Golf Network News
Monday 13 April 1970Men’s majorsYear in Review
Casper wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Monday 13 April 1970 · purse $125,000 · winner's share $25,000
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 first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/11°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/15°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/9°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 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.
, 48 (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
Runner-up: Gene Littler
The golfer
b. 1931-06-24, San Diego, California, USA; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 3rd 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