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Sunday 10 April 1960Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 1960 · purse $87,000 · winner's share $17,500
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/14°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/12°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/13°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/5°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 42 · 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.
, 45 (cut at 150) 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: Ken Venturi
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd 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