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Thursday 8 June 1899Men’s majorsYear in Review
Vardon wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Wednesday 7 to Thursday 8 June 1899 · 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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a new 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.
98 started, 36 (cut at 175) made it
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
Runner-up: Jack White
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1870-05-09, Grouville, Jersey; Jersey; age 29 at the win (year page); 3rd 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