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Sunday 12 April 1992PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Couples wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1992 · Fred Couples’s win no. 9 on the PGA Tour · purse US$1.5 million USD
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 gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/10°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/11°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 7.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 6 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 11.8 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
- Raymond Floyd USA · 277finished two strokes behind Couples 1992 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
83 started · cut +1, 63 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Raymond Floyd
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Couples | 69 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Raymond Floyd | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Corey Pavin | 72 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Mark O'Meara | 74 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Jeff Sluman | 65 · 74 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Ian Baker-Finch | 70 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Nolan Henke | 70 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Larry Mize | 73 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Greg Norman | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Steve Pate | 73 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Nick Price | 70 · 71 · 67 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Ted Schulz | 68 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1959-10-03, Seattle, Washington, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (1992, THE MASTERS, event 1044)).
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From the papers
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