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Friday 1 September 1893Men’s majorsYear in Review

Auchterlonie wins the Open

Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland · Thursday 31 August to Friday 1 September 1893 · purse £100 · winner's share £30

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

The weather

13 h 31 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° 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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  3. R3Not yet researched
  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.

72 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Willie Auchterlonie

322Total
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Johnny Laidlay (a)

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1872-08-07, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 21 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Willie Auchterlonie’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