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Tuesday 12 June 1894Men’s majorsYear in Review

Taylor wins the Open

Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Monday 11 to Tuesday 12 June 1894 · purse £100

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

The weather

16 h 18 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  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.

94 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich

2 of 5 researched

Winner

J.H. Taylor

326Total
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Douglas Rolland

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1871-03-19, Northam, Devon, England; England; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

J.H. Taylor’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