Golf Network News
Sunday 14 April 1996Men’s majorsYear in Review
Faldo wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 April 1996 · purse $2,500,000 · winner's share $450,000
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/4°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/9°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0.5 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.
, 44 (cut at 146) 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: Greg Norman
The golfer
b. 1957-07-18, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England; England; age 38 at the win (year page); 6th 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