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Sunday 8 April 2018PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Reed wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 2018 · Patrick Reed’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $11,000,000 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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/6°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/7°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 10.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/6°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0.7 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
- Rickie Fowler USA · 274Started five behind, birdied six of his last 11 holes and holed a 7-footer at the 18th for 67 to finish one back 2018 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
87 started · cut +5, 53 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Rickie Fowler
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2018
Every time you think about it as a kid growing up, it's always, you know, this putt is to win a green jacket; this putt's to win the Masters.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 April 2018
I went out there and I tried so hard to get the ball in the hole. I tried so hard to hit the perfect shots, that going into this week, I was just like, hey, it's golf. Go play.
ESPN (Bob Harig)
8 April 2018
Well, I've got to put myself where I'm not five back, and then shoot 67
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Reed | 69 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Rickie Fowler | 70 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Jordan Spieth | 66 · 74 · 71 · 64 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Jon Rahm | 75 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Cameron Smith | 71 · 72 · 70 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Bubba Watson | 73 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Henrik Stenson | 69 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 71 · 65 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| 9 | Marc Leishman | 70 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | 68 · 74 · 73 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Dustin Johnson | 73 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1990-08-05, San Antonio, Texas; USA; turned pro 2011; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 24 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (event table 2018)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet