Masters Tournament 1956 — leaderboard and results
1956-04-04 to 1956-04-08 · Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA, USA · Major championship · Purse $42,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Burke Jr | +1 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 71 | |
| 2 | Ken Venturi | +2 | 66 | 69 | 75 | 80 | |
| 3 | Cary Middlecoff | +3 | 67 | 72 | 75 | 77 | |
| T4 | Lloyd Mangrum | +4 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 74 | |
| T4 | Sam Snead | +4 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 71 | |
| T6 | Doug Ford | +6 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 77 | |
| T6 | Jerry Barber | +6 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 75 | |
| T8 | Ben Hogan | +8 | 69 | 78 | 74 | 75 | |
| T8 | Shelley Mayfield | +8 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 74 | |
| T8 | Tommy Bolt | +8 | 68 | 74 | 78 | 76 | |
| 11 | Johnny Palmer | +9 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 73 | |
| T12 | Billy Patton | +10 | 70 | 76 | 79 | 73 | |
| T12 | Gene Littler | +10 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 74 | |
| T12 | Pete Cooper | +10 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 79 | |
| T12 | Sam Urzetta | +10 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 74 | |
| 16 | Bob Rosburg | +11 | 70 | 74 | 81 | 74 | |
| T17 | Hillman Robbins | +12 | 73 | 73 | 78 | 76 | |
| T17 | Mike Souchak | +12 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 80 | |
| T17 | Roberto De Vicenzo | +12 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 75 | |
| T17 | Walter Burkemo | +12 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 76 | |
| 21 | Arnold Palmer | +13 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 79 | |
| T22 | Frank Stranahan | +14 | 72 | 75 | 79 | 76 | |
| T22 | Jim Turnesa | +14 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 80 | |
| T24 | Al Mengert | +15 | 74 | 72 | 79 | 78 | |
| T24 | Dow Finsterwald | +15 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 77 | |
| T24 | Ed Furgol | +15 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 76 | |
| T24 | Julius Boros | +15 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 80 | |
| T24 | Stan Leonard | +15 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 74 | |
| T29 | Al Balding | +16 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 74 | |
| T29 | Fred Haas | +16 | 78 | 72 | 75 | 79 | |
| T29 | Fred Hawkins | +16 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 84 | |
| T29 | Victor Ghezzi | +16 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 76 | |
| T29 | Walker Inman | +16 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 82 | |
| T34 | Art Wall | +17 | 75 | 80 | 75 | 75 | |
| T34 | Billy Maxwell | +17 | 75 | 75 | 81 | 74 | |
| T34 | Harvie Ward, Jr. | +17 | 76 | 70 | 81 | 78 | |
| T34 | Jimmy Demaret | +17 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 81 | |
| T34 | Lew Worsham | +17 | 74 | 72 | 80 | 79 | |
| 39 | Byron Nelson | +18 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 80 | |
| T40 | Bob Harris | +19 | 73 | 79 | 77 | 78 | |
| T40 | Chick Harbert | +19 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 80 | |
| T40 | Skee Riegel | +19 | 72 | 79 | 76 | 80 | |
| T43 | Dick Mayer | +20 | 75 | 74 | 81 | 78 | |
| T43 | Jack Fleck | +20 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 81 | |
| T43 | William Campbell | +20 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 76 | |
| T46 | Claude Harmon | +21 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 77 | |
| T46 | Henry Picard | +21 | 75 | 76 | 82 | 76 | |
| T46 | Rex Baxter | +21 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 75 | |
| T49 | Bud Holscher | +22 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 76 | |
| T49 | Gene Sarazen | +22 | 77 | 75 | 78 | 80 | |
| T51 | James Jackson | +23 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 84 | |
| T51 | Ted Kroll | +23 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 82 | |
| T53 | Bill Hyndman | +25 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 80 | |
| T53 | Bruce Cudd | +25 | 78 | 77 | 84 | 74 | |
| T53 | Jay Hebert | +25 | 74 | 76 | 82 | 81 | |
| T56 | Ed Hopkins | +26 | 76 | 76 | 82 | 80 | |
| T56 | Joe Campbell | +26 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 79 | |
| T58 | Don Bisplinghoff | +28 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 78 | |
| T58 | Don Fairfield | +28 | 78 | 75 | 77 | 86 | |
| T58 | Eddie Meister | +28 | 78 | 78 | 84 | 76 | |
| T61 | Ernie Vossler | +29 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 77 | |
| T61 | Joe Conrad | +29 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | |
| T61 | Lionel Hebert | +29 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 83 | |
| 64 | George Schneiter | +30 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 79 | |
| T65 | Dale Morey | +31 | 83 | 75 | 83 | 78 | |
| T65 | Dick Chapman | +31 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | |
| T65 | Sam Parks | +31 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 81 | |
| T68 | Henry Cotton | +33 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 80 | |
| T68 | Jim McCoy | +33 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 82 | |
| 70 | Craig Wood | +34 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 88 | |
| 71 | Denny Shute | +36 | 82 | 79 | 89 | 74 | |
| T72 | Don Cherry | +37 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 84 | |
| T72 | Lawson Little | +37 | 77 | 81 | 85 | 82 | |
| 74 | Billy Booe | +38 | 82 | 80 | 87 | 77 | |
| 75 | Johnny Revolta | +40 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 84 | |
| 76 | Horton Smith | +48 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 82 | |
| 77 | Charles Kunkle, Jr. | +52 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 95 | |
| WD | Billy Burke | +16 | 80 | 80 | |||
| WD | Fred McLeod | +34 | 90 | 88 | |||
| WD | George Sargent | — | |||||
| WD | Jock Hutchison | +11 | 83 | ||||
| WD | Johnny Farrell | +35 | 79 | 86 | 86 | ||
| WD | Murray Norman | +9 | 75 | 78 | |||
| WD | Tony Manero | +17 | 81 | 80 |
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