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Sunday 5 April 1959Men’s majorsYear in Review
Wall wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 1959 · purse $75,000 · winner's share $15,000
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/13°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 57 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/7°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/9°C · wind 23 km/h NW, gusts 49 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/5°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 33 · 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.
, 42 (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: Cary Middlecoff
The golfer
b. 1923-11-25, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 35 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