1957 Masters 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. 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, 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. 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.

Field
This was the last year when professionals were invited based solely on qualification in amateur events.

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
 * 1. Masters champions
 * Ralph Guldahl (2) did not play.


 * The following categories only apply to Americans

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
 * 2. U.S. Open champions

Jock Hutchison (4), Denny Shute (4)
 * 3. The Open 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)
 * 4. PGA 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)
 * 5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions

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)
 * 6. Members of the 1955 U.S. Walker Cup team


 * Robbins and Meister were reserves for the team.

Rex Baxter (a), Arnold Blum (a), Joe Campbell (a), Sarg Fontanini (a), Ted Gleichmann (a), Chuck Kocsis (a)
 * 7. 1956 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists

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)
 * 8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 Masters Tournament

Errie Ball, Johnny Bulla, Billy Casper, Wes Ellis, Fred Haas, Dutch Harrison, Jay Hebert, Bob Kay, Ted Kroll (10,11), Bill Ogden, Bob Toski
 * 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1956 U.S. Open

Fred Hawkins, Bill Johnston, Terl Johnson, Henry Ransom
 * 10. 1956 PGA Championship quarter-finalists

Marty Furgol
 * 11. Members of the U.S. 1955 Ryder Cup team

Mike Fetchick
 * 12. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions

Dick Mayer
 * 13. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions

Bud Taylor (a)
 * 14. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions

Gardner Dickinson, Art Wall Jr.
 * 15. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1957 PGA Tour

Doug Sanders
 * 16. Winner of the 1956 Canadian Open

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
 * 17. Foreign invitations


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

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
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Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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