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Sunday 11 April 1993PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Langer wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 April 1993 · Bernhard Langer’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse US$1.7 million USD · heavy rain Friday afternoon; second round completed Saturday morning (Wikipedia)
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 gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/5°C · wind 15 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 32 km/h SE, gusts 56 · 18 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/8°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 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
- Chip Beck USA · 281three behind at the par-5 15th, he laid up instead of going for the green, then bogeyed 16; finished four back 1993 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
90 started · cut +3, 61 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chip Beck
From the papers
The Independent
12 April 1993
Easter Sunday is the greatest day in the world for me. If I had lost it would still have been the greatest day. I prayed for strength and a calm hand.
The Independent
12 April 1993
I knew that Forsman was out of the picture and that it was down to Beck and myself,
The Independent
12 April 1993
I looked like a Christmas tree last time,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 68 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Chip Beck | 72 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | John Daly | 70 · 71 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Steve Elkington | 71 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Tom Lehman | 67 · 75 · 73 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Lanny Wadkins | 69 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Dan Forsman | 69 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | José María Olazábal | 70 · 72 · 74 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Brad Faxon | 71 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Payne Stewart | 74 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1957-08-27, Anhausen, Bavaria, West Germany; GER; turned pro 1972; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 2; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table (event id 1202)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet