1947 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 1947
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,800 yards (6,220 m)[1]
Field58 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$10,000
Winner's share$2,500
Champion
United States Jimmy Demaret
281 (−7)
Location Map
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Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Location in Georgia

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.

Field

1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Dick Chapman (8,a)

4. British Open champions

Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10)

5. British Amateur champions

Charlie Yates (a)

6. PGA champions

Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta

7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion.
8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team

George Hamer (a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters Tournament

Johnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), George Schneiter, Felix Serafin

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. Open

Herman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Steve Kovach, Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham

11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Babe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a)

12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Charles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, Frank Moore, Jim Turnesa

13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Ellsworth Vines

15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA Tour

Johnny Palmer, George Schoux

16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Joe MacDonald (a)

17 Home club professional

Ed Dudley

18. Extra invitations

George Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jimmy Demaret69−3
United States Byron Nelson
T3United States Johnny Bulla70−2
United States Jim Ferrier
United States Fred Haas
United States Ed Oliver
United States Johnny Palmer
United States George Schneiter
United States Lew Worsham
T10United States Herman Barron71−1
United States Chick Harbert
United States Lawson Little
United States Cary Middlecoff
United States Toney Penna
United States George Schoux

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Jimmy Demaret69-71=140−4
United States Cary Middlecoff71-69=140
T3United States Jim Ferrier70-71=141−3
United States Byron Nelson69-72=141
United States Toney Penna71-70=141
T8United States Herman Barron71-71=142−2
United States Claude Harmon73-69=142
United States Lawson Little71-71=142
United States Ed Oliver70-72=142
United States Horton Smith72-70=142

Source:[6][7]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1947

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Jimmy Demaret69-71-70=210−6
T2United States Byron Nelson69-72-72=213−3
United States Jug McSpaden74-69-70=213
T4United States Jim Ferrier70-71-73=214−2
United States Chick Harbert71-72-71=214
United States Ben Hogan75-68-71=214
T7United States Henry Picard73-70-72=215−1
United States Frank Stranahan (a)73-72-70=215
T9United States Herman Barron71-71-74=216E
United States Dick Metz72-72-72=216
United States Cary Middlecoff71-69-76=216
United States Ed Oliver70-72-74=216
United States Toney Penna71-70-75=216

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1947

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Jimmy Demaret (c)69-71-70-71=281−72,500
T2United States Byron Nelson (c)69-72-72-70=283−51,500
United States Frank Stranahan (a)73-72-70-68=2830
T4United States Ben Hogan75-68-71-70=284−4900
United States Jug McSpaden74-69-70-71=284
T6United States Jim Ferrier70-71-73-72=286−2625
United States Henry Picard (c)73-70-72-71=286
T8United States Chandler Harper77-72-68-70=287−1335
United States Lloyd Mangrum76-73-68-70=287
United States Dick Metz72-72-72-71=287
United States Ed Oliver70-72-74-71=287
United States Toney Penna71-70-75-71=287

Sources:[8][9]

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
United States 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 "Demaret wins Masters; shoots 4th subpar round". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 7, 1947. p. 4-part 2.
  2. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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