Evening star., 1950-04-10
18Th Hole in Masters
lucky for Demaret,
Tragic for Ferrier
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

BY the Assoeiofsd Press
AUGUSTA, Ca, April 10
Jimmy Demaret won his third
Masters-or, rather, Jim Ferrier
lost ton the dog-1eg 480-yard
par five 18th hole Of the Augusta
National Club.
Dapper Jimmy's winning score
yesterday was 283, five under par
for the u holes, and on Demaret's
lucky 18th he was six under par
in four tries, with two eagles and
1.-TWO brides. On the 18th, one Of
the few that the pros regard as a
birdie" hole on this testing lay
out, Ferrier was only one under
par. with a par. two brides and
the bogey that started his down.
fall yesterday.
Demaret was in with his SO and
283 when Ferrier, leader the first
two days, started the back nine.
After Big Jim pared the 10th,
11th and 18th he started his
bogey trail by hooking into the
water on the 18th. He took six on
a hole where Demaret had taken
four, and for the tournament
Demaret topped him by f1ve
strokes on the hole.
Bitter Loss for Ferrier.
The loss was a bitter one for
Ferrier, who led for two days and
most Of the last round. Once he
started losing strokes to par he
lost them fast. and went over on
five Of the last six holes for q
rs and 2s5.
Defending Masters Champion
Sam Snead was third with 287
and Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson
were tied for fourth with par
288s. Hogan, making his third
attempt at comeback after his
automobile accident In 1949, was
Terriers big challenger before the
final round.
Hogan was visibly tired, nerv-
GUS and intense yesterday and his
golf showed it. Instead Of NOV
ing in on Ferrier and winning his
first Masters, Hogan dropped far
ther back and Demaret came
home the hero.
Lloyd Mangrum was sixth with
291, including the finest round
of the final day-a 68. Clayton
Haefner and National Open
Champion Cary Middlecoff were
next with 292s.
Bonus for Money Winners.
Demaret and other money win
ners got a 20 per cent bonus in
prize money when Bobby Jones.
president of the Augusta National,
said the tournament again was
great success as crowd at
tractor. About $4,000 fans were
out the final day and about 10000
for the semif1nals. The tourna-
ment was to be a $4,000 meet,
but Jones said prize money would
be increased to $4,000. In addi-
ton, all pros out Of the money
received a 500 consolation prize.
Demaret's winnings were 81. 400,
Terriers, $500, Snead's $1,000
and Nelson's and Hogan's $720
each.
Ferrier opened the third day
Of the 14th Masters with a f.
stroke lead over Hogan. Austria
lian-born Ferrier had shot a great
67-lowest round of the tourna-
ment-on the second round.
During the third round Hogan
closed 2 strokes of the distance
with a II. while Ferrier was TAX
ing costly 73 in which he gave
strong hints Of blowing up.
Little attention was paid to De-
maret, nesting back among the
mild challenger-all the atten-
ton was going to Ferrier and Ho-
gan.
Small Demaret Gallery.
When the fourth round opened
Demaret's share of. the gallery was
extremely small while the two
leaders had several thousand fans
following them.
Crowds stuck with Hogan until
the ninth hole when he practically
had shot himself out Of the tour
nament. Other thousands stayed
with Ferrier all the way.
Demaret's share of the crowd
remained small, but his share Of
the money and glory topped them
all at the unexpected finish. His
first two Masters victories were
in 1910 and 1947.
Only two players-Demaret and
Nelson-played better golf than
Gene Sarazen for the last three
rounds Of the tournament. After
starting with q miserable 80,
Sarazen finished 70-72-72, two un-
der par, and won 1921 for tying
for 10th place.
The Scores.
Jimmy Demaret t-70-72-72-69-2S3 50 400