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Friday 3 July 1959Men’s majorsYear in Review
Player wins the Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 July 1959 · purse £5,000
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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 34 km/h WSW, gusts 51 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/13°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/15°C · wind 31 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Muirfield, Gullane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fred Bullock, Flory Van Donck
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1935-11-01, Johannesburg, South Africa; South Africa; age 23 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