Golf Network News
Sunday 12 April 1981Men’s majorsYear in Review
Watson wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1981 · purse $362,587 · winner's share $60,000
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 first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/13°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/16°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/17°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 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.
, 48 (cut at 148) 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: Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1949-09-04, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 5th 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