1947 Masters Tournament

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.[1][2]

1947 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1947
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
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field58 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$10,000
Winner's share$2,500
Champion
United States Jimmy Demaret
281 (−7)
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Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54 holes.[3][4] He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan.[2] Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters.[1] He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950.

Field

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1. Masters champions

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

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,a)

4. British Open champions

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

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (a)

6. PGA champions

Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team

George Hamer (a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), George Schneiter, Felix Serafin

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Steve Kovach, Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham

11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Babe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a)

12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Charles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, Frank Moore, Jim Turnesa

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

Ellsworth Vines

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA Tour

Johnny Palmer, George Schoux

16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Joe MacDonald (a)

17 Home club professional

Ed Dudley

18. Extra invitations

George Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 3, 1947

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jimmy Demaret 69 −3
  Byron Nelson
T3   Johnny Bulla 70 −2
  Jim Ferrier
  Fred Haas
  Ed Oliver
  Johnny Palmer
  George Schneiter
  Lew Worsham
T10   Herman Barron 71 −1
  Chick Harbert
  Lawson Little
  Cary Middlecoff
  Toney Penna
  George Schoux

Source:[5][6]

Second round

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Friday, April 4, 1947

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jimmy Demaret 69-71=140 −4
  Cary Middlecoff 71-69=140
T3   Jim Ferrier 70-71=141 −3
  Byron Nelson 69-72=141
  Toney Penna 71-70=141
T8   Herman Barron 71-71=142 −2
  Claude Harmon 73-69=142
  Lawson Little 71-71=142
  Ed Oliver 70-72=142
  Horton Smith 72-70=142

Source:[6][7]

Third round

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Saturday, April 5, 1947

Place Player Score To par
1   Jimmy Demaret 69-71-70=210 −6
T2   Byron Nelson 69-72-72=213 −3
  Jug McSpaden 74-69-70=213
T4   Jim Ferrier 70-71-73=214 −2
  Chick Harbert 71-72-71=214
  Ben Hogan 75-68-71=214
T7   Henry Picard 73-70-72=215 −1
  Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70=215
T9   Herman Barron 71-71-74=216 E
  Dick Metz 72-72-72=216
  Cary Middlecoff 71-69-76=216
  Ed Oliver 70-72-74=216
  Toney Penna 71-70-75=216

Source:[3][4]

Final round

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Sunday, April 6, 1947

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   Jimmy Demaret (c) 69-71-70-71=281 −7 2,500
T2   Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-72-70=283 −5 1,500
  Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70-68=283 0
T4   Ben Hogan 75-68-71-70=284 −4 900
  Jug McSpaden 74-69-70-71=284
T6   Jim Ferrier 70-71-73-72=286 −2 625
  Henry Picard (c) 73-70-72-71=286
T8   Chandler Harper 77-72-68-70=287 −1 335
  Lloyd Mangrum 76-73-68-70=287
  Dick Metz 72-72-72-71=287
  Ed Oliver 70-72-74-71=287
  Toney Penna 71-70-75-71=287

Sources:[8][9]

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
  Demaret −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7
  Nelson −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Stranahan −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5
  Hogan −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4
  McSpaden −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
  Ferrier −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −4 −4 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2
  Picard −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2
  Harbert −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 E +1 +2 +3 +7 +9 +9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1947. p. 4-part 2.
  2. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1947). "Demaret wins second Masters golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 29.
  3. ^ a b "Demaret's 210 leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. associated Press. April 6, 1947. p. 1B.
  4. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1947). "Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  5. ^ Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1947). "Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
  6. ^ a b Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1947). "Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
  7. ^ "Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s". Milwaukee Sentinell. INS. April 5, 1947. p. 3, part 2.
  8. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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