1947 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
Winner: Jimmy Demaret, 281
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 3-6, 1947
Leader after first round: Byron Nelson and Jimmy Demaret, 69
Leader after second round: Cary Middlecoff and Jimmy Demaret, 140
Leader after third round: Jimmy Demaret, 210
What Happened in the 1947 Masters Tournament
Going into the 1947 Masters, only two golfers had won the tournament multiple times: Horton Smith and Byron Nelson. This was only the 11th time the tournament was played, after all. But at the end of the 1947 Masters, Jimmy Demaret joined Smith and Nelson as 2-time Masters champions.Demaret previously won The Masters in 1940 and later won in 1950 to become the first 3-time winner.
This year, Demaret won by posting below-par scores in all four rounds, and he was the first golfer to do that in The Masters. Demaret shared the lead with Nelson after a first-round 69, then tied Cary Middlecoff atop the leaderboard at 140 with a second-round 71.
But a 70 in the third round gave Demaret a 3-stroke lead. Middlecoff faded in the final two rounds, shooting 76-80, but Nelson hung around. Demaret's 71 in the final round, however, gave Nelson no openings. Demaret finished at 7-under 281, two strokes better than runners-up Nelson and Frank Stranahan.
Stranahan was an amateur. No amateur has ever won The Masters, but three times an amateur has finished second. Stranahan's second-place showing in 1947 was the first of those three occurrences. Stranahan later won the 1948 and 1950 British Amateur Championships.
Bobby Jones played in The Masters for the second-to-last time. He started with a 75 then scored three rounds of 78 and higher (closing with a 80). He finished tied 55th, third from the bottom.
Let's also give a mention to Ellsworth Vines, who played in three Masters — the 1947 Masters being his first — and never threatened to win. Why does he deserve mention? Because Vines was a major champion ... in tennis. Vines won the 1931 and 1932 U.S. Open tennis championships, plus the 1932 Wimbledon championship. He quit tennis at age 28 and near the top of his game because he simply loved golf even more.
1947 Masters Final Scores
| Jimmy Demaret | 69-71-70-71—281 |
| Byron Nelson | 69-72-72-70—283 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 73-72-70-68—283 |
| Ben Hogan | 75-68-71-70—284 |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 74-69-70-71—284 |
| Jim Ferrier | 70-71-73-72—286 |
| Henry Picard | 73-70-72-71—286 |
| Chandler Harper | 77-72-68-70—287 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 76-73-68-70—287 |
| Dick Metz | 72-72-72-71—287 |
| Ed Oliver | 70-72-74-71—287 |
| Toney Penna | 71-70-75-71—287 |
| Johnny Bulla | 70-75-74-69—288 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 72-71-74-72—289 |
| Lawson Little | 71-71-76-71—289 |
| Bobby Locke | 74-74-71-70—289 |
| Herman Barron | 71-71-74-74—290 |
| Fred Haas Jr. | 70-74-73-73—290 |
| Johnny Palmer | 70-73-74-73—290 |
| Denny Shute | 73-75-72-71—291 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 73-77-71-71—292 |
| Horton Smith | 72-70-76-75—293 |
| Sam Snead | 72-71-75-75—293 |
| Herman Keiser | 74-75-73-72—294 |
| Ellsworth Vines | 75-71-75-73—294 |
| Claude Harmon | 73-69-76-77—295 |
| Gene Sarazen | 75-76-74-70—295 |
| George Schneiter | 70-75-78-72—295 |
| Dutch Harrison | 74-71-74-77—296 |
| Clayton Heafner | 75-73-75-73—296 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 71-69-76-80—296 |
| Harry Todd | 74-74-71-77—296 |
| Chick Harbert | 71-72-71-83—297 |
| Ky Laffoon | 74-74-73-76—297 |
| Frank Moore | 76-74-71-76—297 |
| Lew Worsham | 70-76-71-80—297 |
| Ed Dudley | 72-75-73-78—298 |
| George Schoux | 71-72-78-78—299 |
| Charles Congdon | 75-74-75-76—300 |
| George Fazio | 75-78-71-76—300 |
| Gene Kunes | 74-73-78-75—300 |
| Bob Hamilton | 72-78-74-77—301 |
| Johnny Revolta | 75-73-77-76—301 |
| Ed Furgol | 77-73-71-81—302 |
| Jim Turnesa | 80-72-77-73—302 |
| a-Charles Lind | 75-76-75-77—303 |
| Steve Kovack | 78-73-78-75—304 |
| Felix Serafin | 75-73-79-77—304 |
| a-Robert Willits | 76-78-75-75—304 |
| a-George Hamer | 77-77-77-74—305 |
| a-Skee Riegel | 75-80-75-75—305 |
| Jim Foulis | 77-76-79-74—306 |
| Johnny Farrell | 80-76-76-79—311 |
| Craig Wood | 78-80-75-78—311 |
| Bobby Jones | 75-79-78-80—312 |
| a-Charlie Yates | 77-75-81-79—312 |
| Billy Burke | 83-73-81-77—314 |
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