AUGUSTA, Ga. – A look at some of the anniversaries this year at the Masters: 75 years ago (1946) The Masters resumed after a four-year layoff because of World War II and had a major upset.
Herman Keiser, who was discharged from the Navy a year earlier, began 69-68 to build a five-shot lead and maintained that margin over Ben Hogan going into the final round.
Keiser struggled to a 74, and it looked as though he might have thrown away the Masters with a three-putt bogey on the 18th.
That dropped him into a tie with Hogan, who was in the final group. Hogan had a birdie putt from 15 feet for the win, ran it 3 feet by and missed the par putt.