The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15thMasters Tournament, held April5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel. It was the fifth of his nine major titles.

After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion. Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68(−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80(+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946.

The reigning U.S.Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951U.S.Open.

With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000. Ticket prices were raised to $10 that year.

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

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

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

4. British Open champions Denny Shute (6)

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

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

7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion.

8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a)

Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe and Ward were reserves for the team.

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 Masters Tournament George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna

Skip Alexander (10) did not play.

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams

Dick Metz did not play.

11. 1950 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a)

Bud Holscher (a) and Dick Kinchla (a) did not play.

12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr.

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 Jack Burke Jr.

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1951 PGA Tour Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll

16. Foreign invitations Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a)

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 5, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 George Fazio 68 −4 T2 Lloyd Mangrum 69 −3 Sam Snead 4 Ben Hogan 70 −2 T5 Johnny Bulla 71 −1 Dick Mayer Byron Nelson Lew Worsham T9 Dick Chapman (a) 72 E Lawson Little Juan Segura (a) Source:

Second round Friday, April 6, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Skee Riegel 73-68=141 −3 T2 George Fazio 68-74=142 −2 Ben Hogan 70-72=142 Lew Worsham 71-71=142 T5 Johnny Bulla 71-72=143 −1 Dave Douglas 74-69=143 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74=143 Sam Snead 69-74=143 T9 Jim Ferrier 74-70=144 E Joe Kirkwood, Jr. 73-71=144 Byron Nelson 71-73=144 Source:

Third round Saturday, April 7, 1951 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Skee Riegel 73-68-70=211 −5 Sam Snead 69-74-68=211 3 Ben Hogan 70-72-70=212 −44 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-70=213 −3 5 Lew Worsham 71-71-72=214 −2 T6 Cary Middlecoff 73-73-69=215 −1 Dave Douglas 74-69-72=215 T8 Johnny Bulla 71-72-73=216 E George Fazio 68-74-74=216 T10 Bill Goodloe (a) 74-71-72=217 +1 Lawson Little 72-73-72=217 Byron Nelson 71-73-73=217 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Ben Hogan 70-72-70-68=280 −8 3,0002 Skee Riegel 73-68-70-71=282 −6 1,875T3 Lloyd Mangrum 69-74-70-73=286 −2 1,163 Lew Worsham 71-71-72-72=2865 Dave Douglas 74-69-72-73=288 E 7506 Lawson Little 72-73-72-72=289 +1 6007 Jim Ferrier 74-70-74-72=290 +2 525T8 Johnny Bulla 71-72-73-75=291 +3 450 Byron Nelson (c) 71-73-73-74=291 Sam Snead (c) 69-74-68-80=291 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Jack Burke Jr. 73-72-74-73=292 +4 390T12 Charles Coe (a) 76-71-73-73=293 +5 0 Cary Middlecoff 73-73-69-78=293 356 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-73-74-71=293T15 Ed Furgol 80-71-72-71=294 +6 338 Dutch Harrison 76-71-76-71=29417 Julius Boros 76-72-74-73=295 +7 338T18 George Fazio 68-74-74-80=296 +8 315 Bob Toski 75-73-73-75=296T20 Al Besselink 76-73-71-77=297 +9 308 Dick Chapman (a) 72-76-72-77=297 0 Roberto De Vicenzo 75-74-74-74=297 308 Clayton Heafner 74-72-73-78=297 Joe Kirkwood Jr. 73-71-78-75=297T25 Ted Kroll 76-75-71-76=298 +10 150 Dick Mayer 71-75-79-73=298 Bill Nary 76-73-73-76=298 Henry Ransom 74-74-74-76=298 Sam Urzetta (a) 73-72-78-75=298 0T30 Jimmy Demaret (c) 76-74-78-71=299 +11 Johnny Palmer 73-74-77-75=299T32 Leland Gibson 74-74-75-78=301 +13 Horton Smith (c) 79-77-70-75=301 Frank Stranahan (a) 74-74-74-79=301T35 Marty Furgol 77-76-73-76=302 +14 Claude Harmon (c) 75-77-74-76=302 Jim McHale Jr. (a) 75-76-76-75=302 Harvie Ward (a) 74-77-77-74=302T39 Fred Haas 79-76-73-75=303 +15 Tony Holguin 78-72-75-78=303 Herman Keiser (c) 77-73-79-74=303T42 Bill Goodloe (a) 74-71-72-88=305 +17 Johnny Revolta 74-75-75-81=305T44 Ray Gafford 77-73-76-80=306 +18 Chick Harbert 76-73-77-80=30646 Harold Williams 76-77-76-78=307 +19T47 Denny Shute 79-76-79-74=308 +20 Henry Williams Jr. 77-76-77-78=30849 Harold Paddock Jr. (a) 75-78-80-79=312 +24T50 Dow Finsterwald (a) 76-81-75-81=313 +25 Bobby Knowles (a) 78-79-75-81=313 Juan Segura (a) 72-80-79-82=313 Bill Shields (a) 82-76-76-79=313 George Von Elm 77-76-79-81=313T55 Bill Mawhinney (a) 83-75-73-84=315 +27 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 80-79-78-78=315T57 Johnny Farrell 81-78-83-76=318 +30 John Ward (a) 78-75-81-84=31859 William C. Campbell (a) 79-82-74-86=321 +33WD Chandler Harper 77-72-76=225 +9 Vic Ghezzi 81-76-74=231 +15 Tom Veech (a) 80-79-77=236 +20 Toney Penna 80-78-84=242 +26 Fred McLeod 86-88=174 +30

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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 Hogan −4−5−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8 Riegel −5−6−5−5−6−6−5−6−5−5−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−6 Mangrum −3−4−4−4−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−1−1E−1−2−2−2 Worsham −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2 Douglas −1−3−3−2−1−2−2−2−3−2−2E−1EEEEE Snead −5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3+1+1EE+1+2+2+2 Middlecoff −1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+3+4+5+5+5+5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

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References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards