1947 Masters Tournament

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11thMasters Tournament, held April3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.

Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54holes. He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan. Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters. 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 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) Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

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)

Ted Bishop (3,11,a), Fred Kammer (11,a), Smiley Quick (11,a), Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.

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

Henry Ransom and Paul Runyan did not play.

11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Babe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a)

Maurice McCarthy (8,a) and Robert Sweeny Jr. (5,a) did not play.

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 Johnny Dawson (a) did not play

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 First round Thursday, April 3, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 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:

Second round Friday, April 4, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jimmy Demaret 69-71=140 −4 Cary Middlecoff 71-69=140T3 Jim Ferrier 70-71=141 −3 Byron Nelson 69-72=141 Toney Penna 71-70=141T8 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:

Third round Saturday, April 5, 1947 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jimmy Demaret 69-71-70=210 −6T2 Byron Nelson 69-72-72=213 −3 Jug McSpaden 74-69-70=213T4 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=215T9 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:

Final round Sunday, April 6, 1947

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jimmy Demaret (c) 69-71-70-71=281 −7 2,500T2 Byron Nelson (c) 69-72-72-70=283 −5 1,500 Frank Stranahan (a) 73-72-70-68=283 0T4 Ben Hogan 75-68-71-70=284 −4 900 Jug McSpaden 74-69-70-71=284T6 Jim Ferrier 70-71-73-72=286 −2 625 Henry Picard (c) 73-70-72-71=286T8 Chandler Harper 77-72-68-70=287 −1 335 Lloyd Mangrum 76-73-68-70=287 Dick Metz 72-72-72-71=287 Ed Oliver 70-72-74-71=287 Toney Penna 71-70-75-71=287 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 Johnny Bulla 70-75-74-69=288 E 225T14 Dick Chapman (a) 72-71-74-72=289 +1 0 Lawson Little 71-71-76-71=289 188 Bobby Locke 74-74-71-70=289T17 Herman Barron 71-71-74-74=290 +2 125 Fred Haas 70-74-73-73=290 Johnny Palmer 70-73-74-73=29020 Denny Shute 73-75-72-71=291 +3 10021 Vic Ghezzi 73-77-71-71=292 +4 50T22 Horton Smith (c) 72-70-76-75=293 +5 Sam Snead 72-71-75-75=293T24 Herman Keiser (c) 74-75-73-72=294 +6 Ellsworth Vines 75-71-75-73=294T26 Claude Harmon 73-69-76-77=295 +7 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-76-74-70=295 George Schneiter 70-75-78-72=295T29 Dutch Harrison 74-71-74-77=296 +8 Clayton Heafner 75-73-75-73=296 Cary Middlecoff 71-69-76-80=296 Harry Todd 74-74-71-77=296T33 Chick Harbert 71-72-71-83=297 +9 Ky Laffoon 74-74-73-76=297 Frank Moore 76-74-71-76=297 Lew Worsham 70-76-71-80=29737 Ed Dudley 72-75-73-78=298 +1038 George Schoux 71-72-78-78=299 +11T39 Charles Congdon 75-74-75-76=300 +12 George Fazio 75-78-71-76=300 Gene Kunes 74-73-78-75=300T42 Bob Hamilton 72-78-74-77=301 +13 Johnny Revolta 75-73-77-76=301T44 Ed Furgol 77-73-71-81=302 +14 Jim Turnesa 80-72-77-73=30246 Babe Lind (a) 75-76-75-77=303 +15T47 Steve Kovach 78-73-78-75=304 +16 Felix Serafin 75-73-79-77=304 Robert Willits (a) 76-78-75-75=304T50 George Hamer (a) 77-77-77-74=305 +17 Skee Riegel (a) 75-80-75-75=30552 Jim Foulis 77-76-79-74=306 +18T53 Johnny Farrell 80-76-76-79=311 +23 Craig Wood (c) 78-80-75-78=311T55 Bobby Jones 75-79-78-80=312 +24 Charlie Yates (a) 77-75-81-79=31257 Billy Burke 83-73-81-77=314 +26WD Joe MacDonald (a) 85-80-81=246 +30

Sources:

Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344 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 −1−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E−1−2−2−3−3−2 Harbert −1−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+1+2+3+7+9+9 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1947 Masters leaderboard and scorecards