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Friday 27 June 1924Men’s majorsYear in Review

Hagen wins the Open

Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Thursday 26 to Friday 27 June 1924 · 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

16 h 43 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° 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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  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.

86 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Men's major

The Open

Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Walter Hagen

301Total
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: Ernest Whitcombe

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)

Walter Hagen’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