1947 Masters Tournament

The 1947 Masters Tournament was the 11th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The purse was $10,000 with a winner's share of $2,500.

Jimmy Demaret, the 1940 champion, was the co-leader after both the first and second rounds, and had a three-shot lead after 54 holes. He carded a 71 on Sunday and won by two strokes over Byron Nelson and amateur Frank Stranahan. Demaret joined Horton Smith and Nelson as two-time winners of the Masters. He was the first to score four sub-par rounds in the same Masters and later became the first three-time winner in 1950.

Field
Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9,10,12), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6), Horton Smith (9), Craig Wood (2)
 * 1. Masters champions
 * Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.

Billy Burke, Johnny Farrell, Bobby Jones (3,4,5), Lawson Little (3,5,9,10), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10)
 * 2. U.S. Open champions

Dick Chapman (8,a)
 * 3. U.S. Amateur champions

Denny Shute (6), Sam Snead (6,9,10)
 * 4. British Open champions

Charlie Yates (a)
 * 5. British Amateur champions

Vic Ghezzi (9,10), Bob Hamilton (9), Ben Hogan (9,10,12), Johnny Revolta
 * 6. PGA champions


 * 7. Members of the U.S. 1947 Ryder Cup team
 * Team not selected in time for inclusion.

George Hamer (a), Skee Riegel (a), Frank Stranahan (9,a)
 * 8. Members of the U.S. 1947 Walker Cup team


 * Ted Bishop (3,11,a), Fred Kammer (11,a), Smiley Quick (11,a), Willie Turnesa (3,5,a) and Bud Ward (3,a) did not play.

Johnny Bulla (10), Jim Ferrier, Jim Foulis, Fred Haas, Chick Harbert (10), Claude Harmon (10), Chandler Harper (10), Clayton Heafner (10), Ky Laffoon, Cary Middlecoff (11), Toney Penna (10), George Schneiter, Felix Serafin
 * 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 Masters Tournament

Herman Barron, Ed Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Steve Kovach, Gene Kunes, Dick Metz, Ed Oliver (12), Harry Todd, Lew Worsham
 * 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1946 U.S. Open


 * Henry Ransom and Paul Runyan did not play.

Babe Lind (a), Robert Willits (a)
 * 11. 1946 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists


 * Maurice McCarthy (8,a) and Robert Sweeny Jr. (5,a) did not play.

Charles Congdon, Jug McSpaden, Frank Moore, Jim Turnesa
 * 12. 1946 PGA Championship quarter-finalists


 * 13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
 * Johnny Dawson (a) did not play

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

Johnny Palmer, George Schoux
 * 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1947 PGA Tour

Joe MacDonald (a)
 * 16 Winner of the 1947 Inter-service Invitational tournament

Ed Dudley
 * 17 Home club professional

George Fazio (winner of the 1946 Canadian Open), Bobby Locke
 * 18. Extra invitations

First round
Thursday, April 3, 1947 Source:

Second round
Friday, April 4, 1947 Source:

Third round
Saturday, April 5, 1947 Source:

Final round
Sunday, April 6, 1947

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par