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Thursday 5 June 1902Men’s majorsYear in Review
Herd wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 4 to Thursday 5 June 1902 · purse £125 · winner's share £50
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° 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.
86 started, 41 (cut at 168) made it
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, Harry Vardon
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1868-04-24, St Andrews, Scotland; Scotland; age 34 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