1957 Masters Tournament

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The 1957 Masters Tournament was contested from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 21st Masters Tournament. This was the first Masters Tournament played with a cut. 101 players started in the tournament and 40 of them made the cut at six-over-par (150).

Doug Ford was three strokes behind Sam Snead on Sunday and he ended up winning the Masters by three strokes. During the final round Ford holed out from the bunker for birdie at the 18th hole.

This would be the first Masters Tournament which Gary Player participated in. He finished tied for 24th. He won three Masters later in his career. The 5-time Open Championship winner Peter Thomson finished 5th which would be his best finish in the Masters in his career.

[edit] Final Leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Doug Ford	United States	72-73-72-66=283	-5	8,750
2	Sam Snead	United States	72-68-74-72=286	-2	4,375
3	Jimmy Demaret	United States	72-70-75-70=287	-1	2,625
4	Harvie Ward (a)	United States	73-71-71-73=288	E	0
5	Peter Thomson	Australia	72-73-73-71=289	+1	1,750
6	Ed Furgol	United States	73-71-72-74=290	+2	1,312.50
T7	Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	71-72-74-74=291	+3	1,137.50
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	74-74-73-70=291
	Arnold Palmer	United States	73-73-69-76=291
10	Jay Hebert	United States	74-72-76-70=292	+4	1,005.25