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Friday 5 July 1946Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 July 1946 · purse £1,000
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 34 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 22 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 32 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
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.
100 started, 38 (cut at 155) 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, Bobby Locke
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 2nd 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