The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13thMasters Tournament, held April7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively.

Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum. This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first to win those two in the same calendar year. He was followed by Jack Burke Jr. (1956) and Jack Nicklaus (1963, 1975); they completed their doubles in the summer (July, August).

Previous champions of both the Masters and PGAChampionship, won in different calendar years, were Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Henry Picard.

Defending tour player of the year Ben Hogan did not play in the majors in 1949, due to a near-fatal automobile collision in west Texas in early February. Prior to the accident, he had won twice in January and was a runner-up in a playoff. Hogan returned to the tour on a limited basis in 1950 and won six more majors (nine total), including the Masters in 1951 and 1953. He finished fourth in 1950, in his first major back.

Founder and host Bobby Jones (1902–1971) played in his last Masters the year before; diagnosed with syringomyelia and recovering from spinal surgery, this was his first as a spectator.

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

2. U.S. Open champions Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Lawson Little (3,5), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Lew Worsham (10)

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

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10,12)

5. British Amateur champions Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)

6. PGA champions Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1949 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion.

8. Members of the U.S. 1949 Walker Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 Masters Tournament Art Bell, Johnny Bulla (10,12), Ed Dudley (17), Ed Furgol, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (12), Dutch Harrison, Dick Metz, Cary Middlecoff (10), Al Smith (10), Harry Todd

Ben Hogan (2,6,10,12) did not play.

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1948 U.S. Open Skip Alexander, Herman Barron, Leland Gibson, Otto Greiner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Jug McSpaden, Toney Penna, George Schneiter, Herschel Spears, Jim Turnesa, Ellsworth Vines

Charles Congdon and Smiley Quick did not play.

11. 1948 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Charles Coe (a), Gene Dahlbender (a), Jimmy McGonagill (a)

Ray Billows (a), Bruce McCormick (a) and Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) did not play.

12. 1948 PGA Championship quarter-finalists George Fazio, Mike Turnesa

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 Johnny Palmer

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1950 PGA Tour Pete Cooper, Clayton Heafner

16 Winner of 1948 Inter-service Invitational tournament Fred Moseley (a)

17 Home club professional

18. Foreign invitations John de Bendern (5,a), Tony Holguin, Bobby Locke (9,10)

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 7, 1949 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lloyd Mangrum 69 −32 Frank Stranahan (a) 70 −2T3 Leland Gibson 71 −1 Clayton Heafner Dick Metz Johnny Revolta 7 Lawson Little 72 ET8 Herman Barron 73 +1 Chick Harbert Claude Harmon Dutch Harrison Joe Kirkwood, Jr. Johnny Palmer Sam Snead Jim Turnesa Source:

Second round Friday, April 8, 1949 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Herman Keiser 75-68=143 −1 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74=1433 Johnny Palmer 73-71=144 ET4 Fred Haas 75-70=145 +1 Clayton Heafner 71-74=145 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72=145 Byron Nelson 75-70=145 Jim Turnesa 73-72=1459 Chick Harbert 73-73=146 +2T10 Johnny Bulla 74-73=147 +3 Dick Metz 71-76=147 Horton Smith 75-72=147 Frank Stranahan (a) 70-77=147 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 9, 1949 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Johnny Palmer 73-71-70=214 −2T2 Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-72-70=215 −1 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72=215 Sam Snead 73-75-67=215 T5 Johnny Bulla 74-73-69=216 E Jim Ferrier 77-72-67=216 Jim Turnesa 73-72-71=2168 Clayton Heafner 71-74-72=217 +1T9 Herman Barron 73-75-71=219 +3 Byron Nelson 75-70-74=219 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 10, 1949

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Sam Snead 73-75-67-67=282 −6 2,750T2 Johnny Bulla 74-73-69-69=285 −3 1,100 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-72-70=285T4 Johnny Palmer 73-71-70-72=286 −2 440 Jim Turnesa 73-72-71-70=2866 Lew Worsham 76-75-70-68=289 +1 3307 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 73-72-70-75=290 +2 330T8 Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-72-73-71=292 +4 312 Clayton Heafner 71-74-72-75=292 Byron Nelson (c) 75-70-74-73=292 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Claude Harmon (c) 73-75-73-72=293 +5 303 Herman Keiser (c) 75-68-78-72=293T13 Herman Barron 73-75-71-75=294 +6 275 Leland Gibson 71-77-74-72=294 Bobby Locke 74-74-74-72=294T16 Charles Coe (a) 77-72-72-74=295 +7 0 Johnny Dawson (a) 78-72-72-73=295 Jim Ferrier 77-72-67-79=295 275T19 Tony Holguin 81-70-71-74=296 +8 248 Frank Stranahan (a) 70-77-75-74=296 0T21 Pete Cooper 76-75-72-74=297 +9 248 Henry Picard (c) 74-77-73-73=297T23 Bob Hamilton 77-79-69-73=298 +10 188 Dutch Harrison 73-78-75-72=298 Lawson Little 72-77-73-76=298 Cary Middlecoff 76-77-72-73=298 Toney Penna 74-76-76-72=298 Horton Smith (c) 75-72-78-73=29829 Fred Haas 75-70-75-79=299 +11 T30 Skip Alexander 74-77-75-74=300 +12 George Fazio 78-76-71-75=300 Dick Metz 71-76-76-77=300 Skee Riegel (a) 75-74-74-77=30034 Craig Wood (c) 81-75-72-73=301 +13T35 Art Bell 81-74-75-72=302 +14 Billy Burke 76-74-74-78=302 Vic Ghezzi 76-78-71-77=30238 Ellsworth Vines 76-77-76-74=303 +15T39 Johnny Revolta 71-77-80-76=304 +16 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-74-76-79=304 Harry Todd 74-79-76-75=304T42 George Schneiter 77-76-73-79=305 +17 Al Smith 78-77-74-76=305 Herschel Spears 76-77-77-75=305T45 Fred Moseley (a) 77-75-78-76=306 +18 Denny Shute 79-74-76-77=306T47 Ed Furgol 77-79-77-74=307 +19 Otto Greiner 77-75-78-77=30749 Gene Dahlbender (a) 74-83-72-79=308 +2050 Dick Chapman (a) 77-75-81-76=309 +2151 Mike Turnesa 78-75-80-78=311 +2352 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 82-80-79-77=318 +3053 Johnny Farrell 76-80-81-83=320 +32WD Chick Harbert 73-73-75=221 +5 Jimmy McGonagill (a) 82-78-77=237 +21 Ed Dudley 79-78-83=240 +24 John de Bendern (a) 81-86-81=248 +32 Jug McSpaden 85 +13

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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 Snead −2−3−3−4−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−3−4−4−5−5−5−6 Bulla EEEE+1EE−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−3−3−3 Mangrum −1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−3 Palmer −2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−2−2−2−2 Turnesa E−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2E−1−1−2−2−3−2 Worsham +5+5+5+5+5+4+3+2+2+3+4+4+3+3+2+2+2+1 Kirkwood −1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1EE+1E+2+1+1+1+2 Ferrier E−1−1EEE+1+2+2+3+2+4+7+7+6+6+6+7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1949 Masters leaderboard and scorecards