Golf Network News
Thursday 11 September 1890Men’s majorsYear in Review
Ball wins the Open
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland · purse £29.50
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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.
39 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Archie Simpson, Willie Fernie
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1861-12-24, Hoylake, England; England; age 28 at the win (year page); 1st 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