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Saturday 15 July 1961Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 July 1961 · purse £8,500
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/15°C · wind 20 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 8.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/11°C · wind 43 km/h W, gusts 68 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/10°C · wind 31 km/h SW, gusts 53 · 19 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 34 km/h NW, gusts 52 · 21.1 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.
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: Dai Rees
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 31 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