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Sunday 6 April 1947Men’s majorsYear in Review
Demaret wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 1947 · purse $10,000 · winner's share $2,500
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 35 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 24 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0.7 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: Byron Nelson, Frank Stranahan
The golfer
b. 1910-05-24, Houston, Texas, USA; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 2nd 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