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Saturday 13 July 1963Men’s majorsYear in Review
Charles wins the Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 July 1963 · 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 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/12°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 36 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 24 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/11°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 28 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0.8 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 Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phil Rodgers
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1936-03-14, Carterton, New Zealand; New Zealand; age 27 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