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Friday 10 June 1904Men’s majorsYear in Review

White wins the Open

Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 June 1904 · 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 17 m

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

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  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.

143 started, 47 (cut at 168) 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

Jack White

296Total
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: James Braid, J.H. Taylor

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1873-08-15, Whitekirk, Scotland; Scotland; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Jack White’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