1953 Masters Tournament

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The 1953 Masters Tournament was contested from April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 17th Masters Tournament.

Ben Hogan broke the Masters Tournament scoring record by five strokes with a 14-under-par 274. The record stood for 12 years. Hogan shot four rounds of 70 or better.

[edit] Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Ben Hogan Flag of the United States United States 70-69-66-69=274 -14 4,000
2 Ed Oliver Flag of the United States United States 69-73-67-70=279 -9 2,500
3 Lloyd Mangrum Flag of the United States United States 74-68-71-69=282 -6 1,700
4 Bob Hamilton Flag of the United States United States 71-69-70-73=283 -5 1,400
T5 Tommy Bolt Flag of the United States United States 71-75-68-71=285 -3 900
Chick Harbert Flag of the United States United States 68-73-70-74=285
7 Ted Kroll Flag of the United States United States 71-70-73-72=286 -2 700
8 Jack Burke, Jr. Flag of the United States United States 78-69-69-71=287 -1 650
9 Al Besselink Flag of the United States United States 69-75-70-74=288 E 600
T10 Julius Boros Flag of the United States United States 73-71-75-70=289 +1 523.33
Chandler Harper Flag of the United States United States 74-72-69-74=289
Fred Hawkins Flag of the United States United States 75-70-74-70=289

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