Golf Network News
Sunday 14 April 1968Men’s majorsYear in Review
Goalby wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 April 1968 · 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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/9°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/5°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/7°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/12°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0.1 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.
, 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: Roberto De Vicenzo
The golfer
b. 1929-03-14, Belleville, Illinois, USA; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 1st 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