Golf Network News
Sunday 13 April 1969Men’s majorsYear in Review
Archer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April 1969 · 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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 41 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/15°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/15°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 20 km/h ESE, gusts 44 · 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: Billy Casper, George Knudson, Tom Weiskopf
The golfer
b. 1939-10-01, San Francisco, California, USA; United States; age 29 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