Golf Network News
Sunday 9 April 1989Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 1989 · purse $1,000,000 · winner's share $200,000
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/9°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 72 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/4°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 76 · 18 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/9°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 9.9 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.
, 52 (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: Scott Hoch
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 31 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