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Friday 23 September 1892Men’s majorsYear in Review

Hilton wins the Open

Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 22 to Friday 23 September 1892 · purse £110

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 43 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 33° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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.

60 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Muirfield, Gullane

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Harold Hilton

305Total
3 strokesMargin

Runner-up: John Ball (a), Sandy Herd, Hugh Kirkaldy

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Harold Hilton’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