Golf Network News
Sunday 6 April 1958Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 1958 · purse $60,000 · winner's share $11,250
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 waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 25 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/7°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 7.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/9°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 42 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/17°C · wind 29 km/h SSW, gusts 74 · 17.5 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.
, 43 (cut at 149) made it
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: Doug Ford, Fred Hawkins
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 28 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