1957 Masters Winner and Scores
Winner: Doug Ford, 283
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 4-7, 1957
Leader after first round: Jack Burke Jr., 71
Leader after second round: Sam Snead, 140
Leader after third round: Sam Snead, 214
What Happened at the 1957 Masters Tournament
Doug Ford first played The Masters in 1952, and he last played it in 2001. That's 49 times playing The Masters, which was the tournament record for most appearances until Arnold Palmer hit 50 in 2004. In 2009, Gary Player played in his 52nd Masters, which is the current record. And who made his Masters Tournament debut this year? Player, a future 3-time champ, tied for 24th in his Masters debut.But at the 1957 Masters, Doug Ford was the champion. He did it by coming from three strokes behind leader Sam Snead at the start of the final round, shooting 66 to Snead's 72, to win by three. Ford had zero bogeys in his final round and six birdies, including on four of the final seven holes. One of them was a hole-out from a bunker on the 18th.
Snead had held a one-stroke lead after third round over Palmer, amateur Harvie Ward and Stan Leonard. In the final round, Ward shot 73 (and tied fourth), Palmer 76 (and tied seventh), and Leonard 78 (and tied 11th). Palmer won the first of his four Masters titles the following year.
It was the second major championship win of Ford's career. He won 19 PGA Tour events total, including the 1955 PGA Championship.
The 1957 Masters was the first one to have a 36-hole cut. Among those who missed this very first Masters cut was Ben Hogan, who was so upset over his putting woes that afterward he suggested eliminating putting from golf. This was Hogan's only missed cut in The Masters.
1957 Masters Final Scores
| Doug Ford | 72-73-72-66—283 |
| Sam Snead | 72-68-74-72—286 |
| Jimmy Demaret | 72-70-75-70—287 |
| a-Harvie Ward Jr. | 73-71-71-73—288 |
| Peter Thomson | 72-73-73-71—289 |
| Ed Furgol | 73-71-72-74—290 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 71-72-74-74—291 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 74-74-73-70—291 |
| Arnold Palmer | 73-73-69-76—291 |
| Jay Hebert | 74-72-76-70—292 |
| Marty Furgol | 73-74-73-73—293 |
| Stan Leonard | 75-72-68-78—293 |
| Henry Cotton | 73-73-72-76—294 |
| a-Bud Taylor | 74-74-77-69—294 |
| Ken Venturi | 74-76-74-70—294 |
| Al Balding | 73-73-73-76—295 |
| Billy Casper | 75-75-75-70—295 |
| Mike Fetchick | 74-73-72-76—295 |
| Fred Hawkins | 75-74-72-74—295 |
| Byron Nelson | 74-72-73-76—295 |
| Bruce Crampton | 72-75-78-71—296 |
| Al Mengert | 75-75-71-75—296 |
| Henry Ransom | 75-73-72-76—296 |
| Johnny Palmer | 77-73-73-74—297 |
| Gary Player | 77-72-75-73—297 |
| Jerry Barber | 73-77-78-70—298 |
| Jack Fleck | 76-74-75-73—298 |
| Bill Johnston | 77-70-78-74—299 |
| Lawson Little | 76-72-77-74—299 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 77-71-74-77—299 |
| Skee Riegel | 73-74-78-75—300 |
| Doug Sanders | 76-72-75-77—300 |
| Bud Ward | 73-75-76-76—300 |
| a-Rex Baxter | 79-71-73-78—301 |
| Dick Mayer | 80-70-75-77—302 |
| Henry Picard | 79-71-78-74—302 |
| Sam Urzetta | 74-73-78-77—302 |
| a-Don Cherry | 78-72-76-77—303 |
| Claude Harmon | 78-72-77-76—303 |
| a-Hillman Robbins | 77-73-74-80—304 |
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