1949 Masters Tournament 1949 Masters Tournament The 1949 Masters Tournament was the 13th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first year that the famous Green Jacket was awarded to the tournament winner, and previous champions were awarded theirs retroactively. Sam Snead shot consecutive rounds of 67 on the weekend to win by three strokes over runners-up Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum. This was the first of his three Masters victories and the third of his seven major championships. Snead also won the next major, the PGA Championship in May, and became the first
Memorial Tournament on par with winners of the World Golf Championships, The Tour Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The field consists of 120 players invited using the following criteria: Muirfield Village Golf Club in 2016 <nowiki>*</nowiki> rain-shortened to 54 holes<br> "Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records."<br> Six men have won the Memorial Tournament more than once through 2017. Memorial Tournament The Memorial Tournament is a PGA Tour golf tournament, founded in 1976 by Jack Nicklaus. It is played on a Nicklaus-designed course at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. The golf course passes through a