Golf Network News
Sunday 9 April 2023PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Rahm wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 2023 · purse $18,000,000 USD · Second round suspended Friday (storms) and finished Saturday; third round suspended Saturday (rain) and completed Sunday morning, so leaders played 30 holes on Sunday
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).
- R130°/20°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/8°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 53 · 14.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R39°/7°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 32.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/6°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 50 · 2.7 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
- Brooks Koepka USA · 280Led by two entering the final round (four when the 30-hole Sunday began) but bogeyed the 4th, 6th, 9th and 12th and closed with 75 2023 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
- Phil Mickelson USA · 280Began the final round 10 shots back and shot a closing 65 to tie for second 2023 Masters Tournament - Wikipedia
87 started · cut +3, 53 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka
From the papers
ESPN News Services (AP wire)
9 April 2023
We all dream of things like this as players, and you try to visualize what it's going to be like and what it's going to feel like,
ESPN News Services (AP wire)
9 April 2023
It's Spain's 10th major, fourth player to win the Masters. It's pretty incredible.
ESPN News Services (AP wire)
9 April 2023
An unusual par, very much a Seve par, a testament to him, and I know he was pulling for me today,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 65 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 71 · 69 · 75 · 65 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | 65 · 67 · 73 · 75 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Jordan Spieth | 69 · 70 · 76 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Patrick Reed | 71 · 70 · 72 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Russell Henley | 73 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Cameron Young | 67 · 72 · 75 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Viktor Hovland | 65 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| 9 | Sahith Theegala | 73 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 · 75 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 70 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Xander Schauffele | 68 · 74 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Collin Morikawa | 69 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1994-11-10, Barrika, Biscay, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2016; age 28 that week; majors to date: 2; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2023)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet