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Friday 15 July 1927Men’s majorsYear in Review

Jones wins the Open

St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 July 1927 · purse £275

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 50 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° 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.

108 started, 53 (cut at 154) made it

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

Bobby Jones

285Total
6 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Aubrey Boomer, Fred Robson

To par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1902-03-17, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; USA; age 25 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)

Bobby Jones’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