# 1952 Masters Tournament

The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.
In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke Jr. It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles.
Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214 (−2), but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday and finished seven strokes back.
With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.

## Field
### 1. Masters champions

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

### 2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10)

### 3. U.S. Amateur champions

Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward

### 4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6)

### 5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan (8,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

### 6. PGA champions

Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (10)

### 7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team

Skip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10)
* Dutch Harrison (9) and Henry Ransom (10) did not play.

### 8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team

Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a)
* William C. Campbell (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a) and Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe, Mengert and Ward were reserves for the team.

### 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters Tournament

Al Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski

### 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. Open

Charlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White
* Paul Runyan (6) did not play.

### 11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Arnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a)
* Jack Benson (a), Joe Gagliardi (a) and Ed Martin (a) did not play.

### 12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Walter Burkemo, Reggie Myles
* Ellsworth Vines did not play.

### 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Johnny Dawson (a)

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

Tommy Bolt

### 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour

Doug Ford, Ted Kroll

### 16. Foreign invitations

Stan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, 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 3, 1952
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Ray Gafford | 69 | −3 |
| T1 | Johnny Palmer | 69 | −3 |
| T3 | Al Besselink | 70 | −2 |
| T3 | Ben Hogan | 70 | −2 |
| T3 | Sam Snead | 70 | −2 |
| T6 | Skip Alexander | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Tommy Bolt | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Doug Ford | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Fred Hawkins | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Joe Kirkwood, Jr. | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Lloyd Mangrum | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Johnny Revolta | 71 | −1 |
| T6 | Lew Worsham | 71 | −1 |
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### Second round

Friday, April 4, 1952
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Sam Snead | 70-67=137 | −7 |
| 2 | Ben Hogan | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T3 | Tommy Bolt | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T3 | Jim Ferrier | 72-70=142 | −2 |
| T3 | Johnny Revolta | 71-71=142 | −2 |
| T6 | Jack Burke Jr. | 76-67=143 | −1 |
| T6 | George Fazio | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T6 | Johnny Palmer | 69-74=143 | −1 |
| T6 | Harvie Ward (a) | 72-71=143 | −1 |
| T10 | Skip Alexander | 71-73=144 | E |
| T10 | Dow Finsterwald | 72-72=144 | E |
| T10 | Fred Hawkins | 71-73=144 | E |
| T10 | Cary Middlecoff | 72-72=144 | E |
| T10 | Ed Oliver | 72-72=144 | E |
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### Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1952
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Ben Hogan | 70-70-74=214 | −2 |
| T1 | Sam Snead | 70-67-77=214 | −2 |
| 3 | Cary Middlecoff | 72-72-72=216 | E |
| T4 | Al Besselink | 70-76-71=217 | +1 |
| T4 | Tommy Bolt | 71-71-75=217 | +1 |
| 6 | Johnny Palmer | 69-74-75=218 | +2 |
| T7 | Jim Ferrier | 72-70-77=219 | +3 |
| T7 | Johnny Revolta | 71-71-77=219 | +3 |
| T7 | Lew Worsham | 71-75-73=219 | +3 |
| 10 | Lloyd Mangrum | 71-74-75=220 | +4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1952

#### Final leaderboard

* Champion
* Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
* (a) = amateur
* (c) = past champion
Top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Sam Snead (c) | 70-67-77-72=286 | −2 | 4,000 |
| 2 | Jack Burke Jr. | 76-67-78-69=290 | +2 | 2,500 |
| T3 | Al Besselink | 70-76-71-74=291 | +3 | 1,367 |
| T3 | Tommy Bolt | 71-71-75-74=291 | +3 | 1,367 |
| T3 | Jim Ferrier | 72-70-77-72=291 | +3 | 1,367 |
| 6 | Lloyd Mangrum | 71-74-75-72=292 | +4 | 800 |
| T7 | Julius Boros | 73-73-76-71=293 | +5 | 625 |
| T7 | Fred Hawkins | 71-73-78-71=293 | +5 | 625 |
| T7 | Ben Hogan (c) | 70-70-74-79=293 | +5 | 625 |
| T7 | Lew Worsham | 71-75-73-74=293 | +5 | 625 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 11 | Cary Middlecoff | 72-72-72-78=294 | +6 | 520 |
| 12 | Johnny Palmer | 69-74-75-77=295 | +7 | 500 |
| 13 | Johnny Revolta | 71-71-77-77=296 | +8 | 450 |
| T14 | George Fazio | 72-71-78-76=297 | +9 | 443 |
| T14 | Claude Harmon (c) | 73-74-77-73=297 | +9 | 443 |
| T14 | Chuck Kocsis (a) | 75-78-71-73=297 | +9 | 0 |
| T14 | Ted Kroll | 74-74-76-73=297 | +9 | 443 |
| T14 | Skee Riegel | 75-71-78-73=297 | +9 | 443 |
| T19 | Joe Kirkwood Jr. | 71-77-74-76=298 | +10 | 420 |
| T19 | Frank Stranahan (a) | 72-74-76-76=298 | +10 | 0 |
| T21 | Doug Ford | 71-74-79-75=299 | +11 | 420 |
| T21 | Bobby Locke | 74-71-79-75=299 | +11 | 420 |
| T21 | Harvie Ward (a) | 72-71-78-78=299 | +11 | 0 |
| T24 | Arnold Blum (a) | 74-77-77-74=302 | +14 | 0 |
| T24 | Clayton Heafner | 76-74-74-78=302 | +14 | 400 |
| T24 | Byron Nelson (c) | 72-75-78-77=302 | +14 | 400 |
| T27 | Skip Alexander | 71-73-77-82=303 | +15 | 267 |
| T27 | Smiley Quick | 73-76-79-75=303 | +15 | 267 |
| T27 | Norman Von Nida | 77-77-73-76=303 | +15 | 267 |
| T30 | Dave Douglas | 76-69-81-78=304 | +16 | 200 |
| T30 | Vic Ghezzi | 77-77-76-74=304 | +16 | 200 |
| T30 | Ed Oliver | 72-72-77-83=304 | +16 | 200 |
| T30 | Horton Smith (c) | 74-73-77-80=304 | +16 | 200 |
| T34 | Charlie Bassler | 74-75-79-77=305 | +17 | 200 |
| T34 | Stan Leonard | 75-76-75-79=305 | +17 | 200 |
| T34 | Al Mengert (a) | 74-77-78-76=305 | +17 | 0 |
| T34 | Earl Stewart | 75-80-75-75=305 | +17 | 200 |
| T38 | Ed Furgol | 74-77-78-77=306 | +18 | 200 |
| T38 | Chandler Harper | 76-74-79-77=306 | +18 | 200 |
| T40 | Bob Hamilton | 80-71-81-75=307 | +19 | 200 |
| T40 | Bob Toski | 80-72-78-77=307 | +19 | 200 |
| T42 | Walter Burkemo | 80-74-76-78=308 | +20 | 200 |
| T42 | Johnny Dawson (a) | 74-78-78-78=308 | +20 | 0 |
| T42 | Marty Furgol | 73-76-79-80=308 | +20 | 200 |
| T42 | Bobby Knowles (a) | 78-77-79-74=308 | +20 | 0 |
| T46 | Charles Coe (a) | 80-76-81-72=309 | +21 | 0 |
| T46 | Dow Finsterwald | 72-72-83-82=309 | +21 | 200 |
| T46 | Sam Urzetta (a) | 78-73-76-82=309 | +21 | 0 |
| T49 | Ray Gafford | 69-80-81-80=310 | +22 | 200 |
| T49 | Billy Maxwell (a) | 77-77-77-79=310 | +22 | 0 |
| T49 | Denny Shute | 74-77-78-81=310 | +22 | 200 |
| T52 | Bill Goodloe (a) | 77-71-77-86=311 | +23 | 0 |
| T52 | Henry Picard (c) | 76-77-78-80=311 | +23 | 200 |
| 54 | Reggie Myles | 77-75-80-80=312 | +24 | 200 |
| T55 | Ted Bishop (a) | 82-75-81-75=313 | +25 | 0 |
| T55 | Al Brosch | 76-74-85-78=313 | +25 | 200 |
| T55 | Dick Chapman (a) | 72-79-80-82=313 | +25 | 0 |
| T55 | Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) | 74-77-79-83=313 | +25 | 0 |
| 59 | Craig Wood (c) | 73-81-80-80=314 | +26 | 200 |
| 60 | Tommy Jacobs (a) | 79-81-77-79=316 | +28 | 0 |
| 61 | Jimmy Frisina (a) | 74-79-88-81=322 | +34 | 0 |
| WD | Jim McHale Jr. (a) | 72-77-81=230 | +14 | |
| WD | Jimmy Demaret (c) | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| WD | Albert Pélissier | 78-80=158 | +14 | |
| WD | Bud Ward | 74 | +2 | |
| WD | Jess Sweetser (a) | 84 | +12 | |
| WD | Billy Burke | | | |
| WD | Lawson Little | | | |
| WD | Fred McLeod | | | |
| WD | Gene Sarazen (c) | | | |
| WD | Buck White | | | |
| DQ | Johnny Bulla | 77 | +5 | |
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#### Scorecard

Final round
| 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 |
| Snead | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −1 | −2 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 |
| Burke | +6 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
| Besselink | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 |
| Bolt | +1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | +3 | +3 |
| Ferrier | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 |
| Hogan | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +5 |
| Middlecoff | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +4 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 |
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