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Sunday 10 April 1949Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 1949 · purse $11,000 · winner's share $2,750
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/12°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 58 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/12°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 63 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/10°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0 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: Johnny Bulla, Lloyd Mangrum
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 3rd 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