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Friday 5 November 1886Men’s majorsYear in Review

Brown wins the Open

Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, Scotland · purse £20

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

The weather

8 h 31 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 18° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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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.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Musselburgh Links (9-hole), Musselburgh

2 of 5 researched

Winner

David Brown

157Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Willie Campbell

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1861, Musselburgh, Scotland; Scotland; age 25 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

David Brown’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