;1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (7,10),
Claude Harmon,
Ben Hogan (2,6,7,9,10),
Byron Nelson (2,6,9),
Henry Picard (6,10),
Gene Sarazen (2,4,6,9),
Horton Smith,
Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10,12),
Craig Wood (2) •
Ralph Guldahl (2) and Herman Keiser did not play. ;2.
U.S. Open champions
Billy Burke,
Lawson Little (3,5,9),
Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10),
Fred McLeod,
Cary Middlecoff (9,10),
Lew Worsham (9,10) ;3.
U.S. Amateur champions
Ted Bishop (a),
Dick Chapman (5,8,9,a),
Charles Coe (8,9,11,a),
Billy Maxwell (11,a),
Skee Riegel (9,10),
Jess Sweetser (5,a),
Sam Urzetta (8,a),
Bud Ward ;4.
British Open champions
Denny Shute (6) ;5.
British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (8,a),
Robert Sweeny Jr. (a) ;6.
PGA champions
Jim Ferrier (9),
Vic Ghezzi,
Bob Hamilton,
Chandler Harper,
Johnny Revolta (10) ;7. Members of the U.S.
1951 Ryder Cup team
Skip Alexander,
Jack Burke Jr. (9,12),
Clayton Heafner (9,10),
Ed Oliver (10) •
Dutch Harrison (9) and Henry Ransom (10) did not play. ;8. Members of the U.S.
1951 Walker Cup team
Dow Finsterwald,
Bill Goodloe (a),
Bobby Knowles (a),
Jim McHale Jr. (a),
Al Mengert (a),
Harvie Ward (a) •
William C. Campbell (a), Harold Paddock Jr. (a) and Willie Turnesa (a) did not play. Finsterwald, Goodloe, Mengert and Ward were reserves for the team. ;9. Top 24 players and ties from the
1951 Masters Tournament Al Besselink (10),
Julius Boros (10),
Johnny Bulla (12),
Dave Douglas (10),
George Fazio,
Ed Furgol,
Joe Kirkwood Jr. (10),
Bob Toski ;10. Top 24 players and ties from the
1951 U.S. Open Charlie Bassler (12),
Al Brosch (12),
Marty Furgol,
Ray Gafford,
Fred Hawkins,
Chuck Kocsis (a),
Johnny Palmer,
Smiley Quick,
Earl Stewart,
Buck White •
Paul Runyan (6) did not play. ;11. 1951
U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Arnold Blum (a),
Jimmy Frisina (a),
Tommy Jacobs (a) •
Jack Benson (a), Joe Gagliardi (a) and Ed Martin (a) did not play. ;12.
1951 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Walter Burkemo,
Reggie Myles •
Ellsworth Vines did not play. ;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions
Johnny Dawson (a) ;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Tommy Bolt ;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1952 PGA Tour
Doug Ford,
Ted Kroll ;16. Foreign invitations
Stan Leonard,
Bobby Locke (4,10),
Albert Pélissier,
Norman Von Nida •
Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American. ==Round summaries==