This Day in Masters History: April 12

In back to back years, 1953 and 1954, the Masters Tournament finished on April 12. In 1953, Ben Hogan won the 17th tournament by five strokes over Ed Oliver. In 1954, in a battle of juggernauts, Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan, 70-71, to win the Masters, his third. A decade later, the date April 12, 1964, would mark the day Arnold Palmer won his seventh and final professional major, by six shots, at Augusta.