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Saturday 8 July 1933Men’s majorsYear in Review

Shute wins the Open

St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 5 to Saturday 8 July 1933 · purse £500 · winner's share £100

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 07 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).

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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.

117 started, 58 (cut at 152) 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

Denny Shute

292Total
ETo par
playoff: 36-hole stroke play; beat Craig Wood; Shute 149 (75-74); Wood 154 (78-76)Margin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Craig Wood

The golfer

b. 1904-10-25, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Denny Shute’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