Golf Network News
Friday 13 September 1872Men’s majorsYear in Review
Morris wins the Open
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- 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.
8 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
Runner-up: Davie Strath
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1851-04-20, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 21 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet