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Sunday 4 April 1937Men’s majorsYear in Review

Nelson wins Masters

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 April 1937 · purse $5,000 · winner's share $1,500

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

12 h 28 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

The name over time

  1. Masters

1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

Masters

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Byron Nelson

283Total
−5To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Ralph Guldahl

The golfer

b. 1912-02-04, Waxahachie, Texas, USA; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Byron Nelson’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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