The 1954 Masters Tournament was the 18th Masters Tournament, contested from April 8 to April 12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan 70-71 in an 18-hole Monday playoff to win his third Masters tournament. It was Snead's seventh and final major victory.
Sneads's 289 (+1), along with Jack Burke, Jr. in 1956 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history. Amateur Billy Joe Patton led after the second round and during the fourth, but a seven at the 13th hole ended his title hopes.
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“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)