1957 Masters Tournament

1957 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 4–7, 1957
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)^[1]
Field	101 players, 40 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Winner's share	$8,750
Champion
Doug Ford
283 (−5)
«1956 1958»

Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1957 Masters Tournament was the 21st Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first Masters played with a 36-hole cut. A field of 101 players started in the tournament, and 40 of them made the cut at 150 (+6).

Doug Ford won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead, a three-time champion.^[2] Snead was the third round leader, but could only shoot even-par in a round that included six birdies and six bogeys. Ford was three strokes back after 54 holes,^[3] but was bogey-free on Sunday. On the final hole, Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie for his 66 (–6).^[1]^[4] This was Ford's second and final major title; he also won the 1955 PGA Championship.

This year was the Masters debut of Gary Player, 21, and he finished tied for 24th. He won three Masters, in 1961, 1974, and 1978. Five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson finished fifth, his best career finish in the Masters.

Two-time champion Ben Hogan had finished in the top ten in the last fourteen Masters that he had entered, but had 32 putts on Friday and missed the event's first-ever cut by a stroke.^[5]^[6] It was the only cut he missed at Augusta; in nine more Masters he had three top ten finishes, including his final appearance at age 54 in 1967.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	72	68	74	72	286	−2	2
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	72	70	75	70	287	−1	3
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	71	72	74	74	291	+3	T7
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	74	72	73	76	295	+7	T16
Henry Picard	United States	1938	79	71	78	74	302	+14	T35
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	78	72	77	76	303	+15	T38

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	76	75	151	+7
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	79	73	152	+8
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	80	75	155	+11
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	80	78	158	+14
Craig Wood	United States	1941	72	87	159	+15
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	77	82	159	+15

Source^[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1957

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71	−1
T2	Bruce Crampton	Australia	72	E
	Jimmy Demaret	United States
	Doug Ford	United States
	Peter Thomson	Australia
	Sam Snead	United States
T7	Al Balding	Canada	73	+1
	Jerry Barber	United States
	Henry Cotton	England
	Ed Furgol	United States
	Marty Furgol	United States
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Skee Riegel	United States
	Bud Ward	United States
	Harvie Ward (a)	United States

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1957

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sam Snead	United States	72-68=140	−4
2	Jimmy Demaret	United States	72-70=142	−2
3	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71-72=143	−1
T4	Ed Furgol	United States	73-71=144	E
T4	Harvie Ward (a)	United States	73-71=144	E
T6	Doug Ford	United States	72-73=145	+1
T6	Peter Thomson	Australia	72-73=145	+1
T8	Al Balding	Canada	73-73=146	+2
	Henry Cotton	England	73-73=146
	Jay Hebert	United States	74-72=146
	Byron Nelson	United States	74-72=146
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73=146

Source:^[9]

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1957

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sam Snead	United States	72-68-74=214	−2
T2	Stan Leonard	Canada	75-72-68=215	–1
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73-69=215
	Harvie Ward (a)	United States	73-71-71=215
5	Ed Furgol	United States	73-71-72=216	E
T6	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71-72-74=217	+1
	Jimmy Demaret	United States	72-70-75=217
	Doug Ford	United States	72-73-72=217
T9	Henry Cotton	England	73-73-72=218	+2
T9	Peter Thomson	Australia	72-73-73=218	+2

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1957

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Doug Ford	United States	72-73-72-66=283	−5	8,750
2	Sam Snead	United States	72-68-74-72=286	−2	4,375
3	Jimmy Demaret	United States	72-70-75-70=287	−1	2,625
4	Harvie Ward (a)	United States	73-71-71-73=288	E	0
5	Peter Thomson	Australia	72-73-73-71=289	+1	1,750
6	Ed Furgol	United States	73-71-72-74=290	+2	1,312
T7	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71-72-74-74=291	+3	1,137
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-74-73-70=291
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73-69-76=291
10	Jay Hebert	United States	74-72-76-70=292	+4	1,005

Source:^[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Ford	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5
Snead	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−2
Palmer	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+3	+4	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[10]

References

1 2 "Doug Ford's 283 captures Masters golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 8, 1957. p. 1.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 8, 1957). "Ford takes Masters! Posts 66 for 283". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1957). "Snead's Masters lead cut to stroke". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Two shots that won the Masters". Sports Illustrated. April 15, 1957. p. 16.
↑ Grimsley, Will (April 6, 1957). "Stutter putter Ben's downfall". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. 13.
↑ "Snead takes Masters golf lead with 140". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. April 6, 1957. p. 12.
↑ "Masters golf scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 6, 1957. p. 12.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1957). "Masters interrupted; Burke's 71 leads". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1957). "Snead's 140 leads Masters; Hogan out". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Leaders' cards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 8, 1957. p. 26.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1957 Masters
Augusta.com – 1957 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1957 Men's Major Golf Championships

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