Golf Network News
Thursday 20 May 1897Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hilton wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 19 to Thursday 20 May 1897 · 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
15 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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.
88 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: James Braid
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1869-01-12, West Kirby, England; England; age 28 at the win (year page); 2nd 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