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Sunday 8 April 2012PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Watson wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 2012 · Bubba Watson’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · 76th Masters; ended on Easter Sunday in a sudden-death playoff
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 38 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).
- R129°/18°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 44 · 5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/5°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/10°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 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
- Louis Oosthuizen RSA · 278Made an albatross 2 at the 2nd in the final round and holed a 4-footer on the 72nd to force a playoff, then lost on the second extra hole (10th) with a bogey 2012 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
95 started · cut +5, 62 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: Louis Oosthuizen
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2012
I've never had a dream go this far, like I've been saying, so I can't really say it's a dream come true.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2012
And I hit 52-degree, my gap wedge, hooked it about 40 yards, hit about 15 feet off the ground until it got under the tree and then started rising. Pretty easy.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2012
It's close. It's close to the jacket. But I mean, Bubba played well. It was great. It was an unbelievable atmosphere out there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Watson | 69 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 68 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 67 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Matt Kuchar | 71 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 74 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Peter Hanson | 68 · 74 · 65 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| 7 | Ian Poulter | 72 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | 75 · 70 · 73 · 66 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 72 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 71 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1978-11-05, Bagdad, Florida; USA; turned pro 2002; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, Masters Tournament 2012)).
What’s in the bag
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