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Saturday 9 July 1949Men’s majorsYear in Review
Locke wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 July 1949 · purse £1,500
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/12°C · wind 26 km/h NNW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/12°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 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.
96 started, 31 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Harry Bradshaw
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1917-11-20, Germiston, South Africa; South Africa; 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