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Saturday 27 September 1879Men’s majorsYear in Review
Anderson wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · purse £47
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Andrew Kirkaldy, Jamie Allan
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1842-06-27, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 37 at the win (year page); 3rd 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