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Friday 7 July 1939Men’s majorsYear in Review
Burton wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 July 1939 · 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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
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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.
129 started, 34 (cut at 150) 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
Runner-up: Johnny Bulla
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1907-10-11, Darwen, England; England; age 31 at the win (year page); 1st 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