Golf Network News
Friday 11 May 1928Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hagen wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Wednesday 9 to Friday 11 May 1928 · 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
15 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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.
113 started, 52 (cut at 159) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gene Sarazen
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1892-12-21, Rochester, New York, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 10th 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