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Sunday 15 April 1984PGA TourYear in Review
Crenshaw wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 April 1984 · Ben Crenshaw’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $612,900 USD · third round halted by thunderstorms, completed Sunday morning (Wikipedia event article)
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/4°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 3.4 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
- Tom Watson USA · 279two strokes behind; Masters winner in 1977 and 1981 (Wikipedia event article) 1984 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
88 started · cut +2, 47 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Watson
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
23 April 1984
I've been trying to believe in myself for the past year and a half. I went back to my old swing and concentrated mainly on aiming the ball and on my timing.
Sports Illustrated
23 April 1984
I'd thought two years ago that it would never happen. I guess you can say this is more of a relief than anything.
Sports Illustrated
23 April 1984 From the print archive
I was just so pumped up, I was afraid of hitting it over the green. So I hit it fat.
Sports Illustrated
23 April 1984
We're better friends now than we were. Our life-styles were always a little bit different.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | 67 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | 74 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | David Edwards | 71 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Gil Morgan | 73 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| 5 | Larry Nelson | 76 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Ronnie Black | 71 · 74 · 69 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | David Graham | 69 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Tom Kite | 70 · 68 · 69 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Mark Lye | 69 · 66 · 73 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| 10 | Fred Couples | 71 · 73 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1952-01-11, Austin, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1973.
What’s in the bag
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