1946 Masters Tournament

The 1946 Masters Tournament was the tenth Masters Tournament, held April4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It was the first in four years because of World WarII. The purse was $10,000, double that of the previous Masters in 1942, with a winner's share of $2,500.

Herman Keiser won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Hogan, the tour's money leader. Keiser and Hogan both three-putted the slick 18thgreen on Sunday; Keiser from , and a half-hour later Hogan from .

Hogan won the PGA Championship four months later in August for his first major title at age34. He later won the Masters in 1951 and 1953 and finished his career with nine wins in majors.

Field

With only one major championship played in 1945, the invitation criteria were modified. Eight amateurs and eight professionals were selected by a committee in February and four further professionals were invited just before the event.

1. Masters champions

• Jimmy Demaret (7), Ralph Guldahl (2,7), Byron Nelson (2,6,7,8), Henry Picard (6,7), Horton Smith (7), Craig Wood (2,7)
• Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,7) did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions

• Billy Burke (7), Bobby Jones (3,4,5,7), Lawson Little (3,5,7)

3. U.S. Amateur champions

• Dick Chapman (a)

4. British Open champions

• Denny Shute (6,8)

5. British Amateur champions

• Charlie Yates (7,a)

6. PGA champions

• Vic Ghezzi (8), Bob Hamilton, Sam Snead (7)

7. Top 30 players and ties from the 1942 Masters Tournament

• Sammy Byrd (8), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Chick Harbert, Chandler Harper, Dutch Harrison, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Gene Kunes, Jug McSpaden, Johnny Palmer, Toney Penna, Felix Serafin, Jimmy Thomson

• Tommy Armour (2,4,6), Harry Cooper, Bobby Cruickshank, Willie Goggin, Paul Runyan (6) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.

8. 1945 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

• Claude Harmon, Ralph Hutchison, Ky Laffoon

• Clarence Doser did not play.

9. Selected amateurs, not already qualified

• Bob Cochran (a), Fred Haas, Cary Middlecoff (a), Frank Stranahan (a)

• Ray Billows (a), Harry Givan (a), Chuck Kocsis (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a) did not play. Haas turned professional before the event.

10. Selected professionals, not already qualified

• Herman Barron, Johnny Bulla, Ed Dudley, Jimmy Hines, Lloyd Mangrum, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver, Jim Turnesa

11. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

• Tommy Suffern Tailer (a) did not play

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

• Al Watrous

13. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1946 PGA Tour

• Leland Gibson, George Schneiter

14. Additional invitations

• Clayton Heafner, Rod Munday, Buck White, Al Zimmerman

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1946

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Second round

Friday, April 5, 1946

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Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1946

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Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1946

Final leaderboard

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par<br>

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• GolfCompendium.com – 1946 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1946 Masters leaderboard and scorecards