1954 Masters: Snead Over Hogan
Winner: Sam Snead, 289
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 8-12, 1954
Leader after first round: Dutch Harrison and Billy Joe Patton, 70
Leader after second round: Billy Joe Patton, 144
Leader after third round: Ben Hogan, 214
Notable Notes: Sam Snead once said that the three things he feared most in golf were lightning, a downhill putt and Ben Hogan. At the 1954 Masters, Snead faced one of those fears - but he beat it (Hogan) in a playoff.
Hogan led Snead by three after three rounds, but Snead carded a final-round 72 to Hogan's 75. In the playoff, Snead won by one stroke, 70 to 71. The difference was the 16th hole, where Hogan 3-putted from 11 feet.
It was Snead's third Masters win, making him, at the time, only the second golfer with three wins in this tournament.
Amateur Billy Joe Patton was the first- and second-round leader, and held the lead at one point in the final round, but double-bogied the 13th and finished one shot out of the playoff.
Final Scores
| Sam Snead | 74-73-70-72—289 |
| Ben Hogan | 72-73-69-75—289 |
| a-Billy Joe Patton | 70-74-75-71—290 |
| Dutch Harrison | 70-79-74-68—291 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 71-75-76-69—291 |
| Jerry Barber | 74-76-71-71—292 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 71-77-73-71—292 |
| Bob Rosburg | 73-73-76-70—292 |
| Al Besselink | 74-74-74-72—294 |
| Cary Middlecoff | 73-76-70-75—294 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 75-75-75-70—295 |
| Tommy Bolt | 73-74-72-77—296 |
| Chick Harbert | 73-75-75-73—296 |
| Byron Nelson | 73-76-74-73—296 |
| Lew Worsham | 74-74-74-74—296 |
| Julius Boros | 76-79-68-74—297 |
| Jay Hebert | 79-74-74-70—297 |
| Peter Thomson | 76-72-76-73—297 |
| a-Ken Venturi | 76-74-73-74—297 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 76-75-73-74—298 |
| a-Harvie Ward Jr. | 78-75-74-71—298 |
| Walt Burkemo | 74-77-75-73—299 |
| Pete Cooper | 73-76-75-75—299 |
| Marty Furgol | 76-79-75-69—299 |
| Gene Littler | 79-75-73-72—299 |
| Ed Oliver | 75-75-75-74—299 |
| Earl Stewart Jr. | 78-75-75-71—299 |
| Bob Toski | 80-74-71-74—299 |
| Jimmy Demaret | 80-75-72-73—300 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 73-79-73-75—300 |
| Dick Mayer | 76-75-72-77—300 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 73-78-76-74—301 |
| Jimmy Clark | 76-82-72-72—302 |
| George Fazio | 78-79-74-71—302 |
| Doug Ford | 77-78-74-73—302 |
| Fred Haas Jr. | 76-78-78-70—302 |
| Johnny Palmer | 75-81-77-69—302 |
| Clarence Doser | 74-78-72-79—303 |
| Lawson Little | 76-77-74-76—303 |
| Al Mengert | 76-79-73-75—303 |
| Skee Riegel | 75-76-76-76—303 |
| Horton Smith | 80-78-71-74—303 |
| Billy Maxwell | 75-77-77-75—304 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 79-75-72-78—304 |
| Felice Torza | 74-78-74-78—304 |
| Skip Alexander | 80-77-73-75—305 |
| a-Bruce Cudd | 76-78-73-78—305 |
| Leland Gibson | 75-77-78-75—305 |
| Bud Holscher | 78-77-73-77—305 |
| Bill Nary | 78-74-78-75—305 |
| a-Bill Campbell | 73-77-75-81—306 |
| Ted Kroll | 78-76-75-77—306 |
| a-Arnold Blum | 75-82-75-75—307 |
| Dave Douglas | 72-76-77-82—307 |
| Claude Harmon | 77-75-77-78—307 |
| Jack Isaacs | 76-79-76-76—307 |
| Gene Sarazen | 79-75-78-75—307 |
| a-Don Cherry | 80-79-74-76—309 |
| Fred Hawkins | 78-80-76-75—309 |
| Bill Ogden | 81-76-77-76—310 |
| Johnny Revolta | 81-79-75-75—310 |
| Jim Turnesa | 83-79-75-73—310 |
| a-Bob Sweeny | 81-76-79-76—312 |
| a-James Jackson | 75-82-79-78—314 |
| a-Robert Kuntz | 80-77-82-75—314 |
| a-Jimmy McHale | 78-82-79-76—315 |
| a-Don Albert | 77-79-83-77—316 |
| a-Angelo Santilli | 79-81-82-75—317 |
| Denny Shute | 73-85-82-77—317 |
| a-Raymond Palmer | 84-78-80-77—319 |
| Craig Wood | 87-80-78-75—320 |
| Sam Parks Jr. | 86-79-79-80—324 |
