1958 Masters Tournament

1958 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 3–6, 1958
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,980 yards (6,383 m)[1]
Field	86 players, 43 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$60,050[1]
Winner's share	$11,250
Champion
Arnold Palmer
284 (−4)
«1957 1959»

The 1958 Masters Tournament was the 22nd Masters Tournament, held April 3–6 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Arnold Palmer won the first of his four Masters titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Ford and Fred Hawkins. It was the first of Palmer's seven major titles.

Palmer was the third round co-leader and eagled the 13th hole on Sunday to propel him to victory, as he three-putted on the final green.^[1][2] Three-time champion Sam Snead was the other co-leader after 54 holes, but shot a 79 (+7) on Sunday to fall to 13th place. One stroke back was 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff, who carded a 75 in the final round and tied for 6th.

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.^[3]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Doug Ford	United States	1957	74	71	70	70	285	−3	T2
Cary Middlecoff	United States	1955	70	73	69	75	287	−1	T6
Claude Harmon	United States	1948	71	76	72	70	289	+1	T9
Sam Snead	United States	1949, 1952, 1954	72	71	68	79	290	+2	13
Jimmy Demaret	United States	1940, 1947, 1950	69	79	70	73	291	+3	T14
Ben Hogan	United States	1951, 1953	72	77	69	73	291	+3	T14
Byron Nelson	United States	1937, 1942	71	77	74	71	293	+5	T20

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Henry Picard	United States	1938	72	78	150	+6
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	74	77	151	+7
Herman Keiser	United States	1946	76	81	157	+13
Gene Sarazen	United States	1935	81	78	159	+15
Craig Wood	United States	1941	82	77	159	+15
Horton Smith	United States	1934, 1936	80	86	166	+22

Source^[4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 6, 1958

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
	Ken Venturi	United States	68-72-74-72=286
6	Cary Middlecoff	United States	70-73-69-75=287	−1	1,518
	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
	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

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Palmer	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4
Ford	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Hawkins	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3
Leonard	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Venturi	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2
Middlecoff	−4	−5	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1
Wall	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Snead	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

References

External links

• Masters.com – past winners and results
• About.com – 1958 Masters
• Augusta.com – 1958 Masters leaderboard and scorecards

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