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Friday 4 July 1947Men’s majorsYear in Review
Daly wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 July 1947 · 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
16 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 2.4 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.
98 started, 39 (cut at 156) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Reg Horne, Frank Stranahan (a)
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1911-10-11, Portrush, Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland; age 35 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