;1. Masters champions
Jimmy Demaret (10),
Claude Harmon (12),
Ben Hogan (2,4,6,9,10),
Byron Nelson (2,6),
Gene Sarazen (2,4,6),
Horton Smith,
Sam Snead (4,6,7,9,10),
Craig Wood (2) •
Ralph Guldahl (2), Herman Keiser and Henry Picard (6) did not play. ;2.
U.S. Open champions
Julius Boros (9,10),
Lawson Little (3,5),
Lloyd Mangrum (7,9,10),
Fred McLeod,
Cary Middlecoff (7),
Sam Parks Jr.,
Lew Worsham ;3.
U.S. Amateur champions
Dick Chapman (5,8,a),
Charles Coe (8,9,a),
Gene Littler (8,11),
Billy Maxwell,
Skee Riegel,
Jess Sweetser (5,a) ;4.
British Open champions
Jock Hutchison (6),
Denny Shute (6) ;5.
British Amateur champions
Frank Stranahan (9,10,a),
Robert Sweeny Jr. (a),
Harvie Ward (8,9,a) ;6.
PGA champions
Walter Burkemo (7,12),
Jim Ferrier (9),
Vic Ghezzi,
Chandler Harper (9),
Johnny Revolta,
Jim Turnesa (7,10) ;7. Members of the U.S.
1953 Ryder Cup team
Jack Burke Jr. (9,10),
Dave Douglas (12),
Fred Haas (10),
Ted Kroll (9,10),
Ed Oliver (9) ;8. Members of the U.S.
1953 Walker Cup team
Arnold Blum (a),
William C. Campbell (a),
Don Cherry (a),
Jimmy Jackson (a),
Jim McHale Jr. (a),
Billy Joe Patton (a),
Ken Venturi (a) •
Sam Urzetta (3,a) and Jack Westland (3,a) did not play. Blum, McHale and Patton were reserves for the team. ;9. Top 24 players and ties from the
1953 Masters Tournament Jerry Barber,
Al Besselink,
Tommy Bolt,
Doug Ford (10),
Leland Gibson,
Chick Harbert,
Fred Hawkins,
Dick Mayer,
Al Mengert (10),
Dick Metz (10),
Johnny Palmer,
Earl Stewart •
Bob Hamilton (6) did not play. ;10. Top 24 players and ties from the
1953 U.S. Open Pete Cooper,
Gardner Dickinson,
Clarence Doser,
George Fazio,
Marty Furgol,
Dutch Harrison,
Jay Hebert,
Bill Nary (12),
Bill Ogden,
Bob Rosburg,
Frank Souchak (a) ;11. 1953
U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists
Don Albert (a),
Bruce Cudd (a),
Bobby Kuntz (a),
Dale Morey (a),
Ray Palmer (a),
Angelo Santilli (a) •
Ted Richards Jr. did not play. ;12.
1953 PGA Championship quarter-finalists
Jimmy Clark,
Jack Isaacs,
Felice Torza •
Henry Ransom did not play. ;13. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions •
Johnny Dawson (a) was selected but did not play. ;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions
Skip Alexander ;15. Two players, not already qualified, with the best scoring average in the winter part of the 1954 PGA Tour
Bud Holscher,
Bob Toski ;16. Foreign invitations
Peter Thomson ==Round summaries==