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Friday 25 June 1926Men’s majorsYear in Review
Jones wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 June 1926 · 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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a full 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.
117 started, 52 (cut at 158) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Al Watrous
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; age 24 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