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Sunday 12 April 1964Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1964 · purse $130,000 · 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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/5°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/4°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/6°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/9°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 36 · 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.
, 48 (cut at 148) 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: Dave Marr, Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 7th 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