The 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, held April 8–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated defending champion Ben Hogan by one stroke in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.

Both Snead and Hogan were age 41, and they had won the previous three Masters; Snead in 1952 and Hogan in 1951 and 1953. Hogan was also the reigning champion of the U.S. Open and British Open; he did not win another major, but often contended until his final appearances in 1967 at the Masters and U.S. Open.

Snead's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton, 31, led after the first and second rounds and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole and a six at the 15th ended his title hopes, and he finished one stroke back.

Snead remained the oldest winner of the Masters for nearly a quarter century, until Gary Player won his third green jacket at age 42 in 1978.

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

2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (7), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham

3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,8,a), Charles Coe (8,9,a), Gene Littler (8,11), Billy Maxwell, Skee Riegel, Jess Sweetser (5,a)

4. British Open champions Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (9,10,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (7,12), Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Chandler Harper (9), Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa (7,10)

7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team Jack Burke Jr. (9,10), Dave Douglas (12), Fred Haas (10), Ted Kroll (9,10), Ed Oliver (9)

8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team Arnold Blum (a), William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Billy Joe Patton (a), Ken Venturi (a)

Sam Urzetta (3,a) and Jack Westland (3,a) did not play. Blum, McHale and Patton were reserves for the team.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber, Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt, Doug Ford (10), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert, Fred Hawkins, Dick Mayer, Al Mengert (10), Dick Metz (10), Johnny Palmer, Earl Stewart

Bob Hamilton (6) did not play.

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1953 U.S. Open Pete Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Clarence Doser, George Fazio, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bill Nary (12), Bill Ogden, Bob Rosburg, Frank Souchak (a)

11. 1953 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Albert (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Bobby Kuntz (a), Dale Morey (a), Ray Palmer (a), Angelo Santilli (a)

Ted Richards Jr. did not play.

12. 1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Jimmy Clark, Jack Isaacs, Felice Torza

Henry Ransom did not play.

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Johnny Dawson (a) was selected but 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 1954 PGA Tour Bud Holscher, Bob Toski

16. Foreign invitations Peter Thomson

Round summaries

First round Thursday, April 8, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70 −2 Dutch HarrisonT3 Lloyd Mangrum 71 −1 Jack Burke Jr. T5 Ben Hogan 72 E Dave Douglas T7 Byron Nelson 73 +1 Bob Rosburg Chick Harbert Denny Shute Tommy Bolt Vic Ghezzi Gardner Dickinson Pete Cooper William C. Campbell (a) Cary Middlecoff

Second round Friday, April 9, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74=144 E 2 Ben Hogan 72-73=145 +1 T3 Bob Rosburg 73-73=146 +2 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75=146T5 Tommy Bolt 73-74=147 +3 Sam Snead 74-73=147 T7 Al Besselink 74-74=148 +4 Lew Worsham 74-74=148 Chick Harbert 73-75=148 Dave Douglas 72-76=148 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77=148 Peter Thomson 76-72=148

Third round Saturday, April 10, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Hogan 72-73-69=214 −2 2 Sam Snead 74-73-70=217 +1T3 Cary Middlecoff 73-76-70=219 +3 Tommy Bolt 73-74-72=219 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-75=219T6 Jerry Barber 74-76-71=221 +5 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77-73=221T8 Al Besselink 74-74-74=222+6 Lew Worsham 74-74-74=222 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75-76=222 Bob Rosburg 73-73-76=222

Final round Sunday, April 11, 1954

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Ben Hogan (c) 72-73-69-75=289 +1 Playoff Sam Snead (c) 74-73-70-72=2893 Billy Joe Patton (a) 70-74-75-71=290 +2 0T4 Dutch Harrison 70-79-74-68=291 +3 1,938 Lloyd Mangrum 71-75-76-69=291T6 Jerry Barber 74-76-71-71=292 +4 1,042 Jack Burke Jr. 71-77-73-71=292 Bob Rosburg 73-73-76-70=292T9 Al Besselink 74-74-74-72=294 +6 781 Cary Middlecoff 73-76-70-75=294 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Dick Chapman (a) 75-75-75-70=295 +7 0T12 Tommy Bolt 73-74-72-77=296 +8 631 Chick Harbert 73-75-75-73=296 Byron Nelson (c) 73-76-74-73=296 Lew Worsham 74-74-74-74=296T16 Julius Boros 76-79-68-74=297 +9 563 Jay Hebert 79-74-74-70=297 Peter Thomson 76-72-76-73=297 Ken Venturi (a) 76-74-73-74=297 0T20 Charles Coe (a) 76-75-73-74=298 +10 Harvie Ward (a) 78-75-74-71=298T22 Walter Burkemo 74-77-75-73=299 +11 443 Pete Cooper 73-76-75-75=299 Marty Furgol 76-79-75-69=299 Gene Littler 79-75-73-72=299 Ed Oliver 75-75-75-74=299 Earl Stewart 78-75-75-71=299 Bob Toski 80-74-71-74=299T29 Jimmy Demaret (c) 80-75-72-73=300 +12 333 Vic Ghezzi 73-79-73-75=300 Dick Mayer 76-75-72-77=30032 Gardner Dickinson 73-78-76-74=301 +13 250T33 Jimmy Clark 76-82-72-72=302 +14 250 George Fazio 78-79-74-71=302 Doug Ford 77-78-74-73=302 Fred Haas 76-78-78-70=302 Johnny Palmer 75-81-77-69=302T38 Clarence Doser 74-78-72-79=303 +15 250 Lawson Little 76-77-74-76=303 Al Mengert 76-79-73-75=303 Skee Riegel 75-76-76-76=303 Horton Smith (c) 80-78-71-74=303T43 Billy Maxwell 75-77-77-75=304 +16 250 Frank Stranahan (a) 79-75-72-78=304 0 Felice Torza 74-78-74-78=304 250T46 Skip Alexander 80-77-73-75=305 +17 250 Bruce Cudd (a) 76-78-73-78=305 0 Leland Gibson 75-77-78-75=305 250 Bud Holscher 78-77-73-77=305 Bill Nary 78-74-78-75=305T51 William C. Campbell (a) 73-77-75-81=306 +18 0 Ted Kroll 78-76-75-77=306 250T53 Arnold Blum (a) 75-82-75-75=307 +19 0 Dave Douglas 72-76-77-82=307 250 Claude Harmon (c) 77-75-77-78=307 Jack Isaacs 76-79-76-76=307 Gene Sarazen (c) 79-75-78-75=307T58 Don Cherry (a) 80-79-74-76=309 +21 0 Fred Hawkins 78-80-76-75=309 250T60 Bill Ogden 81-76-77-76=310 +22 250 Johnny Revolta 81-79-75-75=310 Jim Turnesa 83-79-75-73=31063 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 81-76-79-76=312 +24 0T64 Jimmy Jackson (a) 75-82-79-78=314 +26 Bobby Kuntz (a) 80-77-82-75=31466 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 78-82-79-76=315 +2767 Don Albert (a) 77-79-83-77=316 +28T68 Angelo Santilli (a) 79-81-82-75=317 +29 Denny Shute 73-85-82-77=317 25070 Ray Palmer (a) 84-78-80-77=319 +31 071 Craig Wood (c) 87-80-78-75=320 +32 25072 Sam Parks Jr. 86-79-79-80=324 +36 250WD Dale Morey (a) 83-75-76=234 +18 Jim Ferrier 78-78=156 +12 Jess Sweetser (a) 79 +7 Chandler Harper 83 +11 Frank Souchak (a) 90 +18 Jock Hutchison Fred McLeod

Sources:

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Snead +1+1+1+2+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+1+1+1+1 Hogan −1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1 Patton +4+3+3+3+3+1+1E−1−1−1E+2+1+2+2+2+2 Harrison +7 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 Mangrum +6 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +4 +3 +3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

Playoff Monday, April 12, 1954 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Sam Snead 70 −2 5,0002 Ben Hogan 71 −1 3,125

Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 Snead E−1−1EE−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−2−2−3−3−3−2 HoganE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−1−1 Source:

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results GolfCompendium.com: 1954 Masters Augusta.com – 1954 Masters leaderboard and scorecards