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Friday 13 July 1962Men’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 July 1962 · 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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/11°C · wind 28 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 12.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 20 · 0.2 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
Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kel Nagle
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1929-09-10, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 6th 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