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Friday 15 June 1906Men’s majorsYear in Review
Braid wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 June 1906 · 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
17 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
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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.
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. 1870-02-06, Earlsferry, Scotland; Scotland; age 36 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