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Saturday 25 June 1921Men’s majorsYear in Review

Hutchison wins the Open

St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 23 to Saturday 25 June 1921 · purse £225

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 24 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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  3. R3Not yet researched
  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.

85 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Jock Hutchison

296Total
playoff: 36-hole stroke play; beat Roger Wethered (a); Hutchison 150 (74-76); Wethered 159 (77-82)Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Roger Wethered (a)

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1884-06-06, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland; USA (born Scotland); age 37 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)

Jock Hutchison’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