The 1953Masters Tournament was the 17thMasters Tournament, held April9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Ben Hogan shattered the Masters scoring record by five strokes with a 274(−14), which stood for twelve years, until Jack Nicklaus' 271 in 1965. Hogan shot four rounds of70 or better, and went on to win the U.S.Open by six strokes in June and the British Open by four in July. Through 2022, it remains the only time these three majors were won in the same calendar year.

Hogan, age forty, led by four strokes after 54holes and finished five ahead of runner-up Ed Oliver to win his second Masters, the seventh of his nine major titles. This win was commemorated five years later in 1958 with the dedication of the Hogan Bridge over Rae's Creek at the par-3 12thhole.

Hogan was the first Masters winner over age forty; a few months older than Hogan, Sam Snead won the next year at41.

Course

HoleYardsPar HoleYardsPar14004 1047042555511445433554121553422031347055450414420461903155055736541619038520517400494204184204Out3,47536In3,47536Source: Total6,95072

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

2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Olin Dutra (6), Chick Evans (3,a), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10,12), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions Dick Chapman (5,a), Charles Coe (a), Skee Riegel (9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Jack Westland (11,a)

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

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

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

7. Members of the U.S. 1953 Ryder Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion

8. Members of the U.S. 1953 Walker Cup team Team not selected in time for inclusion

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1952 Masters Tournament Al Besselink, Arnold Blum (a), Tommy Bolt (10), Jack Burke Jr., George Fazio (10), Doug Ford (10), Fred Hawkins, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Chuck Kocsis (a), Ted Kroll (10,12), Johnny Palmer

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1952 U.S. Open Al Brosch, Johnny Bulla, Clarence Doser (12), Leland Gibson, Chick Harbert (12), Jimmy Jackson (a), Milon Marusic, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Earl Stewart, Harry Todd, Felice Torza, Bill Trombley, Bo Wininger

Paul Runyan (6) did not play.

11. 1952 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Don Cherry (a), Al Mengert

Gene Littler (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) and Dick Yost (a) did not play.

12. 1952 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Frank Champ, Fred Haas

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions William C. Campbell (a)

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 1953 PGA Tour Jerry Barber, Dick Mayer

16. Foreign invitations John de Bendern (5,a), Ricardo Rossi, Peter Thomson

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 9, 1953 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Chick Harbert 68 −4T2 Al Besselink 69 −3 Ed Oliver T4 Ben Hogan 70 −2 Milan Marusic T6 Tommy Bolt 71 −1 Bob Hamilton Ted Kroll Sam SneadT10 Skip Alexander 72 E Dick Chapman (a) Frank Stranahan (a)

Second round Friday, April 10, 1953 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Hogan 70-69=139 −52 Bob Hamilton 71-69=140 −4T3 Chick Harbert 68-73=141 −3 Ted Kroll 71-70=141 T5 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68=142 −2 Milan Marusic 70-72=142 Ed Oliver 69-73=142T8 Al Besselink 69-75=144 E Julius Boros 73-71=144 Leland Gibson 73-71=144 Lew Worsham 74-70=144

Third round Saturday, April 11, 1953

With a 66 (−6), 1951 champion Ben Hogan set the 54-hole scoring record at 205 (−11).

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ben Hogan 70-69-66=205 −112 Ed Oliver 69-73-67=209 −7 3 Bob Hamilton 71-69-70=210 −64 Chick Harbert 68-73-70=211 −55 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68-71=213 −3 T6 Al Besselink 69-75-70=214 −2 Tommy Bolt 71-75-68=214 Ted Kroll 71-70-73=214 9 Chandler Harper 74-72-69=215 −1T10 Jack Burke Jr. 78-69-69=216 E Leland Gibson 73-71-72=216 Dick Mayer 73-72-71=216 Dick Metz 73-72-71=216 Frank Stranahan (a) 72-75-69=216 Harvie Ward (a) 73-74-69=216

Final round Sunday, April 12, 1953

Final leaderboard Champion Silver Cup winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Ben Hogan (c) 70-69-66-69=274 −14 4,0002 Ed Oliver 69-73-67-70=279 −9 2,5003 Lloyd Mangrum 74-68-71-69=282 −6 1,7004 Bob Hamilton 71-69-70-73=283 −5 1,400T5 Tommy Bolt 71-75-68-71=285 −3 900 Chick Harbert 68-73-70-74=2857 Ted Kroll 71-70-73-72=286 −2 7008 Jack Burke Jr. 78-69-69-71=287 −1 6509 Al Besselink 69-75-70-74=288 E 600T10 Julius Boros 73-71-75-70=289 +1 523 Chandler Harper 74-72-69-74=289 Fred Hawkins 75-70-74-70=289 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)13 Johnny Palmer 74-73-72-71=290 +2 450T14 Frank Stranahan (a) 72-75-69-75=291 +3 0 Harvie Ward (a) 73-74-69-75=291T16 Charles Coe (a) 75-74-72-71=292 +4 Jim Ferrier 74-71-76-71=292 443 Dick Mayer 73-72-71-76=292 Sam Snead (c) 71-75-71-75=292 Earl Stewart 75-72-70-75=292T21 Jerry Barber 73-76-72-72=293 +5 425 Doug Ford 73-73-72-75=293T23 Leland Gibson 73-71-72-78=294 +6 407 Al Mengert 77-70-75-72=294 Dick Metz 73-72-71-78=29426 Fred Haas 74-73-71-77=295 +7 400T27 Cary Middlecoff 75-76-68-77=296 +8 200 Jim Turnesa 73-74-73-76=296T29 Skip Alexander 72-78-74-73=297 +9 200 Byron Nelson (c) 73-73-78-73=297 Skee Riegel 74-72-76-75=297 Felice Torza 78-73-72-74=297 Bo Wininger 80-70-72-75=297T34 Clarence Doser 75-77-71-75=298 +10 200 Claude Harmon (c) 75-73-75-75=298 Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) 75-76-72-75=298 037 Dick Chapman (a) 72-77-78-72=299 +11T38 Al Brosch 74-73-78-75=300 +12 200 Jimmy Jackson (a) 75-77-74-74=300 0 Milon Marusic 70-72-77-81=300 200 Henry Picard (c) 73-75-74-78=300 Gene Sarazen (c) 75-78-73-74=300 Peter Thomson 77-76-74-73=30044 Lew Worsham 74-70-77-80=301 +13 200T45 William C. Campbell (a) 75-78-74-75=302 +14 0 Don Cherry (a) 73-76-79-74=302 Jimmy Demaret (c) 73-80-75-74=302 200 Chuck Kocsis (a) 75-75-75-77=302 0 Horton Smith (c) 78-76-72-76=302 20050 Sam Parks Jr. 73-76-76-79=304 +16 200T51 Johnny Bulla 75-77-81-72=305 +17 200 George Fazio 77-74-77-77=305T53 Harry Todd 78-73-75-80=306 +18 200 Jack Westland (a) 81-74-75-76=306 0T55 Arnold Blum (a) 76-73-77-82=308 +20 Ricardo Rossi 75-81-80-72=308 200 Denny Shute 78-81-74-75=30858 Johnny Revolta 77-77-75-81=310 +22 200T59 Frank Champ 85-72-77-77=311 +23 200 Bill Trombley 78-75-79-79=31161 John de Bendern (a) 80-77-75-80=312 +24 062 Craig Wood (c) 81-78-76-80=315 +27 20063 Olin Dutra 80-78-82-78=318 +30 20064 Chick Evans (a) 85-79-79-85=328 +40 0WD Vic Ghezzi 74-77-73=224 +8 Jess Sweetser (a) 75-78-77=230 +14 Clayton Heafner 78-74-79=231 +15 Billy Burke 80-80=160 +16 Jock Hutchison Joe Kirkwood Jr. Fred McLeod

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par454343454 443545344 Hogan −11−12−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−14 Oliver −7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9 Mangrum −2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−5−6 Hamilton −5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−4−5−5 Bolt −2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3 Harbert −5−5−5−2−3−2−2−2−3−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey +

References

External links Masters.com – past winners and results Augusta.com – 1953 Masters leaderboard and scorecards