames putter to win Masters title |date=April 11, 1949 |page=4-part 2}}</ref> This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]]. Snead also won the next major, the [[1949 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]] in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by [[Jack Burke Jr.]] ([[1956 Masters Tournament|1956]]) and [[Jack Nicklaus]] ([[1963 Masters Tournament|1963]], [[1975 Masters Tournament|1975]]); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).
[[Sam Snead]] shot back-to-back rounds of 67 in the final round to win by three strokes. This would be Snead's first of three Masters victories.


Previous champions of both the Masters and PGA Championship, won in different calendar years, were [[Gene Sarazen]], [[Byron Nelson]], and [[Henry Picard]].
==Final leaderboard==

Defending [[PGA Tour|tour]] [[PGA Tour#Player and rookie of the year awards|player of the year]] [[Ben Hogan]] did not play in the majors in 1949,<ref name=womtsiath>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=btgNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5730%2C3912386 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday |date=April 7, 1949 |page=21}}</ref> due to a near-fatal automobile collision in [[West Texas|west]] [[Texas]] in early February.<ref name=gbhiicc>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/02/03/page/53/article/golfer-ben-hogan-injured-in-car-crash |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash |date=February 3, 1949 |page=1, sec. 4}}</ref><ref name=bhisha>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZVQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262%2C1311539 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=United Press |title=Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on |date=February 3, 1949 |page=6, part 2 }}</ref><ref name=ihwpagn>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/02/04/page/27/article/improving-hogan-will-play-again |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Improving Hogan will play again |date=February 4, 1949 |page=1, part 3}}</ref> Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff.<ref name=hcsxtyn>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/01/26/page/29/article/hogan-cards-69-to-top-demaret-in-playoff-duel|work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff |date=January 26, 1949 |page=3, sec. 3}}</ref><ref name=dembtshg>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/02/01/page/31/article/demaret-beats-hogan-by-3-strokes-to-win-play-off-at-phoenix |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff |date=February 1, 1949 |page=3, sec. 3}}</ref> Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in [[1951 Masters Tournament|1951]] and [[1953 Masters Tournament|1953]]. He finished fourth in [[1950 Masters Tournament|1950]], in his first major back.

Founder and host [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]] (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the [[1948 Masters Tournament|year before]]; diagnosed with [[syringomyelia]] and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.<ref name=womtsiath/>

==Field==
;1. Masters champions
[[Jimmy Demaret]] (9,10,12), [[Claude Harmon]] (9,12), [[Herman Keiser]] (9,10), [[Byron Nelson]] (2,6,9), [[Henry Picard]] (6), [[Gene Sarazen]] (2,4,6,9), [[Horton Smith]], [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]] (2)
*''[[Ralph Guldahl]] (2) did not play.''

;2. [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] champions
[[Billy Burke (golfer)|Billy Burke]], [[Johnny Farrell]], [[Lawson Little]] (3,5), [[Lloyd Mangrum]] (9,10), [[Lew Worsham]] (10)

;3. [[U.S. Amateur]] champions
[[Dick Chapman]] (a), [[Skee Riegel]] (9,a)

;4. [[The Open Championship|British Open]] champions
[[Denny Shute]] (6), [[Sam Snead]] (6,9,10,12)

;5. [[The Amateur Championship|British Amateur]] champions
[[Frank Stranahan]] (8,9,11,a), [[Robert Sweeny Jr.]] (a)

;6. [[PGA Championship|PGA]] champions
[[Jim Ferrier]] (9), [[Vic Ghezzi]] (9,10), [[Bob Hamilton]] (9), [[Johnny Revolta]]

;7. Members of the U.S. [[1949 Ryder Cup]] team
*''Team not selected in time for inclusion.''

;8. Members of the U.S. [[1949 Walker Cup]] team
*''Team not selected in time for inclusion.''

;9. Top 24 players and ties from the [[1948 Masters Tournament]]
[[Art Bell (golfer)|Art Bell]], [[Johnny Bulla]] (10,12), [[Ed Dudley]] (17), [[Ed Furgol]], [[Fred Haas]], [[Chick Harbert]] (12), [[Dutch Harrison]], [[Dick Metz]], [[Cary Middlecoff]] (10), [[Al Smith (golfer)|Al Smith]] (10), [[Harry Todd (golfer)|Harry Todd]]

*''[[Ben Hogan]] (2,6,10,12) did not play.''

;10. Top 24 players and ties from the [[1948 U.S. Open (golf)|1948 U.S. Open]]
[[Skip Alexander]], [[Herman Barron]], [[Leland Gibson]], [[Otto Greiner (golfer)|Otto Greiner]], [[Joe Kirkwood Jr.]], [[Jug McSpaden]], [[Toney Penna]], [[George Schneiter]], [[Herschel Spears]], [[Jim Turnesa]], [[Ellsworth Vines]]

*''[[Charles Congdon]] and [[Smiley Quick]] did not play.''

;11. 1948 [[U.S. Amateur]] quarter-finalists
[[Charles Coe]] (a), [[Gene Dahlbender]] (a), [[Jimmy McGonagill]] (a)

*''[[Ray Billows]] (a), [[Bruce McCormick (golfer)|Bruce McCormick]] (a) and [[Willie Turnesa]] (3,5,a) did not play.''

;12. [[1948 PGA Championship]] quarter-finalists
[[George Fazio]], [[Mike Turnesa]]

;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
[[Johnny Palmer]]

;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour
[[Pete Cooper (golfer)|Pete Cooper]], [[Clayton Heafner]]

;16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament
[[Fred Moseley (golfer)|Fred Moseley]] (a)

;17 Home club professional

;18. Foreign invitations
[[John de Bendern]] (5,a), [[Tony Holguin]], [[Bobby Locke]] (9,10)

==Round summaries==
===First round===
''Thursday, April 7, 1949''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!#!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par!!Winnings ($)
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|-
| align="center"|1 || [[Sam Snead]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 73-75-67-67=282 || align="center"|-6 || align="right"|2,500
| align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || align="center"|69 || align="center"|−3
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|T2 || [[Johnny Bulla]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 74-73-69-69=285 ||rowspan="2" align="center"|-3||rowspan="2" align="right"|1,100
| align="center"|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] [[Amateur|(a)]] || align="center"|70 || align="center"|−2
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Leland Gibson]] || rowspan="4" align="center"|71 || rowspan="4" align="center"|−1
| [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 69-74-72-70=285
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Clayton Heafner]]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|T4 || [[Johnny Palmer]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 73-71-70-72=286 || rowspan="2" align="center"|-2 ||rowspan="2" align="right"|440
|-
|-
| [[Jim Turnesa]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 73-72-71-70=286
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Metz]]
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Revolta]]
| align="center"|6 || [[Lew Worsham]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 76-75-70-68=289 || align="center"|+1 || align="right"|330
|-
|-
| align="center"|7 || [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]] || {{AUS}} || 73-72-70-75=290 || align="center"|+2 || align="right"|330
| align="center"|7 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lawson Little]] || align="center"|72 || align="center"|E
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|T8 || [[Jimmy Demaret]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 76-72-73-71=292 || rowspan="3" align="center"|+4 || rowspan="3" align="right"|311
| rowspan="8" align="center"|T8 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herman Barron]] || rowspan="8" align="center"|73 || rowspan="8" align="center"|+1
|-
|-
| [[Clayton Heafner]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 71-74-72-75=292
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]]
|-
|-
| [[Byron Nelson]] || {{flagcountry|USA|1912}} || 75-70-74-73=292
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Claude Harmon]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dutch Harrison]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Palmer]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Turnesa]]
|}
|}
<small>Source:</small><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/04/08/page/47/article/mangrums-sub-par-69-leads-masters|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles
|title=Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters|date=April 8, 1949 |page=1, part 3}}</ref>

===Second round===
''Friday, April 8, 1949''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|T1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herman Keiser]] || 75-68=143 || rowspan="2" align="center"|−1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || 69-74=143
|-
| align="center"|3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Palmer]] || 73-71=144 || align="center"|E
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|T4 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Fred Haas]] || 75-70=145 || rowspan="5" align="center"|+1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Clayton Heafner]] || 71-74=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]] || 73-72=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] || 75-70=145
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Turnesa]] || 73-72=145
|-
| align="center"|9 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]] || 73-73=146 || align="center"|+2
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|T10 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Bulla]] || 74-73=147 ||rowspan="4" align="center"|+3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Metz]] || 71-76=147
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Horton Smith]] || 75-72=147
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] [[Amateur|(a)]] || 70-77=147
|}
<small>Source:</small><ref name=ktmfml>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/04/09/page/21/article/keiser-ties-mangrum-for-masters-lead |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead |date=April 9, 1949 |page=1, part 2}}</ref>

===Third round===
''Saturday, April 9, 1949''
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
| align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Palmer]] || 73-71-70=214 || align="center"|−2
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|T2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]] || 73-72-70=215 || rowspan="3" align="center"|−1
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || 69-74-72=215
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] || 73-75-67=215
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Bulla]] || 74-73-69=216 ||rowspan="3" align="center"|E
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Ferrier]] || 77-72-67=216
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Turnesa]] || 73-72-71=216
|-
| align="center"|8 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Clayton Heafner]] || 71-74-72=217 || align="center"|+1
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|T9 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herman Barron]] || 73-75-71=219 ||rowspan="2" align="center"|+3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] || 75-70-74=219
|}
<small>Source:</small><ref name=psvty>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1949/04/10/page/35/article/palmers-70-takes-masters-lead-at-214 |newspaper=Chicago Sunday Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214 |date=April 10, 1949 |page=1, part 2}}</ref>

===Final round===
''Sunday, April 10, 1949''

====Final leaderboard====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:gold"
| Champion
|- style="background:silver"
| Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
|-
|(a) = amateur
|-
|(c) = past champion
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50em; margin-bottom:0"
|+style="text-align:left"|''Top 10''
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|US$]])
|- style="background:gold"
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] || 73-75-67-67=282 || align=center|−6 || align=center|2,750
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Bulla]] || 74-73-69-69=285 || rowspan=2 align=center|−3 || rowspan=2 align=center|1,100
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || 69-74-72-70=285
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Palmer]] || 73-71-70-72=286 || rowspan=2 align=center|−2 || rowspan=2 align=center|440
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Turnesa]] || 73-72-71-70=286
|-
|align=center|6 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lew Worsham]] || 76-75-70-68=289 || align=center|+1 || align=center|330
|-
|align=center|7 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Kirkwood Jr.]] || 73-72-70-75=290 || align=center|+2 || align=center|330
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T8 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jimmy Demaret]] (c) || 76-72-73-71=292 || rowspan=3 align=center|+4 || rowspan=3 align=center|312
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Clayton Heafner]] || 71-74-72-75=292
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] (c) || 75-70-74-73=292
|}
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:50em; margin-top:-1px"
|-
! scope="col" colspan="6" | Leaderboard below the top 10
|-
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]])
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T11 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Claude Harmon]] (c) || 73-75-73-72=293 || rowspan=2 align=center|+5 || rowspan=2 align=center|303
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herman Keiser]] (c) || 75-68-78-72=293
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T13 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herman Barron]] || 73-75-71-75=294 || rowspan=3 align=center|+6 || rowspan=3 align=center|275
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Leland Gibson]] || 71-77-74-72=294
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]] || 74-74-74-72=294
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T16 || style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Charles Coe]] (a) || style="background:silver"|77-72-72-74=295 || rowspan=3 align=center|+7 || rowspan=2 align=center|0
|-
| style="background:silver"|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Dawson]] (a) || style="background:silver"|78-72-72-73=295
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jim Ferrier]] || 77-72-67-79=295 || align=center|275
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T19 || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tony Holguin]] || 81-70-71-74=296 || rowspan=2 align=center|+8 || align=center|248
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Frank Stranahan]] (a) || 70-77-75-74=296 || align=center|0
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T21 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Pete Cooper (golfer)|Pete Cooper]] || 76-75-72-74=297 || rowspan=2 align=center|+9 || rowspan=2 align=center|248
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Henry Picard]] (c) || 74-77-73-73=297
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|T23 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bob Hamilton]] || 77-79-69-73=298 || rowspan=6 align=center|+10 || rowspan=6 align=center|188
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dutch Harrison]] || 73-78-75-72=298
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lawson Little]] || 72-77-73-76=298
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Cary Middlecoff]] || 76-77-72-73=298
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Toney Penna]] || 74-76-76-72=298
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Horton Smith]] (c) || 75-72-78-73=298
|-
|align=center|29 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Fred Haas]] || 75-70-75-79=299 || align=center|+11 || rowspan=30 align=center|
|-
|rowspan=4 align=center|T30 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Skip Alexander]] || 74-77-75-74=300 || rowspan=4 align=center|+12
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[George Fazio]] || 78-76-71-75=300
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Metz]] || 71-76-76-77=300
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Skee Riegel]] (a) || 75-74-74-77=300
|-
|align=center|34 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]] (c) || 81-75-72-73=301 || align=center|+13
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T35 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Art Bell (golfer)|Art Bell]] || 81-74-75-72=302 || rowspan=3 align=center|+14
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Billy Burke (golfer)|Billy Burke]] || 76-74-74-78=302
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Vic Ghezzi]] || 76-78-71-77=302
|-
|align=center|38 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ellsworth Vines]] || 76-77-76-74=303 || align=center|+15
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T39 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Revolta]] || 71-77-80-76=304 || rowspan=3 align=center|+16
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Sarazen]] (c) || 75-74-76-79=304
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Harry Todd (golfer)|Harry Todd]] || 74-79-76-75=304
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|T42 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[George Schneiter]] || 77-76-73-79=305 || rowspan=3 align=center|+17
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Al Smith (golfer)|Al Smith]] || 78-77-74-76=305
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Herschel Spears]] || 76-77-77-75=305
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T45 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Fred Moseley (golfer)|Fred Moseley]] (a) || 77-75-78-76=306 || rowspan=2 align=center|+18
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Denny Shute]] || 79-74-76-77=306
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T47 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ed Furgol]] || 77-79-77-74=307 || rowspan=2 align=center|+19
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Otto Greiner (golfer)|Otto Greiner]] || 77-75-78-77=307
|-
|align=center|49 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Dahlbender]] (a) || 74-83-72-79=308 || align=center|+20
|-
|align=center|50 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Chapman]] (a) || 77-75-81-76=309 || align=center|+21
|-
|align=center|51 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Mike Turnesa]] || 78-75-80-78=311 || align=center|+23
|-
|align=center|52 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Robert Sweeny Jr.]] (a) || 82-80-79-77=318 || align=center|+30
|-
|align=center|53 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Farrell]] || 76-80-81-83=320 || align=center|+32
|-
|rowspan=5 align=center|WD || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]] || 73-73-75=221 || align=center|+5
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jimmy McGonagill]] (a) || 82-78-77=237 || align=center|+21
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ed Dudley]] || 79-78-83=240 || align=center|+24
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John de Bendern]] (a) || 81-86-81=248 || align=center|+32
|-
| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jug McSpaden]] || 85 || align=center|+13
|}

Sources:<ref>{{cite web |title=Masters – Past Winners & Results |url=https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html |publisher=Augusta National Inc. |access-date=April 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Past results – Masters tournament |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=April 20, 2021}}</ref>

====Scorecard====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Hole!!&nbsp; 1 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 2 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 3 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 4 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 5 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 6 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 7 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 8 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 9 &nbsp;!!&nbsp;10&nbsp;!!&nbsp;11&nbsp;!!&nbsp;12&nbsp;!!&nbsp;13&nbsp;!!&nbsp;14&nbsp;!!&nbsp;15&nbsp;!!&nbsp;16&nbsp;!!&nbsp;17&nbsp;!!&nbsp;18&nbsp;
|-
|Par||4||5||4||3||4||3||4||5||4|| 4||4||3||5||4||5||3||4||4
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Snead ||style="background: Pink;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bulla ||E||E||E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: Pink;"|E||E||style="background: Red;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Mangrum ||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3||−3||−3
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palmer ||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: Green;"|−1||−1||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||−2||−2
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Turnesa ||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||−1||−1||−1||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Green;"|E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Worsham ||+5||+5||+5||+5||+5||style="background: Pink;"|+4||style="background: Pink;"|+3||style="background: Pink;"|+2||+2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+4||+4||style="background: Pink;"|+3||+3||style="background: Pink;"|+2||+2||+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Kirkwood ||−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||−1||−1||−1||−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: Pink;"|E||style="background: Green;"|+2||style="background: Pink;"|+1||+1||+1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ferrier ||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2||+2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3||style="background: Pink;"|+2||style="background: Green;"|+4||style="background: Olive;"|+7||+7||style="background: Pink;"|+6||+6||+6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+7
|}
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
{| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%"
|-
| style="background:Red; width:10px;"|
|Eagle
| style="background:Pink; width:10px;"|
|Birdie
| style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"|
|Bogey
| style="background:Green; width:10px;"|
|Double bogey
| style="background:Olive; width:10px;"|
|Triple bogey +
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?style=&tour=Majors&name=&year=1949&tournament=Masters&in=Search Full Results]
*[http://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Masters.com] – past winners and results
*[http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1949leaderboard.shtml Augusta.com] – 1949 Masters leaderboard and scorecards


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Latest revision as of 12:34, 8 October 2024

1949 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1949 Masters Guide
Tournament information
DatesApril 7–10, 1949
LocationAugusta, 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 byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,900 yards (6,310 m)[1][2]
Field58 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$11,000
Winner's share$2,750
Champion
United States Sam Snead
282 (−6)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.[3] This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.[4]

Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum.[5][6] 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. (1956) and Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1975); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).

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,[7] due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February.[8][9][10] Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff.[11][12] Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.

Founder and host Bobby Jones (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.[7]

Field

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1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon (9,12), Herman Keiser (9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (a), Skee Riegel (9,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters Tournament

Art Bell, Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison, Dick Metz, Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 U.S. Open

Skip Alexander, Herman Barron, Leland Gibson, Otto Greiner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Jug McSpaden, Toney Penna, George Schneiter, Herschel Spears, Jim Turnesa, Ellsworth Vines

11. 1948 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Charles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)

12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

George Fazio, Mike Turnesa

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

Johnny Palmer

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour

Pete Cooper, Clayton Heafner

16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Fred Moseley (a)

17 Home club professional
18. Foreign invitations

John de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin, Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 7, 1949

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3
2 United States Frank Stranahan (a) 70 −2
T3 United States Leland Gibson 71 −1
United States Clayton Heafner
United States Dick Metz
United States Johnny Revolta
7 United States Lawson Little 72 E
T8 United States Herman Barron 73 +1
United States Chick Harbert
United States Claude Harmon
United States Dutch Harrison
United States Joe Kirkwood, Jr.
United States Johnny Palmer
United States Sam Snead
United States Jim Turnesa

Source:[13]

Second round

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Friday, April 8, 1949

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Herman Keiser 75-68=143 −1
United States Lloyd Mangrum 69-74=143
3 United States Johnny Palmer 73-71=144 E
T4 United States Fred Haas 75-70=145 +1
United States Clayton Heafner 71-74=145
United States Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72=145
United States Byron Nelson 75-70=145
United States Jim Turnesa 73-72=145
9 United States Chick Harbert 73-73=146 +2
T10 United States Johnny Bulla 74-73=147 +3
United States Dick Metz 71-76=147
United States Horton Smith 75-72=147
United States Frank Stranahan (a) 70-77=147

Source:[14]

Third round

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Saturday, April 9, 1949

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Johnny Palmer 73-71-70=214 −2
T2 United States Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72-70=215 −1
United States Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72=215
United States Sam Snead 73-75-67=215
T5 United States Johnny Bulla 74-73-69=216 E
United States Jim Ferrier 77-72-67=216
United States Jim Turnesa 73-72-71=216
8 United States Clayton Heafner 71-74-72=217 +1
T9 United States Herman Barron 73-75-71=219 +3
United States Byron Nelson 75-70-74=219

Source:[15]

Final round

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Sunday, April 10, 1949

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Sam Snead 73-75-67-67=282 −6 2,750
T2 United States Johnny Bulla 74-73-69-69=285 −3 1,100
United States Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72-70=285
T4 United States Johnny Palmer 73-71-70-72=286 −2 440
United States Jim Turnesa 73-72-71-70=286
6 United States Lew Worsham 76-75-70-68=289 +1 330
7 United States Joe Kirkwood Jr. 73-72-70-75=290 +2 330
T8 United States Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-72-73-71=292 +4 312
United States Clayton Heafner 71-74-72-75=292
United States Byron Nelson (c) 75-70-74-73=292

Sources:[16][17]

Scorecard

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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
United States Snead −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6
United States Bulla E E E E +1 E E −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
United States Mangrum −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3
United States Palmer −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2
United States Turnesa E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2
United States Worsham +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +3 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1
United States Kirkwood −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 E +2 +1 +1 +1 +2
United States Ferrier E −1 −1 E E E +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +4 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 +7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References

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  1. ^ Keeler, O.B. (April 8, 1949). "Masters field chases Mangrum". Miami News. p. 2-B.
  2. ^ "Middlecoff man to beat in golf". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 16.
  3. ^ "The Masters leaderboard for 1949". augusta.com.
  4. ^ Kindred, Dave (August 2013). "The case of the missing green jacket". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 11, 1949). "Snead cards 267; wins Masters with 282". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  6. ^ "Snead tames putter to win Masters title". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. April 11, 1949. p. 4-part 2.
  7. ^ a b "Wide open Masters tourney starts in Augusta Thursday". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 7, 1949. p. 21.
  8. ^ "Golfer Ben Hogan injured in car crash". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 1, sec. 4.
  9. ^ "Ben Hogan is seriously hurt as car, bus collide head on". Milwaukee Journal. United Press. February 3, 1949. p. 6, part 2.
  10. ^ "Improving Hogan will play again". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 4, 1949. p. 1, part 3.
  11. ^ "Hogan cards 69 to top Demaret in playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
  12. ^ "Demaret beats Hogan by 3 to win playoff". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. February 1, 1949. p. 3, sec. 3.
  13. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1949). "Mangrum's sub-par 69 leads Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  14. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 9, 1949). "Keiser ties Mangrum for Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  15. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 10, 1949). "Palmer's 70 takes Masters lead at 214". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  16. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  17. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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