1950 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Jimmy Demaret, 283
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 6-9, 1950
Leader after first round: Skee Riegel, 69
Leader after second round: Jim Ferrier, 137
Leader after third round: Jim Ferrier, 210
What Happened in the 1950 Masters Tournament
With his victory at the 1950 Masters, Jimmy Demaret became the first three-time winner of the tournament. The flashily attired, quick-with-a-quip Texan also won the 1940 and 1947 Masters tournaments, and his three Masters victories make up Demaret's full complement of wins in majors.Demaret won the 1950 Masters by overcoming a 4-stroke deficit to Jim Ferrier at the start of the final round. Demaret shot 69 in the final round to Ferrier's 75, a six-shot swing. Ferrier finished second.
Most of the movement took place over the final nine, which Demaret entered trailing Ferrier by five strokes. But Ferrier struggled to a 41 over the last nine holes. Ferrier bogeyed the 13th and 14th holes, parred the 15th, then bogeyed the 16th, 17th and 18th holes. Over the same stretch of holes, Demaret had three birdies, two pars and one bogey.
This Masters marked the return of Ben Hogan to major championship golf following his recovery from an automobile accident in 1949. Hogan had played "regular" PGA Tour events, but this was his first major post-crash. He tied Byron Nelson for fourth place. Hogan was two strokes behind Ferrier — but three ahead of Demaret — when the final round began. But then he shot 76.
The tie for fourth place by two-time Masters champ Nelson, who was mostly retired from tour golf, was his final Top 5 finish in any major championship. Forty-eight-year-old Gene Sarazen, seven-time major winner, tied for 10th place, his last Top 10 finish in any stroke-play major.
Roberto De Vicenzo, whose scorecard error in the 1968 Masters cost him a place in a playoff, made his Masters debut this year and tied for 12th.
1950 Masters Final Scores
| Jimmy Demaret | 70-72-72-69—283 |
| Jim Ferrier | 70-67-73-75—285 |
| Sam Snead | 71-74-70-72—287 |
| Ben Hogan | 73-68-71-76—288 |
| Byron Nelson | 75-70-69-74—288 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 76-74-73-68—291 |
| Clayton Heafner | 74-77-69-72—292 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 75-76-68-73—292 |
| Lawson Little | 70-73-75-75—293 |
| Fred Haas Jr. | 74-76-73-71—294 |
| Gene Sarazen | 80-70-72-72—294 |
| Roberto De Vicenzo | 76-76-73-71—296 |
| Horton Smith | 70-79-75-72—296 |
| Skip Alexander | 78-74-72-73—297 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 78-75-70-74—297 |
| Leland Gibson | 78-73-72-74—297 |
| Herman Keiser | 75-72-75-75—297 |
| Joe Kirkwood Jr. | 75-74-77-71—297 |
| Henry Picard | 74-71-77-75—297 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 74-79-73-71—297 |
| George Fazio | 73-74-78-73—298 |
| Toney Penna | 71-75-77-75—298 |
| Skee Riegel | 69-75-78-76—298 |
| Chick Harbert | 76-75-73-75—299 |
| Johnny Palmer | 72-76-76-75—299 |
| Eric Monti | 74-79-74-73—300 |
| Herschel Spears | 70-74-79-78—301 |
| Norman Von Nida | 77-74-74-76—301 |
| Billy Burke | 80-75-76-71—302 |
| Pete Cooper | 74-77-77-74—302 |
| Johnny Bulla | 77-78-75-73—303 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 73-79-78-74—304 |
| Bob Hamilton | 74-73-78-79—304 |
| Claude Harmon | 77-77-74-76—304 |
| a-Thomas Barnes | 78-75-78-74—305 |
| Julius Boros | 75-77-76-77—305 |
| Al Brosch | 77-75-78-75—305 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 77-73-75-80—305 |
| a-Chuck Kocsis | 77-71-79-78—305 |
| Denny Shute | 77-72-81-75—305 |
| a-Harvie Ward Jr. | 79-78-74-74—305 |
| Buck White | 78-76-73-79—306 |
| Lew Worsham | 77-78-76-75—306 |
| Tony Holguin | 78-75-77-77—307 |
| Jack Isaacs | 79-81-72-75—307 |
| Herman Barron | 75-77-82-74—308 |
| a-Bill Campbell | 80-78-74-76—308 |
| Jim Turnesa | 81-74-79-74—308 |
| Dave Douglas | 79-79-76-75—309 |
| Harry Todd | 76-75-81-77—309 |
| a-Jimmy McHale | 82-78-75-75—310 |
| a-Bob Sweeny | 77-76-79-78—310 |
| Ray Wade Hill | 75-78-80-78—311 |
| Henry Williams Jr. | 82-78-81-70—311 |
| Gene Webb | 76-78-75-83—312 |
| a-Harold Paddock | 78-79-78-79—314 |
| a-Fred Mosely | 82-77-78-79—316 |
| a-Frank Strafaci | 77-82-84-81—324 |
| Les Kennedy | 81-80-82-82—325 |
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Sources:
Augusta.com. "Historic Leaderboard: 1950 Masters," https://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1950
Augusta National Golf Club. Masters 2024 Media Guide, "1950 Masters Tournament"
Brenner, Morgan. The Majors of Golf (commissions earned), Volume 2, 2009, McFarland and Company.
