The 1950 Masters Tournament was the 14thMasters Tournament, held April6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Demaret won at 283(−5) and became the first three-time Masters champion, with previous wins in 1940 and 1947. He played the par-five 13thhole (Azalea) in six-under-par for the week, with two eagles and two birdies at the pivotal hole.

Tournament summary Third round leader Jim Ferrier, a naturalized American originally from Australia, bogeyed five of the final six holes for 75 (+3) and was two strokes back as runner-up. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 287 (−1).

Ben Hogan played in his first major since his near-fatal automobile accident in early 1949. In second place after 54 holes, he shot a 76 (+4) in the final round and fell back to even par for the week, in a tie for fourth place with Byron Nelson. Hogan won the next three majors he entered: the 1950 U.S. Open, 1951 Masters, and 1951 U.S. Open.

The tournament drew an estimated 10,000 patrons on Saturday and 18,000 on Sunday. With the favorable turnout, host Bobby Jones increased the original purse of $10,000 to $12,000.

Field 1. Masters champions Jimmy Demaret (7,9,12), Claude Harmon (9,10), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9,10), Sam Snead (4,6,7,9.10,12) Ralph Guldahl (2,10) and Craig Wood (2) did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,7), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10,12), Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (9,11,a), Skee Riegel (8,10)

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

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

7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team Skip Alexander, Chick Harbert (10), Dutch Harrison (9), Clayton Heafner (9,10,12), Johnny Palmer (9,10,12)

8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team Tommy Barnes (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a)

Ray Billows (a), Ted Bishop (3,a), Charles Coe (3,a), Johnny Dawson (9,11,a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,11,a) did not play. Barnes was a reserve for the team.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 Masters Tournament Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla (10), Pete Cooper (10), Leland Gibson, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Toney Penna, Jim Turnesa (10)

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1949 U.S. Open Al Brosch, Dave Douglas, Fred Haas, Jack Isaacs, Les Kennedy, Eric Monti, Herschel Spears, Harry Todd, Gene Webb, Buck White

Ellsworth Vines did not play.

11. 1949 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Julius Boros, William C. Campbell (a), Rufus King (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Frank Strafaci (a)

12. 1949 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Ray Wade Hill, Henry Williams Jr.

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Harvie Ward (a)

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 1950 PGA Tour George Fazio, Henry Ransom

16 Winner of 1949 Inter-service Invitational tournament Fred Moseley (a)

17 Home club professional Ed Dudley

18. Foreign invitations Roberto De Vicenzo, Tony Holguin (9), Norman Von Nida

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 6, 1950 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Skee Riegel 69 −3T2 Jimmy Demaret 70 −2 Jim Ferrier Horton Smith Lawson Little Herschel Spears T7 Toney Penna 71 −1 Sam Snead 9 Johnny Palmer 72 ET10 Charles Coe (a) 73 +1 George Fazio Ben Hogan Source:

Second round Friday, April 7, 1950 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Ferrier 70-67=137 −7 2 Ben Hogan 73-68=141 −33 Jimmy Demaret 70-72=142 −24 Lawson Little 70-73=143 −1 T5 Skee Riegel 69-75=144 E Herschel Spears 70-74=144T7 Byron Nelson 75-70=145 +1 Henry Picard 74-71=145 Sam Snead 71-74=145 10 Toney Penna 71-75=146 +2 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 8, 1950 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Ferrier 70-67-73=210 −6 2 Ben Hogan 73-68-71=212 −4T3 Jimmy Demaret 70-72-72=214 −2 Byron Nelson 75-70-69=2145 Sam Snead 71-74-70=215 −1 6 Lawson Little 70-73-75=218 +2 7 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68=219 +3 8 Clayton Heafner 74-77-69=220 +4 T9 Herman Keiser 75-72-75=222 +6 Henry Picard 74-71-77=222 Skee Riegel 69-75-78=222 Gene Sarazen 80-70-72=222 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 9, 1950

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jimmy Demaret (c) 70-72-72-69=283 −5 2,4002 Jim Ferrier 70-67-73-75=285 −3 1,5003 Sam Snead (c) 71-74-70-72=287 −1 1,020T4 Ben Hogan 73-68-71-76=288 E 720 Byron Nelson (c) 75-70-69-74=2886 Lloyd Mangrum 76-74-73-68=291 +3 480T7 Clayton Heafner 74-77-69-72=292 +4 405 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68-73=2929 Lawson Little 70-73-75-75=293 +5 360T10 Fred Haas 74-76-73-71=294 +6 321 Gene Sarazen (c) 80-70-72-72=294 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Roberto De Vicenzo 76-76-73-71=296 +8 285 Horton Smith (c) 70-79-75-72=296T14 Skip Alexander 78-74-72-73=297 +9 261 Vic Ghezzi 78-75-70-74=297 Leland Gibson 78-73-72-74=297 Herman Keiser (c) 75-72-75-75=297 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 75-74-77-71=297 Henry Picard (c) 74-71-77-75=297 Frank Stranahan (a) 74-79-73-71=297 0T21 George Fazio 73-74-78-73=298 +10 244 Toney Penna 71-75-77-75=298 Skee Riegel 69-75-78-76=298T24 Chick Harbert 76-75-73-75=299 +11 240 Johnny Palmer 72-76-76-75=29926 Eric Monti 74-79-74-73=300 +12 T27 Herschel Spears 70-74-79-78=301 +13 Norman Von Nida 77-74-74-76=301T29 Billy Burke 80-75-76-71=302 +14 Pete Cooper 74-77-77-74=30231 Johnny Bulla 77-78-75-73=303 +15T32 Charles Coe (a) 73-79-78-74=304 +16 Bob Hamilton 74-73-78-79=304 Claude Harmon (c) 77-77-74-76=304T35 Tommy Barnes (a) 78-75-78-74=305 +17 Julius Boros 75-77-76-77=305 Al Brosch 77-75-78-75=305 Dick Chapman (a) 77-73-75-80=305 Chuck Kocsis (a) 77-71-79-78=305 Denny Shute 77-72-81-75=305 Harvie Ward (a) 79-78-74-74=305T42 Buck White 78-76-73-79=306 +18 Lew Worsham 77-78-76-75=306T44 Tony Holguin 78-75-77-77=307 +19 Jack Isaacs 79-81-72-75=307T46 Herman Barron 75-77-82-74=308 +20 William C. Campbell (a) 80-78-74-76=308 Jim Turnesa 81-74-79-74=308T49 Dave Douglas 79-79-76-75=309 +21 Harry Todd 76-75-81-77=309T51 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 82-78-75-75=310 +22 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 77-76-79-78=310T53 Ray Wade Hill 75-78-80-78=311 +23 Henry Williams Jr. 82-78-81-70=31155 Gene Webb 76-78-75-83=312 +2456 Harold Paddock Jr. (a) 78-79-78-79=314 +2657 Fred Moseley (a) 82-77-78-79=316 +2858 Frank Strafaci (a) 77-82-84-81=324 +3659 Les Kennedy 81-80-82-82=325 +37WD Jack Burke Jr. 76-79-77=232 +16 Rufus King (a) 80-78=158 +14 Henry Ransom 79 +7 Johnny Farrell 84 +12 Ed Dudley 85 +13 Dutch Harrison

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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 Demaret −1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−3−4−5−5−5 Ferrier −6−7−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−6−6−5−4−3 Snead EEEEEE+1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−1 Hogan −4−4−3−3−2−2−1−2−2−2−1−1EE−1E+1E Nelson −2−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−1EE Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogey Source:

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1950 Masters leaderboard and scorecards