1952 Masters Tournament

The 1952 Masters Tournament was the 16th Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

In strong winds and cool temperatures on the final two days, Sam Snead held on to the lead and won the second of his three Masters titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Burke Jr. It was the sixth of Snead's seven major titles.

Defending champion Ben Hogan hosted the first Masters Club dinner (popularly known as the Champions dinner). He was the co-leader with Snead after three rounds at 214 (−2), but shot a 79 (+7) on  Sunday and finished seven strokes back.

With a Sunday gallery estimated at 18,000 patrons at five dollars each, the purse was doubled by the tournament committee to $20,000, with a winner's share of $4,000.

Field
Jimmy Demaret (7,10), Claude Harmon, Ben Hogan (2,6,7,9,10), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Henry Picard (6,10), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith, Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10,12), Craig Wood (2)
 * 1. Masters champions
 * Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play.

Billy Burke, Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham (9,10)
 * 2. U.S. Open champions

Ted Bishop (a), Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a), Charles Coe (8,9,11,a), Billy Maxwell (11,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Jess Sweetser (5,a), Sam Urzetta (8,a), Bud Ward
 * 3. U.S. Amateur champions

Denny Shute (6)
 * 4. British Open champions

Frank Stranahan (8,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a)
 * 5. British Amateur champions

Jim Ferrier (9), Vic Ghezzi, Bob Hamilton, Chandler Harper, Johnny Revolta (10)
 * 6. PGA champions

Skip Alexander, Jack Burke Jr. (9,12), Clayton Heafner (9,10), Ed Oliver (10)
 * 7. Members of the U.S. 1951 Ryder Cup team


 * Dutch Harrison (9) and Henry Ransom (10) did not play.

Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Al Mengert (a), Harvie Ward (a)
 * 8. Members of the U.S. 1951 Walker Cup team


 * William C. Campbell (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a) and Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe, Mengert and Ward were reserves for the team.

Al Besselink (10), Julius Boros (10), Johnny Bulla (12), Dave Douglas (10), George Fazio, Ed Furgol, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Bob Toski
 * 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 Masters Tournament

Charlie Bassler (12), Al Brosch (12), Marty Furgol, Ray Gafford, Fred Hawkins, Chuck Kocsis (a), Johnny Palmer, Smiley Quick, Earl Stewart, Buck White
 * 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1951 U.S. Open


 * Paul Runyan (6) did not play.

Arnold Blum (a), Jimmy Frisina (a), Tommy Jacobs (a)
 * 11. 1951 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists


 * Jack Benson (a), Joe Gagliardi (a) and Ed Martin (a) did not play.

Walter Burkemo, Reggie Myles
 * 12. 1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists


 * Ellsworth Vines did not play.

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

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

Doug Ford, Ted Kroll
 * 15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour

Stan Leonard, Bobby Locke (4,10), Albert Pélissier, Norman Von Nida
 * 16. Foreign invitations


 * Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

First round
Thursday, April 3, 1952 Source:

Second round
Friday, April 4, 1952 Source:

Third round
Saturday, April 5, 1952 Source:

Final round
Sunday, April 6, 1952

Final leaderboard
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Scorecard
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