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Friday 2 July 1948Men’s majorsYear in Review
Cotton wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Wednesday 30 June to Friday 2 July 1948 · 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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/11°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
97 started, 36 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fred Daly
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1907-01-26, Holmes Chapel, England; England; age 41 at the win (year page); 3rd 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