1958 Masters Tournament

The 1958 Masters Tournament was contested from April 3 to April 6 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 22nd Masters Tournament. 86 players entered the tournament and 43 of them made the cut at five-over-par (149).

Arnold Palmer won his first of four Masters titles. He eagled the 13th hole on Sunday to propel him to victory.

Sports Illustrated writer Herbert Warren Wind first used the term "Amen Corner" in a story to describe where the critical final day's action had occurred.

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Arnold Palmer  United States 70-73-68-73=284 -4 11,250
2 Doug Ford  United States 74-71-70-70=285 -3 4,500
Fred Hawkins  United States 71-75-68-71=285
4 Stan Leonard  Canada 72-70-73-71=286 -2 1,968.75
Ken Venturi  United States 68-72-74-72=286
6 Cary Middlecoff  United States 70-73-69-75=287 -1 1,518.75
Art Wall  United States 71-72-70-74=287
8 Billy Joe Patton (a)  United States 72-69-73-74=288 E 0
T9 Claude Harmon  United States 71-76-72-70=289 +1 1,265.63
Jay Hebert  United States 72-73-73-71=289
Billy Maxwell  United States 71-70-72-76=289
Al Mengert  United States 73-71-69-76=289

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