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Friday 8 July 1955Men’s majorsYear in Review
Thomson wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 July 1955 · purse £3,750 · winner's share £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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/13°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 27 · 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.
94 started, 49 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: John Fallon
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-08-23, Brunswick (Melbourne), Australia; Australia; age 25 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