Golf Network News
Sunday 11 April 1965Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 April 1965 · purse $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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 26 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/18°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/14°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0.2 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.
, 49 (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: Arnold Palmer, Gary Player
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 4th 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