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Monday 12 April 1954Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 8 to Monday 12 April 1954 · purse $25,000 · winner's share $5,000
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 8.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/11°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 49 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/10°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 29 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/17°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 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: Ben Hogan
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 41 at the win (year page); 7th 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