Golf Network News
Sunday 12 April 1998Men’s majorsYear in Review
O'Meara wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1998 · purse $3,200,000 · winner's share $576,000
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/12°C · wind 30 km/h WSW, gusts 63 · 37.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 25 km/h WNW, gusts 57 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/7°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/7°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 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.
, 46 (cut at 150) 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: Fred Couples, David Duval
The golfer
b. 1957-01-13, Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA; United States; age 41 at the win (year page); 1st 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