Golf Network News
Friday 4 October 1878Men’s majorsYear in Review
Anderson 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
10 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 29° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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.
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: Bob Kirk
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1842-06-27, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 36 at the win (year page); 2nd 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