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Sunday 7 April 1940Men’s majorsYear in Review
Demaret wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 April 1940 · 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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/8°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 23 km/h ESE, gusts 48 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- 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
Runner-up: Lloyd Mangrum
The golfer
b. 1910-05-24, Houston, Texas, USA; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet