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Saturday 9 July 1960Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nagle wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 July 1960 · purse £7,000
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/13°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 32 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 4.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 27 · 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.
74 started, 47 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Arnold Palmer
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1920-12-21, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australia; age 39 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