Golf Network News
Sunday 12 April 1987Men’s majorsYear in Review
Mize wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1987 · purse $867,100 · winner's share $162,000
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 waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/9°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/8°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 62 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 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.
, 54 (cut at 151) 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: Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman
The golfer
b. 1958-09-23, Augusta, Georgia, USA; United States; age 28 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