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Thursday 26 September 1867Men’s majorsYear in Review

Morris wins the Open

Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland · purse £16

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 34 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 32° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. R4Not yet researched

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

Tom Morris Sr

170Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Willie Park Sr

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1821-06-16, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 46 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)

Tom Morris 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