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Friday 18 September 1863Men’s majorsYear in Review

Park wins the Open

Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland · purse £10 · winner's share £1.25

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 12 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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The name over time

  1. The Open

1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

14 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Prestwick Golf Club (12-hole links), Prestwick

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Willie Park Sr

168Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Tom Morris Sr

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1833, Wallyford, Scotland; Scotland; 2nd major (card's count)

Willie Park Sr’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet