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Sunday 9 April 1978Men’s majorsYear in Review
Player wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 1978 · purse $262,402 · winner's share $45,000
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/16°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/16°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 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.
, 53 (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: Rod Funseth, Hubert Green, Tom Watson
The golfer
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 42 at the win (year page); 9th 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