1951 Masters Tournament

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The 1951 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 15th Masters Tournament.

Ben Hogan went into the final round trailing by one stroke and shot a bogey-free round of 68 (-4). This was Hogan's first Masters victory. Hogan made eight top ten finishes in previous Master tournaments including two runner-ups before winning in 1951.

[edit] Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Ben Hogan  United States 70-72-70-68=280 -8 1,500
2 Skee Riegel  United States 73-68-70-71=282 -6 800
T3 Lloyd Mangrum  United States 69-74-70-73=286 -2 600
Lew Worsham  United States 71-71-72-72=286
5 Dave Douglas  United States 74-69-72-73=288 E 400
6 Lawson Little  United States 72-73-72-72=289 +1 500
7 Jim Ferrier  Australia 74-70-74-72=290 +2 525
T8 Johnny Bulla  United States 71-72-73-75=291 +3 450
Byron Nelson  United States 71-73-73-74=291
Sam Snead  United States 69-74-68-80=291

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