Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1948 Masters Tournament was the 12th Masters Tournament held April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Georgia. Claude Harmon shot a record-tying 279 (−9) and finished five strokes ahead of runner-up Cary Middlecoff a future champion in 1955. The Sunday gallery in 1948 was estimated at 10000 spectators and the tournament purse was $10000. Harmon won $2500 and his four-round score tied the record set by Ralph Guldahl in 1939.