Golf Network News
Sunday 10 April 1988Men’s majorsYear in Review
Lyle wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 April 1988 · purse $1,000,000 · winner's share $183,800
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/11°C · wind 33 km/h WNW, gusts 68 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/8°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/7°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/6°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 18 · 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.
, 46 (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: Mark Calcavecchia
The golfer
b. 1958-02-09, Shrewsbury, England; Scotland; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd 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