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Sunday 11 April 2021PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Matsuyama wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 April 2021 · Hideki Matsuyama’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $11,500,000 USD · 85th Masters
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 58 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0.1 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
- Will Zalatoris USA · 279Birdied 1 and 2 to get within one early, then birdied 15 and 17 for a closing 70 that left him one shot short on his Masters debut 2021 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
88 started · cut +3, 54 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: Will Zalatoris
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 April 2021
You know, I can't say I'm the greatest. However, I'm the first to win a major, and if that's the bar, then I've set it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 April 2021
But I still have a lot of years left, so they are going to have to compete against me still.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 April 2021
I've wanted to be on this stage for forever, for basically my entire life. So I think, if anything, it's like you finally get to this moment, and why shy away now?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideki Matsuyama | 69 · 71 · 65 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Will Zalatoris | 70 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele | 72 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | 71 · 68 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | 72 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | 72 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| 7 | Justin Rose | 65 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Patrick Reed | 70 · 75 · 70 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Corey Conners | 73 · 69 · 68 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | 74 · 66 · 73 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Cameron Smith | 74 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1992-02-25, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2013; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore via OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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