Golf Network News
Sunday 8 April 1990Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 1990 · purse $1,250,000 · winner's share $225,000
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/8°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 25 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/6°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/4°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 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.
, 49 (cut at 148) 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: Raymond Floyd
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 32 at the win (year page); 3rd 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