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Friday 9 July 1954Men’s majorsYear in Review
Thomson wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 July 1954 · purse £3,500
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/11°C · wind 26 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/11°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 5.3 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.
97 started, 50 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, Syd Scott
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-08-23, Brunswick (Melbourne), Australia; Australia; age 24 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