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Sunday 13 April 2014PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Watson wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April 2014 · Bubba Watson’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,000,000 USD · 78th Masters Tournament
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 gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/6°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/11°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/14°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 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
- Jordan Spieth USA · 283Co-leader after 54 holes and two ahead after seven, then bogeyed the 8th and 9th as Watson birdied both, found the water at the 12th and made no birdies on the back nine; closed with 72 Bubba Watson wins second Masters (ESPN.com)
- Jonas Blixt SWE · 283Four sub-par rounds (70-71-71-71) in his Masters debut; never got closer than three over the closing holes 2014 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
97 started · cut +4, 51 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: Jonas Blixt, Jordan Spieth
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 April 2014
Well, I'm not very smart, but I can tell it hit some trees, because I mean, that's not the line I really wanted to go on.
ESPN.com
13 April 2014
Why Bubba Watson from Bagad, Florida? Why is he winning? So I just always ask the question why. Why me?
ESPN.com
13 April 2014
I thought it was out of bounds 70 yards left and it's perfect
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubba Watson | 69 · 68 · 74 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Jonas Blixt | 70 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Jordan Spieth | 71 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| 4 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | 71 · 76 · 66 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Rickie Fowler | 71 · 75 · 67 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T5 | Matt Kuchar | 73 · 71 · 68 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| 7 | Lee Westwood | 73 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Thomas Bjørn | 73 · 68 · 73 · 74 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Bernhard Langer | 72 · 74 · 73 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 77 · 71 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T8 | John Senden | 72 · 68 · 75 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Kevin Stadler | 70 · 73 · 72 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | 70 · 72 · 76 · 70 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1978-11-05, Bagdad, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2002; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 2; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
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