Golf Network News
Saturday 5 July 1958Men’s majorsYear in Review
Thomson wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Wednesday 2 to Saturday 5 July 1958 · purse £4,850
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/15°C · wind 22 km/h E, gusts 35 · 24.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/15°C · wind 17 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/14°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/14°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 20 · 0.3 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.
96 started, 40 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dave Thomas
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-08-23, Brunswick (Melbourne), Australia; Australia; age 28 at the win (year page); 4th 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