The 1957 Masters Tournament was the 21st
Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at
Augusta National Golf Club
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in
Augusta, Georgia
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. This was the first Masters played with a 36-hole cut; 101 players started and forty made the cut at 150 (+6).
Doug Ford
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won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up
Sam Snead
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, a three-time champion.
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,
but was bogey-free on Sunday. On the final hole, Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie for his 66 (–6).
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
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, age 21, and he tied for 24th. He won three Masters, in 1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
, 1974, and 1978. Five-time British Open
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winner Peter Thomson Peter Thomson may refer to:
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* Peter Thomson (diplomat) (born 1948), Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
* Peter Thomson (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer
* Peter ...
was fifth, his best career finish in the Masters. Amateur Harvie Ward
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Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Ward ...
was fourth at even-par 288, five strokes behind Ford.
Two-time champion Ben Hogan
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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. 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
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
.
Field
This was the last year when professionals were invited based solely on qualification in amateur events.
;1. Masters champions
Jack Burke Jr. (4,8,10,11), Jimmy Demaret
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, Claude Harmon
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(10), Ben Hogan
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(2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser
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, Cary Middlecoff
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(2,8,9,11), Byron Nelson
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(2,4), Henry Picard
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(4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith
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, Sam Snead
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(3,4,8,9,10,11), Craig Wood
*''Ralph Guldahl
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(2) did not play.''
;The following categories only apply to Americans
;2. U.S. Open champions
Julius Boros
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(8,9), Billy Burke, Jack Fleck, Ed Furgol
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(8,9,10), Lawson Little
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(5), Tony Manero, Lloyd Mangrum
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(8), Fred McLeod, Sam Parks Jr., Lew Worsham
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;3. The Open
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champions
Jock Hutchison
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(4), Denny Shute
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(4)
;4. PGA champions
Walter Burkemo
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(8), Doug Ford
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(8,9,11), Vic Ghezzi
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, Bob Hamilton
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, Chick Harbert
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(11), Chandler Harper
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(11), Johnny Revolta
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, Paul Runyan
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, Jim Turnesa
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(8)
;5. U.S. Amateur
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and Amateur champions
Dick Chapman
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(a), Charles Coe
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(a), Joe Conrad (6), Gene Littler
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(8,9), Skee Riegel
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, Frank Stranahan
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(8), Bud Ward, Harvie Ward
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(6,7,a)
;6. Members of the 1955 U.S. Walker Cup
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team
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(a), Bruce Cudd
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(a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (a), Dale Morey
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(a), Billy Joe Patton
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(8,9,a), Hillman Robbins (8,a), Dick Yost
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(a)
*''Robbins and Meister were reserves for the team.''
;7. 1956 U.S. Amateur
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quarter-finalists
Rex Baxter
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(a), Arnold Blum
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(a)
;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 Masters Tournament
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Jerry Barber (9,11), Tommy Bolt
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* ''Tommy'' (1975 fil ...
(9,11), Pete Cooper (9), Dow Finsterwald
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, Shelley Mayfield, Al Mengert, Johnny Palmer
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Born in Eldorado, North Carolina, Palmer won seven times on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of the Ryder Cup team 1949.
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, Bob Rosburg, Mike Souchak
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, Ken Venturi
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(9)
;9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 U.S. Open
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, Billy Casper
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, Wes Ellis
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, Fred Haas
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, Dutch Harrison
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, Jay Hebert, Bob Kay, Ted Kroll
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Fred Hawkins
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William Marquitz "Little Bill" John ...
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team
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;12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions
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;13. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Dick Mayer
;14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Bud Taylor (a)
;15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1957 PGA Tour
Gardner Dickinson
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;17. Foreign invitations
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, Stan Leonard
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(8), Jerry Magee
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(7,a), Moe Norman
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, Gary Player
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* Peter ...
(8), Harry Weetman
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, Trevor Wilkes
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*''Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.''
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, April 4, 1957''
Source:
Second round
''Friday, April 5, 1957''
Source:
Third round
''Saturday, April 6, 1957''
Source:
Final round
''Sunday, April 7, 1957''
Final leaderboard
Sources:
Scorecard
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:
Source:
References
External links
Masters.com
– past winners and results
Augusta.com
– 1957 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
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1957 in American sports
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April 1957 sports events in the United States