The 1956 Masters Tournament was contested from April 5 to April 8 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 20th Masters Tournament and the last played without a 36-hole cut. CBS televised the third and fourth rounds of the tournament for the first time, and has done so every year since.
Jack Burke, Jr. shot a 71 (–1) on Sunday, one of only two players to break par in the final round, played under windy conditions. He rallied from a tournament record eight shots back and finished one stroke ahead of runner-up Ken Venturi, who had led the entire tournament. Then a 24-year-old amateur, Venturi shot a 42 (+6) on the final nine holes to card a disappointing 80 (+8). Burke's 289, along with Sam Snead in 1954 and Zach Johnson in 2007, remains the highest winning total in Masters history.
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