1951 Masters Tournament

The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel.[2][3][4] It was the fifth of his nine major titles.

1951 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 5–8, 1951
LocationAugusta, Georgia
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
Field64 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$15,000[1]
Winner's share$3,000
Champion
Ben Hogan
280 (−8)
Location Map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion.[5][6] Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946.

The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open.

With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.[1]

Field
1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9), Sam Snead (4,6,9,10)

2. U.S. Open champions

Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,9,10), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10,12), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (8,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Sam Urzetta (8,11,a), George Von Elm

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

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

6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9,10), Vic Ghezzi (9), Chandler Harper (12), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team

William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a)

  • Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe and Ward were reserves for the team.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 Masters Tournament

George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open

Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams

11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a)

12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr.

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Jack Burke Jr.

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1951 PGA Tour

Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll

16. Foreign invitations

Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1George Fazio United States68−4
T2Lloyd Mangrum United States69−3
Sam Snead United States
4Ben Hogan United States70−2
T5Johnny Bulla United States71−1
Dick Mayer United States
Byron Nelson United States
Lew Worsham United States
T9Dick Chapman (a) United States72E
Lawson Little United States
Juan Segura (a) Argentina

Source:[7][8]

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Skee Riegel United States73-68=141−3
T2George Fazio United States68-74=142−2
Ben Hogan United States70-72=142
Lew Worsham United States71-71=142
T5Johnny Bulla United States71-72=143−1
Dave Douglas United States74-69=143
Lloyd Mangrum United States69-74=143
Sam Snead United States69-74=143
T9Jim Ferrier United States74-70=144E
Joe Kirkwood, Jr. United States73-71=144
Byron Nelson United States71-73=144

Source:[9][10]

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Skee Riegel United States73-68-70=211−5
Sam Snead United States69-74-68=211
3Ben Hogan United States70-72-70=212−4
4Lloyd Mangrum United States69-74-70=213−3
5Lew Worsham United States71-71-72=214−2
T6Cary Middlecoff United States73-73-69=215−1
Dave Douglas United States74-69-72=215
T8Johnny Bulla United States71-72-73=216E
George Fazio United States68-74-74=216
T10Bill Goodloe (a) United States74-71-72=217+1
Lawson Little United States72-73-72=217
Byron Nelson United States71-73-73=217

Source:[5][6]

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Ben Hogan70-72-70-68=280−83,000
2 Skee Riegel73-68-70-71=282−61,875
T3 Lloyd Mangrum69-74-70-73=286−21,163
Lew Worsham71-71-72-72=286
5 Dave Douglas74-69-72-73=288E750
6 Lawson Little72-73-72-72=289+1600
7 Jim Ferrier74-70-74-72=290+2525
T8 Johnny Bulla71-72-73-75=291+3450
Byron Nelson (c)71-73-73-74=291
Sam Snead (c)69-74-68-80=291

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
Hogan−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8
Riegel−5−6−5−5−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6
Mangrum−3−4−4−4−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−1−1E−1−2−2−2
Worsham−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2
Douglas−1−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−3−2−2E−1EEEEE
Snead−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3+1+1EE+1+2+2+2
Middlecoff−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+3+4+5+5+5+5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

Source:[2][3]

References
  1. "Golfers given 50% prize bonus". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  2. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Hogan wins first Masters title on 280". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
  3. "Ben Hogan's hot finish wins Masters". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 9, 1951. p. 20.
  4. "Hogan captures Masters with 280; Riegel second, two strokes behind". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  5. Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1951). "Riegel, Snead set Masters pace at 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  6. "Snead, Riegel tied for Masters lead". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 8, 1951. p. 1B.
  7. Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1951). "Fazio fires 68 to lead Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  8. "Fazio's 68 paces Masters; Veetch shoots 80". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 6, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  9. Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1951). "Riegel shoots 68; leads Masters on 141". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 3.
  10. "Riegel fires 68 to grab lead in Masters with 141". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
  11. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  12. "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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