The 1948 Masters Tournament was the 12thMasters Tournament, held April8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tournament summary Claude Harmon shot a record-tying 279(−9) and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff, a future champion in 1955. The Sunday gallery in 1948 was estimated at 10,000spectators, and the tournament purse was $10,000. Harmon won $2,500 and his four-round score tied the record set by Ralph Guldahl in 1939. Primarily a club professional, it was Harmon's first tour victory.

This was the final appearance as a player in the Masters for host Bobby Jones, then age46. It was also the last Masters that did not immediately present the iconic green jacket to the winner. The nine winners of the first twelve tournaments received their green jackets in 1949.

The five-stroke victory margin was matched by Ben Hogan in 1953; the record was raised to seven in 1955 by Cary Middlecoff, nine in 1965 by Jack Nicklaus, and twelve by Tiger Woods in 1997.

Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7,9), Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser (7,9), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,9), Henry Picard (6,9), 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), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Lew Worsham (7,10,12)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,9,a), Skee Riegel (8,11,a)

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6,9), Sam Snead (6,7,9,10)

5. British Amateur champions

6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9,10,12), Vic Ghezzi (9,10,12), Bob Hamilton, Ben Hogan (7,9,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team Herman Barron (9), Dutch Harrison (10)

Ed Oliver (9,10) did not play.

8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team George Hamer (a), Fred Kammer (a), Bud Ward (3,10,11,a)

Ted Bishop (3,a), Smiley Quick (a), Frank Stranahan (9,10,a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 Masters Tournament Johnny Bulla, Fred Haas, Chandler Harper, Jug McSpaden, Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer (10), Toney Penna, Ellsworth Vines

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1947 U.S. Open Sammy Byrd, Ed Furgol, Leland Gibson (12), Chick Harbert (12), Claude Harmon, Joe Kirkwood Sr., Gene Kunes, Jim McHale Jr. (a), Bill Nary, Al Smith, Harry Todd

George Payton and Paul Runyan did not play.

11. 1947 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bob Rosburg (a), Jack Selby (a), Felice Torza, Harvie Ward (a)

Johnny Dawson (a) and Frank Strafaci (a) did not play.

12. 1947 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Art Bell, Ky Laffoon

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Chuck Kocsis (a) did not play

14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Skip Alexander

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1948 PGA Tour Cary Middlecoff

Clayton Heafner did not play.

16 Winner of the 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament Played after the Masters, the winner receiving entry to the 1949 event.

17 Home club professional Ed Dudley

18. Foreign invitations Henry Cotton (4), Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 8, 1948 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3 T2 Ed Furgol 70 −2 Claude Harmon Ben Hogan Herman KeiserT6 Art Bell 71 −1 Jim Ferrier Chick Harbert Bobby Locke Dick Metz Byron Nelson Skee Riegel (a) Source:

Second round Friday, April 9, 1948 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Harry Todd 72-67=139 −5 2 Claude Harmon 70-70=140 −4 T3 Chick Harbert 71-70=141 −3 Ben Hogan 70-71=141 T5 Jim Ferrier 71-71=142 −2 Ed Furgol 70-72=142 Herman Keiser 70-72=142 Bobby Locke 71-71=142 Lloyd Mangrum 69-73=14210 Dick Metz 71-72=143 −1 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 10, 1948 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Claude Harmon 70-70-69=209 −7 2 Chick Harbert 71-70-70=211 −53 Cary Middlecoff 74-71-69=214 −24 Ed Furgol 70-72-73=215 −1T5 Bobby Locke 71-71-74=216 E Byron Nelson 71-73-72=216T7 Jim Ferrier 71-71-75=217 +1 Lloyd Mangrum 69-73-75=217T9 Ben Hogan 70-71-77=218 +2 Herman Keiser 70-72-76=218 Dick Metz 71-72-75=218 Skee Riegel (a) 71-74-73=218 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 11, 1948

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Claude Harmon 70-70-69-70=279 −9 2,5002 Cary Middlecoff 74-71-69-70=284 −4 1,5003 Chick Harbert 71-70-70-76=287 −1 1,000T4 Jim Ferrier 71-71-75-71=288 E 750 Lloyd Mangrum 69-73-75-71=288T6 Ed Furgol 70-72-73-74=289 +1 500 Ben Hogan 70-71-77-71=289T8 Byron Nelson (c) 71-73-72-74=290 +2 350 Harry Todd 72-67-80-71=290T10 Herman Keiser (c) 70-72-76-73=291 +3 250 Bobby Locke 71-71-74-75=291 Dick Metz 71-72-75-73=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T13 Johnny Bulla 74-72-76-71=293 +5 188 Dutch Harrison 73-77-73-70=293 Skee Riegel (a) 71-74-73-75=293 0T16 Al Smith 73-73-74-74=294 +6 138 Sam Snead 74-75-72-73=294T18 Jimmy Demaret (c) 73-72-78-72=295 +7 80 Ed Dudley 73-76-75-71=295 Vic Ghezzi 75-73-73-74=295 Fred Haas 75-75-76-69=295 Bob Hamilton 72-72-76-75=295T23 Art Bell 71-74-74-77=296 +8 Gene Sarazen (c) 77-74-73-72=296T25 Herman Barron 73-77-71-76=297 +9 Henry Cotton 72-73-75-77=297 Henry Picard (c) 73-73-74-77=297T28 Johnny Palmer 75-73-76-74=298 +10 Ellsworth Vines 76-71-77-74=298T30 Bud Ward (a) 74-74-77-74=299 +11 Lew Worsham 74-78-71-76=29932 Denny Shute 74-73-76-77=300 +1233 Jug McSpaden 77-75-76-73=301 +1334 Horton Smith (c) 78-73-76-75=302 +14T35 Skip Alexander 77-73-77-76=303 +15 Ralph Guldahl (c) 75-78-75-75=303 Ky Laffoon 74-75-76-78=303 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 78-73-77-75=303 Felice Torza 75-73-76-79=303T40 Dick Chapman (a) 74-76-77-77=304 +16 Chandler Harper 76-76-77-75=304 Lawson Little 73-77-76-78=304T43 Billy Burke 75-75-76-79=305 +17 Leland Gibson 72-77-79-77=305 Craig Wood (c) 77-80-77-71=30546 Toney Penna 77-78-75-77=307 +1947 Sammy Byrd 84-75-75-76=310 +2248 Johnny Farrell 74-80-78-79=311 +2349 Bill Nary 74-79-86-74=313 +2550 Bobby Jones 76-81-79-79=315 +27T51 Fred Kammer (a) 78-75-77-86=316 +28 Harvie Ward (a) 78-78-81-79=31653 Bob Rosburg (a) 79-81-80-78=318 +3054 Jack Selby (a) 81-76-84-80=321 +33WD Gene Kunes 74-76-76=226 +10 George Hamer (a) 77-78-76=231 +15 Joe Kirkwood Sr. 78-77-82=237 +21

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Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par454343454 443545344 Harmon −7−7−7−6−6−7−8−10−10−10−10−9−9−10−9−9−9−9 Middlecoff −2−2−1EE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3−3−4 Harbert −5−5−5−5−4−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1 Ferrier +1E−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−2−2−1−2−1−2−2−1E Mangrum +2+1EEE+1+1+1+1+1+2+3+2+2+1+1+1E Furgol −1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1EE+1+1 Hogan +2+2+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1 Nelson EE+1+2+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1+2+2 Locke EE+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+3+3+3+3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogey

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1948 Masters leaderboard and scorecards