1947 Masters Tournament

1947 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates April 3–6, 1947
Location Augusta, Georgia
Course(s) Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field 58 players
Cut none
Prize fund $10,000
Winner's share $2,500
Champion
United States Jimmy Demaret
281 (−7)
Augusta 
Location in the United States

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.[1][2]

Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54 holes.[3][4] He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan.[2] Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters.[1] He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jimmy Demaret United States194069717071281−71
Byron Nelson United States1937, 194269727270283−5T2
Henry Picard United States193873707271286−2T6
Horton Smith United States1934, 193672707675293+5T22
Herman Keiser United States194674757372294+6T24
Gene Sarazen United States193575767470295+7T26
Craig Wood United States194178807578311+23T53

Source:[1][2]

  • The Masters did not have a 36-hole cut until 1957

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1947

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jimmy Demaret United States69−3
Byron Nelson United States
T3Johnny Bulla United States70−2
Jim Ferrier Australia
 United States
Fred Haas United States
Ed Oliver United States
Johnny Palmer United States
George Schneiter United States
Lew Worsham United States
T10Herman Barron United States71−1
Chick Harbert United States
Lawson Little United States
Cary Middlecoff United States
Toney Penna Italy
 United States
George Schoux United States

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1947

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jimmy Demaret United States69-71=140−4
Cary Middlecoff United States71-69=140
T3Jim Ferrier Australia
 United States		70-71=141−3
Byron Nelson United States69-72=141
Toney Penna Italy
 United States		71-70=141
T8Herman Barron United States71-71=142−2
Claude Harmon United States73-69=142
Lawson Little United States71-71=142
Ed Oliver United States70-72=142
Horton Smith United States72-70=142

Source:[6][7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1947

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jimmy Demaret United States69-71-70=210−6
T2Byron Nelson United States69-72-72=213−3
Jug McSpaden United States74-69-70=213
T4Jim Ferrier Australia
 United States		70-71-73=214−2
Chick Harbert United States71-72-71=214
Ben Hogan United States75-68-71=214
T7Henry Picard United States73-70-72=215−1
Frank Stranahan (a) United States73-72-70=215
T9Herman Barron United States71-71-74=216E
Dick Metz United States72-72-72=216
Cary Middlecoff United States71-69-76=216
Ed Oliver United States70-72-74=216
Toney Penna Italy
 United States		71-70-75=216

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1947

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jimmy Demaret United States69-71-70-71=281−72,500
T2Byron Nelson United States69-72-72-70=283−51,500
Frank Stranahan (a) United States73-72-70-68=2830
T4Ben Hogan United States75-68-71-70=284−4900
Jug McSpaden United States74-69-70-71=284
T6Jim Ferrier Australia
 United States		70-71-73-72=286−2625
Henry Picard United States73-70-72-71=286
T8Chandler Harper United States77-72-68-70=287−1335
Lloyd Mangrum United States76-73-68-70=287
Dick Metz United States72-72-72-71=287
Ed Oliver United States70-72-74-71=287
Toney Penna Italy
 United States		71-70-75-71=287

Source:[1][2]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454343454443545344
United States Demaret−6−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−8−7−7−7
United States Nelson−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5
United States Stranahan−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−5−5
United States Hogan−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−4
United States McSpaden−2−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4
Australia Ferrier−2−3−4−5−5−5−5−6−5−4−4−2−3−3−2−2−2−2
United States Picard−1−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1E−1−2−2−3−3−2
United States Harbert−1−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+1+2+3+7+9+9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1947. p. 4-part 2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1947). "Demaret wins second Masters golf title". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 29.
  3. 1 2 "Demaret's 210 leads Masters". Milwaukee Sentinel. associated Press. April 6, 1947. p. 1B.
  4. 1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1947). "Demaret's 210 leads Masters by 3 strokes". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
  5. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1947). "Nelson shares Masters lead with Demaret". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 27.
  6. 1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1947). "Demaret, Middlecoff lead Masters golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
  7. ↑ "Middlecoff, Demaret lead Masters with subpar 140s". Milwaukee Sentinell. INS. April 5, 1947. p. 3, part 2.

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020

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