Golf Network News
Monday 9 April 1962Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Monday 9 April 1962 · 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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/7°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 30 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 51 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 42 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/15°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 38 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/14°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 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.
110 started, 52 (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: Gary Player, Dow Finsterwald
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 5th 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