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Monday 10 April 1961Men’s majorsYear in Review
Player wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Monday 10 April 1961 · purse $110,000 · winner's share $20,000
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 40 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).
- R117°/10°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 36 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/6°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/5°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 25 km/h SE, gusts 63 · 23.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/9°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 53 · 1.4 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.
, 41 (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: Charlie Coe, Arnold Palmer
The golfer
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 25 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