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Friday 10 July 1953Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hogan wins the Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 July 1953 · purse £2,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
17 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/12°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 31 · 3.4 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.
91 started, 49 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Carnoustie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Antonio Cerda, Dai Rees, Frank Stranahan (a), Peter Thomson
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; age 40 at the win (year page); 9th 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