1948 Masters Tournament
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The 1948 Masters Tournament was contested from April 8 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club
. It was the 12th Masters Tournament. The purse was $10,000.
Claude Harmon
defeated Cary Middlecoff by five strokes. It was Harmon's only professional tour victory.
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club, located in Augusta, Georgia, is a famous men's golf club. Founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts and designed by Alister MacKenzie on the site of a former indigo plantation, the club opened for play in January 1933. Since 1934, it has played host to the annual...
. It was the 12th Masters Tournament. The purse was $10,000.
Claude Harmon
Claude Harmon
Eugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
defeated Cary Middlecoff by five strokes. It was Harmon's only professional tour victory.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Harmon Claude Harmon Eugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931... |
 United States |
70-70-69-70=279 | -9 | 2,500 |
| 2 | Cary Middlecoff Cary Middlecoff Emmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s.... |
United States |
74-71-69-70=284 | -4 | 1,500 |
| 3 | Chick Harbert | United States |
71-70-70-76=287 | -1 | 1,000 |
| T4 | Jim Ferrier Jim Ferrier James B. Ferrier was an Australian professional golfer from Manly, New South Wales. He became an American citizen in 1944.-Early years:... |
71-71-75-71=288 | E | 750 | |
| Lloyd Mangrum Lloyd Mangrum Lloyd Eugene Mangrum was an American professional golfer. He was known for his smooth swing and his relaxed demeanour on the course, which earned him the nickname "Mr. Icicle".Mangrum was born in Trenton, Texas... |
United States |
69-73-75-71=288 | |||
| T6 | Ed Furgol Ed Furgol Edward Joseph Furgol was an American professional golfer.When he was twelve years of age, Furgol injured his left elbow when he fell off a set of parallel bars. The elbow never healed correctly and Furgol was left with a crooked arm as a result... |
United States |
70-72-73-74=289 | +1 | 500 |
| Ben Hogan Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game... |
United States |
70-71-77-71=289 | |||
| T8 | Byron Nelson Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912... |
United States |
71-73-72-74=290 | +2 | 350 |
| Harry Todd Harry Todd (golfer) Harry Todd was an American professional golfer.Todd was born in Dallas, Texas. As an amateur, he won the 1939 Western Amateur and finished runner-up to Bud Ward in 1941. He turned professional in 1945.... |
United States |
72-67-80-71=290 | |||
| T10 | Herman Keiser Herman Keiser Herman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament.... |
United States |
70-72-76-73=291 | +3 | 250 |
| Bobby Locke Bobby Locke Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was the first internationally successful South African professional golfer. He won four Open Championships.-Early years:... |
 South Africa |
71-71-74-75=291 | |||
| Dick Metz Dick Metz Richard C. Metz was an American professional golfer.Metz won 10 times on the PGA Tour in the 1930s and 1940s. He had continued success as a senior golfer winning the Senior PGA Championship and World Seniors Championship in 1960.Metz married actress Jean Chatburn on November 2, 1939. He was also a... |
United States |
71-72-75-73=291 |