Golf Network News
Sunday 13 April 1986Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April 1986 · purse $785,000 · winner's share $144,000
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/6°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/7°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/8°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/10°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 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 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: Tom Kite, Greg Norman
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 46 at the win (year page); 18th 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