The 1953 Masters Tournament was the 17th Masters Tournament, held April 9 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club.
Ben Hogan shattered the Masters Tournament scoring record by five strokes with a 274 (–14), which stood for 12 years, until Jack Nicklaus shot 271 in 1965. Hogan shot four rounds of 70 or better, and went on to win the U.S. Open by six strokes in June and the British Open by four in July. Through 2012, it remains the only time these three majors were won in the same calendar year.
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“Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)