The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th

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, held April 5–8 at

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, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up

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. It was the fifth of his nine

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titles. After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and

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champion. Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in

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. The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open. With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.

Field

;1. Masters champions

Jimmy Demaret James Newton Demaret (May 24, 1910 – December 28, 1983) was an American professional golfer. He won 31 PGA Tour events in a long career between 1935 and 1957, and was the first three-time winner of the Masters, with titles in 1940, 1947, and ...

(9,10,12),

Claude Harmon Eugene Claude Harmon Sr. (July 14, 1916 – July 23, 1989) was an American professional golfer and golf instructor. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Harmon spent much of his boyhood in Florida, in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, he qualified for ...

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Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. Nelson and two other legendary champions of the time, Ben Hog ...

(2,6,9),

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(2,4,6,9),

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(2),

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(6,9,10),

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(3,5,9),

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(9,10,12), Fred McLeod,

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(9,10),

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;3.

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champions

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(8,a),

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(8,a),

(9,10),

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(8,11,a),

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;4.

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champions

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(6) ;5.

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champions

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(8,9,11,a),

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(a) ;6.

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(9,10),

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(9),

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(12),

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;7. Members of the U.S.

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team *''Team not selected in time for inclusion.'' ;8. Members of the U.S.

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team William C. Campbell (a),

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, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a),

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(10), Leland Gibson,

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(10),

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, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10),

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(10,12), Toney Penna *''

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(10) did not play.'' ;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1950 U.S. Open

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, Bill Nary,

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, Harold Williams *''

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did not play.'' ;11. 1950

quarter-finalists Bill Shields (a),

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(a), John Ward (a) *''

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(a) and Dick Kinchla (a) did not play.'' ;12. 1950 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr. ;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions *''

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(a) was selected but did not play.'' ;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

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;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1951 PGA Tour

Ed Furgol Edward Joseph Furgol (March 24, 1917 – March 6, 1997) was an American professional golfer, the winner of the U.S. Open in 1954. At age twelve, Furgol injured his left elbow when he fell off a set of parallel bars at a playground. Despite sever ...

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;16. Foreign invitations

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(9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a) *''Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.''

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, April 5, 1951'' Source:

Second round

''Friday, April 6, 1951'' Source:

Third round

''Saturday, April 7, 1951'' Source:

Final round

''Sunday, April 8, 1951''

Final leaderboard

Sources:

Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source:

References

External links

Masters.com
– past winners and results
Augusta.com
– 1951 Masters leaderboard and scorecards {{DEFAULTSORT:Masters Tournament

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