Golf Network News
Sunday 11 April 1976Men’s majorsYear in Review
Floyd wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 April 1976 · purse $40,000
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/8°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/7°C · wind 24 km/h NNE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/4°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/9°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 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.
, 47 (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: Ben Crenshaw
The golfer
b. 1942-09-04, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 2nd 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