1955 Masters Tournament

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Cary Middlecoff shot a 65 in the second round, including a then-record 31 on the first nine, to win his only Masters, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan,[1][2] and the second of his three major championships.

After a third round at even-par 72, Middlecoff entered the final round with a four shot lead over Hogan, the champion in 1951 and 1953.[3][4] The victory margin of seven strokes was a tournament record for ten years, until Jack Nicklaus won by nine strokes over Arnold Palmer and Gary Player in 1965, later increased to twelve in 1997 by Tiger Woods. The previous record was five strokes, set in 1948 by Claude Harmon and tied by Hogan in 1953. The runner-up finish was Hogan's fourth at the Masters.

Arnold Palmer, a professional for less than a year, finished tied for tenth in his first Masters.[5]

The Sarazen Bridge, approaching the left side of the 15th green, was dedicated on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gene Sarazen's double eagle in 1935.[6][7][8] Included was a contest to duplicate the Script error: No such module "convert". shot, with the closest by Fred Haas at Script error: No such module "convert". away.[9]

Course

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Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 White Pine 400 4 10 Camellia 470 4
2 Woodbine 555 5 11 Dogwood 445 4
3 Flowering Peach 355 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Palm 220 3 13 Azalea 470 5
5 Magnolia 450 4 14 Spanish Dagger 420 4
6 Juniper 190 3 15 Firethorn 505 5
7 Pampas 365 4 16 Redbud 190 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 520 5 17 Nandina 400 4
9 Carolina Cherry 420 4 18 Holly 420 4
Out 3,475 36 In 3,475 36
Source:[10] Total 6,950 72

^ Holes 1, 2, 4, 11, and 14 were later renamed.

Field

1. Masters champions

Claude Harmon (10), Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10), Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2)

2. U.S. Open champions

Julius Boros (9,10), Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Ed Furgol (10), Lawson Little (3,5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum (9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10,12), Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham (9,10)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,9,10,a), Charles Coe (9,a), Gene Littler (9,10), Billy Maxwell, Arnold Palmer (11), Skee Riegel (9), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Bud Ward

4. British Open champions

Jock Hutchison (6), Denny Shute (6)

5. British Amateur champions

Frank Stranahan, Robert Sweeny Jr. (11,a), Harvie Ward (8,9,a)

6. PGA champions

Walter Burkemo (9,12), Vic Ghezzi, Chick Harbert (9,12), Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta, Jim Turnesa

7. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team
  • Team not selected in time for inclusion
8. Members of the U.S. 1955 Walker Cup team

Rex Baxter (a), William C. Campbell (10,a), Don Cherry (11,a), Joe Conrad (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (11,a), Dale Morey (11,a), Billy Joe Patton (9,10,a), Hillman Robbins (a)

  • Dick Yost (a) did not play. Baxter, Meister and Robbins were reserves for the team.
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 Masters Tournament

Jerry Barber (12), Al Besselink, Tommy Bolt (10,12), Jack Burke Jr. (10), Pete Cooper, Marty Furgol (10), Jay Hebert (10), Ed Oliver, Bob Rosburg, Earl Stewart, Bob Toski (10)

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1954 U.S. Open

Max Evans, Leland Gibson, Fred Haas, Dick Mayer, Shelley Mayfield (12), Al Mengert, Johnny Weitzel

11. 1954 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

Ted Lenczyk (a), Davis Love Jr. (a)

12. 1954 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Bill Goodloe (a)

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

Johnny Palmer

15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1955 PGA Tour

Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger[11]

16. Foreign invitations

Pat Fletcher, Rudy Horvath (10), Stan Leonard, Peter Thomson (4,9)

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 7, 1955

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr. 67 −5
T2 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71 −1
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak
T4 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 72 E
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson
Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead
T8 Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo 73 +1
Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper
Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan
Template:Flagicon Skee Riegel

Source:[12]

Second round

Friday, April 8, 1955

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 72-65=137 −7
2 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 73-68=141 −3
T3 Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr. 67-76=143 −1
Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 72-71=143
5 Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg 72-72=144 E
6 Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 71-74=145 +1
T7 Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt 76-70=146 +2
Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-75=146
Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo 73-73=146
Template:Flagicon Pete Cooper 73-73=146
Template:Flagicon Ed Furgol 74-72=146
Template:Flagicon Skee Riegel 73-73=146
Template:Flagicon Harvie Ward (a) 77-69=146

Source:[13]

Third round

Saturday, April 9, 1955

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 72-65-72=209 −7
2 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 73-68-72=213 −3
3 Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr. 67-76-71=214 −2
4 Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg 72-72-72=216 E
T5 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 72-71-74=217 +1
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 71-74-72=217
T7 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-75-72=218 +2
Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo 73-73-72=218
Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 77-73-68=218
T10 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum 74-73-72=219 +3
Template:Flagicon Skee Riegel 73-73-73=219

Source:[3][4]

Final round

Sunday, April 10, 1955

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 72-65-72-70=279 −9 5,000
2 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan (c) 73-68-72-73=286 −2 3,125
3 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead (c) 72-71-74-70=287 −1 2,125
T4 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-75-72-71=289 +1 1,333
Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg 72-72-72-73=289
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 71-74-72-72=289
7 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum 74-73-72-72=291 +3 875
T8 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 77-73-68-74=292 +4 813
Template:Flagicon Harvie Ward (a) 77-69-75-71=292 0
T10 Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer 78-72-72-71=293 +5 696
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson (c) 72-75-74-72=293
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 76-76-72-69=293

Sources:[14][15]

Scorecard

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
Template:Flagicon Middlecoff −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −9
Template:Flagicon Hogan −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
Template:Flagicon Snead E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −1
Template:Flagicon Boros +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1
Template:Flagicon Rosburg +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3 +1 +1 +1 +1
Template:Flagicon Souchak +1 E E E E E E −1 E E E E +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1
Template:Flagicon Burke −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E +1 +5 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey +

References

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