| 1955 Masters | |
Cary Middlecoff took control of the 1955 Masters in the second round, when he carded a 65, and then cruised to the victory by seven strokes.
That 7-stroke margin of victory (over Ben Hogan) was a new tournament record (which lasted until the 1965 Masters). The 31 that Middlecoff scored on the front nine during that second-round 65 was also a record at the time.
Middlecoff won 40 times on the PGA Tour, including three majors, and this was the middle victory among those three majors. For Hogan, it was his fourth runner-up finish in The Masters, which established a new record, later tied, for second-places finishes.
The 1955 Masters marked the tournament debut of Arnold Palmer, who finished in a tie for 10th. Davis Love Jr., the father of Davis Love III, played this Masters as an amateur and finished last among those completing all four rounds.
Results from the 1955 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (a-amateur):
| Cary Middlecoff | 72-65-72-70--279 | $5,000 |
| Ben Hogan | 73-68-72-73--286 | $3,125 |
| Sam Snead | 72-71-74-70--287 | $2,125 |
| Julius Boros | 71-75-72-71--289 | $1,333 |
| Bob Rosburg | 72-72-72-73--289 | $1,333 |
| Mike Souchak | 71-74-72-72--289 | $1,333 |
| Lloyd Mangrum | 74-73-72-72--291 | $875 |
| Stan Leonard | 77-73-68-74--292 | $812 |
| a-Harvie Ward Jr. | 77-69-75-71--292 | |
| Dick Mayer | 78-72-72-71--293 | $695 |
| Byron Nelson | 72-75-74-72--293 | $695 |
| Arnold Palmer | 76-76-72-69--293 | $695 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 67-76-71-80--294 | $593 |
| Skee Riegel | 73-73-73-75--294 | $593 |
| Walt Burkemo | 73-73-72-77--295 | $562 |
| Jay Hebert | 75-74-74-72--295 | $562 |
| Frank Stranahan | 77-76-71-71--295 | $562 |
| a-Joe Conrad | 77-71-74-75--297 | |
| Billy Maxwell | 77-72-77-71--297 | $525 |
| Johnny Palmer | 77-73-72-75--297 | $525 |
| Peter Thomson | 74-73-74-76--297 | $525 |
| Tommy Bolt | 76-70-77-75--298 | $512 |
| Gene Littler | 75-72-76-75--298 | $512 |
| Pete Cooper | 73-73-78-75--299 | $500 |
| Ed Furgol | 74-72-78-75--299 | $500 |
| a-Hillman Robbins | 77-76-74-72--299 | |
| Max Evans | 76-75-75-76--302 | $500 |
| a-William Goodloe Jr. | 74-73-81-75--303 | |
| Claude Harmon | 77-75-78-73--303 | $250 |
| a-Don Cherry | 79-75-78-72--304 | |
| Marvin Ward | 77-73-77-77--304 | $250 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 74-77-76-78--305 | |
| Pat Fletcher | 76-75-77-77--305 | $250 |
| Chick Harbert | 76-80-73-76--305 | $250 |
| Al Mengert | 79-71-78-77--305 | $250 |
| Billy Burke | 75-78-77-76--306 | $250 |
| a-Bill Campbell | 77-73-80-76--306 | |
| a-Bruce Cudd | 75-74-79-78--306 | |
| Shelley Mayfield | 77-73-80-76--306 | $250 |
| Denny Shute | 78-71-77-80--306 | $250 |
| Henry Picard | 78-79-75-75--307 | $250 |
| Bob Toski | 78-71-79-79--307 | $250 |
| Marty Furgol | 79-74-79-76--308 | $250 |
| Leland Gibson | 81-75-75-77--308 | $250 |
| Rudy Horvath | 79-77-76-76--308 | $250 |
| a-James Jackson | 79-75-77-77--308 | |
| Earl Stewart | 78-80-72-78--308 | $250 |
| Jim Turnesa | 77-75-79-78--309 | $250 |
| a-Billy Joe Patton | 79-76-77-78--310 | |
| Johnny Revolta | 75-78-79-78--310 | $250 |
| John Weitzel | 78-80-78-74--310 | $250 |
| Lew Worsham | 80-75-79-76--310 | $250 |
| a-Dick Chapman | 74-79-73-85--311 | |
| Vic Ghezzi | 78-79-77-77--311 | $250 |
| Ed Oliver | 77-76-81-77--311 | $250 |
| Jerry Barber | 75-77-77-83--312 | $250 |
| Herman Keiser | 82-79-75-76--312 | $250 |
| a-Rex Baxter Jr. | 74-76-80-83--313 | |
| a-Ted Lenczyk | 77-80-77-81--315 | |
| Horton Smith | 81-81-79-74--315 | $250 |
| Sam Parks Jr. | 80-80-78-78--316 | $250 |
| Craig Wood | 81-81-79-76--317 | $250 |
| Al Besselink | 80-75-80-83--318 | $250 |
| a-Dale Morey | 82-77-81-78--318 | |
| Lawson Little | 81-77-77-84--319 | $250 |
| Bo Wininger | 81-74-81-84--320 | $250 |
| a-Ed Meister Jr. | 86-87-74-77--324 | |
| a-Davis Love Jr. | 82-85-83-77--327 |
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