Doug Ford won the match Competition play championship , 4 & 3 over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final ; the winner 's share Getting was $ 5,000 and the runner-up earned Earnings_and_losses $ 3,000 .

It was the final Masters for two champions : 1948 winner Claude Harmon , withdrew Escaping during the first round and 1955 champion Cary Middlecoff during the second .