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Saturday 13 June 1896Men’s majorsYear in Review
Vardon wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 June 1896 · 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
17 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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.
65 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: J.H. Taylor
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1870-05-09, Grouville, Jersey; Jersey; age 26 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