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Friday 24 June 1910Men’s majorsYear in Review

Braid wins the Open

St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 June 1910 · purse £135

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 25 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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.

152 started, 58 (cut at 161) made it

Same week

Men's major

The Open

Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews

2 of 5 researched

Winner

James Braid

299Total
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Sandy Herd

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1870-02-06, Earlsferry, Scotland; Scotland; age 40 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)

James Braid’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