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Sunday 9 April 1967Men’s majorsYear in Review

Brewer wins Masters

Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 1967 · purse $165,000 · 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 new moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R133°/18°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R233°/19°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R326°/16°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R427°/10°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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.

, 55 (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

Gay Brewer

280Total
−8To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: Bobby Nichols

The golfer

b. 1932-03-19, Middletown, Ohio, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Gay Brewer’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet