Golf Network News
Sunday 6 April 1952Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 1952 · purse $20,000 · winner's share $4,000
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/9°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/8°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 52 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/8°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 56 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/4°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 50 · 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: Jack Burke Jr.
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 6th 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