The 1951 Masters Tournament was the 15th Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Ben Hogan, age 38, won the first of his two Masters titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Skee Riegel. It was the fifth of his nine major titles. After three rounds, Hogan was one stroke out of the lead, behind Riegel and Sam Snead, the 1949 champion. Hogan shot a bogey-free final round of 68 (−4), while Riegel carded a 71 and Snead an 80 (+8). Prior to this victory, Hogan had eight top ten finishes at the Masters, twice as runner-up in 1942 and 1946. The reigning U.S. Open champion, Hogan also won the year's next major, the 1951 U.S. Open. With high attendance of about 15,000 on Sunday, a fifty percent bonus for the prize money was declared, boosting the purse to $15,000 and the winner's share to $3,000.

Field

Jimmy Demaret (9,10,12), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser (9), Byron Nelson (2,6,9), Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9), Horton Smith (9), Sam Snead (4,6,9,10) Johnny Farrell, Ben Hogan (6,9,10), Lawson Little (3,5,9), Lloyd Mangrum (9,10,12), Fred McLeod, Cary Middlecoff (9,10), Lew Worsham Dick Chapman (8,a), Charles Coe (8,a), Skee Riegel (9,10), Sam Urzetta (8,11,a), George Von Elm Denny Shute (6) Frank Stranahan (8,9,11,a), Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) Jim Ferrier (9,10), Vic Ghezzi (9), Chandler Harper (12), Johnny Revolta William C. Campbell (a), Dow Finsterwald, Bill Goodloe (a), Bobby Knowles (11,a), Jim McHale Jr. (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a), Harvie Ward (a) George Fazio (10), Leland Gibson, Fred Haas (10), Chick Harbert, Clayton Heafner, Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10), Johnny Palmer (10,12), Toney Penna Al Besselink, Julius Boros, Johnny Bulla, Marty Furgol, Dutch Harrison, Dick Mayer, Bill Nary, Henry Ransom, Bob Toski, Harold Williams Bill Shields (a), Tom Veech (a), John Ward (a) Dave Douglas, Ray Gafford, Henry Williams Jr. Jack Burke Jr. Ed Furgol, Ted Kroll Roberto De Vicenzo (9), Tony Holguin, Bill Mawhinney, Juan Segura (a)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 5, 1951 Source:

Second round

Friday, April 6, 1951 Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 7, 1951 Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 8, 1951

Final leaderboard

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: