1949 Masters Tournament Results
The 1949 Masters was the 13th time the tournament was played, and one of the tournament's three-time champs got win No. 1 here. An important garment also made its tournament debut this year.
Winner: Sam Snead, 282
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 7-10, 1949
Leader after first round: Lloyd Mangrum, 69
Leader after second round: Herman Keiser and Lloyd Mangrum, 143
Leader after third round: Johnny Palmer, 214
What Happened in the 1949 Masters Tournament
Sam Snead achieved two important firsts at the 1949 Masters. One was personal: He won this major for the first time. One was historic: The now-iconic Green Jacket was awarded to the winner for the very first time this year, making Snead the first golfer presented with one.Snead had won two majors by this point in his career — the 1942 PGA Championship and 1946 British Open — and this was his 45th PGA Tour win overall. He was runner-up 10 years earlier at the 1939 Masters, but this was his first win at Augusta National. He went on to win it twice more, in 1952 and 1954. A few months after this Masters, Snead also won the 1949 PGA Championship, becoming the first golfer to win The Masters and PGA Championship in the same year.
Lloyd Mangrum was the only golfer to break 70 in round one, shooting 69; Snead was four off the lead. Mangrum kept the lead after Round 2 (tied with Herman Keiser, who shot 68), with Snead trailing by five at the midway point.
But in Rounds 3 and 4, Snead carded back-to-back scores of 67, which (along with one 67 by Jim Ferrier) were the lowest rounds of the tournament.
Mangrum wound up in second place — shooting 72-70 in the third and fourth rounds, respectively — tied with Johnny Bulla three strokes behind the winner. Mangrum's hopes were sunk on the 16th hole, where he hit into the pond in the third round, and over the green into more water in the final round.
Augusta National and Masters co-founder Bobby Jones was unable to play due to spinal surgery. It was the first Masters Tournament without Jones in the field.
1949 Masters Final Scores
| Sam Snead | 73-75-67-67—282 |
| Johnny Bulla | 74-73-69-69—285 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 69-74-72-70—285 |
| Johnny Palmer | 73-71-70-72—286 |
| Jim Turnesa | 73-72-71-70—286 |
| Lew Worsham | 76-75-70-68—289 |
| Joe Kirkwood Jr. | 73-72-70-75—290 |
| Jimmy Demaret | 76-72-73-71—292 |
| Clayton Heafner | 71-74-72-75—292 |
| Byron Nelson | 75-70-74-73—292 |
| Claude Harmon | 73-75-73-72—293 |
| Herman Keiser | 75-68-78-72—293 |
| Herman Barron | 73-75-71-75—294 |
| Leland Gibson | 71-77-74-72—294 |
| Bobby Locke | 74-74-74-72—294 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 77-72-72-74—295 |
| a-John Dawson | 78-72-72-73—295 |
| Jim Ferrier | 77-72-67-79—295 |
| Tony Holguin | 81-70-71-74—296 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 70-77-75-74—296 |
| Pete Cooper | 76-75-72-74—297 |
| Henry Picard | 74-77-73-73—297 |
| Bob Hamilton | 77-79-69-73—298 |
| Dutch Harrison | 73-78-75-72—298 |
| Lawson Little | 72-77-73-76—298 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 76-77-72-73—298 |
| Tony Penna | 74-76-76-72—298 |
| Horton Smith | 75-72-78-73—298 |
| Fred Haas Jr. | 75-70-75-79—299 |
| Skip Alexander | 74-77-75-74—300 |
| George Fazio | 78-76-71-75—300 |
| Dick Metz | 71-76-76-77—300 |
| a-Skee Riegel | 75-74-74-77—300 |
| Craig Wood | 81-75-72-73—301 |
| Art Bell | 81-74-75-72—302 |
| Billy Burke | 76-74-74-78—302 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 76-78-71-77—302 |
| Ellsworth Vines | 76-77-76-74—303 |
| Johnny Revolta | 71-77-80-76—304 |
| Gene Sarazen | 75-74-76-79—304 |
| Harry Todd | 74-79-76-75—304 |
| George Schneiter | 77-76-73-79—305 |
| Al Smith | 78-77-74-76—305 |
| Herschel Spears | 76-77-77-75—305 |
| a-Fred Mosely | 77-75-78-76—306 |
| Denny Shute | 79-74-76-77—306 |
| Ed Furgol | 77-79-77-74—307 |
| Otto Greiner | 77-75-78-77—307 |
| a-Gene Dahlbender Jr. | 74-83-72-79—308 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 77-75-81-76—309 |
| Mike Turnesa | 78-75-80-78—311 |
| a-Bob Sweeny | 82-80-79-77—318 |
| Johnny Farrell | 76-80-81-83—320 |
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