Golf tournament
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; 101 players started and forty 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] [ 3] [ 1] [ 4] major title; he also won the 1955 PGA Championship .
This year was the Masters debut of Gary Player , age 21, and he tied for 24th. He won three Masters, in 1961 , 1974 , and 1978 . Five-time British Open winner Peter Thomson was fifth, his best career finish in the Masters. Amateur Harvie Ward was fourth at even-par 288, five strokes behind Ford.
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] 1967 .
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 , Claude Harmon (10), Ben Hogan (2,3,4,8,9), Herman Keiser , Cary Middlecoff (2,8,9,11), Byron Nelson (2,4), Henry Picard (4), Gene Sarazen (2,3,4), Horton Smith , Sam Snead (3,4,8,9,10,11), Craig Wood
The following categories only apply to Americans 2. U.S. Open champions Julius Boros (8,9), Billy Burke , Jack Fleck , Ed Furgol (8,9,10), Lawson Little (5), Tony Manero , Lloyd Mangrum (8), Fred McLeod , Sam Parks Jr. , Lew Worsham
3. The Open champions Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)
4. PGA champions Walter Burkemo (8), Doug Ford (8,9,11), Vic Ghezzi , Bob Hamilton , Chick Harbert (11), Chandler Harper (11), Johnny Revolta , Paul Runyan , Jim Turnesa (8)
5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions Dick Chapman (a), Charles Coe (a), Joe Conrad (6), Gene Littler (8), Billy Maxwell (9), Arnold Palmer (8,9), Skee Riegel , Frank Stranahan (8), Sam Urzetta (8), Bud Ward , Harvie Ward (6,7,a)
6. Members of the 1955 U.S. Walker Cup team William C. Campbell (a), Don Cherry (a), Bruce Cudd (a), Jimmy Jackson (a), Ed Meister (a), Dale Morey (a), Billy Joe Patton (8,9,a), Hillman Robbins (8,a), Dick Yost (a)
Robbins and Meister were reserves for the team. 7. 1956 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Rex Baxter (a), Arnold Blum (a), Joe Campbell (a), Sarg Fontanini (a), Ted Gleichmann (a), Chuck Kocsis (a)
8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber (9,11), Tommy Bolt (9,11), Pete Cooper (9), Dow Finsterwald , Shelley Mayfield , Al Mengert , Johnny Palmer , Bob Rosburg , Mike Souchak , Ken Venturi (9)
9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 U.S. Open Errie Ball , Johnny Bulla , Billy Casper , Wes Ellis , Fred Haas , Dutch Harrison , Jay Hebert , Bob Kay , Ted Kroll (10,11), Bill Ogden , Bob Toski
10. 1956 PGA Championship quarter-finalists Fred Hawkins , Bill Johnston , Terl Johnson , Henry Ransom
11. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team Marty Furgol
12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Mike Fetchick
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 , Art Wall Jr.
16. Winner of the 1956 Canadian Open Doug Sanders
17. Foreign invitations Al Balding , Henry Cotton (9), Bruce Crampton , Stan Leonard (8), Jerry Magee (7,a), Moe Norman , Gary Player , Peter Thomson (8), Harry Weetman , Trevor Wilkes
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: [ 7]
Second round
Friday, April 5, 1957
Source: [ 8] [ 9]
Third round
Saturday, April 6, 1957
Source:
Final round
Sunday, April 7, 1957
Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Sources:[ 10] [ 11]
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
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
−2
−2
−3
−4
−4
−4
−5
−1
−2
−2
−3
−3
−3
−4
−4
−3
−2
−1
−1
E
+1
E
−1
−1
−2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
+1
E
E
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
E
E
E
−1
−1
−1
E
E
+1
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
+2
+2
+1
+2
+2
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+1
+1
E
E
E
E
+1
+1
−1
E
E
−1
+1
+2
+2
+1
+1
+1
+2
+3
+3
+3
+2
+2
+2
+2
−1
−2
−2
−2
−1
E
E
−1
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
+3
+4
+3
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
−1
E
E
+2
+3
+3
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Triple bogey+
Source: [ 12]
References
^ a b "Doug Ford's 283 captures Masters golf" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. April 8, 1957. p. 1.^ 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 . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 13. ^ "Snead takes Masters golf lead with 140" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. 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. ^ "Masters golf scores" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 6, 1957. p. 12.^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results" . Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Past results – Masters tournament" . PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .^ "Leaders' cards" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 8, 1957. p. 26.
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