Golf Network News
Sunday 10 April 1977Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 1977 · purse $280,477 · winner's share $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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/5°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/12°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/9°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/6°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 19 · 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.
, 50 (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: Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 27 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