Golf Network News
Saturday 30 September 1882Men’s majorsYear in Review
Ferguson wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · purse £47.25
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 30° up at noon, and that night a waning 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.
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
171Total
3 strokesMargin
Runner-up: Willie Fernie
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
Scotland; 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