Golf Network News
Sunday 15 April 1979Men’s majorsYear in Review
Zoeller wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 April 1979 · purse $299,625 · winner's share $50,000
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/8°C · wind 27 km/h WNW, gusts 57 · 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.
, 45 (cut at 145) 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: Ed Sneed, Tom Watson
The golfer
b. 1951-11-11, New Albany, Indiana, USA; United States; age 27 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