Golf Network News
Sunday 8 April 1956Men’s majorsYear in Review
Burke wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 1956 · purse $30,000 · winner's share $6,000
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/15°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 14.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 29 km/h SSW, gusts 70 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 33 km/h W, gusts 69 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/8°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 55 · 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: Ken Venturi
The golfer
b. 1923-01-29, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; United States; age 33 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