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Friday 7 July 1950Men’s majorsYear in Review
Locke wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 July 1950 · 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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0.4 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.
93 started, 35 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Roberto De Vicenzo
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1917-11-20, Germiston, South Africa; South Africa; age 32 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