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Monday 11 November 1889Men’s majorsYear in Review

Park wins the Open

Musselburgh Links, Musselburgh, Scotland · Friday 8 to Monday 11 November 1889 · purse £22

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 08 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 16° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  4. R4Not yet researched

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

Willie Park Jr

155Total
playoff: 36-hole stroke play (following Monday); beat Andrew Kirkaldy; Park 158 (82-76); Kirkaldy 163 (85-78)Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Andrew Kirkaldy

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1864-02-04, Musselburgh, Scotland; Scotland; age 25 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)

Willie Park Jr’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