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Sunday 13 April 1997PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April 1997 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse US$2.7 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 crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/6°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/5°C · wind 22 km/h SE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 61 · 19.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/12°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 47 · 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
- Tom Kite USA · 282Closed with a 2-under 70 for 6-under 282, 12 strokes behind; his third Masters runner-up finish (after ties for second in 1983 and 1986) Tiger Woods rewrites record book in winning Masters by 12 strokes (GOLFonline staff and wire services, Wayback)
86 started · cut +5, 46 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Kite
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), staff and wire services
13 April 1997
I never thought I'd have a lead like this. I thought I'd be going up against Greg Norman, Nick Faldo or have some really exciting, tight finish. This is what I've always dreamed of.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), staff and wire services
13 April 1997
My father told me last night this will probably be the toughest round I ever have to play, but it could be the most rewarding, and he was right
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine), staff and wire services
13 April 1997
It was nice to ... I can't say be in the hunt, obviously, no one was. But it was nice to be able to win the only tournament I could win, which was for second place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 66 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Tom Kite | 77 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| 3 | Tommy Tolles | 72 · 72 · 72 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| 4 | Tom Watson | 75 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Costantino Rocca | 71 · 69 · 70 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Paul Stankowski | 68 · 74 · 69 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Fred Couples | 72 · 69 · 73 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 72 · 74 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Justin Leonard | 76 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Davis Love III | 72 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Jeff Sluman | 74 · 67 · 72 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 13 that week (OWGR rankBefore 13 (events table, Masters week 15 1997; adjustedPoints shows 0 for every 1997 event)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet