| 1947 Masters | |
Going into the 1947 Masters, there were only two golfers who had won the tournament multiple times: Horton Smith and Byron Nelson. At the end of the 1947 Masters, Jimmy Demaret joined Smith and Nelson as 2-time Masters champions (and Demaret would go on to become the first three-time winner in 1950).
Stranahan was an amateur. No amateur has ever won The Masters, but three times an amateur has finished second. Stranahan's second-place showing in 1947 was the first of those three occurrences. Stranahan went on to win the 1948 and 1950 British Amateur Championships.
Let's also give a mention to Ellsworth Vines, who played in three Masters - the 1947 Masters being his first - and never threatened to win. Why does he deserve mention? Because Vines was a major champion ... in tennis. Vines won the 1931 and 1932 U.S. Open tennis championships, plus the 1932 Wimbledon championship. When his tennis career ended, he turned to professional golf.
1947 Masters Scores
Results from the 1947 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (a-amateur):
| Jimmy Demaret | 69-71-70-71--281 | $2,500 |
| Byron Nelson | 69-72-72-70--283 | $1,500 |
| a-Frank Stranahan | 73-72-70-68--283 | |
| Ben Hogan | 75-68-71-70--284 | $900 |
| Harold "Jug" McSpaden | 74-69-70-71--284 | $900 |
| Jim Ferrier | 70-71-73-72--286 | $625 |
| Henry Picard | 73-70-72-71--286 | $625 |
| Chandler Harper | 77-72-68-70--287 | $335 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 76-73-68-70--287 | $335 |
| Dick Metz | 72-72-72-71--287 | $335 |
| Ed Oliver | 70-72-74-71--287 | $335 |
| Toney Penna | 71-70-75-71--287 | $335 |
| Johnny Bulla | 70-75-74-69--288 | $225 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 72-71-74-72--289 | |
| Lawson Little | 71-71-76-71--289 | $187 |
| Bobby Locke | 74-74-71-70--289 | $187 |
| Herman Barron | 71-71-74-74--290 | $125 |
| Fred Haas Jr. | 70-74-73-73--290 | $125 |
| Johnny Palmer | 70-73-74-73--290 | $125 |
| Denny Shute | 73-75-72-71--291 | $100 |
| Vic Ghezzi | 73-77-71-71--292 | $100 |
| Horton Smith | 72-70-76-75--293 | $50 |
| Sam Snead | 72-71-75-75--293 | $50 |
| Herman Keiser | 74-75-73-72--294 | |
| Ellsworth Vines | 75-71-75-73--294 | |
| Claude Harmon | 73-69-76-77--295 | |
| Gene Sarazen | 75-76-74-70--295 | |
| George Schneiter | 70-75-78-72--295 | |
| Dutch Harrison | 74-71-74-77--296 | |
| Clayton Heafner | 75-73-75-73--296 | |
| Cary Middlecoff | 71-69-76-80--296 | |
| Harry Todd | 74-74-71-77--296 | |
| Chick Harbert | 71-72-71-83--297 | |
| Ky Laffoon | 74-74-73-76--297 | |
| Frank Moore | 76-74-71-76--297 | |
| Lew Worsham | 70-76-71-80--297 | |
| Ed Dudley | 72-75-73-78--298 | |
| George Schoux | 71-72-78-78--299 | |
| Charles Congdon | 75-74-75-76--300 | |
| George Fazio | 75-78-71-76--300 | |
| Gene Kunes | 74-73-78-75--300 | |
| Bob Hamilton | 72-78-74-77--301 | |
| Johnny Revolta | 75-73-77-76--301 | |
| Ed Furgol | 77-73-71-81--302 | |
| Jim Turnesa | 80-72-77-73--302 | |
| a-Charles Lind | 75-76-75-77--303 | |
| Steve Kovack | 78-73-78-75--304 | |
| Felix Serafin | 75-73-79-77--304 | |
| a-Robert Willits | 76-78-75-75--304 | |
| a-George Hamer | 77-77-77-74--305 | |
| a-Skee Riegel | 75-80-75-75--305 | |
| Jim Foulis | 77-76-79-74--306 | |
| Johnny Farrell | 80-76-76-79--311 | |
| Craig Wood | 78-80-75-78--311 | |
| Bobby Jones | 75-79-78-80--312 | |
| a-Charlie Yates | 77-75-81-79--312 | |
| Billy Burke | 83-73-81-77--314 |
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