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Friday 11 June 1909Men’s majorsYear in Review
Taylor wins the Open
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal, England · Thursday 10 to Friday 11 June 1909 · 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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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.
69 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Tom Ball, James Braid
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1871-03-19, Northam, Devon, England; England; age 38 at the win (year page); 4th 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