1958 Masters Tournament

1958 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1958
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)^[1]
Field	86 players, 43 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$60,050^[1]
Winner's share	$11,250
Champion
Arnold Palmer
284 (−4)
«1957 1959»

Augusta

Location in the United States

The 1958 Masters Tournament was the 22nd Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer won the first of his four Masters titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Ford and Fred Hawkins. It was the first of his seven major titles.

Palmer, age 28, was the third round co-leader and eagled the 13th hole on Sunday to propel him to victory, as he three-putted on the final green.^[1]^[2] Three-time champion Sam Snead, age 45, was the other co-leader after 54 holes,^[3] but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday to fall to 13th place.^[4] One stroke back entering the final round was 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff, who carded a 75 in the final round and tied for 6th.

Palmer's first Masters victory was not without some controversy. On the 12th hole of the final round, Palmer thought his tee ball was embedded behind the green but the on-site rules official would not give him relief. Playing that ball as it lay, Palmer made a double-bogey. Upset over the questionable ruling and the double-bogey, Palmer then played a second ball from behind the green and, after taking relief, made a par. Several holes later word came from the tournament officials that Palmer was entitled to relief and his par score on 12 would stand.^[5]

Prior to the tournament, two stone arch bridges crossing Rae's Creek were dedicated, honoring two-time champions Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. Hogan's is at the par-3 12th hole, and commemorated his record 72-hole score in 1953, his second win at Augusta and first of three consecutive majors that year. The other bridge departs the 13th tee; Nelson went birdie-eagle at these two holes in the final round in 1937, gained six strokes on the leader, and won the first of his five majors.^[6]

Sports Illustrated writer Herbert Warren Wind first used the term "Amen Corner" in a story to describe where the critical final day's action had occurred.^[7]

This was the first major to have a five-figure winner's share; six figures arrived at the 1983 PGA Championship and seven at the 2001 Masters.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Doug Ford	United States	1957	74	71	70	70	285	−3	T2
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	70	73	69	75	287	−1	T6
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	71	76	72	70	289	+1	T9
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	72	71	68	79	290	+2	13
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	69	79	70	73	291	+3	T14
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	72	77	69	73	291	+3	T14
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	71	77	74	71	293	+5	T20

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Henry Picard	United States	1938	72	78	150	+6
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	74	77	151	+7
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	76	81	157	+13
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	81	78	159	+15
Craig Wood	United States	1941	82	77	159	+15
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	80	86	166	+22

Source^[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ken Venturi	United States	68	−4
T2	Jimmy Demaret	United States	69	−3
	Chick Harbert	United States
	Norman Von Nida	Australia
	Bo Wininger	United States
T6	Cary Middlecoff	United States	70	−2
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Flory Van Donck	Belgium
T9	Roberto De Vicenzo	Argentina	71	−1
	Jack Fleck	United States
	Claude Harmon	United States
	Fred Hawkins	United States
	Lionel Hebert	United States
	Bill Hyndman (a)	United States
	Billy Maxwell	United States
	Byron Nelson	United States
	Art Wall, Jr.	United States

Source^[9]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ken Venturi	United States	68-72=140	−4
T2	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-70=141	−3
T2	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	72-69=141	−3
T4	Stan Leonard	Canada	72-70=142	−2
T4	Bo Wininger	United States	69-73=142	−2
T6	Dow Finsterwald	United States	72-71=143	−1
	Chick Harbert	United States	69-74=143
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	70-73=143
	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-73=143
	Sam Snead	United States	72-71=143
	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	71-72=143

Source^[10]

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-73-68=211	−5
T1	Sam Snead	United States	72-71-68=211	−5
3	Cary Middlecoff	United States	70-73-69=212	−4
T4	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-70-72=213	−3
	Al Mengert	United States	73-71-69=213
	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	71-72-70=213
	Bo Wininger	United States	69-73-71=213
T8	Fred Hawkins	United States	71-75-68=214	−2
	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	72-69-73=214
	Ken Venturi	United States	68-72-74=214

Source^[3]^[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-73-68-73=284	−4	11,250
T2	Doug Ford	United States	74-71-70-70=285	−3	4,500
T2	Fred Hawkins	United States	71-75-68-71=285	−3	4,500
T4	Stan Leonard	Canada	72-70-73-71=286	−2	1,968
T4	Ken Venturi	United States	68-72-74-72=286	−2	1,968
T6	Cary Middlecoff	United States	70-73-69-75=287	−1	1,518
T6	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	71-72-70-74=287	−1	1,518
8	Billy Joe Patton (a)	United States	72-69-73-74=288	E	0
T9	Claude Harmon	United States	71-76-72-70=289	+1	1,265
	Jay Hebert	United States	72-73-73-71=289
	Billy Maxwell	United States	71-70-72-76=289
	Al Mengert	United States	73-71-69-76=289

Source^[1]^[2]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Palmer	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4
Ford	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Hawkins	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3
Leonard	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Venturi	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2
Middlecoff	−4	−5	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1
Wall	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Snead	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

1 2 3 4 "Palmer snatches Masters victory". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. April 7, 1958. p. 8.
1 2 Gendelfinger, Phil (April 7, 1958). "Arnie Palmer wins Masters by one stroke". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 6, 1958). "Snead, Palmer lead Masters with 211". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (April 7, 1958). "Official ruling gives Palmer Masters". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
↑ "50 years later, Palmer's first Masters win still remains controversial". ESPN.com. April 5, 2008. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
↑ "Augusta club honors Nelson and Hogan". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. Associated Press. April 3, 1958. p. 8.
↑ Wind, Herbert Warren (April 21, 1958). "The fateful corner". Sports Illustrated. p. 48.
↑ "Masters golf scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 5, 1958. p. 10.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 4, 1958). "Venturi's 68 leads Masters by stroke". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (April 5, 1958). "Venturi rally retains Masters lead". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

External links

Masters.com – past winners and results
About.com – 1958 Masters
Augusta.com – 1958 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

1958 Men's Major Golf Championships

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